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Amanda Deboer Bartletthttps://www.amandadeboer.com/
Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, DMA is a classical vocalist and singer-songwriter based in Chicago, IL. She is a founding member of Quince Ensemble, an all-women contemporary vocal group, and Hasco Duo, an experimental improvisation and songwriting project. She is also a member of and program curator for Ensemble Dal Niente, a Chicago-based chamber orchestra that commissions and performs the music of living composers.
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Poetry: Amanda Deboer Bartlett
Knock Knock
It’s the version of you before thedisorganized phenomenonyour Real Lifedriving anywherethrough the sweet corn
romanticizing another man's jobromanticizing yourself like the things we do...
Spring Nights, too
Spring nights, too, I wandered uptownunsheltered devouringfree-floating particles of other people’s conversationsguzzling the scent of milky treesfrothingshoweringpromises at my feet
I wondered what we would be...
Story Time: Red Lollipop
Once upon a time, many moons ago, I met her. I met Her.
We were attending an erotic poetry reading event. She was a black cat type of woman, her style quiet chic—only truly curious eyes would notice the custom-made dress, the shoes, that enormous red scarf dragging on the floor like a queen's mantle. One peculiar detail that caught my attention was the red lollipop she was licking throughout the entire time.
