Monthly Poetry Open Mic with a Featured Poet at the historic Caffe Lena hosted by Carol Graser
This Month’s Featured Poets Judith Prest & Jan Tramontano
Judith Prest is a poet, collage artist, creativity coach and holds a certificate in Expressive Art Therapy . Her poetry has appeared in many literary journals and anthologies including Moments of the Soul, Spirit First, Beloved on the Earth, Holy Cow Press, and Layers of Possibility, Palabras Press. Her latest book, Late Day Light, a full length poetry collection, came out in June 2011. Since her retirement from her school social work job in June 2009, she has focused on her “real work” — writing poetry, making art and facilitating creativity and healing work (including SoulCollage®) in prisons, community agencies, retreat centers and other venues.
Jan Marin Tramontano is a poet and fiction writer living in upstate New York. Her poems and stories have appeared in a variety of print and online journals. She has written three poetry chapbooks, Floating Islands, Woman Sitting in a Café and the upcoming Paternal Nocturne (Finishing Line Press, January 2012) as well as penning her father’s memoir, I Am a Fortunate Man. Her novel, Standing on the Corner of Lost and Found, has just been released.
