
The Poetry Box LIVE (Apr 10, 2021)
The Poetry Box LIVE - April Edition April 10, 2021@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/98012854246?pwd=MzkwWm1UcGRxVEVwVm5URHZMMktFZz09 Meeting ID: 980 1285 4246 Passcode: 562476 April Featured Poets: Penelope Scambly Schott (Oregon), author of SOPHIA AND MISTER WALTER WHITMAN Sally Naylor (Florida), author of SYNAPSE FLIES INTO ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Bye Bye Blackbird”
Bye Bye Blackbird by Doreen Stock Scheduled Release Date: Apr 15, 2021 In Bye Bye Blackbird, Doreen Stock explores the last days of her 93-year-old mother, Annetta Winnick. In this theme-based suite of poems, we move in mythic time and through the moments of loss and conveyance that characterized this ...
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The Poetry Box LIVE (Mar 13, 2021)
The Poetry Box LIVE - March Edition Mar 13, 2021@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/97500681627?pwd=MjNYa2J5NzIvV3BvMUFVbUZINlp2Zz09 Meeting ID: 975 0068 1627 Passcode: 621785 March Featured Poets: Barbara A. Meier (Colorado), author of SYLVAN GROVE Mark Thalman (Oregon), author of STRONGER THAN THE CURRENT Doreen Stock (California) author of BYE BYE ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Italian Lesson”
Italian Lesson by Dianalee Velie Scheduled Release Date: Apr 15, 2021 While Dianalee Velie was teaching poetry in Italy, she composed these poems to reflect her love of the country and for her cousins in Santa Croce di Camerina, Sicily. Italian Lesson celebrates the sights and sounds of Italy—explorations of ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Sophia and Mister Walter Whitman”
Sophia and Mister Walter Whitman by Penelope Scambly Schott Scheduled Release Date: April 15, 2021 Penelope’s goldendoodle, Sophia is quite the free spirit—so much so that she reminds the poet of Walt Whitman. In this jeu d’esprit, consisting of 30 poems, we enjoy a delightful peek inside the mind of ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Synapse Flies into Startle”
Synapse Flies into Startle by Sally Naylor Scheduled Release Date: Mar 15, 2021 With each section bookended by a poetic query in this non-linear poetic exploration, Sally Naylor leads us through an unabashed journey on the nature of orgasm. Prepare for your synapses to be startled. And delighted. An honest, ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Sylvan Grove”
Sylvan Grove by Barbara A. Meier Scheduled Release Date: Mar 15, 2021 Barbara Meier may have been born in Oregon, but she grew up in Kansas, and can’t seem to get the prairie out of her system. This collection of poems is an homage her family homestead near Sylvan Grove, ...
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The Poetry Box LIVE (New Date: Feb 20, 2021)
The Poetry Box LIVE - February Edition Feb 13, 2021@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) RESCHEDULED DUE TO ICE STORM Feb 20, 2021@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) Enjoy the video from February’s show: February Featured Poets: • Carolyn Martin (Oregon), author of NOTHING MORE TO ...
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The Poetry Box LIVE (Jan 9, 2021)
The Poetry Box LIVE - January Edition Jan 9, 2021@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) Enjoy the video from January’s show: January Featured Poets: • Marcia B. Loughran (New York), author of MY MOTHER NEVER DIED BEFORE—2nd Place Winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2020 • Cathy ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Building a Woman”
Building a Woman by Deborah Meltvedt Scheduled Release Date: Feb 16, 2021 The collection of poems Building a Woman is a trajectory of one life from girlhood to womanhood with all the complications of family, the joy of friends, grief and loss and ultimately finding lasting love. It weaves in experiences of ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Shoebox”
Shoebox by Donovan Hufnagle Scheduled Release Date: Feb 16, 2021 Based on true events, Shoebox is an epistolary, poetic narrative, blending actuality with fiction, about Juliana who was adopted from Russia as an infant and who now struggles with depression, has abandonment issues, and deals with her physical hip dysplasia as well ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Stronger Than the Current”
Stronger Than the Current by Mark Thalman Scheduled Release Date: Feb 16, 2021 In Stronger Than the Current, Mark Thalman describes the dangerous work of logging in the early 1900’s, and the hardships these Oregonians faced. Thalman then continues the historic journey with poems depicting important historical events: the drowning of ...
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The Poetry Box LIVE (Dec 2020)
The Poetry Box LIVE - December Edition Book Launch for The Poeming Pigeon: Pop Culture! Dec 12, 2020@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/95188984208?pwd=VC9PTXVFVnZiM09RTzU2RUhnMks0UT09 Meeting ID: 951 8898 4208 Passcode: 954352 For December, we will be hosting a Book Launch Celebration for The Poeming Pigeon: ...
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Head for the Hills f. Debbie Hall & Shawn Aveningo Sanders – Nov 24
Head for the Hills Hosted by Sherri Levine Featuring Debbie Hall & Shawn Aveningo- Sanders Tues, November 24, 2020 at 7 pm via Zoom To Join Zoom Meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85954776254?pwd=ZjUrMlBybWNPUXJielBMSHpyaUdoUT09 Meeting ID: 859 5477 6254 Passcode: 616315 About the Readers: Shawn Aveningo-Sanders is the author of What She Was Wearing, an ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Day of My First Driving Lesson”
The Day of My First Driving Lesson by Tiel Aisha Ansari Scheduled Release Date: Jan 21, 2021 A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize Winner - 1st Place The Day of My First Driving Lesson was written in the wake of the author’s parents’ deaths. It is a deeply moving poetic memoir celebrating ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “My Mother Never Died Before”
My Mother Never Died Before & Other Poems by Marcia B. Loughran Scheduled Release Date: Jan 21, 2021 A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize Winner - 2nd Place Because everybody has a mother. And everybody’s going to lose her. A collection of poems inspired by one woman’s relationship with her mother, ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Off Coldwater Canyon”
Off Coldwater Canyon by C.W. Emerson Scheduled Release Date: Jan 21, 2021 A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize Winner - 3rd Place Off Coldwater Canyon explores the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Los Angeles. The poems contained in this small volume hold a haunting, unmistakable relevance for those living through today’s ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “A Shape of Sky”
A Shape of Sky by Cathy Cain Scheduled Release Date: Jan 12, 2021 Like prism light, Cathy Cain’s poems in A Shape of Sky reveal, in distinct colors, the predicament and magic of living in our bodies. Cain, a visual artist as well as a writer, illuminates complexity, beauty, and exuberant sensuousness ...
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The Poetry Box LIVE (Nov 2020)
The Poetry Box LIVE - November Edition Nov 14, 2020@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) Enjoy the video from October's show: November Featured Poets: • Doug Stone (Oregon), author of SITTING IN POWELL'S WATCHING BURNSIDE DISSOLVE IN RAIN • Tiel Aisha Ansari (Oregon), author of THE DAY OF ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Nothing More to Lose”
Nothing More to Lose by Carolyn Martin Scheduled Release Date: Jan 12, 2021 Nothing More to Lose is an intense, hair-raising, and hopeful account of one family’s resilience and faith. With poems based on Therese Kolbert Dieringer’s autobiography (My Life – Lived and Remembered: A journey across Hungary, Germany, and ...
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The Poetry Box LIVE (Oct 2020)
The Poetry Box LIVE - October Edition Oct 10, 2020@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) / 7:00 PM (Eastern) Enjoy the video from October's show: October Featured Poets: • Christopher Bogart, author of BREAKPOINT and THE EATER OF DREAMS (New Jersey) • Kaja Weeks, author of MOUTH QUILL (Maryland) • Wendy Colby, ...
