tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43602298321237778002024-03-04T21:28:54.158-08:00Two Poets: An Open ConversationWelcome to new contributor Angela Elles, who joins Jill Koren and Matthew Vetter for dialogue about poetry, events in the community, interviews, book reviews and more. Lend your voice to the discussion.Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.comBlogger92125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-75313804763969396732015-03-14T16:53:00.002-07:002015-03-14T16:53:17.166-07:00Spalding’s low-residency MFA in Writing Program Offers Community Workshop in Creative Writing<a href="http://bcnow.berea.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://bcnow.berea.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/image.jpg" height="320" width="320" /></a><b id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426374310926_14314"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426374310926_14313">LOUISVILLE, KY.</span></b> <b>(March 11, 2015)</b> <span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426374310926_14316">Award-winning Kentucky author Crystal Wilkinson will lead a community workshop for local creative writers sponsored by Spalding University’s low-residency MFA in Writing program. The 8-day, non-credit writing workshop runs May 23-30, during the MFA program’s spring residency. Students are invited to attend all residency events, including lectures and panel discussions normally reserved exclusively for MFA students.</span><br />
<span><br /></span><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426374310926_14330">“There are so many good writers who may be curious about what an MFA program offers,” Wilkinson said. “This is an excellent way for members of the community to get a sample of how the program works. I am delighted to be teaching this workshop.”</span><br />
<span><br /></span>Writers interested in attending the community workshop should email a 5- to 7-page writing sample in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, writing for children and young adults, playwriting, or screenwriting to <a href="mailto:mfa@spalding.edu" rel="nofollow" style="color: #954f72; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mfa@spalding.edu">mfa@spalding.edu</a>. The workshop is limited to 12 students. Applicants receive a $150 discount off the full price of $800 if they apply by April 13. All applications are due by April 22.<br />
<br />Wilkinson is the author of <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFtYXpvbi5jb20vQmxhY2tiZXJyaWVzLUNyeXN0YWwtV2lsa2luc29uL2RwLzE5MDI4ODEzNDYvcmVmPXBkX2Jic19zcl8xP2llPVVURjgmcz1ib29rcyZxaWQ9MTE5OTk0NjE4NCZzcj04LTE=" rel="nofollow" style="color: #954f72; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Blackberries, Blackberries</a>, winner of the 2002 Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature, and <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFtYXpvbi5jb20vV2F0ZXItU3RyZWV0LUNyeXN0YWwtV2lsa2luc29uL2RwLzE1OTI2NDA1NTkvcmVmPXBkX2Jic19zcl8yP2llPVVURjgmcz1ib29rcyZxaWQ9MTE5OTk0NjE4NCZzcj04LTI=" rel="nofollow" style="color: #954f72; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Water Street</a>, a finalist for both the UK’s Orange Prize for Fiction and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award. Both books were originally published by the <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRvYnlwcmVzcy5jb20vYm9va3Mvd2lsa2luc29uLmh0bQ==" rel="nofollow" style="color: #954f72; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">Toby Press</a>. She is also the recipient of awards and fellowships from the Kentucky Foundation for Women, the Kentucky Arts Council, the Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Mass. She teaches fiction in Spalding’s low-residency MFA in Writing program and is Appalachian Writer in Residence at Berea College.<br />
<br />For more information, email <a href="mailto:mfa@spalding.edu" id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426374310926_14344" rel="nofollow" style="color: #954f72; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:mfa@spalding.edu"><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426374310926_14343">mfa@spalding.edu</span></a><span id="yui_3_16_0_1_1426374310926_14346"> or call 502-873-4399.</span><br />
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Up next on Two Poets: A review of Jae Newman's new collection of poems, <i>Collage of Seoul</i>.Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-5723221607973256232014-06-26T10:31:00.003-07:002014-06-26T10:31:42.136-07:00Body of Work: Three Poems from Trimble Co. WorkshopHere are three poems from the most recent workshop at Trimble County Library Workshop. There's one more workshop coming up this Friday, June 27th at Village Lights Bookstore at 6pm, followed by the regular Open Mic at 7pm.<br />
<br />
Enjoy!<br />
<br />
Musical Hands<br />
<br />
Crack Pop<br />
Fireworks in my Fingers<br />
Jubilant joints<br />
Flexible, gripping<br />
Bending and poking<br />
Sharp arrows when Bent<br />
Wrinkly and crinkly<br />
Loud or silent, Never in Between<br />
Integral but mostly unnoticed<br />
<br />
-- Amanda, librarian<br />
<br />
<br />
Pulmonary Embolus<br />
<br />
The thorax chest<br />
lung that holds life's Breath<br />
the heart that gives life's Blood<br />
The bronchi that lead to<br />
the road of exchange with<br />
Blood & Air. Like a storm<br />
the Blood Clot stops this<br />
life exchange road,<br />
blocks the tree of life.<br />
Pulmonary Emboli<br />
The Pain.<br />
The Shortness of Air.<br />
The threat that this PE<br />
may break off and go else<br />
where to Pain & death.<br />
<br />
-- Denise, x-ray technician<br />
<br />
<br />
Masks<br />
<br />
They say that our eyes are<br />
the windows to the soul<br />
<br />
They tell stories<br />
of sadness, despair, anger<br />
<br />
Loss, happiness, failure, success.<br />
<br />
There was a boy I once knew<br />
whose eyes told me the story<br />
of love, loneliness, and anger.<br />
<br />
He was always sitting alone<br />
during class-- no one liked him.<br />
His classmates picked on him<br />
