Poems by Karen Neuberg & Mark J. Mitchell

<p>Karen Neuberg reads her poem "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/the-beginning-in-my-hands">The Beginning in My Hands</a>," and <a href="https://mark-j-mitchell.square.site/">Mark J. Mitchell</a> reads his poems "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/secular-comedy">Secular Comedy</a>" and "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/he-attempts-to-explain-his-religion">He Attempts to Explain His Religion</a>." All poems can be found in the <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/summer-2021">Summer issue</a> of our journal.</p> <p>Karen Neuberg is a Brooklyn, NY,-based poet. She is the author of the full-length poetry collection, <em>PURSUIT</em> (Kelsay Press, 2019) and the chapbook, <em>the elephants are asking</em> (Glass Lyre, 2017). She holds an MFA from the New School and is associate editor of the online poetry journal <em>First Literary Review-East</em>.</p> <p><a href="https://mark-j-mitchell.square.site/">Mark J. Mitchell</a> has been a working poet for forty years. His latest full-length collection is <em>Roshi:San Francisco</em> published by Norfolk Press. He lives with his wife, the activist, Joan Juster.</p>