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The Poetry Box LIVE (Sept 2020)
The Poetry Box LIVE - September Edition Sept 12, 2020@ 4:00 PM (Pacific) Enjoy the video from September's show: September Featured Poets: • Joanne Godley, author of PICKING SCABS FROM THE BODY HISTORY (Virginia) • Pamela Anderson-Bartholet, author of JUST THE GIRLS: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies; A Drift of Honeybees ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Poeming Pigeon: Pop Culture”
The Poeming Pigeon: Cosmos Scheduled Release Date: Dec 1, 2020 Our 10th Issue From entertainment to fashion to techno-widgets, pop culture can mirror the beliefs and lifestyles of a society at any given time. Not only does the iconography of pop culture influence consumerism, the objects associated with it can ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Excoriation”
Excoriation by Rebecca Smolen Scheduled Release Date: Dec 1, 2020 Excoriation is an honest, thought-provoking exploration via poetry, into motherhood, relationships, heartache, love, and the cosmos. Rebecca Smolen shares her experiences in a way that’s meant to dig a little deeper, delving into each wound until nothing but truth remains ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “My Mind’s Eye”
My Mind's Eye by Marshall Witten with illustrations by Elaine Franz Witten Scheduled Release Date: Dec 1, 2020 Drawn from episodes over a long life, the poems of My Mind’s Eye survey the joys and sorrows, the affirmations and contractions of the world. The natural world becomes a mirror for ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Before the Distance”
Before the Distance by Pasquale Trozzolo Scheduled Release Date: Dec 1, 2020 Pasquale Trozzolo’s Before the Distance is an invitation. Here, we enter the life of a fully lived man in a time of social and global upheaval. But unlike today’s social media or news feeds, this is not a rant, and ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Mouth Quill”
Mouth Quill: Poems with Ancestral Roots by Kaja Weeks Scheduled Release Date: Sept 30, 2020 “I am a refugee’s child . . . I long for the resting sigh she was ripped from . . .” writes Kaja Weeks in her poem “Coastal Meadows” from her collection, Mouth Quill: Poems ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Kingdom of Birds”
The Kingdom of Birds by Joan Colby Scheduled Release Date: Sept 8, 2020 I wake to wings crashing into my window, Joan Colby informs us in this congregation of bird poems, as casually as if we’d just sat down with her morning coffee and toast. There is, however, nothing casual ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Just the Girls”
Just the Girls: A Kaleidoscope of Butterflies; A Drift of Honeybees by Pamela R. Anderson-Bartholet Scheduled Release Date: Aug 15, 2020 Pamela Anderson’s Just the Girls is a poetic celebration of female friendship. In brilliantly created portraits of a family of sisters, aunts, mothers, and daughters, Anderson gives us a ...
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Chapbook Prize 2020: Winners
We are very excited to announce the winners of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize and look forward to sharing their chapbooks with you this Winter. Thank you to all of the poets who entered our third annual contest. And special thanks to our wonderful judge, Amy Miller! FIRST PLACE Tiel ...
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Celebrating Black Poets in Solidarity
We'd like to take this opportunity to share our support for the Black Lives Matter movement by lifting the voices of our Black poets/authors. We stand by them in the fight for racial justice and equality, and we look forward to publishing more poets of color in the coming months ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Songs of an Indomitable Spirit”
Songs of an Indomitable Spirit by Michael B. Carroll Jr. Scheduled Release Date: Aug 15, 2020 Songs of an Indomitable Spirit opens with a proclamation: I swear there’s a vision on the tip/ of my tongue…/ sitting, standing, tap-dancing on/ the edge, daring to be savored (“Visions”). What readers will ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Picking Scabs from the Body History”
Picking Scabs from the Body History by Joanne Godley Scheduled Release Date: July 15, 2020 From the opening scene in a child’s library through historical and personal locations that remind, inform, and gut punch with stark imagery and pared-down language, Joanne Godley’s Picking Scabs from the Body History tracks the ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Sitting in Powell’s Watching Burnside Dissolve in Rain”
Sitting in Powell's Watching Burnside Dissolve in Rain by Doug Stone Updated Release Date: Aug 11, 2020 “Here the rain tells the truth about everything it touches.” Combine elegiac Oregon rain with the spareness of Tang dynasty poets, and you get the honest lyricism of Doug Stone where the joy ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Catching Narcissus”
Catching Narcissus by Rheanna Haaland Scheduled Release Date: June 23, 2020 From broken to passing, Catching Narcissus begins fragmented and broken and ends with an idea of composure that invokes hope for a future. Haaland climbs out of a hole, carrying all the baggage that came out, and finds a way to ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Winter of J”
The Winter of J by Gary Percesepe Scheduled Release Date: May 15, 2020 In The Winter of J, Gary Percesepe writes compellingly about the commingled passion, loneliness, and surprising bliss of a doomed relationship with “J,” a woman who moves fleetingly and luminously through his life one winter season. It ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Eater of Dreams”
The Eater of Dreams by Christopher Bogart Scheduled Release Date: May 15, 2020 "Christopher Bogart’s poems demonstrate that poetry’s embrace can include the idea of justice and the feeling of outrage." —Robert Pinsky, United States Poet Laureate (1997–2000) The Eater of Dreams begins with a vulgar curse and ends with ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “My Miscellaneous Muse”
My Miscellaneous Muse: Poem Pastiches & Whimsical Words by Ralph La Rosa Scheduled Release Date: May 15, 2020 Ralph La Rosa, as the title indicates, has created a delightful collection of poetry pastiches and whimsical words-of-play, including playful sonnets, weird lists, clerihews, proverbs and converbs, tailgating couplets, strange rhymes, and ...
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Maggie & Shawn @ Broadway Books – POSTPONED
Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, this event has been postponed. Stay tuned for the rescheduled date this summer. Broadway Books to host Margaret Chula and Shawn Aveningo Sanders Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 7:00 pm Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway Portland, OR 97232 A poignant portrayal of love and forgiveness ...
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Book Launch for “Notes from a Caregiver” – March 1
Westchester Buddhist Center to host Meg Lindsay reading from her new chapbook Sun, March 1, 2020 at 2:45 pm Eileen Fisher Headquarters 2 Bridge Street Irvington, NY 10533 About the Book: Inspired by the doctor and poet, William Carlos Williams, who wrote poetry on his prescription pad when on house ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Screaming Silence”
The Screaming Silence by Lanser Howard Updated Release Date: April 21, 2020 Silence can be as sweet as the most beautiful symphony. Or it can be a scream—so terrifying it will keep you up all night trying to get it out of your head. Loss has followed Lanser Howard his ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Breakpoint”
Breakpoint by Christopher Bogart Scheduled Release Date: April 15, 2020 Breakpoint is a collection of poems that speaks to a nation in crisis. Its poetry is commentary on a country that was built on the promise of the American Dream, and yet is now led by a president who, in ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “(good cape weather)”
(good cape weather) by Wes Jordans Scheduled Release Date: April 15, 2020 With the quick passing thoughts that we so rarely catch, Wes Jordans takes readers on a flurry of perspectives and relationships, while trying to move forward down the only open road, enjoying the process of being on the ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Between States of Matter”
Between States of Matter by Sherry Rind Scheduled Release Date: March 31, 2020 Nothing stays at rest, writes Sherry Rind, and, indeed, these are restless poems—probing, examining, taking nothing for granted—by a poet who is not fooled by easy appearances. There is an edge to Rind that has been honed ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Cosmos – Book Launch – Feb 22
Saturday, Feb 22, 2020 2:00-4:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: "Cosmos" Book Launch at Milwaukie Poetry Series The New Ledding Library 10660 SE 21st Avenue Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 Featured readers include: Pattie Palmer-Baker • Trina Gaynon • Colette Tennant • Liz Nakazawa • Casey Bush • Dale Champlin • Melody Leming-Wilson ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Staring Down the Tracks”
Staring Down the Tracks by Julia Paul Scheduled Release Date: March 15, 2020 Staring Down the Tracks is a collection of poems that gives voice to those affected by addiction, a population that, despite their numbers and diverse demographics, is often harshly judged and silenced by shame. The mother and ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Widow at the Piano”
The Widow at the Piano by Sue Fagalde Lick Scheduled Release Date: March 15, 2020 The aging woman playing the piano at church may look saintly, but her mind is busy wondering things like what’s under the priest’s robes and why Jesus didn’t invite the women to join him. Also, ...
