tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75829327428793197502024-03-18T19:04:12.024-07:00 ~~Brownstone Poets<br><br>~~Inspiring Brooklyn Since 2005
<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>~~Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.comBlogger957125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-89058602293943880682024-03-18T19:01:00.000-07:002024-03-18T19:03:39.208-07:00Reminder: Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Marissa Prada, Bryan Franco, Edith Blackbird, Sat, March 30 at 2 pm ET<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Reminder: Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Marissa Prada, Bryan Franco, Edith Blackbird, Sat, March 30 at 2 pm ET</h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkeKXFRglYtNm83tMmjp00DNg6ObOXGI__j6LF9_Xn-KIAlxAiJTEh1VVV3BcTUzEbTKLfYzZrFmYpW7RYECLVg-LZmLhYFObzXTySELVn53yIQI-9K3fTSZmY0h7BOG8Yz7Q_bohp8lr71jZvTIHOl3WFjesyhUK0CX6rcVjU-ZUeUXxbU-a-l_rJxK4/s640/Brownstone%20Poets%203_30_24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="596" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdkeKXFRglYtNm83tMmjp00DNg6ObOXGI__j6LF9_Xn-KIAlxAiJTEh1VVV3BcTUzEbTKLfYzZrFmYpW7RYECLVg-LZmLhYFObzXTySELVn53yIQI-9K3fTSZmY0h7BOG8Yz7Q_bohp8lr71jZvTIHOl3WFjesyhUK0CX6rcVjU-ZUeUXxbU-a-l_rJxK4/s320/Brownstone%20Poets%203_30_24.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/reminder-brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1:55 am">March 19, 2024</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, March 30 for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marissa Prada</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryan Franco</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Edith Blackbird</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>Please follow these instructions:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hT3mnapITySqSRslGdWIhF6LpV8oztyOfzXjf6T5Qs9CmrQ7WdxNiLRQ&h=AT3URe7bqVcp9m5mBuI_5pbnDSWv-hbCF3-f49p5IxyBGScaZl6wE6tdN-w-dPA0-Z58fv0KXiMUgvAV3c-vfdxZ4L_LRwgTEnpjbgYzlWIw4C3er8FKQyNcwbUmJzvtTZOEXhc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3Nd8zywm7NAk8DG0vkJbQ3Axu4XqVDinExekbE9oNvCwhqtaGDNX05tsPTrVkkITe_5IKWKUZGOfnbO4_XfNbqrK5uRGV0gzBKVuT_2779jXPAL-i_ReuQUtQFGBD56ZCGc_VfY-0Y1AsBtRvzJF0FKXkSOGx_z-VrT-x3_AYHFFZ552TiNQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 584.266px;"><div class="wordads-ad" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><div class="wordads-ad-content" id="wordads-ad-31120" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="equativ_feedback_110354" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; top: 28px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px; z-index: 1000;"><br /></div></div><div class="wordads-ad-controls" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 5px auto 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking forward to seeing you at our February edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/773123818024105" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.facebook.com/events/773123818024105</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">Bios:</span></p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7170" data-attachment-id="7170" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="marissa-prada" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg" data-orig-size="4266,4269" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/marissa-prada/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marissa Prada</strong> turned to writing and spoken word as a method of healing. Marissa continues to write as a tool for managing anxiety, stress, and trauma, as well as an expression of love, independence, and sexuality. She has been published in many periodicals and anthologies around the world. Marissa is the founder of Read or Green Books and is the Co-Founder and Creative Director for The Word is Write on Facebook & Instagram; a platform that hosts open mics, slams & workshops almost every day of the week. Marissa is a founding member of the worldwide women’s poetry group, Tesoro. </p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7172" data-attachment-id="7172" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="bryan-franco" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg" data-orig-size="1528,1372" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/bryan-franco/" height="919" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg 1528w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryan Franco </strong>is a gay, Jewish poet from Brunswick, Maine. He competed with the Portland, Maine Rhythmic Cypher slam team in the 2014 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California. He has been published in the US, Australia, England, India, Ireland, and Scotland and has featured for poetry events in the US, England, Ireland, and Scotland. He was a finalist in the 2022 NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Poetry Contest. He hosts Café Generalissimo Open Mic, is a member of the Beardo Bards of the Bardo poetry troupe, painter, sculptor, gardener, and culinary genius. His book <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Everything I Think Is All in My Mind</em> was published in 2021 by Read Or Green Books.