Ask Alice
She’s always saying yes when she wants
to say no, doesn’t seem right how folks
take advantage of her good nature, does it?
Then she’ll turn right around and Big Fat No
something that seems interesting, like a party
or dinner at a fancy place she’d never go alone.
Been known to say no to food when she’s hungry,
squeeze her legs tight in the car too prim to answer
in the affirmative to “Anybody need to stop?”
Hard-wired to do for others, deny herself,
she comes from a long line of giving women,
the kind that believes it’s what has to be done,
after all, it’s biblical, right? Dutiful wives,
loving mothers, must learn to abide, sit tight,
give in, walk the extra mile for everybody else.
The ease of Yes, the discomfort of No
needs to be switched around, rethought
before she wears herself out with loving.
Prob’ly have to piss off a few folks, before
the new rules set themselves in stone,
likely have to cry behind the steering wheel
when they play the guilt card, she mustn’t cave.
Truth be trotted out- she never did ‘em a favor
always pulling the wagon without any help.
She’s gonna give it a good No next time,
save the Really Big YES for what she wants.
Maybe dogs and Alice can turn a trick around.
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Sunday, November 07, 2010
November poem-a-day here's November 7th
Bamboozled, and on a Sunday
There are always biddies and busybodies
in a congregation - acting as spies for the devil.
It’s celestial intelligence, meddling minions
to insure the message is muddled, called out
before the match catches, Lacryma Christi!
The witnesses stand silent,mouths agape.
The end is nigh, and always has been,
(truth be told we never had a say at all).
You, Lucy? And Ethyl, long suffering,
the same sprinkled dirt now covers both of you.
Those expecting more will be sorely disappointed,
while the rest of us suspected nothing all along.
There are always biddies and busybodies
in a congregation - acting as spies for the devil.
It’s celestial intelligence, meddling minions
to insure the message is muddled, called out
before the match catches, Lacryma Christi!
The witnesses stand silent,mouths agape.
The end is nigh, and always has been,
(truth be told we never had a say at all).
You, Lucy? And Ethyl, long suffering,
the same sprinkled dirt now covers both of you.
Those expecting more will be sorely disappointed,
while the rest of us suspected nothing all along.
Thursday, November 04, 2010
it's First Friday (again)!
and there is sculpture at art6-
and first novels at VCU- (that's Thursday)
and poetry at Chop Suey
and I'm writing a poem-a-day (so far without inspiration)
and it's a dark and dreary day (which I love, actually)
and I'm about to cook stuffed cabbage (with lamb and pine nuts)
life is good!
and first novels at VCU- (that's Thursday)
and poetry at Chop Suey
and I'm writing a poem-a-day (so far without inspiration)
and it's a dark and dreary day (which I love, actually)
and I'm about to cook stuffed cabbage (with lamb and pine nuts)
life is good!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Are you teaching a poetry class?? Taking one??
Here's a text you might consider. At least make it part of your personal collection.
Making Poems
Making Poems
Poets include Jan Beatty, Robin Becker, Fleda Brown, J. L. Conrad, Jim Daniels, Todd Davis, Chris Dombrowski, Dan Gerber, Jeff Gundy, Kimiko Hahn, William Heyen, H. L. Hix, John Hoppenthaler, Ann Hostetler, Julia Spicher Kasdorf, David Kirby, Gerry LaFemina, Mary Linton, Shara McCallum, Dinty W. Moore, Erin Murphy, Mary Rose O’Reilley, Lee Peterson, Greg Rappleye, Keith Ratzlaff, Jack Ridl, Steven Sherrill, David Shumate, Aaron Smith, Lucien Stryk, Mary Swander, Sue Ellen Thompson, Natasha Threthewey, Brian Turner, Lee Upton, G. C. Waldrep, Michael Waters, Patricia Jabbeh Wesley, Katharine Whitcomb, and Robert Wrigley.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
Twitter poets
Tonight we had a poet party on twitter- it was a blast!
Some heady names were there.
You missed it.
Some heady names were there.
You missed it.
Monday, October 18, 2010
Voting again! Caption contest!
Go vote for someone- me, for instance, if you like my caption!
CAPTION CONTEST
Serious fun. Read the Project Runway commentary, too- voting is at the bottom of that.
CAPTION CONTEST
Serious fun. Read the Project Runway commentary, too- voting is at the bottom of that.
Sunday, October 17, 2010
Poetry Resolutions
Poetry Resolutions 10-17-10
1) To pay attention
2) To revise and reorder poems
3) To organize my time around writing poetry
4) Submit submit submit (contingent on #2)
5) Set aside reading times (poetry first, fiction after)
6) Clear my desk, clear my head
7) Walk everyday (I should probably move that up, it's doable)
8) Continue eating well, and plan meals better for the husband (who is quitting smoking)
9) Keep better contact with friends, near and far
Cooler weather brings more energy- I wish it brought more money (but I can't let that hold me up from doing these resolutions). It's very tempting to huddle under a throw and moan about details- I have certainly done enough of that recently.
Forward. Outward display. Inner Peace.
Poetry.
Shann
1) To pay attention
2) To revise and reorder poems
3) To organize my time around writing poetry
4) Submit submit submit (contingent on #2)
5) Set aside reading times (poetry first, fiction after)
6) Clear my desk, clear my head
7) Walk everyday (I should probably move that up, it's doable)
8) Continue eating well, and plan meals better for the husband (who is quitting smoking)
9) Keep better contact with friends, near and far
Cooler weather brings more energy- I wish it brought more money (but I can't let that hold me up from doing these resolutions). It's very tempting to huddle under a throw and moan about details- I have certainly done enough of that recently.
Forward. Outward display. Inner Peace.
Poetry.
Shann
Monday, October 11, 2010
Caption contest throwdown!! Go vote!!
and I'm in again- but I might be out tonight...
Go vote- go vote for someone!
READ here and scroll down to vote
Go vote- go vote for someone!
READ here and scroll down to vote
Monday, October 04, 2010
Thursday, September 30, 2010
The last poem-a-day for September
September 30th (draft)
She Endures
through rain, then mud,
then all the mold and mildew
in the little house, her closet
full of shoes and purses
on the cracked linoleum floor
beside mice nests, spider parts
she scribbles on the wall behind
her Laura Ashley paisley suit,
her white Rainbow girl formal
she writes: New York City,
San Francisco, London,
any place except home, here
where she lays out places
to see with pink lipstick
carried in her pocket, La Porte
the one city she will say
she hates, the heat, the stink,
the rules about taking Home Ec
instead of geology or Russian
pretending to be Blanche,
or the jester’s other girlfriend
she plots escape, university,
marriage, money, music,
in the meantime, she endures.
She Endures
through rain, then mud,
then all the mold and mildew
in the little house, her closet
full of shoes and purses
on the cracked linoleum floor
beside mice nests, spider parts
she scribbles on the wall behind
her Laura Ashley paisley suit,
her white Rainbow girl formal
she writes: New York City,
San Francisco, London,
any place except home, here
where she lays out places
to see with pink lipstick
carried in her pocket, La Porte
the one city she will say
she hates, the heat, the stink,
the rules about taking Home Ec
instead of geology or Russian
pretending to be Blanche,
or the jester’s other girlfriend
she plots escape, university,
marriage, money, music,
in the meantime, she endures.
Monday, September 20, 2010
Even more poetry- from the Poetry Society of Virginia
If you don't have a job- check this out: (not sure what it costs if you aren't a member)
Come Enjoy!
three October readings by P.S.V. Poets
October 8th Award winning Poems
Joan Mazza, Evelyn Tower, and Rob Arthur
October 15th Published Poetry
Patsy Anne Bickerstaff, Ed Lull, and Norma Richardson
October 22nd Favorite Poets
Shonda Buchanan, Evelyn Tower, and Katie Brydon
at
University of Richmond, North Court Reception Room
1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Free for P.S.V. members
Directions:
UR campus map: richmond.edu/visit/maps/index.html
Park behind the Modlin Center (building 50 on map).
Walk through Modlin Center
Cross Keller Road
North Court is building 40 on campus map.
Questions: contact Maria Butler, 285-8302.
PSV members please come and help attract the Osher members to
PSV membership
an hour for each reader????? Skip out for Bob Arthur, he's dreadful IMO
Saturday, September 18, 2010
This will be a MUST SEE- Larry Levis
A teaser for a documentary film about an incredible poet-
My Story in a Late Style of Fire
When ?? Where ??
That's all I'll need to know.
My Story in a Late Style of Fire
When ?? Where ??
That's all I'll need to know.
Politics ain't poetry- ever-
I want to go to DC for Jon Stewart's Rally For Sanity- anyone wanna go with?
"In his outstanding new book, The Misogynist, novelist and biographer Piers Paul Read makes a list of what he describes as “the Seven Sins of the Secular State.”
They are racism, misogyny, homophobia, elitism, smoking, obesity and religious belief. Read discusses all of this with a breathtaking grasp of the absurdities of the contemporary world and the book is essential stuff."
(Michael Coren, via the Toronto Sun) (via C. Dale Young)
"In his outstanding new book, The Misogynist, novelist and biographer Piers Paul Read makes a list of what he describes as “the Seven Sins of the Secular State.”
They are racism, misogyny, homophobia, elitism, smoking, obesity and religious belief. Read discusses all of this with a breathtaking grasp of the absurdities of the contemporary world and the book is essential stuff."
(Michael Coren, via the Toronto Sun) (via C. Dale Young)
Monday, September 13, 2010
Saturday, September 04, 2010
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
*VMFA “First Fridays” Welcomes Back VCU Poets Please come!!!*
VMFA will host the first event in the new First Fridays performing arts
series on Friday, September 3 with poetry readings from four poets from VCU.
The readings will be held in the museum’s Atrium from 6-8 PM. Admission to each event is free and open to the public. Take advantage of the late Friday evening hours, and view the works of art in the galleries, browse the gift shop or enjoy the casual atmosphere, food and beverages offered in the Best Café before or after the performances
*First Fridays, September 3*
*Poets* (introduced by Shann Palmer)
6:00-6:25 pm Avery Beckendorf
6:30-6:55 Tarfia Faizullah
7:00-7:25 Randy Marshall
7:30-8:00 Cynthia Grier Lotze
*Avery Beckendorf *is a third-year MFA student in poetry at VCU. She earned a BA in creative writing and journalism from the University of Central Florida in 2006. She previously worked as editor of the *Cypress Dome*, a student literary magazine at UCF, and her poetry and fiction have appeared in The *Susquehanna Review* and *Takedown.*
*Cynthia Grier Lotze* earned her MFA in poetry from VCU in 2006. She has taught Literature and Writing at VCU and at the University of Mary Washington and teaches in the English Department at St. Catherine’s School. She is at work on a book-length poem entitled *Baedeker for Comets* and her
shorter poems can be found or are forthcoming in publications like *Harpur Palate, Babel Fruit*, *Opium, Versal* and *Makeout Creek*.
*Randy Marshall* received his MFA in poetry from VCU. His poems, essays, and reviews have appeared in *Richmond Arts Magazine, GSU Review, Cream City Review *and *Blackbird*. Selections of his poetry were named as finalists in the Frank O’Hara Chapbook Competitions. He currently serves as Associate Literary Editor of *Blackbird: an online journal of literature and he arts.*
*Tarfia Faizullah* received her MFA in poetry from VCU. She is a former associate editor of Blackbird: an online journal of literature and the arts. Her poetry has appeared in Mid-American Review, The Southern Review, Ploughshares, Cimarron Review, Green Mountains Review, Poetry Daily and elsewhere. She was a 2006-07 AWP Intro Journals Award winner, a 2008-09 winner of the Catherine and Joan Byrne Poetry Prize, and the 2009 winner of Ploughshares’ Cohen Award
Saturday, August 28, 2010
"Jesus wants you to be a millionaire"
A poem by Robert Bruce from poetry.org (the rest of the poem HERE)
Jesus Wants You to be a Millionaire
We know that he
worked as a carpenter
until
he gave it up to
travel
tell stories
and generally
piss off people like me
Jesus Wants You to be a Millionaire
We know that he
worked as a carpenter
until
he gave it up to
travel
tell stories
and generally
piss off people like me
Friday, August 27, 2010
Poets you might (or might not) enjoy
Interesting stuff from Jezebel
An odd mix of the sublime and the sleazy- if you like to talk shit, click on some of the videos (I'm sorry- my personal opinion is, if you think talking about blood and vaginas makes you a better woman than me- I am so not impressed little girl- you don't know my life).