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Book Launch for “Moroccan Holiday” – Jan 28
Flagler College to host Lauren Tivey's Book Launch Tues, Jan 28, 2020 at 6:30 pm Flagler College Crisp Ellert Art Museum 48 Sevilla Street St. Augustine, Florida A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize Winner – First Place, 2019 Moroccan Holiday is a poetic series following a married couple—an American woman, and her Scottish ...
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Book Signing for “Moroccan Holiday” – Jan 25
Anastasia Books to host Lauren Tivey's Book Signing Sat, Jan 25, 2020 at 4-6 pm Anastasia Books 76A Marco Avenue, St. Augustine, Florida A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize Winner – First Place, 2019 Moroccan Holiday is a poetic series following a married couple—an American woman, and her Scottish husband—on an extended ...
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Book Launch for “What She Was Wearing” – Jan 8
Annie Bloom's to host Shawn Aveningo Sanders' Book Launch Wed, Jan 8, 2020 at 7:00 pm Annie Bloom's Bookstore 7834 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, OR 97219 503-246-0053 The #metoo story that took over 30 years to reveal. Inspired by the countless number of women who are bravely opening up to ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Matrimony”
Matrimony by Laurel Feigenbaum Scheduled Release Date: Feb 18, 2020 Matrimony is the story of a long marriage, a family, and the inevitable changes that occur over time. Married for 66 years when her husband passed away, the poet shares her journey of learning to live alone for the first time, ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Poeming Pigeon: Cosmos”
The Poeming Pigeon: Cosmos Scheduled Release Date: Feb 22, 2020 Our 9th Issue What's out there in the great beyond? Could we survive on Mars? What is dark matter? Are wormholes the secret to time travel? Human curiosity is as vast as the universe itself, and these poems may provide some unique answers—or ...
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Pushcart Nominees for 2019 (and links to poems)
We are thrilled to announce the following poets have been put nominated for a Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Press Awards, for poetry published in 2019. 2019 “The Cup is Half Full” by Judith Terzi, published in The Poeming Pigeon: Sports, released in May 2019 by The Poetry Box. "A" by ...
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Book Signing for “Most Beautiful”
Michigan State University to host Elizabeth S.E. McBride, Dr. Mary Anna Kruch, and Joyce Benvenuto Friday, Nov 15, 2019 at 7:00-9:00 p.m. Michigan State University Bessey Hall East Lansing, Michigan The reading will celebrate a few of the National Writing Project’s “Red Cedar Writing Project” Alumni for a combined reading ...
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Melanie, Maggie and Martin @ Annie Bloom’s
Annie Bloom's welcomes local poets Margaret Chula, Melanie Green, and Carolyn Martin Thurs, Nov 14, 2019 at 7:00 pm Annie Bloom's 7834 SW Capitol Hwy (Multnomah Village) Portland, OR 97219 503-246-0053 The poems in Melanie Green's A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm (The Poetry Box) are an invitation to slow ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Moroccan Holiday”
Moroccan Holiday by Lauren Tivey The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2019 1stPlace Winner Scheduled Release Date: Jan 21, 2020 Moroccan Holiday is a poetic series following a married couple—an American woman, and her Scottish husband—on an extended vacation in Morocco. As the husband suffers an extreme alcoholic relapse, the couple confronts ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Hello, Darling”
Hello, Darling by Christine Higgins The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2019 2nd Place Winner Scheduled Release Date: Jan 21, 2020 Hello, Darling explores the relationship of a mother with her daughter struggling with mental health. Christine Higgins shares both the joy and the complexity of childrearing, while paying tribute to ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Falling into the River”
Falling into the River by Debbie Hall The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize, 2019 3rd Place Winner Scheduled Release Date: Jan 21, 2020 “How many close calls before we become ghosts?” wonders the author of this collection, where she reflects upon her experiences—emotional, relational and spiritual--during her partner’s yearlong battle with ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Notes from a Caregiver”
Notes from a Caregiver by Meg Lindsay Scheduled Release Date: Jan 21, 2020 Inspired by the doctor and poet, William Carlos Williams, who wrote poetry on his prescription pad when on house calls, the poems in Notes from a Caregiver originated in waiting rooms and doctors’ offices when Meg Lindsay’s ...
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Lunch & Learn with Jeanne Julian
Pamlico Writers Group presents Lunch & Learn with Author, Jeanne Julian Jeanne Julian will read from her latest book, Like the O in Hope, and discuss her writing process. Thursday, Oct 3, 2019 at 12:30 p.m. China Bay Buffet 2871 US-17 (BUS) Chocowinity, NC Join Pamlico Writers Group for an ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Shadow Man”
Shadow Man by Margaret Chula Tentative Release Date: November 5, 2019 In Shadow Man, Margaret Chula brings her father out of the shadows where he had been since 1957, the day her mother packed their five children—all under the age of ten—into the car and drove away. Over the years, ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “What She Was Wearing”
What She Was Wearing by Shawn Aveningo Sanders Tentative Release Date: November 12, 2019 In What She Was Wearing, Shawn Aveningo Sanders uses poetry to tell her #MeToo story—one that has been over 30 years in the making. Inspired, by the courage of so many women who have bravely opened up, Aveningo ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm”
A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm by Melanie Green Tentative Release Date: November 5, 2019 The poems in A Long, Wide Stretch of Calm are an invitation to slow down, to rest deep into quiet and the contemplative. Melanie Green’s poetry explores the connection with the numinous—as well as speaking ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Most Beautiful”
Most Beautiful by Elizabeth S.E. McBride with artwork by Connie Cronenwett Tentative Release Date: November 5, 2019 A collection of poems, prose, and paintings inspired by the village of Glen Arbor, Michigan and the Sleeping Bear National Lakeshore, voted “Most Beautiful Place in America” in 2011. It's not always easy ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Very Rich Hours”
The Very Rich Hours by Gregory Loselle Tentative Release Date: October 22, 2019 In The Very Rich Hours, Gregory Loselle recounts experiences, in childhood and later, in and around his grandparents’ house on Grosse Ile, Michigan, an island in the Detroit River near the mouth of Lake Erie. Loselle’s mastery ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Mary Dyer’s Hymn and Other Quaker Poems”
Mary Dyer's Hymn and Other Quaker Poems by Stanford Searl Tentative Release Date: October 22, 2019 Mary Dyer’s Hymn and other Quaker Poems, constructs poetic songs which open-up multiple dimensions of an embodied sensibility of the conflicts between Puritans and Quakers in 17th century Massachusetts. “Stanford Searl at his strongest, ...
