Jeremy Cantor's poem "Tamarind"
© 2022 marie c lecrivain Jeremy Cantor’s debut poetry collection, Wisteria From Seed , with a foreword by former Boston Globe arts critic Michael Manning, was published in 2015 by Kelsey Books. His work has been performed at the Boston Conservatory (set to music by composer Robert Gross) as well as in San Francisco and Tucson. Jeremy began writing after retiring from a career in laboratory chemistry. He has made and tested engine oil additives, detergents and pharmaceuticals, driven a forklift, worked in a full-body acid-proof hazmat suit, tried to keep his fingers working in a walk-in freezer at -40°F, and worked behind radiation shielding. He prefers writing. Tamarind I woke beneath the tree the Arabs call the Date of Ind...