</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7173" data-attachment-id="7173" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="edith-b" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg" data-orig-size="1265,1265" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/edith-b/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg 1265w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Edith Blackbird </strong>is a Mexican queer trilingual writer/poet/performer with a “Declamation Style”. In Mexico 2005, placed second in a nationwide poetry contest, and in 2007, the Sonora University published her in the anthology Realidad Aleatoria. Now in USA, Edith has been published in the anthologies Di-vêrsé-city (2020), the SINEW: 10 Years of Poetry in The Brew (2021), the Touching Tongues (2021), and in the Out Loud: An LGBTQ Literary Art Anthology (2022). She was featured in the Lion and Pirate event at Malvern Books (2020), in the Pastiche House event (2021), in the Waterfront Immersive Arts Festival (2020, 2021, and 2023), and in the 2023 NM Poetry Summit. She co-hosts Lenguas a virtual event that promotes cultural diversity and art.</p></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-34496952964818657962024-03-17T13:46:00.000-07:002024-03-17T13:46:43.302-07:00Fixed and Free reading on Zoom, March 28, 2024 - 8pm ET/6 pm MT<p> </p><p><br /></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/img_1302.jpg"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7215" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/03/img_1302.jpg?w=640" /></a></figure><p><b>Fixed and Free reading on Zoom, </b><strong>March 28, 2024</strong><strong> - 8pm ET/6 pm MT</strong></p><p><strong>featuring:</strong></p><p><strong>Patricia Carragon, Brooklyn, NY</strong></p><p><strong>Kimberley Adonna, Albuquerque, NM</strong><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Hosted by Billy Brown </strong></p><p><strong>Open Mic </strong></p><p><strong>***If you wish to attend and be on the open mic list, please email Billy Brown for Zoom info & invitation:</strong></p><p><!-- wp:image {"id":7215,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} -->
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vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">One and One LES</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">76 E. 1<span style="border: 0px; bottom: 1ex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> St. @ 1<span style="border: 0px; bottom: 1ex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">st</span> Ave</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">F Train to 2<span style="border: 0px; bottom: 1ex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">nd</span> Ave Station</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hosted by Wayne Kral</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FREE</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday, March 11<span style="border: 0px; bottom: 1ex; font-family: inherit; font-size: 10px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 0px; line-height: 1; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span>, 7 pm</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">CAROL WIERZBICKI</span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carol Wierzbicki is a poet, songwriter, editor and novelist. Her poetry book is Welcome Distractions: Accessible Poems for Time-Strapped Humans. Her forthcoming novel is Sabra: Diary of a Deli Cat.