Translate

JoAnna Scandiffio, poet. San Francisco, CA

Artist Statement: Translate is a poem about understanding other people, and how we need to be always listening and translating their words.

About the Poet: I am a gemologist living in San Francisco. My poems are like bird nests, made with fragments randomly connected to hold the moment. My work has appeared in Calyx, The Poeming Pigeon, Poets 11, Sugared Water, The MacGuffin, Italian Americana, The RavensPerch, The Ekphrastic Review, and other journals. I am a Pushcart Prize Nominee and a finalist for the Jane Underwood Prize. My chapbook, ‘water is never still,’ is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.