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Book Signing for “The Dichotomy Between Light & Dark”
Room 12 Lounge to host Michael B. Carroll, Jr. Saturday, Sept 28, 2019 at 7:00-9:00 p.m. Room 12 Lounge 1200 Sansom Street Philadelphia, PA These poems speak to struggle stemming from both the internal and the external—a collection deeply rooted in the human experience, life philosophies, identity politics, faith, shame, ...
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Book Launch for “Like the O in Hope”
Nexus Poets to host Jeanne Julian Tuesday, Sept 3, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. The Harrison Center 311 Middle Street New Bern, North Carolina The poems in Like the O in Hope take the reader on a journey, a quest from dark to light—both literally and spiritually. Beginning with hesitation and ...
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“Epicurean Ecstasy” Review on RHINO
Books are available in our Bookstore. Epicurean Ecstasy: More Poems About Food, Drink, Herbs & Spices by Cynthia Gallaher The Poetry Box, 2018. 96 pages. Reviewed by Gail Goepfert for RHINO Gallaher’s book, Epicurean Ecstasy, is a poetic smorgasbord about food, drink, herbs & spice. From the first flip of ...
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Book Launch for Abruptio
Botanic Gardens to host poet Melissa Fournier Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. Botanic Gardens at Historic Barns Park 1490 Red Dr Traverse City, Michigan Melissa Fournier is a wife, mother, and social worker living in Traverse City, Michigan. Her poetry has appeared in Dunes Review, The Sow’s Ear Poetry Review, Pulse: ...
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Chapbook Prize 2019: Winners
We are very excited to announce the winners and look forward to sharing their chapbooks with you this Winter. Thank you to all of the poets who entered our second annual contest. We were astounded by the quality of submissions we received from all over the country, making our decision ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Dichotomy Between Light & Dark”
The Dichotomy Between Light & Dark by Michael B. Carroll Jr. Tentative Release Date: August 1, 2019 Deeply rooted in the human experience, these poems dare to ask how we strive to see the light in other people and in ourselves, despite a world in turmoil—this dichotomy between light and ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Like the O in Hope”
Like the O in Hope by Jeanne Julian Tentative Release Date: August 1, 2019 The poems in Like the O in Hope take the reader on a journey, a quest from dark to light—both literally and spiritually, where revelations about the magic of place and of connection lead to contentment ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Abruptio”
Abruptio by Melissa Fournier Tentative Release Date: July 15, 2019 A mother’s worst fear is realized at 23 weeks into the pregnancy, and a baby girl is born at the edge of viability. Melissa Fournier shares her profound grief for her daughter’s brief life in these intimate poems that reflect ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Gospel Gone Blues”
Gospel Gone Blues by Jimmie Ware Tentative Release Date: June 15, 2019 In Gospel Gone Blues, Jimmie Ware speaks directly from her soul to share her poetic truth—thoughts on the human condition alongside an intimate look into her personal life. Employing her talents as an acclaimed spoken word performer, she weaves ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Call My Name”
Call My Name by Heather Wyatt Tentative Release Date: June 15, 2019 Call My Name by Heather Wyatt is a collection of poems from the voice of a small-town southern woman working through relationships with her family and discovering who she is along the way. She writes of loved ones ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Bee Dance”
Bee Dance by Cathy Cain Tentative Release Date: June 15, 2019 In Bee Dance, Cathy Cain offers a series of meditations on our relationship as humans with nature and with technology. She speaks from many perspectives, sometimes distraught, often playful or mystical, but always hopeful. She invites us in — to ...
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Book Launch at Annie Bloom’s
Annie Bloom's welcomes local poets Cathy Cain and Piper Bringman Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Annie Bloom's 7834 SW Capitol Hwy (Multnomah Village) Portland, OR 97219 503-246-0053 Cathy Cain, like a bee to flower, gathers thought from one encounter with nature to another. She speaks from many perspectives—as ...
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We Want Your Cosmic Poetry
From learning how to locate the Little Dipper to standing awe-struck under the Milky Way, humans have been asking: What's out there in the great beyond? Could we survive on Mars? What is dark matter? Are wormholes the secret to time travel? Our curiosity is as vast as the universe itself. Send us ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Sports – Book Launch – May 4th
Saturday, May 4, 2019 2:00-4:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: "Sports" Book Launch at Milwaukie Poetry Series The Pond House 2215 SE Harrison Street Milwaukie, OR 97222 Featured readers include: Brittney Corrigan • Sharon Wood Wortman • Kris Demien Penelope Scambly Schott • Margaret Chula • Toni Partington Joshua Plack • ...
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Pursuing the Dream – April 7
Today immigration is at the forefront of our national conversation. For some, it's a security issue, for others, a humanitarian crisis. This program will address the humanitarian crisis this issue presents – and it will be done through poetry. Sunday April 7, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. Poetry reading featuring: Christopher ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Poeming Pigeon: Sports”
The Poeming Pigeon: Sports Scheduled Release Date: May 4, 2019 Our 8th Issue Dive into this sports-themed collection and you’ll quickly become a fan, as our poets relive their glory days and share their love of the game. Whether you’re a competitive athlete, a dedicated amateur, or an armchair quarterback, ...
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Introducing Our First “Young Artist” Chapbook
Cardboard Wings By Piper M.L. Bringman (age 14) Scheduled Release Date: April 15, 2019 Cardboard Wings is the debut poetry collection by Piper Bringman, a 14-year-old poet who is coming of age. And, although her writing originally grew from a child’s grief for her beloved pet, it has blossomed into a ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Impossible Ledges”
Impossible Ledges by Dianne Avey Tentative Release Date: Apr 23, 2019 A Poetry Box Chapbook Prize (2018) Finalist Sometimes our lives are divided in two — the before and the after. Insert something in between that is so profound, and it feels as if your very molecules are rearranged. For ...
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“The Unknowable Mystery of Other People” Book Launch on April 5th
Friday, April 5, 2019 at 7:00 p.m. Poetry reading featuring Sally Zakariya ArtSpace Herndon 750 Center St Herndon, VA Hosted by Mike Maggio VP, Poetry Society of Virginia Books will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in our Bookstore ...
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“Epicurean Ecstasy” Readings in March & April
Wed, March 20, 2019 at 7:00 pm Poetry reading featuring Cynthia Gallaher, Susanna Lang & Jennifer Steele Oak Park Public Library 834 Lake Street Oak Park, IL 60301 708-383-8200 Saturday, March 23, 2019 at 1:00 pm Poetry reading featuring Cynthia Gallaher & Jamie Wendt Normal Public Library 206 W. College Ave ...
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To Dream of America: Immigration Through Poetry – Mar 14
Today immigration is at the forefront of our national conversation. For some, it's a security issue, for others, a humanitarian crisis. This program will address the humanitarian crisis this issue presents – and it will be done through poetry. The poetry in this presentation was written to put a human ...