Spread lies just to get him in trouble.<br />
<br />
At home, Dad was always drunk<br />
Mom was always beat<br />
He was always crying himself to sleep<br />
<br />
He wanted to kill himself<br />
To just end all of the pain<br />
But he couldn't because of<br />
a girl he loved<br />
<br />
In my opinion<br />
He was just lost<br />
<br />
We all wear masks,<br />
everyone, everyday,<br />
But sometimes we wear<br />
them so much,<br />
we forget who we really are.<br />
<br />
--Anonymous, studentJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-63440026535456300682013-08-23T03:23:00.002-07:002013-08-23T03:23:36.198-07:00A Poet's Pace: Greg Pape's Four Swans Reviewed by Angela Elles<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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F<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">rom my
first meeting with Greg Pape, it was obvious to me that this man does not get
into a hurry. He is one of those rare humans who listens intentionally, not
just waiting for his turn to talk. Greg has been an official mentor to me as
part of my work in Spalding University’s Master of Fine Art program. As a
teacher and as an artist, Greg is an active listener and the poems in his new
book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Four Swans</i>, give attention to the
details that often get lost when we push ahead, out of synch with the earth’s
rhythms. This latest collection is, in part, a meditation on the messages Greg
interprets for us, as he moves through time at a poet’s pace. </span></div>
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four-part book moves through each of the seasons, beginning in winter, and
ending in fall.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The details and
correlations of each season are subtly woven in with observations small things
with great significance. The microcosm reflects the macrocosm here, where
mountains can “float” in the eyes of a child and God is both “great” and
“small.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The tone
of reverence for great and small is set with the title poem, “Four Swans.” The
speaker is observing swans in January. Once he establishes the image, he goes
to the trouble of naming them:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">To name
something is a way to show recognition, love, and maybe even guardianship. The importance
of the loving attention inherent in the act of naming resonates throughout the
book. Greg uses specific names for places, people and things that star in his
poems: His mother, Irene; his poetic ancestor, Su Tung-p’o; his departed
rooster, Big Red; and the river, the Bitterroot. They are all named along with
the swans out of reverence for their importance. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
remainder of the poem, “Four Swans,” moves between observation of the swans and
memory or reflection on serious “real-life” circumstances: The hospitalization
of a mother, the tragic consequences of reckless behavior. In many ways the
movement of this poem mirrors the movement of the book. The poems often begin
in observation of the natural world, and the speaker points to how the human
world intersects with nature or how the struggles of nature parallel human
suffering. Often this intersection reveals something about how humans grapple
with reconciling the cycles of modern life with the cycles of this planet. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">These
poems seem to be the product of Greg’s “listening” to the silent: animals, the
rivers, valleys, rocks and water. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
“Rain on the River he interprets a message from the river: <br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>forming pockets, temporary cover,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>where the roofer kneels, nailing
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>in light rain. Look, water says,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>right now, before and after –</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Greg
listens as if channeling these voices confirms that all matter surrounding us
is significant and holds a clue to the meaning of our existence if we are able put
our finger on the pulse of what is around us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">By the section
II of <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Four Swans</i>, Greg establishes
the Bitterroot River of Montana as a key image, emblematic of the natural world.
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the poem “The Spell of the Bitterroot,”
human management of the river muddies the scene:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>in many places. Portages abound,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and no-trespassing signs hang from
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>of barb-wire strung across braids.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>This is not right.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>of eventual dissolution</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It is
interesting that although the speaker is offended, he focuses on the wants of
the river. Like the water in “Rain on the River,” Greg gives voice and certain
wisdom to the force of the river; this helps the audience to see rivers in a
fresh light. The poem ends emphasizing that perspective:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">By
acknowledging the intention of the river, Greg allows us understand how our own
intentions can be in tune with nature, if we stop to notice the similarities. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
similarities are sometimes small and overlooked by moving through time too
quickly. Just as the river will make and “take its own sweet time,” we too must
move slower to receive the messages that delight and enlighten us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">As I
read this collection, I found myself holding back, not reading too many poems in
one sitting. I wanted to savor these poems; I didn’t want to rush through them.
