Green
Light Girl
Hank
Sosnowski
Always
go-go-go.
Shakes my sensibility
Got only one speed
On...fire
On...life
On...love
Heart so big
she fills any room
with her smile
her name draped
on her shoulders.
Midas daughter
she makes gold
from everything she touches
and she touches my heart
and it blazes to life
and she weaves
a magic carpet
from everyday life
and she lets me ride it
and for hours and hours
we soar
together.
***
Henry
"Hank" Sosnowski, South Chicago born Polish-American,
followed his gypsy heart across America from Alaska's Aleutian
Islands to North Carolina's shore. Following Brecht's edict that
an artist must "First feed the face, then talk right and
wrong," Sosnowski worked as a newsboy, caddy, fry cook, steel
worker, blues musician, pipe fitter, pool hustler/card shark,
landscaper, railroad brakeman, auto part salesman, actor, warehouse
manager, woman's clothing rep, waiter, missionary, writer, Alaskan
game warden, book store manager, morning DJ, corporate VP, marketing
director, dishwasher, factory worker, car salesman, handyman,
customer service rep, janitor, teacher, and hot rod show promoter.
Sosnowski
currently lives and teaches in Reno, Nevada, inspiration for his
one-man traveling show: "Write Before Your Eyes! Hank the
Revelator - Live on Stage 24/7!" For one week, Sosnowski
comes to town to write/perform/live on an outdoor stage replica
of a 1930s writer's garret, melding written, spoken and performance
art.
Sosnowski
is the winner of the 2006 Sierra Arts Foundation Writer's Grant.
www.hsosnowski.com
©
Hank Sosnowski