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2nd Annual Chapbook Prize Opens Today
Submissions Open Feb 1 thru Feb 28 Last year, we held our first Poetry Box Chapbook Prize competition and were blown away by a windfall of quality, thought-provoking, emotionally riveting poetry by writers from across the nation. Now, it's time to do it all over again. I'm thrilled to announce that this year's judge ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Small Blue Harbor”
Small Blue Harbor by Ahrend Torrey Tentative Release Date: Mar 15, 2019 In Small Blue Harbor, Ahrend Torrey exalts the ordinary, everydayness of life spinning his keen observation into lyrical poems and proems. This collection celebrates our human connection with nature, influenced by a New Orleans backdrop, and gives us a ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Surreal Expulsion”
Surreal Expulsion by D. R. James Tentative Release Date: Mar 15, 2019 Surreal Expulsion’s title poem responds not only bluntly to the 2018 mass shooting that left seventeen dead at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but ultimately to the socio-political negligence and indifference behind violence and injustice worldwide. In assorted other ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Unknowable Mystery of Other People”
The Unknowable Mystery of Other People by Sally Zakariya Tentative Release Date: Mar 15, 2019 Take a peek into the mystery of other people as Sally Zakariya shares stories of those she knows, those she remembers from childhood, and the ones she’s merely observed throughout her daily walk in life ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Secret Land”
The Secret Land by Patrick Sheils Tentative Release Date: Feb 20, 2019 The Secret Land examines the tension between individual purpose that propels us to live our day-to-day lives, contrasted against the backdrop of a seemingly purposeless universe governed by indifferent laws. Through this conflict, Sheils strives to find moments we ...
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November Quilt Book Launch
Sunday, Jan 13 @ 4:00 pm BOOK LAUNCH CELEBRATION Prizewinning Chapbook – November Quilt by Penelope Scambly Schott at Like Nobody’s Business 904 NW 23rd Avenue Portland, OR 97210 Like Nobody’s Business and The Poetry Box present a poetry reading for Penelope Scambly Schott’s new chapbook, November Quilt, which won 2nd ...
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“14: Antologia del Sonoran” Book Launch
Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 11:30- 1:30 The River Read Reading Series featuring Christopher Bogart with Jesse Bridges Red Bank Public Library 84 West Front St. Red Bank, NJ 07701 View Flyer Books will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in our Bookstore ...
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Sherri in Salem – December 13
Thursday, Dec 13 @ 7:00 pm featuring Sherri Levine at Ike Box 299 Cottage St NE Salem, OR 97301 Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Books will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in our Bookstore ...
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Penelope at Powell’s – December 2nd
Sunday, Dec 2 @ 2:00 pm featuring Penelope Scambly Schott, Barbara Drake & Bill Siverly at Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside St. Portland, OR 97209 Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Books will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in our Bookstore ...
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“Shrinking Bones” Launch – December 2nd
Sunday, Dec 2 @ 2:00 pm featuring Judy K. Mosher & Miriam Sagan at Southside Public Library Community Room 6599 Jaguar Dr. Santa Fe, New Mexico Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Books will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in ...
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“A Democracy Divided” Launch – December 1st
Poetry Reading featuring Caroline Goodwin & Ralph Long Saturday, Dec 1 @ 2 pm at Octopus Literary Salon 2101 Webster Street Oakland, CA Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Books will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in our Bookstore ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “The Poet’s Curse”
The Poet's Curse: A Miscellany by Michael Estabrook Tentative Release Date: Jan 15, 2019 A delightful miscellany of poems on a multitude of subjects in various forms and genres including: ancestral portraits, bestiary, commonplace, complaints, catalogs, concrete, dialog, dreams, ekphrastic, erotica, experimental, found poems, free verse, light poems, imagistic, list poems, ...
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Pushcart Nominees for 2018 (and links to poems)
We are thrilled to announce the following poets have been put nominated for a Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Press Awards, for poetry published in 2018. 2018 “Columbine” by Linda Ferguson, published in The Poeming Pigeon: In The News, released in August 2018 by The Poetry Box. “Misha” by Gudrun Bortman published ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Epicurean Ecstasy”
Epicurean Ecstasy: More Poems about Food, Drink, Herbs & Spices by Cynthia Gallaher Tentative Release Date: Dec 15, 2018 In Epicurean Ecstasy: More Poems About Food, Drink, Herbs and Spices, Cynthia Gallaher celebrates not only historical and modern pleasures of the kitchen and the table, but also the seasonal evolutions that take ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “Many Sparrows”
Many Sparrows by donnarkevic Tentative Release Date: Dec 15, 2018 A young boy grows up in a small steel town along the Ohio River between 1963 and 1968, while another boy’s suicide overshadows the community. These poems tell their story. “Do not be afraid. You are worth more than many ...
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“My Life in Cars” Launch – Nov 2
FRIDAY, Nov 2 @ 7 pm at ENCORE CHOCOLATE & TEAS 116 5th Ave SE Downtown Olympia, Washington Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Linda’s Book will be available at the event or you can also order copies of the book in our Bookstore ...
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Literary Arts – Book Festival Nov 10, 2018
JOIN US AT THE PORTLAND BOOK FESTIVAL (formerly known as WORDSTOCK) SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th, 2018 PORTLAND ART MUSEUM 1219 SW Park Ave Portland, OR 97205 BOOTH #42 in the GRAND BALLROOM (third floor, PAM Mark Building) We will have current and past issues of THE POEMING PIGEON available for sale AND our prizewinning chapbooks, ...
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Prizewinning “Shrinking Bones” – Pre-Order Now!
Shrinking Bones by Judy K. Mosher Tentative Release Date: Dec 1, 2018 Shrinking Bones by Judy K. Mosher is the first place winner of The Poetry Box Chapbook Prize for 2018. These poems grew from the author’s journey with her aging mother and her memory of her “past paid work-life” as ...
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Prizewinning “November Quilt” – Pre-order Now!
November Quilt by Penelope Scambly Schott Tentative Release Date: Nov 10, 2018 Reading November Quilt, by acclaimed author and poet, Penelope Scambly Schott, is akin to making a new friend. Brew a cup of tea and curl up in your favorite reading chair as you’re invited to share life experiences, aphorisms, ...
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Taking Pre-Orders for “A Democracy Divided”
A Democracy Divided by Ralph J. Long Jr. Tentative Release Date: Nov 10, 2018 A Democracy Divided examines the sharp split that exists in the body politic of America. The first section, “answers” each amendment in the Bill of Rights with an original poem, while the second half addresses topics like origin, faith, leadership ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “Fireweed”
Fireweed by Gudrun Bortman Tentative Release Date: Oct 15, 2018 In November 2008, a vicious wildfire swept through Santa Barbara, California, forcing many residents to flee in fear, while wondering what would survive the angry flames. These poems tell that story through one woman’s experience of loss and her resiliency ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: In the News – Book Launch – Sept 15
Saturday, Sept 15, 2018 2:00-4:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: "In the News" Book Launch at Milwaukie Poetry Series The Pond House (at the Ledding Library) 2215 SE Harrison Street Milwaukie, OR 97222 Featured readers include: Nancy Flynn, Christopher Luna, Linda Ferguson, Dan Raphael, Julene Tripp Weaver, Eleanor Berry, Lindy Low ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “14: Antología del Sonoran”
14: Antología del Sonoran by Christopher Bogart Tentative Release Date: Oct 15, 2018 Twenty-six Mexican migrants were discovered in the Sonoran desert near Yuma, Arizona. Twelve of them were wandering around the desert, delirious and dying of thirst. Fourteen were taken by pickup truck to the morgue. The deceased became ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “My Life in Cars”
My Life in Cars by Linda Strever Tentative Release Date: Oct 15, 2018 Through a myriad of experiences with cars, these poems explore the events, relationships and evolution of a woman’s life. For complete details and ordering information click here ...