This is the effect of poetry that enlightens its reader by minding particular
details that enrich the experience of being alive. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">To be
present in the days’ miracles, Greg finds that it is essential to operate
within the natural tempo of our earth; Greg listens to the earth’s messages,
and he shows us what we are missing if we forge ahead too quickly. </span></div>
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978-088924-127-2</span></div>
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Elles is a resident of Madison, Indiana. A mom, wife, teacher, and student,
Angela teaches at Ivy Tech Community College and is pursuing an MFA in Poetry
at Spalding University. </span></div>
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Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-26752623138838096442013-08-05T04:48:00.002-07:002013-08-05T04:59:31.982-07:00The Previous Exercise: So, How'd It Go?A few posts back, I posted an exercise as a challenge (see June 7, 2013). As a teacher I always try to do my own assignments, so I thought I would post a sample of my exercise and encourage readers to do the same. It is rough; I have done only minimal editing. So here it is. And please, post your own.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Riding the bike through the first neighborhood,
I disappear into another world.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
houses are lit up from the inside and the outside, a stage set, like Disney
World or Santa Land.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am biking by them
but I am apart, part of another world yet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Deep.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The dips in the road hold a cooler air.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am breathing in the night, lit by the moon
or by my Cat Eye bike light.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mother
is afraid.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She does not like for me to
bike at night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My grandfather used to
offer to give me a ride (the quarter of a mile home to my own house).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is dead now.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am alive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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go?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Down Hatcher?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The road is bumpy, crumbling, enacting Earth’s
repo plan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Besides, Hatcher takes me
down past St. Joseph’s cemetery, the one where my great uncle used to let the
kids loose and disappear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At night. Or
the Heritage Trail?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Smoother, but still
a cemetery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I cannot take the middle way—Hanging
Rock—the police officer chastised me last time (after he handed me my fallen
bananas).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decide on Heritage, put my
left arm out to signal.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sirens tell me
that there is an officer racing down Hanging Rock.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Good thing I didn’t go that way.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Passing the valley of the white wooden
crosses, I hear what at first I think must be another siren.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Soon I realize it is not a siren, but
coyotes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their cries could be mistaken
for neighborhood dogs, almost, but they tangle and wind the way domestication
would not.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A shiver runs through my body
that has nothing to do with cold.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
pedal harder.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Around the next curve is a
deer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This time I do not jump (as I did
last week, knocking the tail light from my seat post as the deer fled, white
tails raised in alarm).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No, this time, neither
of us flinches.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The doe watches me glide
by.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I watch her.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We see each other we are alive at the same
time I turn descend the pavement tilts the bike and me with it
IdonotrunofftheroadIaccelerateIamcoldIamcolderIamalive.</span>Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-48338006305121228882013-06-29T14:24:00.002-07:002013-06-29T14:24:12.167-07:00Gabrielle Calvocoressi’s The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart: An Example for How to Use Persona Poems to Write about History and Current Events<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I live
on the Ohio River, and outside my bedroom window I have been watching the
construction of a new bridge. It is the only bridge on this part of the river
for roughly 40 miles, so it is significant in many ways to my community. The
importance of this new bridge, as well as the old one, has inspired numerous
poems lately, and I hope to compile them into a chapbook. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I have
mostly explored the bridge from the first person point of view, and all the
poems are rooted in my personal experience. I have some familial ties to the
history of the old bridge, currently being demolished, and I have personal ties
to individuals working on the new bridge. As I dive deeper into this project, I
have considered using the persona poem to add depth and complexity to this subject.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Gabrielle
Calvocoressi’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Last Time I Saw Amelia
Earhart </i>recently inspired me. In particular, in her cycle of persona poems
surrounding the disappearance of Amelia Earhart, Calvocoressi is able to use
unique, historical perspectives to explore universal themes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In poem V. of the “Amelia Earhart” cycle,
“Doris Luman, housewife,” a witness poem becomes a meditation on loss from the
perspective of a wife and mother. The speaker is responding to the news of
Earhart’s disappearance and nonchalantly discusses loss as an everyday
occurrence. One immediately thinks of Elizabeth Bishop’s “One Art,” wherein the
poet claims loss is not a disaster, although it may seem to be at times.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The first line of Calvocoressi’s poem is
similar:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">It’s easy to lose someone. Last </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">week, walking my son to school, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I turned away for a second.</span></div>
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(1-4).</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>In this poem, the housewife is clearly more
concerned with what is happening in her domestic sphere than with public
figures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Choosing the housewife as one
of the personas allows Calvocoressi to take the exploration of loss to an
unexpected place: the home. The ultimate human notion of safety revolves around
the home, and the speaker in this poem is turning that notion on its head. The
poem moves inward, and the meditation on loss dives into the themes of safety
and permanence:</span>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">You can lose a person at home</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>In the safest possible place,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>a place you could walk blindfolded. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">that’s why I wasn’t surprised </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">when that woman got lost. (12-16)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">The
speaker refers to Earhart as “that woman,” a telling detail in the speaker’s
reaction to the news of Earhart’s disappearance. Tragedies happen in the sky
and they happen inside the home, and it is not the magnitude of the setting
that dictates the severity of its effects the human mind. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>These poems lend a personal context to the
events surrounding a celebrity. By using different personas to look at
Earhart’s disappearance, Calvocoressi allows room for truths to emerge that
speak to the human condition and go well beyond the historical event. If the
poet had only allowed her own reactions to Earhart’s story to be the subject of
these poems, they would be missing the depth and diversity of human experience
that gives these poems their universal appeal. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">I hope
that my bridge poems can explore my particular experience with a highly public
happening while achieving some kind of balance with those themes on a universal
level. Reading Calvocoressi’s persona poems, I was moved to reach deeper into
my speakers’ dreams, memories and, sometimes, darkest thoughts. Diving into the
subconscious via the persona poems in the style of Calvocoressi seems like a promising
avenue to take my “bridge poems” to the next level. </span></div>
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a resident of Madison, Indiana. A mom, wife, teacher, and student, Angela
teaches at <span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1372536186_0">Ivy Tech Community College</span> and is pursuing an MFA in Poetry at
Spalding University.</span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">twelve moons</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">
by Claire Everett<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Introduction by David Terelinck.