Stand up, commentary, bullshit, brilliance- all under the heading of poetry.
You choose-
An odd mix of the sublime and the sleazy- if you like to talk shit, click on some of the videos (I'm sorry- my personal opinion is, if you think talking about blood and vaginas makes you a better woman than me- I am so not impressed little girl- you don't know my life).
Stand up, commentary, bullshit, brilliance- all under the heading of poetry.
You choose-
Monday, August 23, 2010
A really great poem!!!
A prize winner for sure....by Ed Madden-
Jubilate
For I will read queer things in punk magazines in English.
For we will talk about David Bowie and Rod Stewart in art.
For I will watch Sting sing ‘Don’t stand so close to me’ on Friday Night Videos
as I lie on a bed in Sheryl Honey’s house my senior year,
for I will lie on the bed with Elizabeth, who loaned me the magazines,
for I will lie on the bed with Paul, the quarterback with perfect hair and tanned ankles,
for we will watch Sting sing ‘Don’t stand so close to me.’
(click HERE for the entire poem)
Jubilate
For I will read queer things in punk magazines in English.
For we will talk about David Bowie and Rod Stewart in art.
For I will watch Sting sing ‘Don’t stand so close to me’ on Friday Night Videos
as I lie on a bed in Sheryl Honey’s house my senior year,
for I will lie on the bed with Elizabeth, who loaned me the magazines,
for I will lie on the bed with Paul, the quarterback with perfect hair and tanned ankles,
for we will watch Sting sing ‘Don’t stand so close to me.’
(click HERE for the entire poem)
Friday, August 06, 2010
Monday, August 02, 2010
Kelly Cherry named Poet Laureate of Virginia
Kelly Cherry has been appointed Poet Laureate of Virginia. She will serve from 2010-2012.
She was preceeded by Claudia Emerson and Carolyn Foronda, both incredible poets! Cherry is a wonderful follow-up in this line of poets.
a poem from the Cortland Review...
She Doesn't Care What you Say About Her,
Just so Long as you Spell Her Name Right
Would she have fame?
Would she take tea and have fame with her tea?
Or roll a joint, famously?
She imagined approval, applause
A man not bored by her voracity.
In the house to be
Furnished in the future,
There would be intricate, quiet rugs,
Acres of books,
Someone playing the cello.
A late supper after the concert or play...
Outside, the people were clamoring for autographs.
The Madonna Syndrome:
Later, they went home,
And the man who was not bored
By the fact that she loved him
Allowed her to write her name
On his balls with the tip
Of her tongue as many times
As it took to make sure
He got it right.
*******************gotta love that, right??? Thank you Poetry Society of Virginia and Governor Whasisname.
She was preceeded by Claudia Emerson and Carolyn Foronda, both incredible poets! Cherry is a wonderful follow-up in this line of poets.
a poem from the Cortland Review...
She Doesn't Care What you Say About Her,
Just so Long as you Spell Her Name Right
Would she have fame?
Would she take tea and have fame with her tea?
Or roll a joint, famously?
She imagined approval, applause
A man not bored by her voracity.
In the house to be
Furnished in the future,
There would be intricate, quiet rugs,
Acres of books,
Someone playing the cello.
A late supper after the concert or play...
Outside, the people were clamoring for autographs.
The Madonna Syndrome:
Later, they went home,
And the man who was not bored
By the fact that she loved him
Allowed her to write her name
On his balls with the tip
Of her tongue as many times
As it took to make sure
He got it right.
*******************gotta love that, right??? Thank you Poetry Society of Virginia and Governor Whasisname.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
best new writer I've met this year
Her name is Ann Pancake and her novel is "Strange as the Weather Has Been" , her short story collection is "Given Ground".
Her characters are spot on, full of life where lesser authors would infuse them with caricature and moonshine (or lately, oxycontin and meth).
Her words helped me feel the trees, the land, the rocks- the remainder of my vacation in West Virginia (I met her at the West Virginia Writers Workshop) I saw the land in a brand new way. As we drove to Morgantown and Oakland, MD on a different day, the mountains spoke to me and this time- I heard what they said, thanks to Ann. It was joy, beauty, and sadness.
I'm sure Kelly at Fountain Bookstore would be glad to order both books for you. Ann does for West Virginia what Clyde Edgerton and Sheri Reynolds do for their respective stomping grounds.
Her characters are spot on, full of life where lesser authors would infuse them with caricature and moonshine (or lately, oxycontin and meth).
Her words helped me feel the trees, the land, the rocks- the remainder of my vacation in West Virginia (I met her at the West Virginia Writers Workshop) I saw the land in a brand new way. As we drove to Morgantown and Oakland, MD on a different day, the mountains spoke to me and this time- I heard what they said, thanks to Ann. It was joy, beauty, and sadness.
I'm sure Kelly at Fountain Bookstore would be glad to order both books for you. Ann does for West Virginia what Clyde Edgerton and Sheri Reynolds do for their respective stomping grounds.
Friday, July 02, 2010
new US Poet Laureate named- it's Merwin!
W.S. Merwin is it-
HERE
More info HERE
I have mixed emotions- The past 2 years with Kay Ryan have been pretty much a wash (not her poetry but her public persona). It would be nice to have something going on with poetry again. Pinsky-style.
Just sayin'
Language
by W. S. Merwin
Certain words now in our knowledge we will not use again, and we will never forget them. We need them. Like the back of the picture. Like our marrow, and the color in our veins. We shine the lantern of our sleep on them, to make sure, and there they are, trembling already for the day of witness. They will be buried with us, and rise with the rest.
HERE
More info HERE
I have mixed emotions- The past 2 years with Kay Ryan have been pretty much a wash (not her poetry but her public persona). It would be nice to have something going on with poetry again. Pinsky-style.
Just sayin'
Language
by W. S. Merwin
Certain words now in our knowledge we will not use again, and we will never forget them. We need them. Like the back of the picture. Like our marrow, and the color in our veins. We shine the lantern of our sleep on them, to make sure, and there they are, trembling already for the day of witness. They will be buried with us, and rise with the rest.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Just when you thought there was enough about Larry Levis!
There's more....
HERE
all this AND Phillip Levine?? Gotta love this, seriously.
Mark your calendars NOW!
HERE
all this AND Phillip Levine?? Gotta love this, seriously.
Mark your calendars NOW!
Monday, June 28, 2010
2010 Levis prize winner announced by VCU
Saturday, June 26, 2010
show me the poetry in sausage biscuits
oh, can you tell me Hardee's (if that's your real name)?
Maybe it's not poetry without gravy-
Maybe it's not poetry without gravy-
Wednesday, June 23, 2010
Best Hour I've Spent in a Long Time
Incredibly inspiring...trust me, stick with it to the end...
Chuck Palahniuk from Grub Street on Vimeo.
Chuck Palahniuk from Grub Street on Vimeo.
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Kids and Words at Chop Suey- last chance to sign up!
I'm not sure there are any slots left, but if you're kid is creative and not good with the heat- this is a real great opportunity-
Richmond Young Writers is a great program with exciting and interesting leaders to run your smart kid through all manner of word related activities.
Not to mention the poetry lady is very cool.
Summer Sessions 2010
Summer sessions run Monday-Friday from 2-5 pm at Chop Suey Bookstore in Carytown. Young writers will have the opportunity to explore the craft and fun of creative writing through a variety of imagination-stimulating prompts, journaling, people-watching and more.
Special workshops with professional writers will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3-5 pm. Each week will culminate in a reading of student works-in-progress at the Byrd Theatre at 4:30 pm on Friday afternoon.
Session 1, Ages 10-14 June 21- June 25
Character (Slash Coleman) ** Surrealism (Mike Dulin) ** Poetry (Shann Palmer)
Session 2, Ages 10-14 June 28-July 2
Journalism (Chris Dovi) ** Zine Making 101 (Liz Canfield) ** Fiction (Michele Young-Stone)
Session 3, Ages 10-14 July 5- July 9
Character (Slash Coleman) ** Poetry (Shann Palmer) ** Journalism (Chris Dovi)
Session 4, Ages 14-17 July 12- July 16
Fiction (Michele Young-Stone) ** Surrealism (Mike Dulin) ** Zine Making 101 (Liz Canfield)
Richmond Young Writers is a great program with exciting and interesting leaders to run your smart kid through all manner of word related activities.
Not to mention the poetry lady is very cool.
Summer Sessions 2010
Summer sessions run Monday-Friday from 2-5 pm at Chop Suey Bookstore in Carytown. Young writers will have the opportunity to explore the craft and fun of creative writing through a variety of imagination-stimulating prompts, journaling, people-watching and more.
Special workshops with professional writers will be held on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 3-5 pm. Each week will culminate in a reading of student works-in-progress at the Byrd Theatre at 4:30 pm on Friday afternoon.
Session 1, Ages 10-14 June 21- June 25
Character (Slash Coleman) ** Surrealism (Mike Dulin) ** Poetry (Shann Palmer)
Session 2, Ages 10-14 June 28-July 2
Journalism (Chris Dovi) ** Zine Making 101 (Liz Canfield) ** Fiction (Michele Young-Stone)
Session 3, Ages 10-14 July 5- July 9
Character (Slash Coleman) ** Poetry (Shann Palmer) ** Journalism (Chris Dovi)
Session 4, Ages 14-17 July 12- July 16
Fiction (Michele Young-Stone) ** Surrealism (Mike Dulin) ** Zine Making 101 (Liz Canfield)
Thursday, June 03, 2010
Poetry at the Norge Library
June 3, Saturday 11 am
Guy Terrell, Shann Palmer, Carolyn Foronda, Henry Hart, Ed Lull
Reading their original work
Norge Library, Williamsburg
Guy Terrell, Shann Palmer, Carolyn Foronda, Henry Hart, Ed Lull
Reading their original work
Wednesday, June 02, 2010
No job at Dominion Power if your daddy works there- oh no!
seems my son can't be hired at Dominion (Va Power) cause his dad works there- wish they'd mentioned that before his very promising interview yesterday
(the boss above the boss decreed it so - even though they would not be working together)
Did you know there are people reading your meter part-time *no benefits* who barely speak English but a collage grad who desperately needs a job can't get one because he's family?
Did you know the agency who is working on filling these positions (part-time) did not know this?
My son needs a job. Anybody?
(the boss above the boss decreed it so - even though they would not be working together)
Did you know there are people reading your meter part-time *no benefits* who barely speak English but a collage grad who desperately needs a job can't get one because he's family?
Did you know the agency who is working on filling these positions (part-time) did not know this?
My son needs a job. Anybody?
Monday, May 31, 2010
Hopper and Kipling
isn't the internet great? The things we can revisit!
I've been told Kipling is out of favor but this is a poem I grew up with- I always was annoyed it was addressed to a son, not a daughter- times change.
I've been told Kipling is out of favor but this is a poem I grew up with- I always was annoyed it was addressed to a son, not a daughter- times change.
Monday, May 24, 2010
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
Dead Poets Live at the Poe Museum Thursday 7:00pm
Dead Poets Live
Sponsored by the Dead Poets Society of America
& The Poetry Society of Virginia
& The Poetry Society of Virginia
May 20, 2010
7:00 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
Poe Museum, 1914 East Main Street, Richmond, VA
~~~~~~~~~~~~
Welcome
Chris Semtner, Curator, Poe Museum
Chris Semtner, Curator, Poe Museum
Opening Comments
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda, Former Poet Laureate of Virginia, 2006-2008
Readings
Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda . . . . ... . . Anne Spencer
Hollis E. Pruitt . . . . . . . Andrew Jackson Andrews
Nancy Powell . . .. . . . . . Margaret Junkin Preston
Ann Shalaski . . . .. . . . . . . George Palmer Garrett
Edward Lull . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph F. Awad
Shann Palmer . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . Bess Gresham
David Wojahn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry Levis
Ron Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Edgar Allan Poe
Closing Comments & Announcement of the Photo / Video Contest
Walter Skold, poet and founder of the Dead Poets Society of America
Refreshments, courtesy of The Poetry Society of Virginia
The Dead Poets Society of America and The Poetry Society of Virginia are grateful
to the Poe Museum for hosting this event.
Monday, May 17, 2010
The new Martin's at Dumbarton Square (and all of them really)
No one asked me (well, actually, the store manager did ask me while I was there and I intend to send this to him) but here are my thoughts on the new “Martin’s” at Dumbarton Square.
