Weaving a New Eden
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- sherry: Oh Gary, I can get there, like running down to the package store, but I still won’t be there.
- sherry: Thank you, Vada. I almost didn’t put this up, having decided it was really sort of silly. Now I’m glad I did because here you are making a comment. I love it! The story is meant...
- Vada Johnson: Sherry, I enjoyed reading this beginning. The dialogue flows very naturally, in fact much like a movie/TV script. I can see Buck clearly and imagine Odella in her role as a woman...
- Gary Greer: Sherry, Regarding “there,” is that something you can get? As, for example, I am going to get there before long. And if it is, is long, too, something you can get, especially...
- Yousei Hime: Thank you for the mention. I’ve really enjoyed being a part of Couplets. I’ll look around here before I go too.
- sherry: And I will be there who has never been there, Gary. Thanks for knowing my poem.
- Gary Greer: The images of “Evening Song” are surprisingly apt for E. 4th St. between Aves. A and B. two blocks north of what used to be “there” for me. And there was plenty...
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Category Archives: Publishers
Miscellany
Thanks to Steve Rhodes for the link to Poetry FAQ, BY Wendy MacLeod; Why do people go to poetry readings? Some go to get signed copies of books that may one day be worth something on eBay. Some go because … Continue reading
Miscellany
From Juan Cole: 71% of Americans think Iran already has the Bomb (Also we used to have pet triceratops) A CNN/ Gallup poll shows that nearly three quarters of Americans believe that Iran already has a nuclear weapon. (About 80% … Continue reading
Posted in Contests, Current Events, Publishers, Readings
Tagged Charlie Hughes, Juan Cole, Kentucky State Poetry Society, Wind Publications
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Big book of short poems
Now available from Accents Publishing, Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems brings you the work of 192 poets in a 316-page volume. All poems are 50 words or less, including titles. I am pleased to say that … Continue reading
Monday morning miscellany
I was amused by this want ad in the local paper: Eats, shoots and leaves? Via Nic Sebastian, Rejection Wiki This is a wiki for recording literary rejections to help in determining whether you have a standard, tiered or personalized … Continue reading
Posted in Belles Lettres, History, Photography, Poets, Pop Culture, Publishers
Tagged FootHills Publishing, Michael Czarnecki, Nic Sebastian, TR Williams, Will Nixon
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A memorable flight
Arrived in my mailbox on Saturday, my copy of Georgia Wallace’s Finishing Line chapbook, The Coming Fall. It is one of the prettiest Finishing Line chaps I’ve seen in some time — maybe since my own Dance the Black-Eyed Girl. … Continue reading
Posted in Poets, Publishers
Tagged Finishing Line Press, Georgia Wallace, Kentucky poets
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Celebrate with me!
My first book! Just in time for International Woman’s Day, I can announce to you that my collection of poems, Weaving a New Eden, has gone to press, is officially listed, and will be available soon. And me a mere … Continue reading
Stuff # 25
Frederick Smock on Woodridge Spears. When I was at Georgetown College Dr. Spears was still teaching but I wasn’t wise enough to take one of his classes, so I only knew him by reputation. He was much beloved but little … Continue reading
