Post Poet Pop, Episode 24 features the poet Douglas Piccinnini. Douglas is an interdisciplinary artist and author and his latest poetry collection, Beautiful, Safe & Free (New Books, 2023) examines origins and the ordinary under new light and scrutiny. Douglas writes, in the poem, "In America," "I imagine myself / through desire / to numb myself [...] I'm brutal, at first, unsanitary / aroused, then friendly / coached by a system [...] I drink from the invisible / order that sustains me". These poems' truths are also the work of dreams and coalesce into (in Douglas's words) "new scenery made / by what is missing". Douglas is actively engaged in developing content for film and television, and lives with his wife, Tara, and their son, Oblio, in western New Jersey.

Find out more about Douglas's work at DouglasPiccinnini.com and grab a copy of Beautiful, Safe & Free directly from him.

All poems are performed by Douglas Piccinnini and all the author’s poems discussed are published in Beautiful, Safe & Free (New Books, 2023). The poems are the property of the author and the publisher(s) listed. The song played during the introduction is “Sunday Afternoon” and is performed by The True Loves. Please support their work.

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