Good things - mostly the same great people, friendly as usual and busy trying to find things that had been moved - think of a friend who moves into your house with all their stuff and you can’t find your keys- though everything was really sparkled up, it felt and looked clean. Double coupons every day is nice. This store will close at 10pm- Good call!!!
Uncomfortable things- beer and wine jammed into a very small store, in fact EVERYTHING was jammed in, as if someone forgot to note this is a small store and doesn’t need to have all the items other stores carry. The shelves are crushed with product- it’s not that easy to remove a can or box without knocking things off (I did, twice). Also, everything is piled too high- frankly, all I could think of was “an embarrassment of riches.” In contrast, the meat section is a flat landscape displayed so you have to leer over the bins to see what’s there- and it’s all crammed in, too.
on that note- all those guys in white shirts standing around watching things and talking about the shoppers and stuff- go home- there are capable people in this store who know how to do their jobs.
Sad things - all the ‘cheap’ looking packaging- sorry, GIANT- your logo looks dated (so does the Martin font). I felt like I was in a Dollar Store. There are also so many new brands the variety of sizes is not available, and I guess crammed up so they can get the beer & wine in. I wish someone had done local research to see what works here- it’s not a big city, we have room to spread out a little. A LOT of the new clerks looked uncomfortable. I’m glad for their jobs, though.
Bad things - The hang tags under products are very misleading- at least twice I had to explain to some older shoppers the bottom price is what you SAVE- not what the item costs. Yes, it says so, but it’s difficult to tell, particularly if your vision is not perfect. Believe me, clearer info will help- I’ve stood in line at this store behind an old person arguing over ten cents. The tags don't cleary indicate what is and what isn't on sale- some say 'new price'- huh? It's a new store, all the prices are new.In addition the stores are junked up with displays and freestanding products (I mentioned this on the UkropsInsider survey I sent in). It makes it difficult to negotiate a basket.
Disappointing things - The prices. Sorry. Overall they are not that good- I know my prices and I am a careful shopper- you can fool some of the people but not me (most of the time). I won’t slip over to Kroger (none close) or Food Lion (Yuck) but some of the produce prices in particular make Whole Foods look pretty good. In fact, considering the current emphasis on health and good eating, the produce selection seemed a little wanting. It may be there is more content there but the section is sprinkled with packaged crap- and the vegan/vegetarian selections are tough to locate.
Yes, I will still shop there, I’m loyal and it’s close. I like the people- particularly the deli folks (where prices are a little better). I do hope things shake out and upper management listens to the locals. If they don’t, it’ll just be another big chain full of scuzzy people who don’t care (no matter what they say) selling us stuff we don’t want or need.
In the meantime, there's always farmer’s markets and places like Nadolski’s Butcher Shop in Goochland. Oh yeah, and Whole Foods.
Maybe I’m the dinosaur- but I don’t think so.
Good things - mostly the same great people, friendly as usual and busy trying to find things that had been moved - think of a friend who moves into your house with all their stuff and you can’t find your keys- though everything was really sparkled up, it felt and looked clean. Double coupons every day is nice. This store will close at 10pm- Good call!!!
Uncomfortable things- beer and wine jammed into a very small store, in fact EVERYTHING was jammed in, as if someone forgot to note this is a small store and doesn’t need to have all the items other stores carry. The shelves are crushed with product- it’s not that easy to remove a can or box without knocking things off (I did, twice). Also, everything is piled too high- frankly, all I could think of was “an embarrassment of riches.” In contrast, the meat section is a flat landscape displayed so you have to leer over the bins to see what’s there- and it’s all crammed in, too.
on that note- all those guys in white shirts standing around watching things and talking about the shoppers and stuff- go home- there are capable people in this store who know how to do their jobs.
Sad things - all the ‘cheap’ looking packaging- sorry, GIANT- your logo looks dated (so does the Martin font). I felt like I was in a Dollar Store. There are also so many new brands the variety of sizes is not available, and I guess crammed up so they can get the beer & wine in. I wish someone had done local research to see what works here- it’s not a big city, we have room to spread out a little. A LOT of the new clerks looked uncomfortable. I’m glad for their jobs, though.
Bad things - The hang tags under products are very misleading- at least twice I had to explain to some older shoppers the bottom price is what you SAVE- not what the item costs. Yes, it says so, but it’s difficult to tell, particularly if your vision is not perfect. Believe me, clearer info will help- I’ve stood in line at this store behind an old person arguing over ten cents. The tags don't cleary indicate what is and what isn't on sale- some say 'new price'- huh? It's a new store, all the prices are new.In addition the stores are junked up with displays and freestanding products (I mentioned this on the UkropsInsider survey I sent in). It makes it difficult to negotiate a basket.
Disappointing things - The prices. Sorry. Overall they are not that good- I know my prices and I am a careful shopper- you can fool some of the people but not me (most of the time). I won’t slip over to Kroger (none close) or Food Lion (Yuck) but some of the produce prices in particular make Whole Foods look pretty good. In fact, considering the current emphasis on health and good eating, the produce selection seemed a little wanting. It may be there is more content there but the section is sprinkled with packaged crap- and the vegan/vegetarian selections are tough to locate.
Yes, I will still shop there, I’m loyal and it’s close. I like the people- particularly the deli folks (where prices are a little better). I do hope things shake out and upper management listens to the locals. If they don’t, it’ll just be another big chain full of scuzzy people who don’t care (no matter what they say) selling us stuff we don’t want or need.
In the meantime, there's always farmer’s markets and places like Nadolski’s Butcher Shop in Goochland. Oh yeah, and Whole Foods.
Maybe I’m the dinosaur- but I don’t think so.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Poetry Festival in Williamsburg this weekend!!
Interesting people will be there- including myself, of course/
For more info, go to the Poetry Society of Virginia website.
Sofia Starnes and Eric Pankey will be doing workshops and readings, and many others!
It's probably too late to get meals but it doesn't hurt to email and ask- but the sessions are open to all.
For more info, go to the Poetry Society of Virginia website.
Sofia Starnes and Eric Pankey will be doing workshops and readings, and many others!
It's probably too late to get meals but it doesn't hurt to email and ask- but the sessions are open to all.
Monday, May 03, 2010
Everybody ought to have a maid...
I knew it. This is my problem, frankly. I really need someone else to take care of me and my stuff so I can write.
And now I have proof...
I write a poem-a-day in April and my house is a mess. And now I have a full week's work and will not be home at all much until next Monday.
So my poetry will suffer!
Ah- maybe that's a good thing- it's not like it matters.
And now I have proof...
I write a poem-a-day in April and my house is a mess. And now I have a full week's work and will not be home at all much until next Monday.
So my poetry will suffer!
Ah- maybe that's a good thing- it's not like it matters.
Monday, April 12, 2010
A Pulitzer in poetry!! And she's in Richmond Wednesday
Reading at UR Wednesday night!!
http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2010-Poetry
Awarded to “Versed,” by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press), a book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.
http://www.pulitzer.org/citation/2010-Poetry
Awarded to “Versed,” by Rae Armantrout (Wesleyan University Press), a book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.
Monday, April 05, 2010
April is National Poetry Month!
and I have been writing a poem-a-day for the past eight years during this month.
Many of them have been revised (later) and been published.
You can support my efforts by pledging to The American Academy of Poets, where my poem/drafts will be posted for the month (then removed in May).
Money raised is used for education and events.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Poet Kathleen Graber reads First Friday at the Richmond Public Library!
Brodie Herndon Poetry Series
7:00 pm
Join the Friends of the Library for the 2010 Brodie Herndon Poetry lectur at 7:00 pm on Friday, April 2. The program will be held in the Davenport Special Collections Room, lower level of the Main Library.
Kathleen Graber, author of Correspondence, and winner of the 2005 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize is the 2010 speaker. A recipient of the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton (2007) and the Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship (2008), Ms. Graber is an assistant professor of English in the Creative Writing Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. A second collection of poetry, The Eternal City, is forthcoming.
7:00 pm
Join the Friends of the Library for the 2010 Brodie Herndon Poetry lectur at 7:00 pm on Friday, April 2. The program will be held in the Davenport Special Collections Room, lower level of the Main Library.
Kathleen Graber, author of Correspondence, and winner of the 2005 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize is the 2010 speaker. A recipient of the Hodder Fellowship at Princeton (2007) and the Amy Lowell Travelling Scholarship (2008), Ms. Graber is an assistant professor of English in the Creative Writing Program at Virginia Commonwealth University. A second collection of poetry, The Eternal City, is forthcoming.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
April is National Poetry Month
I have created a google grooup (by invitation only) to post a poem-a-day.
If you are interested-
If you are interested-
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2010 National Poetry Month Poems |
Visit this group |
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
I will send you five mini-poetry books for $5.
I will send you five mini-poetry books for $5.
What an interesting site this is...
guess we'll see if anyone bites.
What an interesting site this is...
guess we'll see if anyone bites.
Monday, March 22, 2010
A poet dies, a poem lives
posting from Avoiding the Muse
CONVERSATION
We smile at each other
and I lean back against the wicker couch.
How does it feel to be dead? I say.
You touch my knees with your blue fingers.
And when you open your mouth,
a ball of yellow light falls to the floor
and burns a hole through it.
Don't tell me, I say. I don't want to hear.
Did you ever, you start,
wear a certain kind of dress
and just by accident,
so inconsequential you barely notice it,
your fingers graze that dress
and you hear the sound of a knife cutting paper,
you see it too
and you realize how that image
is simply the extension of another image,
that your own life
is a chain of words
that one day will snap.
Words, you say, young girls in a circle, holding hands,
and beginning to rise heavenward
in their confirmation dresses,
like white helium balloons,
the wreathes of flowers on their heads spinning,
and above all that,
that's where I'm floating,
and that's what it's like
only ten times clearer,
ten times more horrible.
Could anyone alive survive it?
--Ai (October 21, 1947 – March 20, 2010)
and another poet survives, facing death for her words
CONVERSATION
We smile at each other
and I lean back against the wicker couch.
How does it feel to be dead? I say.
You touch my knees with your blue fingers.
And when you open your mouth,
a ball of yellow light falls to the floor
and burns a hole through it.
Don't tell me, I say. I don't want to hear.
Did you ever, you start,
wear a certain kind of dress
and just by accident,
so inconsequential you barely notice it,
your fingers graze that dress
and you hear the sound of a knife cutting paper,
you see it too
and you realize how that image
is simply the extension of another image,
that your own life
is a chain of words
that one day will snap.
Words, you say, young girls in a circle, holding hands,
and beginning to rise heavenward
in their confirmation dresses,
like white helium balloons,
the wreathes of flowers on their heads spinning,
and above all that,
that's where I'm floating,
and that's what it's like
only ten times clearer,
ten times more horrible.
Could anyone alive survive it?
--Ai (October 21, 1947 – March 20, 2010)
and another poet survives, facing death for her words
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Help art6 Survive! Call for Entries!
Call for Entries: "Women and Words"
A juried show at art6 Gallery for the month of April as part of MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts 2010. Curated by Shann Palmer.
Women artists and writers are encouraged to submit (in collaboration or individually) for this exhibit. Works must include text as part of the work. All media will be considered, though two-dimensional work will be favored for this particular show as we have limited areas for pedestals.
Size should be under 4 by 4 feet, please inquire before bringing or mailing anything larger. If a work is mailed, please include return postage if it is not selected or does not sell. Up to two pieces per artist will be considered.
The entry fee is as follows: $10.00 per piece for Art6 gallery members, $15.00 per piece for non-members. (Collaborators may send an additional piece each or another collaboration with a fee).
There is room for a few works by men about women (or women's words), but this is primarily an exhibit for women. All rules apply to men as written below.
We encourage you to price your work to sell, you will receive 70% of the selling fee, the gallery 30%. You may donate part or all of the proceeds to the gallery if you would like to help our gallery stay open, but this will not impact whether or not your piece is accepted.
We will accept work March 20th and March 27th during our Saturday hours 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Please call to make an appointment on other days- DO NOT COME TO THE GALLERY WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT ON OTHER DAYS. Call 804-343-1406, email at art6ebroad@gmail.com or contact Shann Palmer at 804-335-9403 to make an appointment or with questions.