Perfect bound; 76 pages. ISBN:<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>978-1-4781539-5-5.
$14.75 US. Available at https://www.createspace.com/3923071.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What is
distinctive about Claire Everett's <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">twelve
moons </i>is that her tanka do not merely juxtapose the natural and personal
worlds; they interfuse the two.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>passing sun</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>what of me is flame</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>taking hold</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and what of me is timeless</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>like this rock, briefly warm?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The poet
compares herself directly to the images of nature; she <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">is </i>the sun's flame and the rock. The metaphor is woven into all
five lines of the tanka. Indeed, a transmutation is at work, as the following makes
explicit:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>transformed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>by the breath of your love</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>I am no longer sand </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>scattered to the wind</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>but the beauty of blown glass</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In other
cases, the interconnection between the poet and nature involves several images.
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>and when my thoughts</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>have followed the rosewood grain</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>of sunset</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>swirling dark from the eaves</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>pipistrelles</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Thoughts
that become one with the texture of the fading sky, and then begin to focus on a
darker motion around the eves, suddenly take shape - as bats. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Or, in
the poet's contemplation, prompted by a similarity in shape, one image might
morph into an entirely different one.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>by candlelight</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>watching incense twist and curl</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>as shadow</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>the double helix uncoils,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>the illness passed down the line</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Closely
allied with this interfusion of thought and images is the the intermingling of
senses, or synesthesia, which Everett sometimes employs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>in silence</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>deeper than the scent</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>of pine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>for the eyes of the deer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Here
sound, smell, and silence work both as separate senses and as aspects of one
combined perception.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">As the
title suggests, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">twelve moons</i>, is
organized seasonally. Each individual tanka takes on added resonance as it is
grouped under one of the traditional names for the twelve full moons. The range
of subjects includes <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a>motherhood, marriage, love, discord,
disappointment, injury, illness, and mourning. Time is a persistent theme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>son of mine</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>what's done is done...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>seed by seed, I'd breathe</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>back the dandelion clock,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>place its stem in your hand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The
foregoing poem also exemplifies the tension Everett achieves with the sounds,
rhythms, and pacing of words. So too does this one:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>no greater peace</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>than the deep green</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>silence of the trees</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>when the breeze</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Note the
long "e" sounds in every line but the last one - when the (long-e)
breeze has moved on - as well as the way changes of pace and even syncopation
are used to advantage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">This is
a collection to be savored as much for the richness of its imagery as for its
finely crafted form. For all the intricacy implicit in their design, the tanka
in <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">twelve moons</i> remind us that the
best poetry often seems disarmingly and marvelously simple.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>after our walk</span></div>
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Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-87327529536870428002013-06-07T12:09:00.001-07:002013-06-07T12:09:22.192-07:00Writing Exercise: "Poems and the Body"Dear Readers,<br />
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As one of our regular offerings, we will post exercises we have tried or want to try. I was skimming through <i>PoemCrazy</i> by Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge, a book I often walk past and wish I were opening, when I came to Chapter 24, "Poems and the Body." I am working on a series of body poems, so it applies to my current project. But I also thought I would share it here as a means of challenging myself and our readers to try one of these exercises.<br />
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In order to "tap" both spheres-- the conscious and the unconscious-- Woolridge offers a long list of possible prompts. Here is a small sampling:<br />
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Stand on your head for as long as possible. Notice details upside down. Look in a mirror. Write.<br />
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Dance. Write...<br />
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Hang out with a dog, cat, horse or bird. Feel the animal's fur or feathers and let yourself move into creature consciousness. A grasshopper will do. Write from his point of view.<br />
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Listen to your breath. Be aware that it's automatic and that breathing, being alive, is effortless. Write a poem about your breathing. <br />
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Write a poem of hunger or food....<br />
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Do anything new. It will open you up to feel, see, write and be something new. (90)<br />
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So. I challenge you to try one of these or make up your own body-poem exercise. As Molly Peacock says, a poet's job is to bring the reader back into her body. Let's do it. Feel free to post the results here. Or write about the process. Was it easy? Was it difficult? Which parts? Why?<br />
