Hudson Valley Writers Guild Newsletter, December 1, 2011 In This Issue Guild Announcements: HVWG Board Meeting Member Announcements: M.E. Kemp, Keith W. Willis Area Announcements: Writers Institute Readings at UAlbany, Caffe Lena Reading in Saratoga, T…
HVWG newsletter released, December 2 Read More »
I started poem-a-day for November using the Poetic Asides prompts. My plan was to write one long poem, a section each day based on the prompt for the day. I did very well at first. Writing every day. Posting most days, November 1-16. But I was writing a poem about my separation from my husband, […]
there is joy, yes? Read More »
as we often do. & as usual on the Last Monday at McGeary’s Mary Panza was the whip-cracking host. Before the featured poet, we dove into the open mic, a sea of poets tonight.I started it off with an old poem, “Belle du Jour,” that mentions Ted Ad…
Poets Speak Loud!, November 28 Read More »
Listen to this poem using the player above. / / / This poem is a combination of images from my past and images from the present. natsukashii genmaicha leaves in a clay pot Tokyo sounds subway travels tatami mats against our legs tangy curry from little cubes Tonari no Totoro & a cat who steps […]
(Naturalist, musician, and all around nice guy, Spider Barbour writes a nature column with Anita Barbour for the Woodstock Times. On Sunday afternoon, December 4th, he will join Michael Perkins and me for a reading at 1 pm at the … Continue reading →
Water flows downhill (until it doesn’t) by Spider Barbour Read More »
Among the nicest gifts I received this year were two heartfelt appraisals of my poetry books by Marc Schuster of Small Press Reviews. Many critics love to show off their smarts, but not so many share their real feelings as … Continue reading →
“Read Local”: My Holiday Appeal Read More »
Once again we gathered at the Old Songs Community Center in Voorheesville on a 4th Sunday for poetry. As the old song says, “… & the usual crowd was there” (& a few others). Mike Burke adeptly handled the duties as host with an insightful …
Sunday Four Poetry, November 27 Read More »
at the Social Justice Center in Albany, NY. This month’s gathering was blessed by the Muse, Langston Hughes. I read his poem “Let America Be America Again,” which could’ve been written this morning down at the Occupy Albany site; it was first publish…
Third Thursday Poetry Night, November 17 Read More »
I missed the last couple of the Slam events here at Valentines but came back on an interesting night. First of all there were more people here, even just to watch (& thus more potential judges, though most declined), & there were more people s…
Nitty Gritty Slam, November 15 Read More »
The morning along Lark St. is busywith people I know talkingwomen in sports bras, sweat pantswalking dogs, both sleepystill half in yesterdaywomen dressed like men in skirtsunlock the day’s dooropen for business soonwhen the sky clouds upthe conversa…
I was the host of the open mic at the Arts Center in Troy solo this month, with an interesting backdrop the set of a play being presented in the the theater.It was the classic nobody-signs-up-first at the open mic, so I took that spot, read “One Day Lo…
Poetry + Prose Open Mic, November 13 Read More »
Listen to this poem using the player above. I wrote this today on the 6 train while listening to John Cale’s album Vintage Violence. / / / Cale on the 6 John Cale’s on the uptown 6 singing about Adelaide Spring to Bleeker to Astor Place on a November day that finally feels like winter […]
POEM: Cale on the 6 Read More »
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