The show runs from Friday April 2, 2010(opening night) through Saturday April 24, 2010. Works Must be picked up Sunday,April 25th during the hours of 2:30 to 4p.m. The gallery will not be responsible for works left after that date unless other arrangements have been made in advance with Shann
A juried show at art6 Gallery for the month of April as part of MINDS WIDE OPEN: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts 2010. Curated by Shann Palmer.
Women artists and writers are encouraged to submit (in collaboration or individually) for this exhibit. Works must include text as part of the work. All media will be considered, though two-dimensional work will be favored for this particular show as we have limited areas for pedestals.
Size should be under 4 by 4 feet, please inquire before bringing or mailing anything larger. If a work is mailed, please include return postage if it is not selected or does not sell. Up to two pieces per artist will be considered.
The entry fee is as follows: $10.00 per piece for Art6 gallery members, $15.00 per piece for non-members. (Collaborators may send an additional piece each or another collaboration with a fee).
There is room for a few works by men about women (or women's words), but this is primarily an exhibit for women. All rules apply to men as written below.
We encourage you to price your work to sell, you will receive 70% of the selling fee, the gallery 30%. You may donate part or all of the proceeds to the gallery if you would like to help our gallery stay open, but this will not impact whether or not your piece is accepted.
We will accept work March 20th and March 27th during our Saturday hours 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Please call to make an appointment on other days- DO NOT COME TO THE GALLERY WITHOUT AN APPOINTMENT ON OTHER DAYS. Call 804-343-1406, email at art6ebroad@gmail.com or contact Shann Palmer at 804-335-9403 to make an appointment or with questions.
The show runs from Friday April 2, 2010(opening night) through Saturday April 24, 2010. Works Must be picked up Sunday,April 25th during the hours of 2:30 to 4p.m. The gallery will not be responsible for works left after that date unless other arrangements have been made in advance with Shann
Monday, March 08, 2010
Poetry at VCU- Linda Bierds
Acclaimed Poet Linda Bierds Reads at VCU
March 11, 2010 at 8:00 pm
VCU Harris Hall Auditorium
1015 Floyd Avenue
The Department of English and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University are pleased to host a reading by acclaimed poet, Linda Bierds. The reading will take place on Thursday, March 11, at 8 pm at the VCU Harris Hall Auditorium (1015 Floyd Avenue - PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A VENUE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT).
Bierds has published eight books of poetry: Flights of the Harvest-Mare; The Stillness, the Dancing; Heart and Perimeter; The Ghost Trio (a 1994 Notable Book selection of the American Library Association); The Profile Makers (winner of the Pen West Poetry Prize); The Seconds; First Hand and Flight: New and Selected Poems (Putnam 2008) Her awards include four Pushcart Prizes, the Virginia Quarterly Review's 2005 Emily Clark Balch Poetry Prize, and fellowships from the Ingram Merrill, the Guggenheim, and the MacArthur foundations, and twice from the NEA. She is a professor of English at the University of Washington.
Ms. Bierds will also be available for an open Q&A session at 4PM that Thursday afternoon at 4Pm in Hibbs Hall room 308. This session is free and open to the public.
This reading at VCU is one of several events for the Spring of 2010 sponsored by the VCU Department of English and the Graduate Writers Association. It is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact (804) 828-1329.
Sorry I'm going to miss this- I'll be at a rehearsal! But YOU should go!
March 11, 2010 at 8:00 pm
VCU Harris Hall Auditorium
1015 Floyd Avenue
The Department of English and the MFA Program in Creative Writing at Virginia Commonwealth University are pleased to host a reading by acclaimed poet, Linda Bierds. The reading will take place on Thursday, March 11, at 8 pm at the VCU Harris Hall Auditorium (1015 Floyd Avenue - PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS A VENUE CHANGE FROM THE PREVIOUS ANNOUNCEMENT).
Bierds has published eight books of poetry: Flights of the Harvest-Mare; The Stillness, the Dancing; Heart and Perimeter; The Ghost Trio (a 1994 Notable Book selection of the American Library Association); The Profile Makers (winner of the Pen West Poetry Prize); The Seconds; First Hand and Flight: New and Selected Poems (Putnam 2008) Her awards include four Pushcart Prizes, the Virginia Quarterly Review's 2005 Emily Clark Balch Poetry Prize, and fellowships from the Ingram Merrill, the Guggenheim, and the MacArthur foundations, and twice from the NEA. She is a professor of English at the University of Washington.
Ms. Bierds will also be available for an open Q&A session at 4PM that Thursday afternoon at 4Pm in Hibbs Hall room 308. This session is free and open to the public.
This reading at VCU is one of several events for the Spring of 2010 sponsored by the VCU Department of English and the Graduate Writers Association. It is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact (804) 828-1329.
Sorry I'm going to miss this- I'll be at a rehearsal! But YOU should go!
Tuesday, March 02, 2010
Poetry Wednesday night at the Library of Virginia!
2010 Series Kicks Off with Poets Jake Adam York and Kathleen Graber
RICHMOND, VA – The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Blackbird/New Virginia Review, the Library of Virginia and Chop Suey Books present the first installment in the 2010 Fresh Ink literary series on Wednesday, March 3. The on-going series of readings by emerging authors continues with a chapbook festival and a fiction reading later in the year. Poets Jake Adam York and Kathleen Graber read from their work beginning at 6 p.m. at the Library of Virginia. The reading is free and open to the public.
Jake Adam York is the author of three books of poems: Murder Ballads (2005); A Murmuration of Starlings (2008); and Persons Unknown (2010), forthcoming in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry as an editor’s selection. His work has been nominated seven times for the Pushcart Prize and has placed in numerous competitions. York’s poems have appeared in Shenandoah, Oxford American, Greensboro Review, Southern Review, Poetry Daily, and other journals. His work of poetic history, The Architecture of Address: The Monument and Public Speech in American Poetry, was published by Routledge in 2005. York is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Colorado Denver, where he directs an undergraduate Creative Writing program and produces Copper Nickel with his students. York is also a contributing editor for Shenandoah, a co-editor of the online journal storySouth, and a founding editor of the electronic journal Thicket.
Kathleen Graber’s first collection of poetry, Correspondence, was the winner of the 2005 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Rona Jaffe Foundation and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She was the 2007 Hodder Fellow in Poetry at Princeton University and the 2008 Amy Lowell Traveling Scholar. She is a member of the creative writing faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, and her new collection of poems, The Eternal City, is forthcoming this summer from Princeton University Press. Poems from the new book are forthcoming this spring in Blackbird, The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, and AGNI.
Fresh Ink is supported in part by the Carole Weinstein Endowment for Creative Writing at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.
RICHMOND, VA – The Visual Arts Center of Richmond, Blackbird/New Virginia Review, the Library of Virginia and Chop Suey Books present the first installment in the 2010 Fresh Ink literary series on Wednesday, March 3. The on-going series of readings by emerging authors continues with a chapbook festival and a fiction reading later in the year. Poets Jake Adam York and Kathleen Graber read from their work beginning at 6 p.m. at the Library of Virginia. The reading is free and open to the public.
Jake Adam York is the author of three books of poems: Murder Ballads (2005); A Murmuration of Starlings (2008); and Persons Unknown (2010), forthcoming in the Crab Orchard Series in Poetry as an editor’s selection. His work has been nominated seven times for the Pushcart Prize and has placed in numerous competitions. York’s poems have appeared in Shenandoah, Oxford American, Greensboro Review, Southern Review, Poetry Daily, and other journals. His work of poetic history, The Architecture of Address: The Monument and Public Speech in American Poetry, was published by Routledge in 2005. York is an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Colorado Denver, where he directs an undergraduate Creative Writing program and produces Copper Nickel with his students. York is also a contributing editor for Shenandoah, a co-editor of the online journal storySouth, and a founding editor of the electronic journal Thicket.
Kathleen Graber’s first collection of poetry, Correspondence, was the winner of the 2005 Saturnalia Books Poetry Prize. She has been the recipient of fellowships from the Rona Jaffe Foundation and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. She was the 2007 Hodder Fellow in Poetry at Princeton University and the 2008 Amy Lowell Traveling Scholar. She is a member of the creative writing faculty at Virginia Commonwealth University, and her new collection of poems, The Eternal City, is forthcoming this summer from Princeton University Press. Poems from the new book are forthcoming this spring in Blackbird, The New Yorker, The Kenyon Review, and AGNI.
Fresh Ink is supported in part by the Carole Weinstein Endowment for Creative Writing at the Visual Arts Center of Richmond.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
me and the RTD
“I never stop talking,” Shann Palmer said as she stood on the ragged wooden floor of art6, a gallery on East Broad Street. Palmer is passionate about so many things—the gallery, downtown Richmond, poetry, music, life in general—that her passion spills out in words.
Often, in fact, the words are written. Palmer is a poet known around Richmond for giving readings, organizing readings, volunteering at readings and encouraging other poets to read. She’s also a church organist and choir director.
Palmer is curator of “Women and Words,” an exhibit and series of readings that is art6’s contribution to
Minds Wide Open. She expects the exhibit will be “90 percent by women,” but she will include a few
works by men that pay tribute to women or are collaborations with a woman.
“It’s a marriage between spoken word and art,” she said. The visual art for the exhibit must include text
in some way, whether it’s a collage made from pages torn out of a book or words painted on the wall or even “a poem put in a frame and hung on the wall.”
Although art6 has had women-focused exhibits and literary events numerous times before, Minds Wide
Open is another opportunity for women to show their work and receive promotional assistance from
the statewide initiative.
“I’m certain there will be work created new for this exhibit,” Palmer said. “Some of us have trouble not
doing something new.”
“Women and Words” will run during April in honor of National Poetry Month.
beginning April 2 check www.art6.org for updates.
Often, in fact, the words are written. Palmer is a poet known around Richmond for giving readings, organizing readings, volunteering at readings and encouraging other poets to read. She’s also a church organist and choir director.
Palmer is curator of “Women and Words,” an exhibit and series of readings that is art6’s contribution to
Minds Wide Open. She expects the exhibit will be “90 percent by women,” but she will include a few
works by men that pay tribute to women or are collaborations with a woman.
“It’s a marriage between spoken word and art,” she said. The visual art for the exhibit must include text
in some way, whether it’s a collage made from pages torn out of a book or words painted on the wall or even “a poem put in a frame and hung on the wall.”
Although art6 has had women-focused exhibits and literary events numerous times before, Minds Wide
Open is another opportunity for women to show their work and receive promotional assistance from
the statewide initiative.
“I’m certain there will be work created new for this exhibit,” Palmer said. “Some of us have trouble not
doing something new.”
“Women and Words” will run during April in honor of National Poetry Month.
beginning April 2 check www.art6.org for updates.
photo by Alexa Wekch Edlund for the RTD
article by Angela Lehman-Rios
Saturday, February 27, 2010
The scary truth of too much poetry
The inevitable truth is here-
I know exactly how bookninja feels, at an event I attended the other night at least two people wrote something to read WHILE OTHER PEOPLE WERE READING. They were not participating in the experience, they were trying put some unfinished thoughts on paper so they could get up in front of everyone and share their mental drool. If I want raw, I'll eat my carrots uncooked.
That's not craft, that's not attention to words and the magic they hold. That's just masturbating in front of a microphone.
Yes, I host readings. Yes, I support my local poets. Jotting down your thoughts, journaling is not poetry. Writing while other people are reading is rude. Period.
(to be fair, I was not the host- who did an excellent job- and the event was an open mike, not a poetry reading. I'm still sick of it.)
I know exactly how bookninja feels, at an event I attended the other night at least two people wrote something to read WHILE OTHER PEOPLE WERE READING. They were not participating in the experience, they were trying put some unfinished thoughts on paper so they could get up in front of everyone and share their mental drool. If I want raw, I'll eat my carrots uncooked.
That's not craft, that's not attention to words and the magic they hold. That's just masturbating in front of a microphone.
Yes, I host readings. Yes, I support my local poets. Jotting down your thoughts, journaling is not poetry. Writing while other people are reading is rude. Period.
(to be fair, I was not the host- who did an excellent job- and the event was an open mike, not a poetry reading. I'm still sick of it.)
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Women and words exhibit coming to art6
Women writers and artists wanted for an exhibit during April celebrating women and words.
If you are a poet or novelist, readings will be held. If you are a visual artist, you may collaborate with a woman writer or exhibit your work that has text as part of the art.