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">ROXANNE HOFFMAN</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roxanne Hoffman (non-binary) runs the independent literary press Poets Wear Prada with Jack Cooper, and is the Zoom meister for the Brownstone Poets monthly reading series. Her words can be found in cyberspace (The Performance Poetry Preservation Project, Scarlet Literary Magazine, and HIV: Here & Now); set to music (David Morneau’s Love Songs); on the silver screen (2005 indie flick Love and the Vampire); and in print (The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates and, most recently, NYC from the Inside: NYC Through the Eyes of the Poets Who Live Here and Out Loud: An LGBT Literary Art Anthology). Her elegiac poem “In Loving Memory,” illustrated by Edward Odwitt, was released as a chapbook in 2011; their second collaboration, The Little Entomologist, in 2018. Current projects include a new poetry collection riffing Alfred Hitchcock — she’s about halfway through completing over fifty abecedarian poems, one for each of the famed director’s films. Roxanne also has been coaching other writers in honing their craft and self-marketing skills for successful publication, via weekly Zoom sessions, since 2020.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">PATRICIA CARRAGON</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patricia Carragon’s recent publications:<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Five Fleas Itchy Poetry, Jerry Jazz Musician, I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe </em>(Milk & Cake Press)<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, </em><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Nat’l and Int’l Goddess, NBPF 2023 Festival Anthology, The New Verse News, Out Loud, an LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology </em>(Red or Green Books), <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow, The Scene, Spillwords, Wales Haiku Journal, Waymark, </em><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Witchery-Issue 3- Summer 2023,</em> et al. Her poem, “Wild Is the Wind,” received a 2024 Pushcart Nomination from Poets Wear Prada’s The Rainbow Project. Her debut novel is <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Angel Fire</em> (Alien Buddha Press). Her books from Poets Wear Prada are <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meowku </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Cupcake Chronicles. </em>Her book<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Innocence </em>is from Finishing Line Press<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">. </em>She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MARIE SABATINO</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marie Sabatino has been writing stories since she was a little girl. She has been telling stories all over New York City at venues like the Lit Crawl in Brooklyn and Manhattan, The National Arts Club, Galapagos Art Space, KGB Bar, Cornelia Street Café, Happy Ending Bar, and the Brooklyn Book Festival. Her first reading was at The Telephone Bar hosted by none other than Wayne Kral and We Three Productions. You can find Marie’s work in publications like Mr. Beller’s Neighborhood, Columbia: A Journal of Literature and Art, The Liars’ League, Freerange Nonfiction and in Akashic Books, as well as a bunch of other little places you’ve probably never heard of.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For information on reading contact Wayne at <a href="mailto:bopstreet@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">bopstreet@gmail.com</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook Event: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/965142811699103/?ref=newsfeed" style="border: 0px; 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clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">International Women’s Day, Friday, March 8 from 6pm to 9 pm at W Hoboken</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/international-womens-day-friday-march-8-from-6pm-to-9-pm-at-w-hoboken/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="6:52 pm">February 28, 2024</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7178" data-attachment-id="7178" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg?w=232" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg" data-orig-size="1080,1398" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/28/international-womens-day-friday-march-8-from-6pm-to-9-pm-at-w-hoboken/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n/" data-pin-me-only="true" height="1023" sizes="(max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg?w=791" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg?w=791 791w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg?w=116 116w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg?w=232 232w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/430493893_10159870662171299_7227911613614716924_n.jpg 1080w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="791" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jack.cooper.940436?