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Chapbook #2—Angels & Adultery—Coming Soon
I’m way overdue announcing another bit of good news. On the heels of my first chapbook, Moons, Roads, and Rivers from Finishing Line Press, comes the release of Angels & Adultery later this year by Seven Kitchens Press. That’s chapbook number two! I think I’ll talk a bit in an upcoming post about what I’ve learned from compiling…
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A River Town Homecoming, Reading at the Ross Library
I’ve been updating my Events page with more and more upcoming poetry readings and what not. One of the most exciting is rather poetic. Next Saturday, January 27th, I’ll be reading in my old hometown. Just weeks after starting a new job as a library director, I’ll have the honor of going back to my…
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The Chapbooks Are Here!
Finally, my author copies of Moons, Roads, and Rivers have arrived! The press was running behind, and the holidays slowed things down even more, but here the little lovelies are and I’m very happy with them. Since my batch came straight from the printer, the preorder copies will be a few days yet before they…
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Janet Locke, Two Poems
Originally posted on Word Fountain: Attention Janet Locke The microwave clock tells me I’m running late, even though it runs slow. So also say my cell phone, my watch, and my wall clock. A good friend was late for everything, and she was perfect in every other way. Her tardiness was even a perfection so…
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A Barred Owl by Richard Wilbur
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: Please take a moment to relax, close your eyes, and listen to a reading of a fine poem. Okay, you don’t have to close your eyes. https://soundcloud.com/monkeyprodigy/a-barred-owl-by-richard-wilbur A Barred Owl By Richard Wilbur The warping night air having brought the boom Of an owl’s voice into her darkened room, We…
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Requests for Toy Piano by Tony Hoagland
Originally posted on The Monkey Prodigy: https://soundcloud.com/monkeyprodigy/tony-hoagland Read this poem by clicking here. There are several good readings like the one below. A few of them are from the Poetry Out Loud competition which introduced me to this poem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6vBnnV6FRw
