Ask The Author: Lisa Bellamy
[J. Bradley / February 21st, 2012 / Interviews ]These Two Poems by Lisa Bellamy were published in November. In regards to all kinds of things, Lisa answers our questions.
1. What puppet or Muppet would you assassinate? Why would they have it coming?
Plenty of puppets have it coming! I am thinking in particular of Jump-Jump the Clown, a malevolent puppet in my second-grade classroom who smirked each time I got in trouble with the teacher—but I advocate rehabilitation. I believe every troubled puppet can be turned around and that No Puppet Should Be Left Behind.
2. What type of vehicle would best represent your self-esteem?
The American Quarter Horse, which excels at short distances especially flash fiction.
3. Who is your favorite Old Testament character? Would you dress as them for Halloween?
Balaam’s talking donkey. And yes, if what I had to say was even 10% asinteresting as what that donkey had to say.
4. Do you prefer to capture the horrors of life through poetry or fiction?
I feel that the horrors of life are most profoundly understood by preschoolers and I am working on a picture book right now.
5. How much of yourself do you hide in poetry?
I use constructed poetic narrators. Through those, nothing is hidden or held back.
6. Which Egyptian god would youchallenge to a break dancing contest? What song would you choose to break dance to?
Bastet, the big-eared lion/catgoddess although somehow I believe we would find ourselves dancing cheek-to-cheek to “La Vida Es Un Carnaval,” sung by the beneficent Queen of Salsa Heaven, Celia Cruz.