Category: poetry
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New from Nancy Scott
Meanwhile, Nancy Scott has two new bylines you can read online. One celebrates an effort on the Karl Stirner Arts Trail to bring poetry to the trail. Their September poetry includes “September Spice.” Chai tastes like another continent when lips and fingers curve to catch worth of warmth. The autumn open door turns truck exhaust…
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Poetry about Place: Archaeomythology
In recognition of the importance of geographic place, Parisian Phoenix will release Kathryn Dohrmann’s poetry chapbook Archaeomythology in November. Kathryn is a colleague of Ben Goluboff, our poet from Lake Forest University in Chicago who collaborated with Mark Luebbers to create our recent Group Portrait, another unique poetry project that appealed to my love of mid-twentieth century history. (View more…
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Ode to a Zip Code?
I belong to several writing groups (Pennwriters, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, and Behind Our Eyes) and subscribe to a multitude of newsletters and mailing lists. Every day, interesting tidbits drop into my inbox from everywhere, The New York Times to LitHub. (If you identify as a writer and don’t know Literary Hub, do yourself a favor…
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Group Portrait Poetry chapbook releases
YESTERDAY: the official release of Benjamin Goluboff’s and Mark Luebbers’ poetry chapbook, Group Portrait, a unique interpretation of a photographic portrait in the World War II era from Peggy Guggenheim’s art salon. We have seen the advance review copies and we are really excited about this little book! Order Group Portrait
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Poetry in the Wild: Strawberry Moon
The Poetry in the Wild Project on Easton, Pa.’s Stirner Arts Trail has posted a poem by Nancy Scott, “I can’t write because…” as part of their June Strawberry Moon compilation online. Click here to see the current Strawberry Moon poems. The Poetry in the Wild project is seeking more poems, details on how to submit are…
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Poet Palooza 3
Thank you to everyone who attended Poet Palooza 3 at downtown Easton’s Book & Puppet Company with representatives from other local presses and publications, including Darrell Parry of Stick Figure Poetry. The evening featured 16 local poets and a mini-workshop, and the bookstore itself has a money museum and art gallery. So here’s another reflection, applicable to readers…
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Because we love poetry…
The Depths Spring Tour McKenna has also launched her spring book tour. For details, check out her Instagram (@mckennagrafwrites). She will be participating in Lafayette College’s One Community Diverse Identities event on April 27, details yet to be announced. She will feature at Bethlehem’s (Pa.) Tavern at the Sun Inn Open Mic on April 30. The official release…
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Incorporating poetry into your writing practice
We held our last Writers Workshop at Easton Area Public Library focusing on poetry with Nancy Scott and Darrell Parry. Nancy and Darrell both read from their work and offered tips and prompts on how to incorporate poetry into any writing routine. Nancy mentioned unorthodox opportunities for publication and how the same event/inspiration can…
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