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jack Cooper</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/roxanne.hoffman?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Roxanne Hoffman</a> are delighted to announce that Poets Wear Prada is partnering with W Hotels for a local celebration of International Women’s Day at W Hoboken, 225 River St, Hoboken, NJ 07030, on March 8th from 6 to 9 PM. Please join us for wine tastings, a live DJ, and poetry! Featuring six distinguished women poets: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/tantra.zawadi?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tantra Zawadi</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/sarah.sarai?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Sarah Sarai</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescue.poetix.nyc?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rescue Poetix</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/lynne.shapiro2?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Lynne Shapiro</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/megha.rani.10?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Megha Sood</a>, and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/brownstone.poets?__cft__[0]=AZXrnGu9KU5dOBWAdV9iQnU2WJ0zILCQ8eacdyFxueuT9YGiD0O__BSblZMhFyAUTRCVf2fsac80K8yqSYEakGRkVL50JHSzfBTB91-WT9BeQL8yObYVV4EtBvdtTPPU7DHNmdcoYqNluIny57VMaYxow0Vioa2TdZoULEedt8IjtNHZwpGxb3PImPPf0u-SrwQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Patricia Carragon</a>.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Poets Wear Prada, Wander + Ivy, Bloomie Flowers are partnering with W Hotel to co-host a mixer in celebration of International Women’s Day in Hoboken. Enjoy <span style="font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;">complimentary wine tastings from Wander + Ivy; poetry readings curated by Poets Wear Prada, and music spun by a live DJ. Books and CD’s by our featured poets and from Poets Wear Prada will be available for purchase and signing. DIY floral bouquets from Bloomie Flowers will also be available for purchase.</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The event is free and open to the public.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please RSVP at Eventbrite: <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/international-womens-day-celebration-at-w-hoboken-tickets-848553535467?utm_experiment=test_share_listing&aff=ebdsshios&fbclid=IwAR0mG3S-JaRd0GdzCBKfaYRtGuCfu60Iu-g3n3pMQkC-rH47-jIL9fPMzV0" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com/…/international-womens-day…</a></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Facebook event:<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/769257334738751"> https://www.facebook.com/events/769257334738751</a></p></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-19158496909848855112024-02-26T08:24:00.000-08:002024-02-26T23:55:27.408-08:00Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Marissa Prada, Bryan Franco, Edith Blackbird, Sat, March 30 at 2 pm ET<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Marissa Prada, Bryan Franco, Edith Blackbird, Sat, March 30 at 2 pm ET</h1><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9WBs1jcDTfizvRdeiovTC6fewHbLNoxoQCJajd_ipOw2bzwMOJUAgbG1JfZY2f9wlb05qpfWjGP3yz6vm2-JasI0gIoLiM9QNQn2pt-6dS4hz52TEwZDDb1UBJ3NrRpIAAqjvK1AVQWU1uiKZnE94VyD6mxfs7L1zqHEHgc3kDKW0M7_jD8ktu9_GmdO/s640/Brownstone%20Poets%203_30_24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="596" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix9WBs1jcDTfizvRdeiovTC6fewHbLNoxoQCJajd_ipOw2bzwMOJUAgbG1JfZY2f9wlb05qpfWjGP3yz6vm2-JasI0gIoLiM9QNQn2pt-6dS4hz52TEwZDDb1UBJ3NrRpIAAqjvK1AVQWU1uiKZnE94VyD6mxfs7L1zqHEHgc3kDKW0M7_jD8ktu9_GmdO/s320/Brownstone%20Poets%203_30_24.jpg" width="298" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="4:01 pm">February 26, 2024</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, March 30 for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marissa Prada</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryan Franco</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Edith Blackbird</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>Please follow these instructions:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hT3mnapITySqSRslGdWIhF6LpV8oztyOfzXjf6T5Qs9CmrQ7WdxNiLRQ&h=AT3URe7bqVcp9m5mBuI_5pbnDSWv-hbCF3-f49p5IxyBGScaZl6wE6tdN-w-dPA0-Z58fv0KXiMUgvAV3c-vfdxZ4L_LRwgTEnpjbgYzlWIw4C3er8FKQyNcwbUmJzvtTZOEXhc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3Nd8zywm7NAk8DG0vkJbQ3Axu4XqVDinExekbE9oNvCwhqtaGDNX05tsPTrVkkITe_5IKWKUZGOfnbO4_XfNbqrK5uRGV0gzBKVuT_2779jXPAL-i_ReuQUtQFGBD56ZCGc_VfY-0Y1AsBtRvzJF0FKXkSOGx_z-VrT-x3_AYHFFZ552TiNQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking forward to seeing you at our February edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:<span style="color: #c8c7cc; font-family: inherit; font-size: 6px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 0.3px; text-align: right; text-transform: uppercase;">AD</span></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/773123818024105" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.facebook.com/events/773123818024105</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bios:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7170" data-attachment-id="7170" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="marissa-prada" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg" data-orig-size="4266,4269" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/marissa-prada/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=2048 2048w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/marissa-prada.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marissa Prada</strong> turned to writing and spoken word as a method of healing. Marissa continues to write as a tool for managing anxiety, stress, and trauma, as well as an expression of love, independence, and sexuality. She has been published in many periodicals and anthologies around the world. Marissa is the founder of Read or Green Books and is the Co-Founder and Creative Director for The Word is Write on Facebook & Instagram; a platform that hosts open mics, slams & workshops almost every day of the week. Marissa is a founding member of the worldwide women’s poetry group, Tesoro. </p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7172" data-attachment-id="7172" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="bryan-franco" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg" data-orig-size="1528,1372" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/bryan-franco/" height="919" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/bryan-franco.jpg 1528w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bryan Franco </strong>is a gay, Jewish poet from Brunswick, Maine. He competed with the Portland, Maine Rhythmic Cypher slam team in the 2014 National Poetry Slam in Oakland, California. He has been published in the US, Australia, England, India, Ireland, and Scotland and has featured for poetry events in the US, England, Ireland, and Scotland. He was a finalist in the 2022 NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Poetry Contest. He hosts Café Generalissimo Open Mic, is a member of the Beardo Bards of the Bardo poetry troupe, painter, sculptor, gardener, and culinary genius. His book <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Everything I Think Is All in My Mind</em> was published in 2021 by Read Or Green Books.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7173" data-attachment-id="7173" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="edith-b" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg" data-orig-size="1265,1265" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/26/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-marissa-prada-bryan-franco-edith-blackbird-sat-march-30-at-2-pm-et/edith-b/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/edith-b.jpg 1265w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>Edith Blackbird </strong>is a Mexican queer trilingual writer/poet/performer with a “Declamation Style”. In Mexico 2005, placed second in a nationwide poetry contest, and in 2007, the Sonora University published her in the anthology Realidad Aleatoria. Now in USA, Edith has been published in the anthologies Di-vêrsé-city (2020), the SINEW: 10 Years of Poetry in The Brew (2021), the Touching Tongues (2021), and in the Out Loud: An LGBTQ Literary Art Anthology (2022). She was featured in the Lion and Pirate event at Malvern Books (2020), in the Pastiche House event (2021), in the Waterfront Immersive Arts Festival (2020, 2021, and 2023), and in the 2023 NM Poetry Summit. She co-hosts Lenguas a virtual event that promotes cultural diversity and art.</p></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-35720592967792472252024-02-20T09:27:00.000-08:002024-02-20T09:35:16.946-08:00January- February Publications for 2024<p><br /></p><header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/january-february-publications-for-2024/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="5:21 pm">February 20, 2024</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; counter-reset: footnotes 0; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry, Winter edition, 2024</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Good News: Jerry Jazz Musician published my jazz poem, “My Baby Don’t Care for Me,” in the winter edition. Thanks Joe Maita. Kudos to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/phil.linz?