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CRUZIO CAFE! newest animated poetry videos just posted - Beau Blue does an extraordinary job of animating poets and their poetry - thrilled to have a poem appear in this month's issue!
Thank you Beau!! Connie Post, Livermore, CA
Poet's Lane
Rave On
Do you have a new book, published a poem or an article, won a contest; send me your good news!
"To have meaningful work is tremendous happiness."
Rita Mae Brown
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Shawn Pavey
Judith Bader Jones-Kansas
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We were recently notified that The New York Times education blog--the Learning Network--now features our weekly poem along with a piece from a Times writer that elaborates upon the poem's themes.
In addition, a large number of readers receive the column via free e-mail subscription. We've heard from many of them in such places as Indonesia, Nepal, Tunisia, Uganda, Bangladesh, Australia, New Zealand, Peru, Poland, Germany, Italy, France, Canada and the U.K., as well as U.S. readers from Maine to Hawaii.
None of this would happen, of course, without the cooperation of the poets who so generously allow us to reprint their work. Thank you once again!
(Molly Fisk)
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Breaking News!
The Third Poetry Anthology:
Windows and Skylights
by First Tuesday Poets
has arrived!
Carole Dwinell, patient designer, editor and producer of WINDOWS AND SKYLIGHTS reports that the book has been delivered. She will bring copies to tomorrow's FIRST TUESDAY POETRY GATHERING. Bring your check books. ONLY $10, price for First Tuesday poets directly from Carole. $14.95 on line public orders.
ALSO please save the date:
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2010 7-9 PM.
for the launch party for this book. Poets whose work appears in this volume will be asked to read their poems and sign copies of the book.
Hope you and your friends and families can make it!
Questions?: Ronna Leon 707 746-5597
Benicia
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My poem Conversations is being published in
San Gabriel Valley Poetry Quarterly
#48 Fall 2010
Cynthia Bryant, Lenexa, KS
Howdy...this is my first time sending out (to anyone)
notification of yet another poem published in an academic journal ...
so, the good news is: QUEST (Lynn University - Boca Ratan, FL) in its
issue #13, Fall 2010 published my poem
'Devoted' by San Francisco's "pedalling poet" Stephen Kopel
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Subject: VPR Pushcart Prize Nominations, 2010
I am proud to announce the 2010 nominations from
Valparaiso Poetry Review to be considered for inclusion in the next
volume by the Pushcart Press, The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small
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Tobi Cogswell
Hi Cynthia,
yesterday my limerick made the newspaper in the last challenge for 2010, which was to write limericks inspired by the color orange.
The link for those that made the paper is
Hope all is going well for you in KC,
Sherry
There's a comic by Hilary Price.
"Rhymes with Orange" is not always nice.
I laugh anyway
Because I'm that way.
Morning coffee goes better with vice.
-- Sherry Sheehan, Crockett
Eve Brakenbury and Paul McGlamery
New book of poetry
A Companion of Lesser Brilliance
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A seduction so complete, readers will wonder if they themselves have fallen under her spell…
In A Companion of Lesser Brilliance, the moon embodies the feminine archetypes...oftentimes playing the goddess, sometimes the seductress, and occasionally the nurturing mother. She is, undeniably, a sensual symbol. Poets Eve Brackenbury and Paul McGlamery explore the spiritual and mystical complexities of the moon. Their poetry is not a statement of faith, nor is it an endorsement of religion. It is an exploration of a darker, more intimate, and surprisingly feminine side to God. It is not just a collection of poems, but rather, the story of two lovers who are seduced by the moon. In this collection, the moon is not to be completely understood, nor should she be trusted.
Paul's poetry is contemporary and timeless. He is known for riding trancsendental waves. He is a hopeless romantic who has become disenchanted with his war-torn, polluted world. He is constantly apologizing for the sins of men and forever looking for a savior from among the female populous. A liberal thinker and left winger, his poetry is refreshingly honest, oftentimes humorous, and full of sensual and intellectual dichotomies. Paul is not a willing participant in organized religion, but his spirituality runs deep. The feminine goddess has been a popular subject in his poetry and personal inclinations for years. This is most evident in his love for women…especially his beautiful wife, whom he often refers to as his very own goddess.
