Photo by Vic Burkhammer

Here’s Steve Scafidi reading his poem “To an Old Woman in the Air,” from his newest book, “For Love of Common Words: Poems” (Southern Messenger Poets). In the poem Scafidi zooms forward into the future when his young daughter is an old woman. It’s about the future, and the eventualities of hope and love and family. The poem carries Scafidi’s nice sense of humor too. I would give you an excerpt at this point, but I don’t want to spoil the surprises.

If this is your first visit to MountainWord, please read earlier posts. One I wrote last summer on Scafidi you might find interesting.

Some call Scafidi the best poet in West Virginia. Recorded live Oct. 13, 2007, at the seventh annual West Virginia Book Festival, Civic Center, Charleston, W.Va.

Enjoy.

(2:37 minutes)

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