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jkJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-26967775918988207792013-05-30T05:52:00.003-07:002013-05-30T05:52:45.114-07:00Sonja de Vries<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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One of the best things about having a book is the book swap. At Spalding's Homecoming, I swapped books with Sonja de Vries and came home (this time literally) with a lovely little collection that I am just beginning to dive into. The chapbook, <i>Planting a Garden in Baghdad</i>, is a book about current conflict, yes, but it begins by looking back. And it does not speak of war so much in sweeping terms, but on a human scale. The primary unit of this book is the human body.<br />
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In Amsterdam, Hunger Winter 1944, the body becomes a grazer, a forager:<br />
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Late at night, everyone asleep,<br />
I stood in the kitchen enjoying<br />
the quiet, nibbling like a mouse<br />
on potato skins and dry root vegetables.<br />
They tasted like nothing;<br />
air with a crunch, wind with a<br />
body, but I liked the feeling of<br />
their flesh in my mouth.<br />
I imagined it was the flesh of<br />
a young soldier, his<br />
upper thighs, smooth and salty<br />
thrumming with blood. My<br />
stomach rumbled, I swallowed<br />
the last skin, slipped<br />
back into bed, next to the warm<br />
bodies of my brother and sister.<br />
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The language of the poem is spare, pared down, as its subject and as life must necessarily be during war time. The body is an animal but the being (the narrator) is an animal endowed with language. So she nibbles like a mouse, but since she is aware of her mousiness, she is not a mouse at all. Though she tastes nothing, she still gives the taste particularity, as "air with a crunch, wind with a/ body..." Even the air has become a body. The skins of the root vegetables become the skin of the soldier. The hierarchy of existence blurs and the barriers between elements and organisms matter less, separation falls away, and the connectedness of everything rises to the foreground. Just when things seems most segregated-- soldier from civilian, the desire for food from the desire for flesh, waking from sleeping-- the parts come together and the whole, always there, always in balance, is apparent. <br />
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The vehicle for this reunion of dichotomies is the imagination, which is the driving force behind this poem in the first place. By choosing the first person point of view, de Vries supplies the necessary imagination to bring the reader not into a historical account but rather one that seems more immediate. Such is the wonder of this book. The small seed of each poem casts roots down into the dirt of history but also sprouts and branches into the air of the present. I am looking forward to reading more.<br />
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Sonja de Vries is a Kentucky-born writer, filmmaker, and radical social justice activist. She believes that art is integral to creating a deep and lasting transformation of society. She lives on a farm outside Louisville where she grows food and raises chickens. She lives with her youngest son Devlin and partner Beth; her oldest sons, musician Shadwick Wilde and Jake de Vries, live in Louisville.<br />
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<br />Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-68085058488905859542013-05-24T03:47:00.003-07:002013-05-24T04:03:34.809-07:00Homecoming 2013 at Spalding University<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today I am excited to be traveling back to Louisville for Spalding's Homecoming events. First, there is the celebration of recently published works, including the books of David Harrity, Charlotte Rains Dixon, Sandi Hutcheson, Chris Mattingly, Brittany K. Fonte, Ann Eskridge, and Loreen Niewenhuis. Check out this link for profiles, author photos, and the full schedule: <a href="http://spaldingmfaalum.com/2013/05/03/join-us-for-the-celebration-of-recently-published-books/">Celebration of Recently Published Books 2013</a>.<br />
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Also upcoming: interviews (it could be you) and submissions (join the conversation).<br />
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As always, thank you for reading,<br />
jkJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-21831940183866195962012-07-12T06:15:00.001-07:002012-07-12T06:15:20.734-07:00Music and the MuseJust wanted to let everyone know about Music and the Muse, a night of spoken word, original songs, and, of course, poetry. Come join us at Viewpoint Books in Columbus, Indiana (548 Washington Street) this Friday from 6:00 to 8:30. <br />
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Here's the tentative line-up:<br />
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6:00-6:30 Music by The Chestnuts, a Madison-based folk trio: Paul Kelly, Jill Koren, and Tony Schroeder<br />
6:30-7:00 Poetry readings by Harlan Kelly, Jill Koren<br />
7:00-7:30 Matthew D. Jackson and the Paperback Riot: spoken word and musical accompaniment<br />
7:30-8:00 Poetry readings by Johnny Clifton Knight, Karen Kovacik, JeffRey Phillips and more<br />
8:00-8:30 More music from The Chestnuts<br />
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If you'd like to read, please let me know: jillkoren(at)gmail(dot)com.<br />
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Hope to see you!<br />
jkJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-89607352134108125872012-06-21T20:14:00.001-07:002012-06-21T20:14:14.994-07:00JeffRey Phillips Book Launch and Open MicCome celebrate Jeff's new book, <i>The Beauty of Imperfection</i>, tomorrow night, June 22, from 5-9pm. From 5-7pm, jazz pianist Jimmy Storms will be playing in the Twain Room. New to Madison and Village
Lights, 88-year-old Jimmy was a member of the Red Skelton Orchestra and
backup pianist for Pat Boon, Connie Francis, and Fred Astaire. He plays a
wide selection of old standards on the Steinway grand.<br />
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Jeff will be signing books. Readings will begin at 7:00 with Jeff opening the line-up, followed by open-mic. Jeff will also close with another reading from his new book. Jeff's poems celebrate the beauty of nature and are laced with his earnest philosophy. Looking forward to a night of poem and piano. Hope to see you!Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-55742869402274488542012-04-22T07:42:00.002-07:002012-04-22T07:43:58.775-07:00Celebrate Poetry Month at Poetpalooza!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Friday, April 27th, through Sunday, April 29th, with hourly readings
and signings by sixteen acclaimed poets from our region, including the
two current and three former Poets Laureate of Indiana and Kentucky. The
Saturday readings will be emceed by Jack Ramey, a published poet and
Madison resident. Sunday’s readings will be emceed by Jill Kelly Koren,
also a published poet and a native of Madison. There will be live music
Friday evening with The Chestnuts, and all local or regional poets, or
aspiring poets, published or unpublished, are invited to participate in
the “open sign-up” community open mic session Saturday evening.