Work due by March 28th at art 6, 6 East Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219
For more information or specific entry requirements email shannp (at) gmail (dot) com
If you are a poet or novelist, readings will be held. If you are a visual artist, you may collaborate with a woman writer or exhibit your work that has text as part of the art.
Work due by March 28th at art 6, 6 East Broad St, Richmond, VA 23219
For more information or specific entry requirements email shannp (at) gmail (dot) com
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Books for Sale, mostly poetry (MORE!!)
Books for sale cheap- make me an offer ($3-$5 each) for one or more- all are paperback unless otherwise noted, most are poetry (a fewcommentary) If you are in or around Richmond, email me and we'll meet somewhere. Sometime you just have to make room for stuff.
(revised list 2-16-2010)
LIST ONE
Adair, Virginia Hamilton Ants on the melon (hardback)
Aiken, Conrad Selected poems
Alvarez, Julia Homecoming (poems)
Amichai, Yehuda The Selected Poems of...
Ammons, A,R, The Really Short Poems of....
Ashbery, John April Galleons
Belieu, Erin Infanta
Bendall, Mollie Dark Summer
Bernstein, Charles Dark City
Berrigan, Ted Selected Poems
Berrigan, Daniel And the Risen Bread
Carroll, Jim Fear of Dreaming
Clark, Jeff Music and Suicide
Clifton, Lucille The Book of Light
Cohen, Leonard The Spice Box of Earth
collection SLAM
collection Ain’t I a Woman (Hardback)
collection Victorian Woman Poets 1830-1900
Crawford, Robert Talkies
DiPrima, Diane Pieces of a Song
Disch, Thomas The Castle of indukgence
Doran, Geri Resin
Dunn, Stephen The Insistence of beauty
Glazner, Gary Poetry Slam
Gluck, Louise meadowlands
Gray, Janet A Hundred Flowers
Hegley, John Love Cuts
Holstad, Scott C. Artifacts (chapbook)
Jewel A Night Without Armor (hardback)
Levertov, Denise Poems 1968-1972
Logan, William Macbeth in Venice
Lourde, Audre The Marvelous Mathematics of Distance
Mueller, Lisel The Private Life
Nisbet, Jim Small Apt
Plath, Sylvia Ariel
Reed, Lou Between Thoughts and Expressions collected lyrics
Rich, Adrienne What is Found There (plus 2 other books in one)
Talcott, William Benita’s Book
Turow, David The Torchbearer
LIST TWO (even more)
List 2
Bain & Beatty Norton Intro to Lit 6th ed HC
Barratt, Michele ed Virginia Woolf on Woman and Writing
Bryan, edited Where We Stand Women Poets on Literary Tradition
Budbill, David Why I Came in Judeville
Clark, Tom Like Real People
Fenza, D.W. The Interlude
Gallassi, Jonathan North Street
Gluck, Louise Vita Nova
Graham, Jorie The Dream of the Unified Field
Graves, Robert Poems About War
Heany, Seamus Opened Ground Selected poems 66-96
Heyen, William Diana, Charles, and the Queen
Kennedy & Gioia An Intro to Fiction 2nd ed.
Kirchway, Karl The Engrafted Word
Lattimore, Richmond The Odyssey of Homer
Levin, Phillis The Penguin Book of the Sonnet (signed)
Lowell, Robert Selected Poems
Lux, Thomas new & Selected Poems
Matthews, William Selected poems & Translations 1969-91
McCartney, Paul Blackbird Singing
McGrath, Campbell Pax Atomica
Merwin, W.S. The Vixen
Moss, Thyllias Small Congregations
Nemcosky, K.B. Drift
Olds, Sharon The Wellspring
Percham, Robert Mythic Instinct Afternoon
Pinsky, Robert Jersey Rain HB
Pinsky, Robert The Figured Wheel
Rivard, David Wise Poem
Roethke, Theodore The Collected poems of...
Sappho A garland trans Jim Powell HB
Schmidt, Michael Lives of the Poet
Seaton, translation The Wine of Endless Song from the Yuan Dynasty
Shapiro, Alan Covenant
Simic, Charles The World doesn’t end
Smith, Patti Auguries of Innocense
St. John, David The Red leaves of Night
St. John, David The Face
Stevens, Wallace The Collected Poems of ... HB
Suziki, Shunyru Zen Mind, beginner’s Mind
Swenson, Cole Goest
Tost, Tony Invisible bride
Tweedy, Jeff Adult Head
Wakoski, Diane Jason the Sailor
Wakoski, Diane Medea
Walcott, Derek Collected poems 1948-84
Waldman, Anne Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble
Wat, Phyllis The Fish Soup Bowl Expedition
Watts, Alan The Spirit of Zen
Watts, Alan The Book
Whitman, Walt Everyman’s poetry edition
Wiese, Anne Pierson Floating City
Williams, W.C. Paterson
Wright, Charles Appalachia
Wright, Charles Black Zodiac HB
Wright, Charles Chickamauga
Yeats, W.B. Great Irish Poets HB
Yeats, W.B. The Collected Poems of .....
write shannp (at) gmail (dot) com
(revised list 2-16-2010)
LIST ONE
Adair, Virginia Hamilton Ants on the melon (hardback)
Aiken, Conrad Selected poems
Alvarez, Julia Homecoming (poems)
Amichai, Yehuda The Selected Poems of...
Ammons, A,R, The Really Short Poems of....
Ashbery, John April Galleons
Belieu, Erin Infanta
Bendall, Mollie Dark Summer
Bernstein, Charles Dark City
Berrigan, Ted Selected Poems
Berrigan, Daniel And the Risen Bread
Carroll, Jim Fear of Dreaming
Clark, Jeff Music and Suicide
Clifton, Lucille The Book of Light
Cohen, Leonard The Spice Box of Earth
collection SLAM
collection Ain’t I a Woman (Hardback)
collection Victorian Woman Poets 1830-1900
Crawford, Robert Talkies
DiPrima, Diane Pieces of a Song
Disch, Thomas The Castle of indukgence
Doran, Geri Resin
Dunn, Stephen The Insistence of beauty
Glazner, Gary Poetry Slam
Gluck, Louise meadowlands
Gray, Janet A Hundred Flowers
Hegley, John Love Cuts
Holstad, Scott C. Artifacts (chapbook)
Jewel A Night Without Armor (hardback)
Levertov, Denise Poems 1968-1972
Logan, William Macbeth in Venice
Lourde, Audre The Marvelous Mathematics of Distance
Mueller, Lisel The Private Life
Nisbet, Jim Small Apt
Plath, Sylvia Ariel
Reed, Lou Between Thoughts and Expressions collected lyrics
Rich, Adrienne What is Found There (plus 2 other books in one)
Talcott, William Benita’s Book
Turow, David The Torchbearer
LIST TWO (even more)
List 2
Bain & Beatty Norton Intro to Lit 6th ed HC
Barratt, Michele ed Virginia Woolf on Woman and Writing
Bryan, edited Where We Stand Women Poets on Literary Tradition
Budbill, David Why I Came in Judeville
Clark, Tom Like Real People
Fenza, D.W. The Interlude
Gallassi, Jonathan North Street
Gluck, Louise Vita Nova
Graham, Jorie The Dream of the Unified Field
Graves, Robert Poems About War
Heany, Seamus Opened Ground Selected poems 66-96
Heyen, William Diana, Charles, and the Queen
Kennedy & Gioia An Intro to Fiction 2nd ed.
Kirchway, Karl The Engrafted Word
Lattimore, Richmond The Odyssey of Homer
Levin, Phillis The Penguin Book of the Sonnet (signed)
Lowell, Robert Selected Poems
Lux, Thomas new & Selected Poems
Matthews, William Selected poems & Translations 1969-91
McCartney, Paul Blackbird Singing
McGrath, Campbell Pax Atomica
Merwin, W.S. The Vixen
Moss, Thyllias Small Congregations
Nemcosky, K.B. Drift
Olds, Sharon The Wellspring
Percham, Robert Mythic Instinct Afternoon
Pinsky, Robert Jersey Rain HB
Pinsky, Robert The Figured Wheel
Rivard, David Wise Poem
Roethke, Theodore The Collected poems of...
Sappho A garland trans Jim Powell HB
Schmidt, Michael Lives of the Poet
Seaton, translation The Wine of Endless Song from the Yuan Dynasty
Shapiro, Alan Covenant
Simic, Charles The World doesn’t end
Smith, Patti Auguries of Innocense
St. John, David The Red leaves of Night
St. John, David The Face
Stevens, Wallace The Collected Poems of ... HB
Suziki, Shunyru Zen Mind, beginner’s Mind
Swenson, Cole Goest
Tost, Tony Invisible bride
Tweedy, Jeff Adult Head
Wakoski, Diane Jason the Sailor
Wakoski, Diane Medea
Walcott, Derek Collected poems 1948-84
Waldman, Anne Structure of the World Compared to a Bubble
Wat, Phyllis The Fish Soup Bowl Expedition
Watts, Alan The Spirit of Zen
Watts, Alan The Book
Whitman, Walt Everyman’s poetry edition
Wiese, Anne Pierson Floating City
Williams, W.C. Paterson
Wright, Charles Appalachia
Wright, Charles Black Zodiac HB
Wright, Charles Chickamauga
Yeats, W.B. Great Irish Poets HB
Yeats, W.B. The Collected Poems of .....
write shannp (at) gmail (dot) com
Thursday, February 04, 2010
Tony Hoagland's new poetry book is here!!!
Waiting for my copies of Tony Hoagland's new book
Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty
It's on the way from Fountain Books (my favorite local independent bookseller). I finally had to call and say "mail it". I don't know when we will have spring/no snow-
Here's a tiny bit for you to savor:
_______________________________________________
Dialectical Materialism
My god there is so much sorrow in the grocery store!
You would have to be high
on the fumes of the piped-in pan flutes
of commodified Peruvian folk music
not to be driven practically crazy
with awe and shame,
not to weep at the scale of subjected matter:
the ripped-up etymologies of kiwi fruit and bratwurst,
the roads paved with dead languages,
the jungles digested by foreign money.
Unincorporated Persons in the Late Honda Dynasty
It's on the way from Fountain Books (my favorite local independent bookseller). I finally had to call and say "mail it". I don't know when we will have spring/no snow-
Here's a tiny bit for you to savor:
_______________________________________________
Dialectical Materialism
My god there is so much sorrow in the grocery store!
You would have to be high
on the fumes of the piped-in pan flutes
of commodified Peruvian folk music
not to be driven practically crazy
with awe and shame,
not to weep at the scale of subjected matter:
the ripped-up etymologies of kiwi fruit and bratwurst,
the roads paved with dead languages,
the jungles digested by foreign money.
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Poetry This Week- Perloff at UR and Art After Hours at VMFA
WEDNESDAY -
UR Writers Series: Marjorie Perloff — The American poetry critic and author in program at 7 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall, University of Richmond. Free.
THURSDAY -
Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum- Tarfia Faizullah
Maybe the snow will be gone enough to get a place to park!
UR Writers Series: Marjorie Perloff — The American poetry critic and author in program at 7 p.m. in the Brown-Alley Room, Weinstein Hall, University of Richmond. Free.
THURSDAY -
Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum- Tarfia Faizullah
Maybe the snow will be gone enough to get a place to park!
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Art After Hours at the Virginia Museum- poetry and more
January 28
MUSIC: Crown Vic - Alt-Country Rock
6:30 & 7 pm ART OF POETRY: Caroline Cahill
7 & 7:30 pm TOPIC TOUR: Art a la carte
for more info go HERE
MUSIC: Crown Vic - Alt-Country Rock
6:30 & 7 pm ART OF POETRY: Caroline Cahill
7 & 7:30 pm TOPIC TOUR: Art a la carte
for more info go HERE
Friday, January 22, 2010
What He Said...
read about the supposed demise of poetry readers here
Dream On:
James Tate
Some people go their whole lives
without ever writing a single poem.
Extraordinary people who don't hesitate
to cut somebody's heart or skull open.
They go to baseball games with the greatest of ease.
and play a few rounds of golf as if it were nothing.
These same people stroll into a church
as if that were a natural part of life.
Investing money is second nature to them.
They contribute to political campaigns
that have absolutely no poetry in them
and promise none for the future.
They sit around the dinner table at night
and pretend as though nothing is missing.
Their children get caught shoplifting at the mall
and no one admits that it is poetry they are missing.
The family dog howls all night,
lonely and starving for more poetry in his life.
Why is it so difficult for them to see
that, without poetry, their lives are effluvial.