Eve's poetry is smart, thought-provoking and endearing. She is an optimist, who is enchanted by even the slightest evidence of wit and folly from among men. She’s a storyteller, above all else, and her poetry is often ‘fictional’ rather than biographical. Unlike Paul, Eve is enamored with the world around her. She is a deeply spiritual woman; an independent thinker and fiercely faithful. A Christian with a questioning intellect, she refuses to conform to tradition. Her moon poetry reflects her spiritual love affair with the softer side of God. Much of her poetry shows a playful and creative style. Her imagery is erotic and honest, vulnerable and dangerous. Her biggest inspiration is the love affair she carries on shamelessly with her husband. This spell-binding collection is the product of a writer’s friendship developed online in one of the internet’s premier writer’s communities. Authornation.com is an online community for Authors, Writers, Poets and their Readers. Paul, or pmac58, is the most prolific and most beloved writer and poet at AuthorNation. His poems, featuring the playful and sarcastic antics of the ghost of Bukowski, have become a special treat for his large fan base. Eve is better known as Calliope at AuthorNation and is considered the resident "muse." She offers bits of writing wisdom with her Muse Meditations series as well as sharing her poetic musings with her fans. |
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Gary Young named Santa Cruz county's first poet
laureate
www.allbusiness.com
Jan. 28--SANTA CRUZ, CA -- As a young man, Gary Young moved to Santa Cruz with
the specific intention of becoming a poet. Forty years later, after an
already remarkable career, that ambition has now be...come
official.
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Marin Poetry Center did an interview on me for this month!
Coolidge! Connie Post-Livermore, CA
http://www.marinpoetrycenter.org/newsletter/2010_Sep.htm
Uphook Press is pleased to announce the publication of
hell strung and crooked
"Poetry taken to the edge and back round again"
Featuring: Lenore Balliro, Samantha Barrow, Paul M. L. Belanger, Alex O.
Bleecker, Meredith Devney, Malaika Favorite, Joseph Fritsch, Christian Georgescu,
Robert Gibbons, Thomas Gibney, Deborah Hauser, Suzanne Heagy, Aimee Herman, R.
Nemo Hill, Vicki Iorio, Kit Kennedy, Stephen Kopel, David Lawton, Richard
Loranger, E. K. Mortenson, Nancy Carol Moody, Puma Perl, John Marcus Powell, Bob
Quatrone, Seraphime Rhyianir, Lynn Samsel, Jackie Sheeler, Mary McLaughlin
Slechta, Elliot D. Smith, Laura L. Snyder, Francesca Sphynx, Gregory Vincent St.
Thomasino, Charles F. Thielman, Andrew Topel, John J. Trause, Geoffrey Kagan
Trenchard, Stephanie Valente, Jacob Victorine, Ocean Vuong, Bruce Weber, and
Laura Madeline Wiseman.
"hell strung and crooked" also includes interviews with Mark Doty and Claus
Ankersen
Available from Amazon, at readings, and at the Brooklyn Book Festival on Sept 12
www.uphookpress.com
Connie Post writes
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Winners in the Summer Travel Haiku Contest - ContraCostaTimes.com
Wings tucked, we poultry/shuffle past first-class to squeeze/into nugget shapes. -- Sherry Sheehan, Crockett
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Hi, friends in poetry, I'm Ronna Leon. I have been selected as Benicia, CA's next poet laureate for 2010-2012. The official announcement will be made at a City Council Meeting around July 20th. P.S. I don't want to send out anything to our group without including a poem so here is one from the American Poet STEPHEN CRANE 1871-1900 that I read recently and loved for its directness, brevity and humor. A Man Said To The Universe A man said to the universe: "Sir, I exist!" "However," replied the universe, "The fact has not created in me A sense of obligation."
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Congrats to Jennifer K. Sweeney, on the birth of
her son Liam, and whose poem in issue seven , "I Am,
Myself, Three Selves at Least" WON a Pushcart Prize!
Issue Nine is at the printers and if all goes well should be ready by the end of
the month.