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We Want Your Sports Poetry!
We're looking for the best Sports poetry for our 8th issue of The Poeming Pigeon. We're open for submissions Aug 15-Sept 30. Click HERE for all the details ...
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Chapbook Launch Trifecta – Sept 26
WED, Sept 26 @ 7 pm at ANNIE BLOOM'S BOOKSTORE 7834 SW Capitol Hwy Portland, Oregon 503-246-0053 SHERRI LEVINE In These Voices More details here About the Author: Sherri Levine lives in Portland, Oregon where she teaches English as a Second Language to adult immigrants and refugees at Portland Community College and ...
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Another Chapbook Launch Trifecta – Sept 27
THURS, Sept 27 @ 7 pm at ANOTHER READ THROUGH 3932 N Mississippi Ave Portland, Oregon 503-208-2729 SHERRI LEVINE In These Voices More details here About the Author: Sherri Levine lives in Portland, Oregon where she teaches English as a Second Language to adult immigrants and refugees at Portland Community College and ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “Painting the Heart Open”
Painting the Heart Open by Liz Nakazawa Tentative Release Date: Sept 1, 2018 These are poems of memory, thanks, prayer, bliss, dreams and blessings, embedded in color, and, while ethereal, are also rooted firmly to the earth. Hope is the sustaining thread even if some poems veer into darkness. Light ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “Womanhood & Other Scars”
Womanhood & Other Scars by Rebecca Smolen Tentative Release Date: Sept 1, 2018 This collection of poems explores what it means to be a woman in the 21st century. Through the eyes of the poet as young girl, teenager, daughter, granddaughter, wife and mother, we traverse both the triumphs and heartbreaks ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “An Eyeful of Hennepin Neon”
An Eyeful of Hennepin Neon by Rheanna Haaland Tentative Release Date: Sept 1, 2018 An Eyeful of Hennepin Neon is a story of loss, thrill, and temptation, for anyone who has ever tried to claw their way out of savage memories with lonely sex and hard liquor. Haaland’s poems will lie ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “In These Voices”
In These Voices by Sherri Levine Tentative Release Date: Sept 1, 2018 A collection of voice poems, In These Voices, allows us to peek inside the lives of a variety of characters. Levine, through the magic of language, embodies a jilted lover, a worried husband, a young woman, a son, a granddaughter and ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “In The News”
The Poeming Pigeon "In The News" Vol 4.1, Issue #7 Release Date: Sept 15, 2018 We live in a world where access to breaking news is available 24/7. But how often do we go beyond the headline? What happened next? What was the impact on our fellow humans across the ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “All That She Can”
All That She Can by Kali Rose Schmidt Tentative Release Date: July 15, 2018 All That She Can is a collection of poetry that encompasses motherhood, family history, what it means to be a woman today—and the lust inside of us all. All That She Can tells the story of ...
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Psyche’s Scroll Book Launch
Saturday, 14 July, 2018 1:00 - 3:00 Book Launch Psyche's Scroll by Karla Linn Merrifield at Lift Bridge Book Shop 45 Main Street Brockport, NY 14420 Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Karla's Book will be available at the event or you can also order copies ...
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Chapbook Prize 2018: Winners
We are very excited to announce the winners and look forward to sharing their chapbooks with you this Winter. Thank you to all of the poets who entered our first annual contest. We were astounded by the quality of submissions we received from all over the country, making our decision ...
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Impressions Book Launch
Saturday, 2 June, 2018 10:00 - 1:00 Book Launch Impressions by Dr. Paul T.M. Jackson at English Book Centre 12 Rue Alexis Julien Valbonne, France ph: 04 93 12 21 42 Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Paul's Book will be available at the event or ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “Psyche’s Scroll”
Psyche's Scroll by Karla Linn Merrifield Release Date: June 15, 2018 Psyche’s Scroll is a post-postmodern epic poem that pushes at the frontiers of what is possible and invites you to participate in a woman’s psychosocial self-analysis as she struggles to move through and beyond psychological trauma. Become a voyeur ...
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Chapbook Prize: Top Ten Finalists
Thank you to all of the 156 poets who entered our first annual contest. We were astounded by the quality of submissions we received from all over the country, making our decision joyously difficult! Announcing the Finalists: Christopher Bogart of Eatontown, New Jersey Fourteen: Antología del Río Grande Clela Reed of Athens, ...
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Taking Pre-Release Orders for “Impressions”
Impressions by Dr. Paul T. M. Jackson Release Date: June 1, 2018 Impressions is a small collection of traditional formal poetry by Dr. Paul T.M. Jackson, inspired by quiet moments and observations—whether they occurred while cycling through Provence, rambling in Wales, trekking through Galicia, hunting for castles in Corsica, or even ...
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Poem of the Day (04-30-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "The Wider Rim" by Laura Grace Weldon, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems: The Wider Rim After ...
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Poem of the Day (04-29-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Forms of Grief" by Diane Averill, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden: Forms of Grief ...
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Poem of the Day (04-28-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Leaning into the Wind" by Cynthia Linville, which appears in Poetica Erotica, Vol 1: Leaning into the Wind barefoot, long ...
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Poem of the Day (04-27-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Plums" by Mariano Zaro, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon – Poems about Food: Plums My father wraps plums with ...
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Poem of the Day (04-26-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Creative Writing 101" by Matthew Lane Brouwer, which appears in Verse on the Vine Anthology: Creative Writing 101 I ...
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Poem of the Day (04-25-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "If Jimi Hadn't Died So Young" by dan raphael which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music: If Jimi ...
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Poem of the Day (04-24-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Blaze" by Annie Lighthart, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden: Blaze Suddenly the peonies are ...
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Poem of the Day (04-23-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Following Leonard Cohen's Lead" by Karla Linn Merrifield, which appears in Poeming Pigeons: Poems about Birds: Following Leonard Cohen's ...
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Poem of the Day (04-22-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Before I Gained All This Weight" by Molly Fisk, which appears in Verse on the Vine Anthology: Before I ...
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Poem of the Day (04-21-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Tracy Chapman" by David Jibson, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music: Tracy Chapman Give Me One ...
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Poem of the Day (04-20-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "No, It's Called Flower" by Judith Skillman, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie: No, It's ...
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Poem of the Day (04-19-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Hippie Wrinkles" by Michael Berton which appears in Keeping It Weird—Poems & Stories of Portland, Oregon Hippie Wrinkles the hype ...
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Poem of the Day (04-18-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "What the Crows Have Taught Me" by Donna McLaughlin Schwender, which appears in Poeming Pigeons: Poems about Birds: What ...
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Poem of the Day (04-17-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Appetite" by Paulann Petersen (Oregon Poet Laureate Emerita), which appears in The Poeming Pigeon – Poems about Food: Appetite Pale ...
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Poem of the Day (04-16-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Requiem" by Pam Crow, which appears in Of Course, I'm a Feminist! Requiem ~ for Nikki Elias He kicked ...
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Poem of the Day (04-15-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Today I Will Only Attend to the Small Things" by Viola Weinberg, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems ...
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Poem of the Day (04-14-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Let it Be" by Connie Post, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music: Let it Be When ...
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Poem of the Day (04-13-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Average Afternoon, Portland" by 'M' which appears in Keeping It Weird—Poems & Stories of Portland, Oregon Average Afternoon, Portland we ...
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Poem of the Day (04-12-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Kiss, Kisses" by Judith Arcana, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems: Kiss, Kisses Kisses like warm feathers ...