Sure, they have their banquets, their celebrations,
croquet, fox hunts, their sea shores and sunsets,
their cocktails on the balcony, dog races,
and all that kissing and hugging, and don't
forget the good deeds, the charity work,
nursing the baby squirrels all through the night,
filling the birdfeeders all winter,
helping the stranger change her tire.
Still, there's that disagreeable exhalation
from decaying matter, subtle but everpresent.
They walk around erect like champions.
They are smooth-spoken and witty.
When alone, rare occasion, they stare
into the mirror for hours, bewildered.
There was something they meant to say, but didn't:
"And if we put the statue of the rhinoceros
next to the tweezers, and walk around the room three times,
learn to yodel, shave our heads, call
our ancestors back from the dead--"
poetrywise it's still a bust, bankrupt.
You haven't scribbled a syllable of it.
You're a nowhere man misfiring
the very essence of your life, flustering
nothing from nothing and back again.
The hereafter may not last all that long.
Radiant childhood sweetheart,
secret code of everlasting joy and sorrow,
fanciful pen strokes beneath the eyelids:
all day, all night meditation, knot of hope,
kernel of desire, pure ordinariness of life
seeking, through poetry, a benediction
or a bed to lie down on, to connect, reveal,
explore, to imbue meaning on the day's extravagant labor.
And yet it's cruel to expect too much.
It's a rare species of bird
that refuses to be categorized.
Its song is barely audible.
It is like a dragonfly in a dream--
here, then there, then here again,
low-flying amber-wing darting upward
then out of sight.
And the dream has a pain in its heart
the wonders of which are manifold,
or so the story is told.
(article pointed out by poet Sam Rasnake)
Dream On:
James Tate
Some people go their whole lives
without ever writing a single poem.
Extraordinary people who don't hesitate
to cut somebody's heart or skull open.
They go to baseball games with the greatest of ease.
and play a few rounds of golf as if it were nothing.
These same people stroll into a church
as if that were a natural part of life.
Investing money is second nature to them.
They contribute to political campaigns
that have absolutely no poetry in them
and promise none for the future.
They sit around the dinner table at night
and pretend as though nothing is missing.
Their children get caught shoplifting at the mall
and no one admits that it is poetry they are missing.
The family dog howls all night,
lonely and starving for more poetry in his life.
Why is it so difficult for them to see
that, without poetry, their lives are effluvial.
Sure, they have their banquets, their celebrations,
croquet, fox hunts, their sea shores and sunsets,
their cocktails on the balcony, dog races,
and all that kissing and hugging, and don't
forget the good deeds, the charity work,
nursing the baby squirrels all through the night,
filling the birdfeeders all winter,
helping the stranger change her tire.
Still, there's that disagreeable exhalation
from decaying matter, subtle but everpresent.
They walk around erect like champions.
They are smooth-spoken and witty.
When alone, rare occasion, they stare
into the mirror for hours, bewildered.
There was something they meant to say, but didn't:
"And if we put the statue of the rhinoceros
next to the tweezers, and walk around the room three times,
learn to yodel, shave our heads, call
our ancestors back from the dead--"
poetrywise it's still a bust, bankrupt.
You haven't scribbled a syllable of it.
You're a nowhere man misfiring
the very essence of your life, flustering
nothing from nothing and back again.
The hereafter may not last all that long.
Radiant childhood sweetheart,
secret code of everlasting joy and sorrow,
fanciful pen strokes beneath the eyelids:
all day, all night meditation, knot of hope,
kernel of desire, pure ordinariness of life
seeking, through poetry, a benediction
or a bed to lie down on, to connect, reveal,
explore, to imbue meaning on the day's extravagant labor.
And yet it's cruel to expect too much.
It's a rare species of bird
that refuses to be categorized.
Its song is barely audible.
It is like a dragonfly in a dream--
here, then there, then here again,
low-flying amber-wing darting upward
then out of sight.
And the dream has a pain in its heart
the wonders of which are manifold,
or so the story is told.
(article pointed out by poet Sam Rasnake)
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Art After Hours- Tonight!! Poet Sandra Beasley! MoDebree!!
serious fun will be had by all at the Virginia Museum!
6-9pm
poetry 6:30 & 7:30
come out of the cold rain!!
$10, cash bar, cash for food or just dance and party down!
6-9pm
poetry 6:30 & 7:30
come out of the cold rain!!
$10, cash bar, cash for food or just dance and party down!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Contemporary poetry tricks (and tips)
This is a great post over at HTML blog-
moves in contemporary poetry
I do many of these- hmmm- good to know.
moves in contemporary poetry
I do many of these- hmmm- good to know.
Thursday, January 07, 2010
Shann Palmer reading poetry for First Friday
Come to the Richmond Public Library and hear Shann Palmer read her poetry along with Tom Prunier in their acclaimed show "Big Man, Little Woman."
"We begin at 7pm and go until they throw us out. We will have chapbooks and other items for sale." Shann Palmer (in an interview for her blog page.)
"The lightning round had me rolling in laughter- these two really know how to sling words!" William Talcott, The Dead Poets Literary Journal, San Francisco.
"Why isn't Shann Palmer famous?" Stephanie Scott, La Porte Herald (Texas)
Part of the First Friday venue, Shann Palmer is coordinator at art6 gallery, one of the Style Magazine Richmonders of the Year. Tom Prunier is a nationally known Slam Poet.
"We begin at 7pm and go until they throw us out. We will have chapbooks and other items for sale." Shann Palmer (in an interview for her blog page.)
"The lightning round had me rolling in laughter- these two really know how to sling words!" William Talcott, The Dead Poets Literary Journal, San Francisco.
"Why isn't Shann Palmer famous?" Stephanie Scott, La Porte Herald (Texas)
Part of the First Friday venue, Shann Palmer is coordinator at art6 gallery, one of the Style Magazine Richmonders of the Year. Tom Prunier is a nationally known Slam Poet.
Friday, January 01, 2010
Happy new year- here's a poem for today!
Psalm 103
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children's children,
18 to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
his ministers, who do his will!
22 Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Bless the Lord, O My Soul
103:1 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and all that is within me,
bless his holy name!
2 Bless the Lord, O my soul,
and forget not all his benefits,
3 who forgives all your iniquity,
who heals all your diseases,
4 who redeems your life from the pit,
who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy,
5 who satisfies you with good
so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's.
6 The Lord works righteousness
and justice for all who are oppressed.
7 He made known his ways to Moses,
his acts to the people of Israel.
8 The Lord is merciful and gracious,
slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
9 He will not always chide,
nor will he keep his anger forever.
10 He does not deal with us according to our sins,
nor repay us according to our iniquities.
11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth,
so great is his steadfast love toward those who fear him;
12 as far as the east is from the west,
so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
13 As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
14 For he knows our frame;
he remembers that we are dust.
15 As for man, his days are like grass;
he flourishes like a flower of the field;
16 for the wind passes over it, and it is gone,
and its place knows it no more.
17 But the steadfast love of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting on those who fear him,
and his righteousness to children's children,
18 to those who keep his covenant
and remember to do his commandments.
19 The Lord has established his throne in the heavens,
and his kingdom rules over all.
20 Bless the Lord, O you his angels,
you mighty ones who do his word,
obeying the voice of his word!
21 Bless the Lord, all his hosts,
his ministers, who do his will!
22 Bless the Lord, all his works,
in all places of his dominion.
Bless the Lord, O my soul!
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Come to the Richmond Public Library, downtown branch, for First Friday on January 8th!!
At 7pm, Tom Prunier and Shann Palmer will be reprising (and revising) their show:
BIG MAN/Little Woman
We read our original poetry, have a little poem lightning round, and tell you what's what in our inimitable ways.
and yes, I know January 1st is First Friday, but the downtown arts community decided that was just not a good idea- so we moved it!
At 7pm, Tom Prunier and Shann Palmer will be reprising (and revising) their show:
BIG MAN/Little Woman
We read our original poetry, have a little poem lightning round, and tell you what's what in our inimitable ways.
and yes, I know January 1st is First Friday, but the downtown arts community decided that was just not a good idea- so we moved it!
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Friday, November 13, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
An interview with Tony Hoagland, my favorite poet!
Check out this page- bookmark if you love poetry!
Tony Hoagland will be reading at the Library of Congress this Thursday at 6:45pm.
Would anyone like to go? I can pay for gas.
Tony Hoagland will be reading at the Library of Congress this Thursday at 6:45pm.
Would anyone like to go? I can pay for gas.
Thursday, November 05, 2009
FIRST FRIDAY Fundraiser PREVIEW TONIGHT at art6 and Artspace
FIRST FRIDAY PREVIEW TONIGHT at art6 and Artspace
6-10 pm, tickets reserved by phone (343-1406) are $25 (pay at will-call) $30 at the door.
There will be donated platters from local restaurants, a free drink at each gallery, cash bar, and a chance to see the THINKsmall5 show before anyone else in Richmond.
It's also a fundraiser and we need the funds. Grants have been cut, fewer people can afford art, rent is up and revenue is down.
We need you. Please come and see the art, It will be a smaller crowd than First Friday and a lot of great art sells tonight, you'll miss your chance if you wait.
Every two years, THINKsmall happens! This year we have over 300 artists involved from Short Pump to Budapest.
Come support local art, we won't be here long if you don't!
6-10 pm, tickets reserved by phone (343-1406) are $25 (pay at will-call) $30 at the door.
There will be donated platters from local restaurants, a free drink at each gallery, cash bar, and a chance to see the THINKsmall5 show before anyone else in Richmond.
It's also a fundraiser and we need the funds. Grants have been cut, fewer people can afford art, rent is up and revenue is down.
We need you. Please come and see the art, It will be a smaller crowd than First Friday and a lot of great art sells tonight, you'll miss your chance if you wait.
Every two years, THINKsmall happens! This year we have over 300 artists involved from Short Pump to Budapest.
Come support local art, we won't be here long if you don't!
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
An interview with Shann Palmer
Check this out over at Poetic Asides.
Are you ready to commit to writing a Poem a Day in November???
Are you ready to commit to writing a Poem a Day in November???
Saturday, October 17, 2009
work in progress
I'm busy working on the new tiny book material for the Richmond Zine Fest at Gallery 5, THINKsmall at art6 and ARTSPACE, and whatever else comes along.
I love the rainy days, but I could use a little more heat!
When I moved to Richmond in 1971 from Tucson, Arizona I didn't own a winter coat. I don't remember if it was this dreary and cold or not (probably not since we set a record low high yesterday) but I was so cold I went to Thalhimer's and bought a winter coat at full price! It was a brown houndstooth wool maxi-coat with a hood. I loved that coat- it was warm and very fashionable at the time.
Sassoon haircut and new coat, black short boots- I was adorable!!
yeah.
I love the rainy days, but I could use a little more heat!
When I moved to Richmond in 1971 from Tucson, Arizona I didn't own a winter coat. I don't remember if it was this dreary and cold or not (probably not since we set a record low high yesterday) but I was so cold I went to Thalhimer's and bought a winter coat at full price! It was a brown houndstooth wool maxi-coat with a hood. I loved that coat- it was warm and very fashionable at the time.
Sassoon haircut and new coat, black short boots- I was adorable!!
yeah.
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Submissions close next Sunday October 18th!!
Submit to Tiny Books new zine
Tiny Books is a new publishing venture from FlashPaperPublications in Richmond, Virginia.
We are starting a new quarterly zine for small poems.
Submit 1-6 poems (no bizarro formatting)
- 16 lines or less plus title
- 50 characters or less per line counting spaces
Issue #1 will appear around October 30, 2009.
Submission Guidelines
Say what you need in 16 lines or less. Submit one to six poems with a brief cover letter in the body of an email- NO ATTACHMENTS. No previously published work or simultaneous submissions. All rights revert to the author upon publication. Pays three copies.
Electronic submissions only to: flashpaperpoetry@gmail.com
Small books, not much room- don't take it personal!
Tiny Books is a new publishing venture from FlashPaperPublications in Richmond, Virginia.
We are starting a new quarterly zine for small poems.
Submit 1-6 poems (no bizarro formatting)
- 16 lines or less plus title
- 50 characters or less per line counting spaces
Issue #1 will appear around October 30, 2009.
Submission Guidelines
Say what you need in 16 lines or less. Submit one to six poems with a brief cover letter in the body of an email- NO ATTACHMENTS. No previously published work or simultaneous submissions. All rights revert to the author upon publication. Pays three copies.
