Excerpt from ‘Tent City’

This is an excerpt from the manuscript for Tent City: As an Alien in a Land of Promise, the poem I wrote after spending about a year visiting the homeless encampment in Lakewood. I’ll be reading from the manuscript at the Asbury Park Music in Film Festival 2015 as part of a program on Tent City, featuring the film Destiny’s Bridge, directed by Jack Ballo; photos from Sherry Rubel; and other performances by Rosemary Conte, Lisa Ferrara and others

This section is what I call an interlude — there are several that break up the manuscript.

The book, sadly, is without a publisher, though I am on the hunt. In the meantime, come to the film festival on April 11 at 1, Salt Studios, 658 Cookman Ave.

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Author: hankkalet

Hank Kalet is a poet and freelance journalist. He is the economic needs reporter for NJ Spotlight, teaches journalism at Rutgers University and writing at Middlesex County College and Brookdale Community College. He writes a semi-monthly column for the Progressive Populist. He is a lifelong fan of the New York Mets and New York Knicks, drinks too much coffee and attends as many Bruce Springsteen concerts as his meager finances will allow. He lives in South Brunswick with his wife Annie. View all posts by hankkalet