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Poem of the Day (04-11-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Checking Fencelines" by Tricia Knoll, which appears in Broadfork Farm: Checking Fencelines ~ for Gillian Galford and Dave Trevithick, ...
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Poem of the Day (04-10-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Dirty Girl" by Kristin Roedell, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie: Dirty Girl Fall and ...
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Poem of the Day (04-09-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Fertilized by Mark Strand" by Ada Jill Schneider, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden: Fertilized ...
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Poem of the Day (04-08-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Before They Reheat the Rod" by Penelope Scambly Schott, which appears in Of Course, I'm a Feminist! Before They ...
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Poem of the Day (04-07-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "What We Thought We Heard" by Jan Haag, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music: What We ...
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Poem of the Day (04-06-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Innkeepers Wife Irate Over Loss" by Carolyn Martin, which appears in The Way a Woman Knows: Innkeepers Wife Irate ...
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Poem of the Day (04-05-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "The Sorrowing of Birds" by Jane Yolen, which appears in Poeming Pigeons – Poems about Birds: The Sorrowing of Birds ...
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Poem of the Day (04-04-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Scars, Philippine Sweet Potatoes and Mango" by Georgette Howington, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon – Poems about Food: Scars, ...
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Poem of the Day (04-03-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Migrant Heart" by Lynn M. Knapp, which appears in her book, Giving Ground: Migrant Heart Parched, earth-brown skin, an unexplored ...
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Poem of the Day (04-02-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Still Life with Bride" by Laura LeHew, which appears in The Poeming Pigeon—Love Poems: Still Life with Bride the ...
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Poem of the Day (04-01-2018)
To celebrate National Poetry Month, The Poetry Box is sharing a Poem-of-the-Day, selected from various anthologies and individual poet collections that we have published over the years. Please enjoy today's selection: "Sacrifice" by Jeff Knorr (Sacramento Poet Laureate Emeritus), which appears in Verse on the Vine Anthology: Sacrifice ~ for ...
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National Poetry Month: Poem of the Day
As a boutique publishing house that focuses on print media, we obviously have a love for holding beautiful poetry books in our hands and the pleasure of discovering a new poem as we turn each page. However, we also realize the importance of being able to share this poetry with ...
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In the News – Who Made the Cut?
We received a record number of submissions from poets around the globe for our upcoming "In the News" issue of The Poeming Pigeon. Congratulations to the following poets who will be appearing in our upcoming issue, due for release in August. Alan Catlin • Anita S. Pulier • Anne Casey ...
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1st Annual Chapbook Prize
We're open for submissions for our first annual Chapbook Prize now thru Feb 28. Winner receives $200 honorarium plus publication of their chapbook later this year. Contest is open to all poets residing in the U.S. Click HERE for all the details and guidelines ...
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Thank You to All of our Submitters . . .
Thank you to everyone who submitted their poems for The Poeming Pigeon: In the News issue. We received 682 submissions from around the globe, including 5 continents, 13 countries and 39 states. We're busy reading through each and every poem and WOW! We're blown away by the work. It's going ...
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Accepting “In the News” Submissions until Jan 31
Only Two Weeks left to submit your poems about topics found "In the News" for the next issue of The Poeming Pigeon. Find out more about our flagship journal and how to submit HERE ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems (Vol. 3.2)
THE POEMING PIGEON LOVE POEMS Release Date: Dec 1, 2017 What our world needs now is love! So, for our 6th issue, we bring you 85 love poems. Throughout these pages you’ll find poetry that speaks from the heart directly to yours. Our poets go beyond flowers and candy romance ...
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Pushcart Nominees for 2017 (and links to poems)
We are thrilled to announce the following poets have been put nominated for a Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Press Awards, for poetry published in 2017. “Crossing” by Lynn M. Knapp, published in Giving Ground, released in February 2017 by The Poetry Box. “Lilith” by Brittney Corrigan published in The Poeming Pigeon: ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems – Book Launch
Saturday, Dec 9, 2017 2:00-4:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Love Poems Book Launch at Milwaukie Poetry Series The Pond House (at the Ledding Library) 2215 SE Harrison Street Milwaukie, OR 97222 Featured readers include: Barbara A. Meier • Brad G. Garber • Carolyn Martin • Claudia F. Savage • Delia ...
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Sneak Peek at Front Cover
Homer's all dressed up and ready for his big date! Check out our latest cover, designed and illustrated by Robert R. Sanders, for the upcoming issue of The Poeming Pigeon. The Love Poems issue is coming together beautifully and will be available for pre-order in a few weeks, with ...
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Love Poems – Who Made the Cut?
We received over 680 submissions from poets around the globe for our upcoming Love Poems issue of The Poeming Pigeon. Congratulations to the following poets who will be appearing in our upcoming issue: Alexa Mergen • Ann Grant • Aria Wolf • Babo Kamel • Barbara A. Meier • Brad ...
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Broadfork Farm by Tricia Knoll – Book Launch
Thursday, July 27, 2017 7:00 pm Book Launch Broadfork Farm by Tricia Knoll at Another Read Through 3932 N. Mississippi Avenue Portland, OR 97227 Featured readers include: Tricia Knoll, Sara Bokich and Vargus Pike Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Tricia's Book will be available at ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden – Book Launch
Saturday, May 6, 2017 2:00-4:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Poems from the Garden Book Launch at Milwaukie Poetry Series The Pond House (at the Ledding Library) 2215 SE Harrison Street Milwaukie, OR 97222 Featured readers include: Annie Lighthart • Barbara A. Meier • Brad G. Garber • Brittney Corrigan • ...
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Giving Ground by Lynn Knapp – Book Launch
Thursday, Feb 23, 2017 7:00 pm Book Launch Giving Ground by Lynn Knapp at Another Read Through 3932 N. Mississippi Avenue Portland, OR 97227 Featured readers include: Lynn Knapp reading from Giving Ground, Tiffany Burba reading from Meet Me Where I Left You, and Leah Noble Davidson reading from Doors ...
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The Feral Poets at Free Range Poetry
Monday, Dec 5, 2016 6:30 pm Free Range Poetry Presents The Feral Poets Carolyn Martin • Cathy Cain • Tricia Knoll • Pattie Palmer-Baker • Shawn Aveningo Northwest Branch Multnomah County Library 2300 NW Thurman St., Portland, Oregon Everyone welcome to attend and share the love of poetry. Open Mic ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music – Book Launch (FF&D)
Sunday, Nov 13, 2016 5:00-7:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music Book Launch at Ford Food & Drink 2505 SE 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97202 Featured readers include: Brad G. Garber, Christopher Luna, Dan Raphael, Helen Kerner, Judith Arcana, Julene Tripp Weaver, Leah Mueller, Michael T. Coolen, Sarah Key, Tiffany M ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music – Book Launch (Pond House)
Saturday, Nov 12, 2016 2:00-4:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Music Book Launch at Milwaukie Poetry Series The Pond House (at the Ledding Library) 2215 SE Harrison Street Milwaukie, OR 97222 Featured readers include: Carolyn Martin, Claudia F. Savage, Colette Tennant, Douglas Spangle, Eileen McGurn, Jennifer Hambrick, Josh Gaines, Linda ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie? – Vancouver Book Launch
Sunday, April 24, 2016 1:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie? Vancouver Book Launch at High End Market Place Sunday Sessions 1906 Broadway St. Vancouver, WA Featured readers include: Christopher Luna, Lori Loranger, Jennifer Pratt-Walter, Nathan Tompkins, Shawn Aveningo, Casey Bush and Tiffany Burba-Schramm PLUS Bonus Reading featuring ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie? – Book Launch
Wednesday, April 20, 2016 7:00-9:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie? Book Launch at Ford Food & Drink 2505 SE 11th Avenue Portland, OR 97202 Featured readers include: Brad G. Garber, Burky Achilles, Casey Bush, Christopher Luna, D. Russel Micnhimer, David Belmont, Jake Grieco, John Smistad, Leah Mueller, ...
