Poems of love on tap at Auntie’s tonight

Lovers of poetry, especially poetry of the heart, may want to find a seat at Auntie's Bookstore tonight at 8. The relatively late event will feature a reading by poet Jim Bertolino, whose latest collection is titled “Ravenous Bliss: New and Selected Love Poems.”

Bertolino taught literature and creative writing for 36 years, retiring in 2006 after serving as Writer in Residence at Willamette University. He is the author of some 27 books of poetry.

Here's a sample of Bertolino's work, titled "Her Breath" (taken from here):

She is where the song
sits down and weeps

for joy, where the red-winged
blackbird calls for what comes

after. She is the river
splashing the moon onto darkened stones,

the broken yolk that beckons the sun
to its yellow nest. Her breathing

stitches what time
has torn.