Celebrating our Luminary: Poetry!

"Silence is impossible in this century.
Everything howls. It has no way to flourish.
The wild animal of ourselves, this learned condition
growls relentlessly."
From "Noise," Amanda Hernández, trans Ana Portnoy Brimmer
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The Jaguars That Prowl Our Dreams: New and Selected Poems 1974 to 2018
Winner of the 2019 Eric Hoffer Prize for the Best Book Published by a Small Press
light’s shadow
reached to close the gap
between us
but your lips
the bridge
your eyes
the river
I am yet to cross
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don't be afraid
to explore the dark
even the moon
must enter the night
to discover
how tightly
light
can hold on
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HAYS was a poet, translator, novelist and playwright, an historian of anthropology and zoology, and a teacher.
Several of his twenty-two books, reflecting the diversity of his interests, were the pioneering works in their fields.
Two years ago today, Julie & I celebrated Let Me Say This: A Dolly Parton Poetry Anthology (Madville Publishing, 2023) at Joe's Pub, thanks to Poetry Well.
This will always stand out as one of the great highlights of my poetry career!
Lost inside the storm,
#Relying on the needle's turn,
North, it's always true.
⚡ 🧭
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The recording of the 9/16 WPLS featuring David Colodney, Kristiane Weeks-Rogers, & Ren Wilding is on YouTube.
We launched the evening with a brief tribute to Dolly Parton!
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I am happy to announce that Forgotten Ground Regained has nominated Frank Coffman's poem "The Galdrmaðr Weaves an Evil Spell" to the Best of the Net Competition.
alliteration.net/poetry/the-g...
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It's true! The Sixteen Rivers trio of poets—Dane Cervine, Carolyn Miller, and Lenore Myers—will be setting the poetry house on fire once again at the 29th Petaluma Poetry Walk this upcoming Sunday! Come one, come all—for the brilliance!
It's been a long time trying to get back on the writing wagon, so here goes..
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i will rewrite the ending so softly the page won’t even feel the ink dry.
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#poem
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#poetry