Poetpalooza will be an experimental, “flow-through” event held during
regular business hours. With production assistance from The Cultural
Continuum of Madison, Riverrun Theatre Co., and The Chestnuts, a stage
will be installed at the back of the shop, with lights and mics, and
just a scattering of chairs. It will not be a sit-down concert-type
affair. Visitors will be able to stand, sit, browse, listen… coming and
going, as they see fit, throughout the event. Each poet will take the
floor at the top of an hour and read for 30 to 50 minutes. After
reading, they will remain available for signing in the front of the shop
while the next poet or group reads. “Come for one, or come for all!”
Books or chapbooks by all participating poets will be available for
purchase.<br />
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<b><u>Friday, April 27<br />
</u></b>5:00p Live music with The Chestnuts<br />
6:00p Richard Hague & Michael Henson (OH)<br />
8:00p Live music with The Chestnuts<br />
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<b><u>Saturday, April 28<br />
</u></b>1:00p Jack Ramey (IN)<br />
2:00p Richard Taylor, Kentucky Poet Laureate, 1999-2001<br />
3:00p Karen Kovacik, Indiana Poet Laureate, 2011-2012<br />
4:00p The Airpoets (IN):<br />
</span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Norbert Krapf, Indiana Poet Laureate, 2008-2010<br />
Joyce Brinkman, Indiana Poet Laureate, 2002-2008<br />
Joe Heithaus, Chair, English Dept., DePauw University<br />
Ruthelen Burns<br />
7:00p Carlos William Carlos (OY)<br />
7:30p Community Open Mic Night<br />
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<b><u>Sunday, April 29<br />
</u></b>1:00p Jill Kelly Koren (IN)<br />
2:00p Jonathan Greene (KY)<br />
3:00p Maureen Morehead, Kentucky Poet Laureate, 2011-2012<br />
4:00p Reservoir Dogwoods (IN):<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Jason Ammerman<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Tony Brewer<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Matthew D. Jackson<br />
</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"> </span><span style="font-family: Cambria;">Joseph Kerschbaum<br />
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<b>Note:</b> Due to the Madison-Milton bridge closure, April 25-29,
visitors coming to Madison from Kentucky are advised to cross downriver
at Louisville or upriver via the Markland Dam.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><b>I am honored to be sharing the stage with these amazing poets. Hope to see you there!</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><b>Cheers,</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Cambria;"><b>jk </b></span></span>Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-86455284624169644112012-01-24T03:51:00.000-08:002012-01-24T04:00:53.520-08:00Book Launch Party: Saturday January 28th<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>cover art: "Sycamore Row" by Alethaire Kelly<br />
author portrait: "Teacher, Poet, Lover" by Tom KellyJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-35697133658923651412011-10-03T08:33:00.000-07:002011-10-03T08:34:58.115-07:00SoMaA Readings<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ehTXGHtDfvY?hl=en&fs=1" width="425"></iframe><br />
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This is Johnny Clifton Knight, a fabulous emerging poet and a senior at Madison Consolidated High School.<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RfTttN4lSXQ?hl=en&fs=1" width="425"></iframe>Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-43395526089629203742011-09-19T05:10:00.000-07:002011-09-19T05:10:51.752-07:00South of Main Arts in the Alley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzeS9-qBmSj8E8ar6Jvq0rDGYPVDcWquoobkmdKQQCt_nOa3HT7lV8ECO4Kjwso7JYOHSv2bXdwxzt1dlPcTA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></div>This Friday, there will be an "Arts in the Alley" event from 4-8pm in conjunction with Fourth Friday festivities in downtown Madison. Kids can pick up a Treasure Map starting at 4pm on Mulberry. From there, they can complete a scavenger hunt at local businesses. In the alley, there will be artists doing plein air painting, The Chestnuts (my band will be playing), and perhaps most exciting (for followers of this blog, at least), poets will read their original works from the loading dock. <br />
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Jack Ramey, featured above, will be one of the poets included, as will Angela Elles, Johnny Clifton Knight, and yours truly. Note about the video: it's a tease-- my battery ran out! So come out and see the whole poem this Friday. Here's the line-up:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Line-Up for Music /Poetry on the Loading Dock</b></div><div class="MsoNormal">5:00-5:45 Chestnuts, Set 1</div><div class="MsoNormal">5:50-6:20 Poetry, Set 1<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal">6:25-7:10 Chestnuts, Set 2</div><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif"; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">7:15-8:00 Poetry, Set 2<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><br />
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Also, there's going to be poetry and music on the loading dock behind Village Lights Friday, September 23rd, coinciding with Madison's <a href="http://www.madisonchautauqua.com/">Chautauqua Festival</a>. Stay tuned!Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-84348148167870010172011-08-17T07:31:00.000-07:002011-08-17T07:39:44.900-07:00Reading at Yellow Springs Art Gallery<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oeZtEnhC92FljlqSm97PGiMAOfUvSmcguXn0Ikwa83kheyhqrDwFQjO0vY3rwGb7RqWsLI_knD3P8Ohi9v6gJhMS7od1_UvYklxuHyp7Xcadz2JEmQKXEZ-cjvEWor3ORZnSVP-USuhk/s400/SatYSAC01SG070911.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oeZtEnhC92FljlqSm97PGiMAOfUvSmcguXn0Ikwa83kheyhqrDwFQjO0vY3rwGb7RqWsLI_knD3P8Ohi9v6gJhMS7od1_UvYklxuHyp7Xcadz2JEmQKXEZ-cjvEWor3ORZnSVP-USuhk/s320/SatYSAC01SG070911.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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My reading at the Yellow Springs Art Gallery was really enjoyable, despite a small turnout. I read with Adrienne Cassel, who you can see in the photo to the left. Read more of her work<a href="http://www.ambulant.org/issue2/cassel.html"> here</a>. Thanks to Anthony Fife and Lauren Shows for inviting me. There's a video in the first link- Yellow Spings News Online Edition, which covered the event.<br />
