Poems by Rose Knapp and Gerard Sarnat

<p>Poetry Editor Maggie Swofford reads "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/rave-haiku">Rave Haiku</a>" by Rose Knapp, and Gerard Sarnat reads his two poems, "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/far-out-space-capsule">Far Out Space Capsule Hygiene to Avoid Primal Screams</a>" and "<a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/poetry/mudita">Mudita</a>." All of these poems can be found in our <a href="https://www.vitapoetica.org/summer-2021/">Summer issue</a>.</p> <p>Rose Knapp (she/they) is a poet and electronic producer. She has publications in <em>Lotus-Eater</em>, <em>Bombay Gin</em>, <em>BlazeVOX</em>, <em>Hotel Amerika</em>, <em>Fence Books</em>, <em>Obsidian</em>, <em>Gargoyle</em>, and others. She has poetry collections published with Hesterglock Press and Dostoyevsky Wannabe. She lives in Minneapolis. Find her at <a href="https://www.roseknapp.net/">roseknapp.net</a> and on Twitter @Rose_Siyaniye.</p> <p><a href="https://www.gerardsarnat.com/">Gerard Sarnat</a>, MD, has won San Francisco Poetry’s 2020 Contest and Poetry in Arts First Place Award/Dorfman Prizes. He has published in <em>Buddhist Poetry Review</em>, <em>NY Times</em>, among many others, as well as by Harvard, Stanford, Dartmouth, Penn, Chicago, and Columbia presses. A Stanford professor/healthcare CEO, Gerry has built/staffed clinics for the marginalized, devoted energy/resources toward climate justice on Climate-Action-Now’s board. Married since 1969, Gerry has nine grand/kids.</p>