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Like all true poets, Connie Post sharpens language to pierce and rejuvenate the outer-skin of appearances. Again and again, her teasingly punctuated poems pull us aside. One poem asks an X-ray technician “how can she know the secrets of the body / the broken bits of history – not detectable / by her kind of light.” These feisty poems -- many of them soft-spoken psalms -- stitch and glue the everyday to the eternal, interweaving the worldly with the eternal. Concerns or attractions we first take to be particular or private dissolve into the universal so inevitably that we’re forced to relax and recognize the trickster-spirit of poetry at work. Trip Wires is a treat.
-- Al Young
Start from the end and peel back meaning / word by word, line by line” Connie Post tells us, and in Trip Wire, she demonstrates how to start from the end and peel back meaning to the heart of things, the essential, even as she acknowledges the risks in facing the darkest parts of memory—that we might not “remember / how to wake.” But remember she does, more and more deeply, in poems as fiercely honest as they are tender, in a voice that is always compelling and afraid of nothing.
Lynne Knight: Author of “A Book of Common Betrayals” and Winner of 2009 Rattle Poetry Prize
HOW TO ORDER:
You can either fill out the form below and mail it directly to Finishing Line Press, or you can order online by going to http://www.finishinglinepress.com Once there, click on "New Releases" and then scroll down to my book (books appear in alphabetical order by author's name. ). If you have any trouble ordering online, just let me know and I'll be more than happy to help. Thank you!
here is the direct link: http://www.finishinglinepress.com/NewReleasesandForthcomingTitles.htm
(Please mail all orders to the Finishing Line Press address below or order online at www.finishinglinepress.com click on “2009/2010 New Releases”)
For Mail orders, fill out the form below and send to Finishing Line Press:
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With much appreciation to so many of you who have supported me over the years!
Connie Post
Dear Ms. Fisk, Ted Kooser would like to reprint your poem "Hunter's Moon" in his newspaper and online column "American Life in Poetry." If you are interested, please respond with your mailing address.
Molly Fisk
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Launch/Reading for DrunkYard Dog| Date: |
Friday, June 18, 2010
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Cornelia St. Cafe
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Hi Cynthia,
another of my haiku made the West County Times today.
http://sites.google.com/site/sherrysheehanpoems/Home/why-haiku
This "pet peeve" was my 25th to make the printed page. Yay!
Pet-peeve theme 6/7/10
It seems peevish to
have a pet peeve when we are
luckier than most.
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Erica Goss
The
Berkeley Poetry Festival is an annual celebration organized by Louis Cuneo
and his
Mother’s Hen press.
This year’s event is slated for Saturday, June 5, from 1-6 pm, at Telegraph and
Haste near the University of California Berkeley campus, and will honor Bay Area
poet
Jack Foley with its 4th Lifetime Achievement Award.
http://www.examiner.com/x-4545-SF-Poetry-Examiner~y2010m5d20-Berkeley-Poetry-Festival-to-honor-Renaissance-poetcritic-Jack-Foley-June-5
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Claire J. Baker
Pinole, CA
Won Grand Prize performance from Dancing Poetry Festival
at Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco.
First printed in the program of event.
FANTASY IN NEW GUINEA
When one is about to die
three women of the mountains
strip your body with dignity;
they cover you, chin to knees,
with large butterflies.
Blinking satisfaction, you die
the splendid death of your dreams.
The women carry your weightless
body to the top of a waterfall.
Butterflies blossoming in a tall tree
watch over you as you slide down
liquid air, land perfectly laid out
in a rain-forest clearing where you
enter the far kingdom as a butterfly.
Connie Post
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I held the phone away from my ear while the news registered. Someone from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) in Washington, D.C., was telling me I had just won their national short story contest for "The Invisible Door," a autobiographical story about my relationship with a high school history teacher/mentor.
A few days earlier I received my copy of Dog Blessings: Poems, Prose, and Prayers Celebrating Our Relationship with Dogs, an anthology edited by June Cotner and published by New World Library. My poem, "His Final Season," about my beloved golden retriever, Bentley, was included. Dog Blessings is available in bookstores and makes an excellent holiday gift for the dog lovers in your life.
Arlene L. Mandell
Santa Rosa, CA