Electronic submissions only to: flashpaperpoetry@gmail.com
Small books, not much room- don't take it personal!
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Wright and Taylor win the Weinstein Poetry Prize for 2009
Charles Wright and Eleanor Ross Taylor have won the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize ($10,000 each) for 2009.
School of Quietude, another victory! Poetry will stroll its way into the woods, check for owls and deer, dead mules, and back porch meditations. To be somewhat fair (ha!) I like her stuff far better than his, but not being from Virginia originally or caring much for 'nature', I can't say this makes much difference to me.
School of Quietude, another victory! Poetry will stroll its way into the woods, check for owls and deer, dead mules, and back porch meditations. To be somewhat fair (ha!) I like her stuff far better than his, but not being from Virginia originally or caring much for 'nature', I can't say this makes much difference to me.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Poets at the Library of Virginia Tuesday at 6pm
Virginia in Verse: The Poetry of Michelle Boisseau and John Casteen.
Michelle Boisseau, author of A Sunday in God-Years, and John Casteen, author of Free Union: Poems, will discuss and sign their books of poetry. A Sunday in God-Years is centered on the long poem "A Reckoning," made up of 15 shorter poems/sections (some sections are documents like wills and runaway slave notices). The poems in Free Union revolve around physical work, the Appalachian landscape, and family relationships. Casteen, for ten years a designer and builder of custom furniture, covers subjects ranging from the farm to the shop floor, from the rivers of the Piedmont to the wooded shoulders of the Blue Ridge, and from the hyper-attentiveness of childhood through the anxieties and joys of fatherhood.
Michelle Boisseau, author of A Sunday in God-Years, and John Casteen, author of Free Union: Poems, will discuss and sign their books of poetry. A Sunday in God-Years is centered on the long poem "A Reckoning," made up of 15 shorter poems/sections (some sections are documents like wills and runaway slave notices). The poems in Free Union revolve around physical work, the Appalachian landscape, and family relationships. Casteen, for ten years a designer and builder of custom furniture, covers subjects ranging from the farm to the shop floor, from the rivers of the Piedmont to the wooded shoulders of the Blue Ridge, and from the hyper-attentiveness of childhood through the anxieties and joys of fatherhood.
Saturday, September 26, 2009
James River Writers Conference sold out!!
JRWC
is completely full!! If you didn't reserve a spot, you can't come! There is a waiting list sign-up though- every year I've noticed badges that weren't picked up so if you really want to go there might be a chance (things happern).
Thomas Lux will be there representing the poets.
I'll be there, volunteering (representing the poets).
is completely full!! If you didn't reserve a spot, you can't come! There is a waiting list sign-up though- every year I've noticed badges that weren't picked up so if you really want to go there might be a chance (things happern).
Thomas Lux will be there representing the poets.
I'll be there, volunteering (representing the poets).
Friday, September 25, 2009
Five Pet Peeves about Poetry
Check this blog out for fun.
from Gary Sullivan
In the meantime, Poetry at VCU in the form of the Levis Prize Winner Katie Ford was quite enjoyable.
from Gary Sullivan
In the meantime, Poetry at VCU in the form of the Levis Prize Winner Katie Ford was quite enjoyable.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Poet Betty Adcock at the Virginia Museum at 6pm
Pauley Center Parlor, 6 pm
Tickets: $8 (VMFA members $5) Ticket Desk: 804.340.1405 or online.
BETTY ADCOCK
Wed, Sept 16
Betty Adcock, the author of six collections of poetry, has been called “the steward of supreme innocence.” She has said that in writing poetry she hopes “to tell the truth and find that it is music.” Adcock has been recognized with two Pushcart Prizes, as well as the Poets’ Prize, the North Carolina Medal for Literature, the Texas Institute of Letters Prize for Poetry, the Hanes Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. Her most recent book is Slantwise.
Tickets: $8 (VMFA members $5) Ticket Desk: 804.340.1405 or online.
BETTY ADCOCK
Wed, Sept 16
Betty Adcock, the author of six collections of poetry, has been called “the steward of supreme innocence.” She has said that in writing poetry she hopes “to tell the truth and find that it is music.” Adcock has been recognized with two Pushcart Prizes, as well as the Poets’ Prize, the North Carolina Medal for Literature, the Texas Institute of Letters Prize for Poetry, the Hanes Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. She teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. Her most recent book is Slantwise.
Saturday, September 12, 2009
"Submit, Harlequin" to paraphrase the Ticktockman
Submit to Tiny Books new zine
Tiny Books is a new publishing venture from FlashPaperPublications in Richmond, Virginia.
We are starting a new quarterly zine for small poems.
Submit 1-6 poems,
- 16 lines or less plus title
- 50 characters or less per line counting spaces
Issue #1 will appear in October 2009.
Submission Guidelines
Say what you need in 16 lines or less. Submit one to six poems with a brief cover letter in the body of an email- NO ATTACHMENTS. No previously published work or simultaneous submissions. All rights revert to the author upon publication. Pays three copies.
Electronic submissions only to: flashpaperpoetry@gmail.com
Small books, not much room- don't take it personal!
Tiny Books is a new publishing venture from FlashPaperPublications in Richmond, Virginia.
We are starting a new quarterly zine for small poems.
Submit 1-6 poems,
- 16 lines or less plus title
- 50 characters or less per line counting spaces
Issue #1 will appear in October 2009.
Submission Guidelines
Say what you need in 16 lines or less. Submit one to six poems with a brief cover letter in the body of an email- NO ATTACHMENTS. No previously published work or simultaneous submissions. All rights revert to the author upon publication. Pays three copies.
Electronic submissions only to: flashpaperpoetry@gmail.com
Small books, not much room- don't take it personal!
Friday, September 11, 2009
First Friday Artwalk may be doomed
I am so discouraged by the city trying to kill First Friday and the downtown art galleries- could it be the Center(who can afford to go?)stage effect??
If not, why aren't they hitting the Main Street galleries and Manchester with the same rules and regs??? You tell me.
Where's a good rag like Style (when it started) or Holmberg(Richmond times disgust) when you need them??
I hope someone gives a rats ass besides the small non-profits- maybe the downtown restaurants could be enticed to care- don't even talk to me about opportunistic landlords-
oh no, I've said too much (I haven't said enough)
If not, why aren't they hitting the Main Street galleries and Manchester with the same rules and regs??? You tell me.
Where's a good rag like Style (when it started) or Holmberg(Richmond times disgust) when you need them??
I hope someone gives a rats ass besides the small non-profits- maybe the downtown restaurants could be enticed to care- don't even talk to me about opportunistic landlords-
oh no, I've said too much (I haven't said enough)
Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Updating with not much to say
I am impatiently waiting for submission results, though I know it will take forever, at least for some of them.
That's why I like to publish my chapbooks myself. Sure, chapbooks carry no weight in any important venues but I am not trying to get (or keep) a job based on my writing, nor am I seeking the fame (and fortune) that could be expected from being a famous writer.
I just want to have something when people ask for copies of poems. They can spend $5 or $10, and get words to carry home. I just redid "Dashboard Fire" and am now starting to work on "Gallery" and maybe some others.
Buy them at art6- in the shop. Take a little bit of Shann home with you.
That's why I like to publish my chapbooks myself. Sure, chapbooks carry no weight in any important venues but I am not trying to get (or keep) a job based on my writing, nor am I seeking the fame (and fortune) that could be expected from being a famous writer.
I just want to have something when people ask for copies of poems. They can spend $5 or $10, and get words to carry home. I just redid "Dashboard Fire" and am now starting to work on "Gallery" and maybe some others.
Buy them at art6- in the shop. Take a little bit of Shann home with you.
Monday, August 31, 2009
The Dodge Festival WILL go on in 2010!
I am so excited about this- I've been twice and it was a lot of fun.
Story HERE.
In the meantime, I am submitting like a crazy person- 30 poems out right now- maybe I'll get enough out there to be asked to come read as an 'emerging poet.'
Whatever! Anything to get carted around and stay in the host hotel!
Story HERE.
In the meantime, I am submitting like a crazy person- 30 poems out right now- maybe I'll get enough out there to be asked to come read as an 'emerging poet.'
Whatever! Anything to get carted around and stay in the host hotel!
Friday, August 28, 2009
Reading tomorrow in Poquoson!!
3-5pm, new stuff, old stuff, borrowed stuff. blue stuff!
It's not that far a drive!
Iris's Art Studio
454-D Wythe Creek lRd
Poquloson
757- 868-4205
It's not that far a drive!
Iris's Art Studio
454-D Wythe Creek lRd
Poquloson
757- 868-4205
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Winner of the Levis prize reading September 24th
Thursday, August 20, 2009
When happy movies make you sad....
you must be a poet.
Just saw Julie & Julia, which was fabulous (maybe a tad longish)and all I am is hungry, discouraged that I have done nothing with my life, full of regret that I sold my "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" at a yard sale 25 years ago, and even more depressed that I really don't cook much of anything fancy anymore (my husband really doesn't care about food),
In the late 60's and 70's, say from 1969-1977, I would have wonderful dinners- I hosted 30 people for Mexican once, before you could get a lot of southwestern ingredients, cooked Julia recipes for friends (with meat I had specially cut at the old Lafayette Market). I remember driving somewhere south to get 'the best local' homemade sausage and going to D.C. for Les Ami du Vin meetings. My, how things have changed!!!
I just had a microwave Kashi curry with turkey from a Ukrops rotisserie breast. Good, but not home-made and not all that amazing.
I need to get my poetry together and submit to more magazines, chapbook contests, whatever- need to work on and finish my memoir, if only for the kids, need to buckle down and get this house renovation finished, need to get to the gym, need to make some sort of contribution to the world before I die.
It's ridiculous what I haven't accomplished.
Thanks, Julie. Thanks, Julia. Thanks, Nora Ephron, for making me feel like a failure.
Just saw Julie & Julia, which was fabulous (maybe a tad longish)and all I am is hungry, discouraged that I have done nothing with my life, full of regret that I sold my "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" at a yard sale 25 years ago, and even more depressed that I really don't cook much of anything fancy anymore (my husband really doesn't care about food),
In the late 60's and 70's, say from 1969-1977, I would have wonderful dinners- I hosted 30 people for Mexican once, before you could get a lot of southwestern ingredients, cooked Julia recipes for friends (with meat I had specially cut at the old Lafayette Market). I remember driving somewhere south to get 'the best local' homemade sausage and going to D.C. for Les Ami du Vin meetings. My, how things have changed!!!
I just had a microwave Kashi curry with turkey from a Ukrops rotisserie breast. Good, but not home-made and not all that amazing.
I need to get my poetry together and submit to more magazines, chapbook contests, whatever- need to work on and finish my memoir, if only for the kids, need to buckle down and get this house renovation finished, need to get to the gym, need to make some sort of contribution to the world before I die.
It's ridiculous what I haven't accomplished.
Thanks, Julie. Thanks, Julia. Thanks, Nora Ephron, for making me feel like a failure.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Poetry by Shann in Poquoson, Chapbook reviewed
I will be reading my poetry in Poquoson August 29th from 3-5pm. Please cone!
Iris's Art Studio
454-D Wythe Creek lRd
Poquloson
757- 868-4205
My chapbook "Always" has been reviewed.
Support Your Local Poets! Buy Books!
Iris's Art Studio
454-D Wythe Creek lRd
Poquloson
757- 868-4205
My chapbook "Always" has been reviewed.
Support Your Local Poets! Buy Books!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
weather, poets, and sloughing off years of extra skin
No, I'm not talking about weight loss, though of course that's always a goal- I'm referring to the bags and boxes of accumulation I have collected.
I am getting rid of more 'stuff'.
Tin boxes, gee-gaws, kitsch, the trivia that buries me, even though I have taking car loads to the salvation army and thrown out bag after bag, I am still barely holding my head up above the surface.
The Smart Box we have in the driveway (for the kitchen repairs) has to go by the weekend so we don't have to pay for another month (It doesn't have much in it, but what is there must be found a place for or gotten rid of). The daughter has moved all her stuff in (and has a 10x10 storage unit for household things and extras) and she has stuff to put into place.
It's hot. So outside work is slow going, but at least I have time and an air-conditioned house.
One of the local poets is homeless. He has a car and a job, but medical issues have put him in personal jeopardy and he is sleeping at the Salvation Army (for another month). he came to Shockoe poets on Sunday and read three of his new works and they are profound and touching, some of the best work he's ever done.