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Of Course, I’m a Feminist! Reading
Saturday, March 5, 2016 7:00-9:00 pm Of Course, I'm a Feminist! at Tsunami Books 2585 Willamette Street, Eugene, Oregon 97431 A Reading in Celebration of National Women's Month (Plus Open-Mic follwing the feature) Featured readers include: Shawn Aveningo, Linda Ferguson, Tricia Knoll, Elise Kuechle, Carter McKenzie and Sharon Wood Wortman Books will ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Double Issue Reading
Monday, Nov 11, 2015 7:00-9:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Food and Poeming Pigeons: Poems about Birds at Parkplace Books 348 Parkplace Center Kirkland, WA 98033 Featured readers include: Lynn Knapp, Chris Jarmick, Linda Strever, Irene Bloom, Lillo Way, Pattie Palmer Baker, Judith Skillman and Shawn Aveningo Hosted by ...
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Of Course, I’m a Feminist! Book Launch
Wednesday, Nov 4, 2016 7:00-8:30 pm Of Course, I'm a Feminist! Book Launch Reading & Open Mic at Milwaukie Poetry Series The Pond House (at the Ledding Library) 2215 SE Harrison Street Milwaukie, OR 97222 Featured readers include: Judith Arcana, Tricia Knoll, Sharon Wood Wortman, Carter McKenzie, Ila Suzanne, Brittney Corrigan, Pam ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Food – Book Launch
Monday, Nov 2, 2015 7:00-9:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Food Book Launch at Ford Food & Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave (at Division), Portland, Oregon Featured readers include: Annie Lighthart • Barbara A. Meier • Brad G. Garber • Brittney Corrigan • Carolyn Martin • Cathy Cain • Eric ...
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Poeming Pigeons: Sacramento Book Launch
Monday, June 29, 2015 7:30-9:00 pm Poeming Pigeons Book Launch Celebration at Sacramento Poetry Center 1719 25th Street Sacramento, CA Featured Readers: Allegra Silberstein, Katy Brown, Tim Kahl, Georgette Howington, Connie Post, Genea Brice, Kate Wells, Taylor Graham, Deborah Meltvedt, Kimberly White, Lytton Bell, Martie Odell-Ingebretsen and Shawn Aveningo Books will be ...
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The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Birds – Book Launch
Monday, May 4, 2015 7:00-9:00 pm The Poeming Pigeon: Poems about Birds Book Launch at Ford Food & Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave (at Division), Portland, Oregon Featured readers include: Annie Lighthart, Brenda Taulbee, Carolyn Martin, Christa Kaainoa, Douglas Spangle, Eileen McGurn, Irene Bloom, Jennifer Kemnitz, 'M', Lynn Knapp, M.F. McAuliffe, ...
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Carolyn Martin Book Launch Celebration
Sunday, March 22, 2015 7:00-9:00 pm The Way A Woman Knows Book Launch Celebration at TaborSpace (Dining Room) 5441 SE Belmont Street Portland, Oregon, 97215 The Poetry Box is proud to announce the release of Carolyn Martin’s poetry collection, The Way A Woman Knows. We invite everyone to join in ...
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Keeping It Weird Book Launch
Monday, Nov 10, 2014 7:00-9:00 pm Keeping It Weird Book Launch Celebration & Live Music at Ford Food & Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave (at Division) Portland, Oregon Featured readers include: Matt Amott, Michael Berton, Elijah Cordero, Simon del Valle, Tricia, Knoll, M, Carolyn Martin, Shawn Aveningo, Justin Price, Michael Shay, ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Shawn Pittard & Clemon Charles
Wednesday, Dec 4, 2013 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 It's our last show of the year and we're very proud to present two extremely talented and popular performers. Shawn Pittard's poetry is ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Molly Fisk & Stanley Zumbiel
Wednesday, Oct 2, 2013 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Verse on the Vine presents two very talented poets: Molly Fisk & Stanley Zumbiel. We invite you to step inside the art covered ...
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Verse on the Vine: Hot August Nights
Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Hot August Nights: Poetica-Erotica & NSAA Hot Temperatures and Hot Poetry just naturally go together! Verse on the Vine presents Hot August Nights ...
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Verse on the Vine: Triple Play
Wednesday, June 5, 2013 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Triple Play: Laura Martin, Catherine Fraga & Matthew Brouwer What do you get when you combine Zombie Haiku, Gary The Mattress Salesman & ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Indigo Moor
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Nationally Acclaimed Poet, Indigo Moor Indigo Moor was born in 1964, in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently resides in Sacramento, California. His collection, ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Jeff Knorr
Wednesday, Feb 6, 2013 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Poet Laureate of Sacramento, Jeff Knorr! Jeff Knorr is the author of the three books of poetry, The Third Body (Cherry Grove Collections), ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Todd Cirillo & Phillip Larrea
Wednesday, Nov 19, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Our Final Show of the Year Todd Cirillo & Phillip Larrea Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage in the dark waters outside ...
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Verse on the Vine: Love & Lust Times Three
Wednesday, Oct 10, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Love & Lust Times Three As cooler weather approaches, we're heating things up a bit. Breathe in the sensual poetry of these three ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Brigit Truex & Dave Boles
Wednesday, Sept 12, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Double Feature Brigit Truex & Dave Boles Brigit Truex has lived in the four quarters of the States since beginning her writing career ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Lytton Bell
Wednesday, Aug 8, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Popular Poet: Lytton Bell Lytton’s poetry resonates with audiences everywhere, her stories providing a feast of emotion with a dose of humor sprinkled ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Telemachos Greanias
Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 A Night of Poetry & Humor with Telemachos Greanias Dr. Telemachos Greanias is psychologist, researcher, author, and lecturer. His work in the exploration ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Jack Donaldson
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 SPECIAL FUNDRAISER SHOW FOR SACRAMENTO BALLET Our featured performer for June is Jack Donaldson, sharing not only his poetry, but his music as well ...
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Verse on the Vine: SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE
Wednesday, May 9, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 SPECIAL DOUBLE FEATURE FOR MAY Two dynamic and talented ladies bring their poetry to Folsom. Patricia Hickerson, whose colorful life stories are unveiled ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Cynthia Linville
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Cynthia Linville We're proud to announce that our featured poet for April 11th is Cynthia Linville. Cynthia teaches writing at California State University ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Bob Stanley
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Sacramento Poet Laureate, Bob Stanley We're proud to announce that our featured poet for March is Bob Stanley, Poet Laureate of Sacramento. Bob ...
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Verse on the Vine f. Shawn Aveningo
Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012 7:00-9:00 pm Verse on the Vine Poetry Series at Petra Vineyard Wine Gallery 627 Sutter Street (Old Town Historic Folsom) Folsom, CA 95630 Shawn Aveningo The inaugural event on Wed Feb 8th will feature one of Sacramento's favorite spoken word performers, Shawn Aveningo. Shawn was voted ...
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