Alvin Turner, Emeritus Dean of Humanities and Social Sciences and Professor of History at East Central University in Ada, will be the featured poet at the Performing Arts Studio Second Sunday Poetry Reading on December 14.   There is no admission charge for the reading, which begins at 2:00 in the Norman Depot, 200 South Jones Avenue.  The public is invited to attend.

Turner has written five books and dozens of articles on a wide range of Oklahoma history and other topics.  His poetry and fiction have been published in numerous state and regional journals as well as in a previous chapbook.  He remains active in research, writing and speaking and as pastor of Shepherd of the Hills Presbyterian Church in Sulphur.  He now resides in Norman.

Second Sunday Poetry Readings are made possible in part by grants from the Norman Arts Council, the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.

ANALOGIES

I am an analog guy trapped in a digital world
where structure is hidden behind
symbols understood best by
those who cannot read.

I take small comfort in the discovery
that cappuccino is merely a richer version of
the kind of coffee granny made for little boys
and espresso is very close to the brew
Grandma boiled in her skillet,
but without the grit I liked to chew.

I hope to discover the meaning of latte
by the time I learn the new icons on
my computer screen
just before they shuffle them all again.

            Alvin Turner