When poetry rises from truth it carries itself differently, walks with a firm step and speaks with quiet insistence- I hope he can continue to write in the midst of adversity and is able to prevail.
I am getting rid of more 'stuff'.
Tin boxes, gee-gaws, kitsch, the trivia that buries me, even though I have taking car loads to the salvation army and thrown out bag after bag, I am still barely holding my head up above the surface.
The Smart Box we have in the driveway (for the kitchen repairs) has to go by the weekend so we don't have to pay for another month (It doesn't have much in it, but what is there must be found a place for or gotten rid of). The daughter has moved all her stuff in (and has a 10x10 storage unit for household things and extras) and she has stuff to put into place.
It's hot. So outside work is slow going, but at least I have time and an air-conditioned house.
One of the local poets is homeless. He has a car and a job, but medical issues have put him in personal jeopardy and he is sleeping at the Salvation Army (for another month). he came to Shockoe poets on Sunday and read three of his new works and they are profound and touching, some of the best work he's ever done.
When poetry rises from truth it carries itself differently, walks with a firm step and speaks with quiet insistence- I hope he can continue to write in the midst of adversity and is able to prevail.
Friday, July 31, 2009
the last poem
July 31
Nexus
In some old calculus notebook,
the theory of everything may be
a doodle on the blue-lined paper
of swirls and fat connecting hearts,
the most important thing in the world,
still on your mind after all these years.
Nexus
In some old calculus notebook,
the theory of everything may be
a doodle on the blue-lined paper
of swirls and fat connecting hearts,
the most important thing in the world,
still on your mind after all these years.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Happy Birthday, Mr. A!!!
Take a look at the picture on the link- he sure doesn't look like THAT anymore- but he's still one of my favorite poets...
Happy Birthday, John Ashbery!!
link
Happy Birthday, John Ashbery!!
link
Thursday, July 23, 2009
A fine poet passes- So long, Joe!
Joe Awad was a wonderful man and poet. He served as the Poet Laureate of Virginia.
He died last weekend. Here are links to some of his poems:
America
Stopping at the Mayflower
The Neon Distances
Of an Evening
and a Villanelle
From his listing in Poets & Writers:
Books:The Big Bang (The Poet's Press, 1999), Leaning to Hear the Music (Road Publishing, 1997), Shenandoah Long Ago (The Poet's Press, 1990), The Neon Distances (Golden Quill Press, 1980)
Anthologies:Howard Bloom's Anthology of American Religious Poems (Library of America, 2006), Sonnets (University of Evansville Press, 2005), The Next Parish Over: A Collection of Irish-American Writing (New Rivers Press, 1993), Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry (University of Utah Press, 1988)
He died last weekend. Here are links to some of his poems:
America
Stopping at the Mayflower
The Neon Distances
Of an Evening
and a Villanelle
From his listing in Poets & Writers:
Books:The Big Bang (The Poet's Press, 1999), Leaning to Hear the Music (Road Publishing, 1997), Shenandoah Long Ago (The Poet's Press, 1990), The Neon Distances (Golden Quill Press, 1980)
Anthologies:Howard Bloom's Anthology of American Religious Poems (Library of America, 2006), Sonnets (University of Evansville Press, 2005), The Next Parish Over: A Collection of Irish-American Writing (New Rivers Press, 1993), Grape Leaves: A Century of Arab-American Poetry (University of Utah Press, 1988)
Friday, July 10, 2009
a poem for july 10th
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Writing, poetry, and life
I feel like I am crawling out from under a large mass of debris. Since around the 20th of May life has taken many unexpected twists and turns that have left me unable to focus on anything more than making it from day to day.
My writing has suffered, I had too much to say and too little time to give.
However, thanks to Ross White, I started writing a poem a day for the month of July. I'm keeping them short, simple, but trying to express some of the turmoil of the past two months.
I have read two books- the new Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) book by Charlaine Harris and The Virgin of Bennington by Kathleen Norris, both interesting and enjoyable for different reasons.
The gallery exhibition Poetry Room is a wonderful success, thanks to all the poets who sent work (over 40). Since it will be up through August 16th and we'll have another First Friday opening in August, anyone is welcome to send poems (in the body of an email, please, to shannp (at) gmail (dot)com).
After the car wreck (I was forced off the road by some hoodlums) I have since gotten a new(ish) car and am very happy with it. And I feel safe.
So c'mon poetry, stories, whatever...I'm ready to write and open-minded.
shann
My writing has suffered, I had too much to say and too little time to give.
However, thanks to Ross White, I started writing a poem a day for the month of July. I'm keeping them short, simple, but trying to express some of the turmoil of the past two months.
I have read two books- the new Sookie Stackhouse (True Blood) book by Charlaine Harris and The Virgin of Bennington by Kathleen Norris, both interesting and enjoyable for different reasons.
The gallery exhibition Poetry Room is a wonderful success, thanks to all the poets who sent work (over 40). Since it will be up through August 16th and we'll have another First Friday opening in August, anyone is welcome to send poems (in the body of an email, please, to shannp (at) gmail (dot)com).
After the car wreck (I was forced off the road by some hoodlums) I have since gotten a new(ish) car and am very happy with it. And I feel safe.
So c'mon poetry, stories, whatever...I'm ready to write and open-minded.
shann
Thursday, July 02, 2009
preview tonight for First Friday!
Come see the poems! Thirty poets from all over the country sent poems for the wall at art6.
Rhonda Baker Goochland, Patsy Ann Bickerstaff Richmond, Wes Childress Richmond, Cynthia Jean Chisholm Richmond, Rachel Dacus California, Denise DeVries Kilmarnock, Roselyn Elliot Charlottesville, Kori E. Frazier West Virginia, Bernadette Geyer Vienna, Marian Hollowell, Richmond, John Hoppenthaler North Carolina, Ibrahim S. Kurtulus Richmond, Rachel Mallino Charlottesville, Julie Adler Noyes Richmond, Patty Paine Qatar, Shann Palmer Richmond, Frank Parker, Arizona, Tom Sanchez Prunier Richmond, Michael Rew Richmond, Michael Rothenberg California, Elise Skidmore Florida, Robert Smith Texas, Cheryl Snell Washington D.C, Diana Strelow , Amy Tudor, Doug Tanoury, Colva Weissenstein Arlington, Vernon Wildy Jr. Richmond, Toni Wynn, and Robert E. Young.
In addition- there's ART!! It's a members show! Upstairs there are exhibits by Justin Godhe (Algebra of the Form), Wynne Creasey (The poetic Virginia Landscape) and Amanda Cleland (Prints).
Tonight 7-9, preview exhibit
First Friday 6-10pm
Rhonda Baker Goochland, Patsy Ann Bickerstaff Richmond, Wes Childress Richmond, Cynthia Jean Chisholm Richmond, Rachel Dacus California, Denise DeVries Kilmarnock, Roselyn Elliot Charlottesville, Kori E. Frazier West Virginia, Bernadette Geyer Vienna, Marian Hollowell, Richmond, John Hoppenthaler North Carolina, Ibrahim S. Kurtulus Richmond, Rachel Mallino Charlottesville, Julie Adler Noyes Richmond, Patty Paine Qatar, Shann Palmer Richmond, Frank Parker, Arizona, Tom Sanchez Prunier Richmond, Michael Rew Richmond, Michael Rothenberg California, Elise Skidmore Florida, Robert Smith Texas, Cheryl Snell Washington D.C, Diana Strelow , Amy Tudor, Doug Tanoury, Colva Weissenstein Arlington, Vernon Wildy Jr. Richmond, Toni Wynn, and Robert E. Young.
In addition- there's ART!! It's a members show! Upstairs there are exhibits by Justin Godhe (Algebra of the Form), Wynne Creasey (The poetic Virginia Landscape) and Amanda Cleland (Prints).
Tonight 7-9, preview exhibit
First Friday 6-10pm
Monday, June 15, 2009
poems wanted
Donate $5 and send a poem for the wall in the small gallery at art6. The poems will be on the walls from July 2nd thru August 16th.
We're a small gallery in Richmond, VA and the ONLY gallery with poet/writer members! In these hard times, we need help keeping the doors open.
You can send a donation thru Paypal (see sidebar) and email a poem to shannp (at) gmail (dot) come to get your poem posted on the wall and be an art supporter!!!
art6
deadline June 28th, though if you get it to me by July 1st I could still put your poem up, but it may be near the ceiling!!
We're a small gallery in Richmond, VA and the ONLY gallery with poet/writer members! In these hard times, we need help keeping the doors open.
You can send a donation thru Paypal (see sidebar) and email a poem to shannp (at) gmail (dot) come to get your poem posted on the wall and be an art supporter!!!
art6
deadline June 28th, though if you get it to me by July 1st I could still put your poem up, but it may be near the ceiling!!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Shockoe Poets at art6 2-4pm
Every 2nd and 4th Sunday from 2-4pm, Shockoe Poets occupy the space and fill the air with word art.
art6 Gallery, 6 East Broad St between 1st and Foushee.
Come join us!!
art6 Gallery, 6 East Broad St between 1st and Foushee.
Come join us!!
Friday, June 12, 2009
Check this out-
i suggest you check out this blog: hate it, love it, read it.
Musings of a Reality Deviant
Good clips and great links.
No poetry but well=written
Musings of a Reality Deviant
Good clips and great links.
No poetry but well=written
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Ocho # 24 Twitter Poets
Thursday, May 21, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
I'm already a winner!!!
I just got this from the American Academy of Poets!! "Congrats! You're one of two winners of our 2009 pledge drive"- I'm not sure what I get but tomorrow I'll be mentioned in the newsletter www.poets.org Thanks to all who pledged for me to write a poem a day- I'll thank you personally later! I will be doing a chapbook of some of the best poems.
(right now I am woozy from adhesive for vinyl flooring- the bathroom floor is almost down!)
Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More
A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for love and every occasion
(right now I am woozy from adhesive for vinyl flooring- the bathroom floor is almost down!)
Poets.org - Poetry, Poems, Bios & More
A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for love and every occasion
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Dance program at art6 Tonight!!
Come to art6 for a wonderful dance program- this group really uses the space! A unique group of dancers who will mesmerize you in the one hour program.
admission $5
Don't miss this! 8pm Thursday and Friday night, May 7th and 8th
admission $5
Don't miss this! 8pm Thursday and Friday night, May 7th and 8th
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Hey! Publication!
Check out this issue of NightTrain-
and if you could give a hoot about the rest, here's the direct link to my poem.
Ignore the FlashPaperpoetry thing- it's not working right now
and if you could give a hoot about the rest, here's the direct link to my poem.
Ignore the FlashPaperpoetry thing- it's not working right now
Monday, April 13, 2009
still going with the poem a day- it's not too late to pledge!!!
Pledge here- put this sentence in the comment box: Pledge support for Shann Palmer poem-a-day for April 2009
Friday, April 03, 2009
Dare me!! Pledge in support of my daily poems
Go ahead! Dare me!
I'm going to be writing a poem-a-day for the month of April 2009. All I'm asking is for you to support poetry (and me) by giving a donation as a pledge to the American Academy of Poets in my name during this month to support their many programs. I've been a member for years and I joined the Adopt-A-Poet program to support the webpage for my favorite poet, Tony Hoagland.
here's the site to go to and pledge- in the comment section on the second page of the donation form you can enter
Pledge support for Shann Palmer poem-a-day for April 2009
You can read my daily poems on their discussion board or I will send you the poems in your email.
Thank you, Poetry thanks you!!
Shann
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Sal Salasin has died
Sure, most of you have no idea who that was, but I had many email exchanges with him more than ten years ago when he published some of my poems in RealPoetik.
here's a link to some of his poetry
and also here
here's the news You can find the poems he accepted from me in the 1998 and 2002 archives. They are very early efforts, including the first version of "Mrs. Grape" (later published in Eclectica). RealPoetic was sent out periodically featuring one poet.
I may have copies of our email exchanges with my old compuserve files. He was very kind and generous to a very green writer.
here's a link to some of his poetry
and also here
here's the news You can find the poems he accepted from me in the 1998 and 2002 archives. They are very early efforts, including the first version of "Mrs. Grape" (later published in Eclectica). RealPoetic was sent out periodically featuring one poet.
I may have copies of our email exchanges with my old compuserve files. He was very kind and generous to a very green writer.
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