__cft__[0]=AZXVQMG7aM1k9_iluer6FFs0Jp1Q6yKm1ynOIdctNR_8n3pK5vQfLhABGVpR1dvJ_u_7BGhLIxwx24zNmLguKNJ7d4MOkXe6NK3y5y4Xcd0QAQq10bRXLDly2G2sx27YbJPeHkdn_68k3AjaDBymOI1qQ1pNWecd5ggxhrziVWz5_A&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Phil Linz</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carrie.radna?__cft__[0]=AZXVQMG7aM1k9_iluer6FFs0Jp1Q6yKm1ynOIdctNR_8n3pK5vQfLhABGVpR1dvJ_u_7BGhLIxwx24zNmLguKNJ7d4MOkXe6NK3y5y4Xcd0QAQq10bRXLDly2G2sx27YbJPeHkdn_68k3AjaDBymOI1qQ1pNWecd5ggxhrziVWz5_A&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Carrie Magness Radna</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jmobili?__cft__[0]=AZXVQMG7aM1k9_iluer6FFs0Jp1Q6yKm1ynOIdctNR_8n3pK5vQfLhABGVpR1dvJ_u_7BGhLIxwx24zNmLguKNJ7d4MOkXe6NK3y5y4Xcd0QAQq10bRXLDly2G2sx27YbJPeHkdn_68k3AjaDBymOI1qQ1pNWecd5ggxhrziVWz5_A&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Juan Pablo Mobili</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/russell.dupont.75?__cft__[0]=AZXVQMG7aM1k9_iluer6FFs0Jp1Q6yKm1ynOIdctNR_8n3pK5vQfLhABGVpR1dvJ_u_7BGhLIxwx24zNmLguKNJ7d4MOkXe6NK3y5y4Xcd0QAQq10bRXLDly2G2sx27YbJPeHkdn_68k3AjaDBymOI1qQ1pNWecd5ggxhrziVWz5_A&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Russell DuPont</a> et al.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgriQ2WsOL7Ak7kVpPhz8ktPdXTCfJrdOo66pv6TN_E8rFShS6ZirVPNAyDiJaTl9Hpp6nX4t-7js4aPUInEnP87vIpK7kDGNunoyvhZyG7rV4CknZRnV4wY0w_CpAc93-zgTjE7A2q5Rtmtj-jPuzjAIv7wRxHM51PbiTx5VzcwvNMGoiiJQimJJyinB3/s425/marsha-dave-brubeck-quartet-425.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="425" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgriQ2WsOL7Ak7kVpPhz8ktPdXTCfJrdOo66pv6TN_E8rFShS6ZirVPNAyDiJaTl9Hpp6nX4t-7js4aPUInEnP87vIpK7kDGNunoyvhZyG7rV4CknZRnV4wY0w_CpAc93-zgTjE7A2q5Rtmtj-jPuzjAIv7wRxHM51PbiTx5VzcwvNMGoiiJQimJJyinB3/s320/marsha-dave-brubeck-quartet-425.webp" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 12.8px;">“Dave Brubeck Quartet” by </span><a href="https://www.marshahammel.com/" style="background-color: white; box-shadow: none; box-sizing: inherit; color: #010101; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 12.8px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration-line: none; transition: all 0.4s ease-in-out 0s;">Marsha Hammel</a></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Libre Franklin, sans-serif" style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-winter-2024-edition/">https://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-winter-2024-edition/</a></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-jerry-jazz-musician wp-block-embed-jerry-jazz-musician" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bear Creek Haiku, Issue 192, January 2024</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Good to hear from Ayaz Daryl Nielsen of Bear Creek Haiku again. Pleased to see my Catku in Issue #192 for January 2024. Kudos to Judith Partin-Nielsen, and others</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7102" data-attachment-id="7102" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1705936931","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0850" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/january-february-publications-for-2024/img_0850/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0850.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 614px;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7103" data-attachment-id="7103" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1705936959","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0851" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/january-february-publications-for-2024/img_0851/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0851.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7104" data-attachment-id="7104" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1705936972","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"250","shutter_speed":"0.02","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0852" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/january-february-publications-for-2024/img_0852/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0852.