Category: Pennsylvania
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River and Moon, Two Poems by Me from River Fest 2012
If you’ve followed my last couple of posts you know that a few friends and I have been furiously promoting the power and playfulness of poetry in these hills and valleys of Pennsylvania. Please click back the last few posts to read more about it, so that I don’t labor on too much for the…
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Marjorie Maddox, Little League, and the Susquehanna
Alright, I’ve been busily helping to promote this event on radio, print and Facebook for a couple of weeks now. You, my patient reader, have not given up on me, and for that I am grateful. Here is the first video from the readings that I’ve been talking so much about. This is not the…
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Poetry Set-List for a River Side Reading in Sunbury
Originally posted on Melanie Simms, Poet: Hello WordPressers! Excitement builds as we near the morning of poetry at the Sunbury Poetry Fest! I hope all that read this will join us. Some interesting tidbits– Aug. 14th, at the crack of dawn Dave Bauman, myself and Marjorie Maddox wll join hosts Mark Lawrence and Mark Giesen…
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Snow White and the Spokenverse
My son, the Monkey Prodigy has made a dig at his father regarding the lack of recent action at Dad Poet. Subtle, cheeky monkey he is. But he’s right, aside from the recent upload from the Priestly Chapel reading last month, I haven’t done much online recently except deleting my Facebook account. I did start…
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Poetry Under the Paintings with Annn Keeler Evans
I’ve told you about the little gathering of local poets and poetry enthusiasts that have been meeting on first Thursdays since May. We call it Poetry Under the Paintings, and it’s held at Faustina’s Gallery in Lewisburg. The first one you can read about here, and the June edition, here. The July gathering was every…
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The “Prodigy”
I am in a hurry to get ready for tonight’s Poetry Under the Paintings, in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. And by some slim chance that you reading this actually live near here, I urge you to come along. Bring a chair and if you’re daring, a poem (yours or a favorite) to read to the group. It’ll…
