Hélène Cardona and John FitzGerald are two poets in love. John is a writer/attorney in Los Angeles. A dual citizen of the United States and Ireland, he has lived in England and Italy, and currently resides in Santa Monica with Hélène. Hélène is an actress, translator, poet, singer, an equestrian, dancer, dream analyst and yoga practitioner. A citizen of the United States, France and Spain, she has lived in Geneva, London, Cambridge, Llandudno, Wales, Monte-Carlo, Bremen, Tarragona, Paris, New York City and now lives in Santa Monica with John.

Here are links to a few places where you can read or hear their work online:

• Hélène’s Web site has a sampling of her poems and an mp3 of both poets reading their courtship love poems and other poetry in an interview on KPFK’s Poet’s Café.
• Video of both poets’ readings in the Redondo Poets series is posted at YouTube: Hélène Cardona and John FitzGerald.
• The American Center for Artists magazine has two poems by Hélène: “A Shaft of Light” and “Dreamer.”
• Three of Hélène’s poems and three of John’s poems are posted online at the Moonday reading series site.
• Red Hen Press, publisher of Hélène’s first book, The Astonished Universe, has posted a PDF sample from the book.

To purchase their books, use these shopping links:

• The Astonished Universe by Hélène Cardona (bilingual edition, poems in English and French, Red Hen Press, 2006)
  
• Telling Time by the Shadows by J. M. FitzGerald (poems, WordTech Communications, 2008)
  

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