Creator Bio
Hal Sirowitz
b. 1949
Hal Sirowitz is a New York poet, performance artist, and teacher. He has been a special education teacher for more than two decades, and has performed his poetry on PBS and MTV television programs. The recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship and a 2003 New York State Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, Sirowitz is the former Poet Laureate of Queens, New York.
Content by Hal Sirowitz
Primary Source
New Sheets
I won’t be around forever, Mother said.
One day I’m going to die, so I might
as well nag you a little bit more,
while I have the chance. And when
I’m dead you’ll have to rely on someone else
to tell…