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<a href="http://ysnews.com/news/2011/07/poetry-in-yellow-springs">http://ysnews.com/news/2011/07/poetry-in-yellow-springs</a><br />
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and some photos and more about the other participants in the event here:<br />
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-MattJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-69493142062051861442011-07-20T11:00:00.000-07:002011-07-20T11:02:10.302-07:00Open Mic at Village Lights<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.villagelightsbooks.com/files/vlb_opening.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://www.villagelightsbooks.com/files/vlb_opening.jpg" width="240" /></a></div>Just wanted to put out an early warning that I will be emceeing the bi-monthly poetry open mic next month at our local independent bookstore, <a href="http://www.villagelightsbooks.com/">Village Lights</a>. Save the date: August 26th! Stay tuned for details. Cheers, Jill<br />
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PS Madison is only an hour from Louisville, only an hour and a half from Cincinnati...Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-71432541193107644312011-07-09T11:08:00.000-07:002011-07-09T11:08:19.051-07:00Reading TonightMy old friend Anthony Fife has invited me to read tonight at the Yellow Springs Art Gallery in Yellow Springs, Ohio. I'll be reading poems from my manuscript in progress <i>Domestic Violets. </i>So excited! More information about the event and other participants <a href="http://ayellowspringsblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/art-music-poetry-at-ysac-gallery.html">here</a>.<br />
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Wish me luck.<br />
-MattJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-15841131414578596112011-04-01T18:04:00.000-07:002011-04-01T18:05:59.977-07:00While the Water Rises Around UsLike it? That is the title of my chapbook, which I just learned is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. I'm so excited (and I just can't hide it)-- see, I'm quoting eighties pop songs. And it's not an April Fools' joke either (unless you want to do April Fools, April Fools like my son was doing tonight. Is that meta-fooling? I am not sure, but I thought it was pretty clever, if confusing).<br />
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Anyway, I don't have any details yet. I just sent them the info they requested for the contract, so I will let you know as things progress. I cannot close this celebratory post without a HUGE thank you to my Workshop-of- Two co-poet, Angela Elles, who read every word of every poem in the manuscript, multiple times. And also to Matt, my co-host here at <i>Two Poets</i>, for encouragement and living the life, so as to inspire me and anyone who crosses his path. And my brother Harlan. For appreciating my poems and for writing his own. I could really go on, but since I haven't won a Grammy yet, I'll save the rest of my thank yous for the book.<br />
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Please share your good news here! I don't want to be the only one jumping for joy. Mirth seeks company.<br />
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Happy poeting,<br />
jkJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-56349789956941678342011-01-16T13:22:00.000-08:002011-01-16T13:26:05.138-08:00Telephone ConversationDear readers,<br />
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I'm taking an American Literature with a postcolonialism focus this quarter and our prof. handed out this poem by Wole Soyinka on the first day. It's an intelligent dramatization of the absurdity of racial construction through the "lens" of the telephone.Thanks for reading!<br />
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-Matt<br />
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<b>Telephone Conversation </b><br />
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The price seemed reasonable, location<br />
Indifferent. The landlady swore she lived<br />
Off premises. Nothing remained<br />
But self-confession. "Madam," I warned,<br />
"I hate a wasted journey—I am African."<br />
Silence. Silenced transmission of<br />
Pressurized good-breeding. Voice, when it came,<br />
Lipstick coated, long gold rolled<br />
Cigarette-holder pipped. Caught I was foully.<br />
"HOW DARK?" . . . I had not misheard . . . "ARE YOU LIGHT<br />
OR VERY DARK?" Button B, Button A.* Stench<br />
Of rancid breath of public hide-and-speak.<br />
Red booth. Red pillar box. Red double-tiered<br />
Omnibus squelching tar. It was real! Shamed<br />
By ill-mannered silence, surrender<br />
Pushed dumbfounded to beg simplification.<br />
Considerate she was, varying the emphasis--<br />
"ARE YOU DARK? OR VERY LIGHT?" Revelation came.<br />
"You mean--like plain or milk chocolate?"<br />
Her assent was clinical, crushing in its light<br />
Impersonality. Rapidly, wave-length adjusted,<br />
I chose. "West African sepia"--and as afterthought,<br />
"Down in my passport." Silence for spectroscopic<br />
Flight of fancy, till truthfulness clanged her accent<br />
Hard on the mouthpiece. "WHAT'S THAT?" conceding<br />
"DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT IS." "Like brunette."<br />
"THAT'S DARK, ISN'T IT?" "Not altogether.<br />
Facially, I am brunette, but, madam, you should see<br />
The rest of me. Palm of my hand, soles of my feet<br />
Are a peroxide blond. Friction, caused--<br />
Foolishly, madam--by sitting down, has turned<br />
My bottom raven black--One moment, madam!"--sensing<br />
Her receiver rearing on the thunderclap<br />
About my ears--"Madam," I pleaded, "wouldn't you rather<br />
See for yourself?"Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-78123352367683278412010-12-17T15:17:00.000-08:002010-12-17T15:17:39.963-08:00Merry Merries!Hello Dear Readers,<br />
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Good news! My poem, "On the Way Back from the Compost Heap Tonight," appears in the December issue of <i>Literary Mama</i>. You can see it <a href="http://www.literarymama.com/poetry/archives/2010/12/on-our-way-back-from-the-compo.html">here</a>. Please leave a comment (here or there) to let me know what you think. While you're there, enjoy the other poems and essays. Good stuff!<br />
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And now it's back to grading for me. Hope to hear from many of you soon.<br />
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Warmest wishes,<br />
jkJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-48279769823670794442010-09-12T10:40:00.000-07:002010-09-12T10:40:36.519-07:00ExcusesDear Readers,<br />
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Please excuse my infrequent updating as of late. Things have been busier than usual. The good news is I've accepted a position as a Ph.D. candidate at Ohio University in Athens, OH. My family and I officially moved on August 21, and I started teaching and taking classes just last week. Unfortunately, I've had less time for creative endeavors and haven't been writing or submitting since the latest rejection of my chapbook manuscript. I have managed to do a little reading, however, and am happy to have discovered a poet claimed by both Kentucky and Ohio (Summers worked at OU and UK). Below is a poem from his collection <i>The Walks Near Athens</i> (1959).<br />
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The Winter Walks in Athens, Ohio<br />
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<pre>Some bricks in the walks of ATHENS, Ohio,
Are marked with ATHENS, Ohio,
Encouraging students and other pedestrians
To pretend to belong where they go.
Some feet echo comfort in ATHENS, Ohio,
Moving from ATHENS to ATHENS
While firmly ensconced in ATHENS, Ohio,
No matter how studiously pedestrian.
Perhaps I should mention that harsh winds blow
In passing through ATHENS,. Ohio,
And some bricks are nameless, I know,
And some are crippled in ATHENS.
</pre><pre></pre><pre>Thanks for reading, </pre><pre></pre><pre>Matt</pre>Jill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-53672751076967130842010-09-02T22:08:00.000-07:002010-09-02T22:10:28.320-07:00Fishouse<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6ayPxfyUFPoBR_dxhCEmO8cLl3FoSBzjyyQhZ-6tTJtgt2lX6ChzxjC1JA3FeVxPN3UahtCSy8wJDKBZDkoXJwiPHIefCGIdRwVQM9wFpF9vMv-IYYI3WPw8J7w95nNVuugXg_C8Vvk/s1600/fishouse.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM6ayPxfyUFPoBR_dxhCEmO8cLl3FoSBzjyyQhZ-6tTJtgt2lX6ChzxjC1JA3FeVxPN3UahtCSy8wJDKBZDkoXJwiPHIefCGIdRwVQM9wFpF9vMv-IYYI3WPw8J7w95nNVuugXg_C8Vvk/s320/fishouse.jpg" /></a></div>Sorry for the long hiatus. It's an even longer story. But I came across something fun, so I wanted to share. My "little" brother, Harlan, just went off to college and is taking what sounds like a fantastic creative writing class. He pointed me to the link for <a href="http://www.fishousepoems.org/">From the Fishouse</a>. It's very much along the lines of Red Lion Sq. Here is an excerpt from their site describing their mission:<br />
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Founded in 2004 by Matt O'Donnell and Camille T. Dungy, From the Fishouse is an IRS-registered non-profit that promotes the oral tradition of poetry. Our free online audio archive showcases emerging poets (defined for this purpose as poets with fewer than two published books of poetry at the time of submission) reading their own poems, as well as answering questions about poetry and the writing process. Our mission is to use online technology and other media to provide the public with greater access to the voices of emerging poets, and to provide an educational resource to students and teachers of contemporary poetry.<br />
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Me again. I can especially recommend Rosal's "Poem for My Extra Nipple." I also recommend the exercise. Might even try it myself. Just read Harlan's version and it was quite inspiring.<br />
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Happy poeting,<br />
jkJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4360229832123777800.post-32911962744307795742010-07-20T21:08:00.000-07:002010-07-20T21:08:45.622-07:00More About Red Lion Sq.Just another reminder to check out this new force in poetry-- a force for hearing the words, not just reading them. Wouldn't our new poet laureate be proud? I remember him saying that young poets don't "hear" their poems. Hopefully, we can set about rectifying that. If you need extra incentive, know that Matt's poem is featured in the most recent podcast and that one of mine-- "Night Journey in France"-- will be featured soon. I recorded it on my brother's new Mac, and it was so much fun that we are going to do it again. Who knows, if I am really lucky, I might end up in one of his shows. <br />
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Happy summer. Thanks for reading.<br />
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JillJill Koren and Matthew Vetterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14068070936459424193noreply@blogger.com0