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Brian Dean Powers, Spring•Summer 2017
Be sure to follow the links to get a print copy with the gorgeous cover design (The Bees!) by Erin Mazzoni. We’ll also be including some bonus audio/visual content in the online version again this time. Here’s the first sample from Brian Dean Powers, including his poem “Van Gogh’s Bedroom.” Source: Brian Dean Powers, Spring•Summer…
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Saturday Songs with the Cactus Blossoms
If you are like me, you have been enjoying the long-awaited return of Twin Peaks. Perhaps I’ll join the ranks of those attempting to review the episodes, but for now, I’m just enjoying the nostalgia and the wild ride through David Lynch‘s imagination. I’ve also been digging the bands that have been playing at the…
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Issue #13, Spring • Summer 2017
To have the latest issue of Word Fountain, the Literary Magazine of the Osterhout Library shipped to you (within the continental US only), please visit our library’s donation page and make a suggested donation of at least five dollars. Be sure you mention in the notes that you are requesting a copy of the latest issue of Word…
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Of My Mother, and of Life, Thirty Years Later
It’s Mother’s Day, and a young poet friend has been three days without his mother. She died suddenly and unexpectedly in her sleep. What can one say, except, “Friend, you are not alone?” I’m thankful that he has many friends and family to look out for him. Eventually, it is my hope, he will feel…
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Launch of the Spring-Summer Issue
Originally posted on Word Fountain: Word Fountain, the Literary Magazine of the Osterhout Free Library launches its next issue, Spring/Summer 2017, on May 19th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM in our library’s reading room at 71 South Franklin Street in Wilkes-Barre. Join us for readings of short fiction and poetry, and get your free copy…
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Poetry Month Playlist Wrapup
My youngest boy had a lovely idea for Poetry Month; we would agree on a poet for each week of April and each of us would record a poem or more by that poet. It was fun, and I even found a few poems by these favorites that I hadn’t heard before. You can follow…
