The Poetry Box LIVE – May Edition!
Saturday, May 10, 2025 @ 4:00 PM (Pacific)
3pm (Alaskan) / 5pm (Mountain) / 6pm (Central) / 7pm (Eastern)
Featuring:
- Sandra Rendig (CA) – author of Heart & Bones
- Cathy Cain (OR) – author of Love’s Press
- Marjorie Moorhead (NH) – author of Into the Thrum
- Rebecca Bluemel (OR) – author of More Water Than Tears
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About the Featured Poets:
Marjorie Moorhead’s poetry books are What I Ask (Kelsay Books 2024) and Every Small Breeze (Kelsay 2023), chapbooks In My Locket, Survival: Tees, Tides, Song, and Survival Part 2: Trees, Birds, Ocean, Bees. Her poems have appeared in Amethyst Review, Tiny Seed Literary, Moist Poetry Journal, Bloodroot Literary, Sheila-Na-Gig, Porter House Review, The Poeming Pigeon, Verse-Virtual, What Rough Beast, A River Sings, The Poet’s Touchstone, and others, as well as sixteen anthologies to date, including The Wonder of Small Things (James Crews, ed.). Marjorie’s work has garnered nomination for Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net. She lives with her family and writes from the Connecticut River valley at the NH/VT border. Her local poetry group is 4th Friday Poets.
Website: MarjorieWritesPoetry.wordpress.com/places-you-can-see-my-work/
You can learn more about Marjorie’s book HERE
Sandra Rendig was born and grew up in the 1950’s in the small town of Sonora, California, a rural land of hills, trees, and creeks. The natural world remains a strong influence in her writing. Her parents, children of Italian immigrants, have significantly influenced her writing. Many of her poems honor their self-reliance and strong work ethic. She often writes about the beauty and emotional impact of the changing seasons. Now that she is 78 years old, several of the poems reflect the passing of her own seasons.
After a 30 year career teaching young children (preschool – 4th grade), she has been writing poetry for self-exploration, joy and solace.
You can learn more about Sandra’s book HERE
Poet and artist Cathy Cain is the author of Lamplight, The Weight of Clouds, A Shape of Sky, and Bee Dance, published by The Poetry Box press; and a chapbook, Empty Space Places You, published by Finishing Line Press.
Cain’s honors include the Edwin Markham Prize for Poetry, the Paulann Petersen Award for Poetry from Willamette Writers, a Pushcart nomination, a PEN/Voelcker nomination, and a First Place and other citations from the Oregon Poetry Association. Her poetry has appeared in Reed Magazine, The Poeming Pigeon, Verseweavers, VoiceCatcher, and in /pãn| dé | mïk/ 2020: An Anthology of Pandemic Poems.
The mother of two fine sons, Cain taught in the public schools for over thirty-two years. She lives with her husband near Portland, Oregon.
You can learn more about Cathy’s book HERE
Rebecca Lynn Bluemel is a Gateless® certified facilitator, group leader, and writing coach. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her two adorable gingers, leads a current series of generative writing workshops online, and owns and operates her own pet sitting business, Home Sweet Home Pet Care LLC. Her book, Excoriation, and chapbook, Womanhood and Other Scars, were previously published by The Poetry Box. Her poetry has appeared in The Poeming Pigeon, Feminine Collective, Cirque, Tiny Seed, and many others.
You can learn more about Rebecca’s book HERE
