Poet and art quilt maker. MERMAIDS IN THE BASEMENT @dancinggrlpress CONJURING AN EPIPHANY @FLPress
Pennsylvania
Joined April 2011
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“Don’t be afraid to go to the dark places as an artist.” – Lucinda Williams @HappyWoman9 is a special person and our conversation for #WheelsOff makes that clear. To my mind she’s the perfect combination of delicate poet and snarling rock ‘n’ roller.
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Now that Halloween is over, it's time to write a poem each day of November: writersdigest.com/write-bett…
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2021: 2 pieces of writing published in lit mags
2022: 52 pieces, 4 nominations/awards
2023: 51 pieces (so far), 5 noms/awards, 2 chapbooks, 1 full-length collection (forthcoming)
Finally giving writing my best effort = 1 of the best decisions of my life! See thread below for HOW
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My writing to-do list:
1. Write something new
2. Edit something old
3. Submit something
Join me?
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“In a perfect world, we would slow dance / with someone we love”
— Kelli Russell Agodon (@KelliAgodon)
ALT I Wonder If I Need the Rapture or If I Could Just Swallow A Catastrophe and Call It Good by Kelli Russell Agodon “In a perfect world, we would slow dance / with someone we love”
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Another thing I've loved about making things out of words... you can set closure and beauty on what can have no closure in your own life, and then give the made thing away to others--and also the shape of that closure becomes a part of you like some sort of interior talisman.
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reading books is not enough, I need a Jack Russell terrier in full costume to act them out
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Women writers! We want to share your voices. Become part of our Network, slated for digital and print publication in October 2022. Send your work via Submittable by August 31. #linkinbio #callforsubmissions #womenwriters
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hone your surrealist craft further by joining Samari Zysk on their workshop on ~free association~ theaurorajournal.org/nothing…!!
our poetry contest is still up and running– submit here theaurorajournal.org/surreal…
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Excited to hear the #SealeyChallenge created by @Nic_Sealey will begin soon!
If you have a book of poems (esp. one that has come out since the pandemic began!), feel free to add it below so we can find books to read in August.
And feel free to include a link! #poetrycommunity
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Dear #poetrycommunity , how do you all back up your #poems? Mine are all on google docs right now and I feel chaotic. Thumb drive? Print them off and shove into ziplock baggie under my pillow? Help me I’m not doing this right.
Thank you @loudcoffeepress for accepting my poem "Still" into your upcoming chapbook anthology "Flower-Shaped Bullet."
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Lothlorien Poetry Journal: Five Poems by Deborah Purdy lothlorienpoetryjournal.blog…
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In case you missed it, here’s the link to the reading with me & amazing poets @dlseuss & @litwindowpane a few nights ago. Also, thank you Simone Muench, @RubenQuesada, & Jen Harris for the best hosting and intros ever! @JacklegPress @JetFuelReview youtu.be/6oRgovzy5Rs
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So grateful to have @doriannelaux + @dlseuss read their poems for us today. Their brilliance and banter and heart filled the virtual room.
Sincerest thanks to those who attended; we will have a recording of the reading up on the site soon for those who couldn’t be there.
ALT photo of Zoom reading featuring Dorianne Laux
ALT photo of Zoom reading featuring Diane Seuss
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Take a moment to recharge with Martha Silano @marthasilano in Seattle, reading "Nature Never Needs Recharging" youtube.com/watch?v=OEhceNEI…