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7106" data-attachment-id="7106" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1705936980","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.03030303030303","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0853" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/january-february-publications-for-2024/img_0853-2/" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/img_0853.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="768" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Text-For-Poem February 2024</strong></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-style: inherit; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; font-weight: inherit; 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font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My poem is up at Text-For-Poem, all this month (2/1-2/29). Text the words Congress Street to (844) 708-1270 to receive a text back of my poem “Feel So Different (for Sinead O’Connor).” Thanks so much to Ben Figueroa for producing this by-text poetry distribution project!</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7134" data-attachment-id="7134" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_1099" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg?w=352" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg?w=165" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg" data-orig-size="352,640" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/20/january-february-publications-for-2024/img_1099/" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg?w=352" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg 352w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg?w=83 83w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/img_1099.jpg?w=165 165w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="352" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Jerry Jazz Musician Jazz Haiku, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A collection of jazz haiku,</em> Vol. 2- February 20, 2024</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wow! I completely forgot that I submitted Rain Jazz haiku to Jerry Jazz Musician and I’m in Volume 2! Thank you Joe Maita. Kudos to my talented friends <a href="https://www.facebook.com/amy.barone.98?__cft__[0]=AZUiasiUu-degSygkt_OVbnX7U-P-dk0vGIEo2Vi4IQcel0WPNxxxJtFh9M3wixda8Geg8KfCA5ULLpa4VxYA_0s7hBlP-tuQIyCRF_atzSPGuKNdewxHcsukxApHfk4mmjhmgyUnm4CF_yaTMGwJ1FtR6L7sGEncukjhPKuqKpR0Q&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Amy Barone</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/carrie.radna?__cft__[0]=AZUiasiUu-degSygkt_OVbnX7U-P-dk0vGIEo2Vi4IQcel0WPNxxxJtFh9M3wixda8Geg8KfCA5ULLpa4VxYA_0s7hBlP-tuQIyCRF_atzSPGuKNdewxHcsukxApHfk4mmjhmgyUnm4CF_yaTMGwJ1FtR6L7sGEncukjhPKuqKpR0Q&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Carrie Magness Radna</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/geo.held?__cft__[0]=AZUiasiUu-degSygkt_OVbnX7U-P-dk0vGIEo2Vi4IQcel0WPNxxxJtFh9M3wixda8Geg8KfCA5ULLpa4VxYA_0s7hBlP-tuQIyCRF_atzSPGuKNdewxHcsukxApHfk4mmjhmgyUnm4CF_yaTMGwJ1FtR6L7sGEncukjhPKuqKpR0Q&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">George Held</a>, Michael L. Newell, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/miho.kinnas?__cft__[0]=AZUiasiUu-degSygkt_OVbnX7U-P-dk0vGIEo2Vi4IQcel0WPNxxxJtFh9M3wixda8Geg8KfCA5ULLpa4VxYA_0s7hBlP-tuQIyCRF_atzSPGuKNdewxHcsukxApHfk4mmjhmgyUnm4CF_yaTMGwJ1FtR6L7sGEncukjhPKuqKpR0Q&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Miho Kinnas</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mike.jurkovic.5?__cft__[0]=AZUiasiUu-degSygkt_OVbnX7U-P-dk0vGIEo2Vi4IQcel0WPNxxxJtFh9M3wixda8Geg8KfCA5ULLpa4VxYA_0s7hBlP-tuQIyCRF_atzSPGuKNdewxHcsukxApHfk4mmjhmgyUnm4CF_yaTMGwJ1FtR6L7sGEncukjhPKuqKpR0Q&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Mike Jurkovic</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/russell.dupont.75?__cft__[0]=AZUiasiUu-degSygkt_OVbnX7U-P-dk0vGIEo2Vi4IQcel0WPNxxxJtFh9M3wixda8Geg8KfCA5ULLpa4VxYA_0s7hBlP-tuQIyCRF_atzSPGuKNdewxHcsukxApHfk4mmjhmgyUnm4CF_yaTMGwJ1FtR6L7sGEncukjhPKuqKpR0Q&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Russell DuPont</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVjs8cwC094y2eDGD12iWtI2m-HwswI3X1RQhujUOXm4cZ_11nL2qLGhHQSfMg72LwqRfym9wci6vXAQ_u0SGd5xhd7FIGXFpCzfFl4iUi83fHGjNyk-Ko4k3IPocZirTxDgNAf3yB_yQIA2Eny-HaxcbQbjiLArf7MhzS9mHFaoPeZFPtFsnmlrEMs2v/s401/dixontrio400.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="401" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNVjs8cwC094y2eDGD12iWtI2m-HwswI3X1RQhujUOXm4cZ_11nL2qLGhHQSfMg72LwqRfym9wci6vXAQ_u0SGd5xhd7FIGXFpCzfFl4iUi83fHGjNyk-Ko4k3IPocZirTxDgNAf3yB_yQIA2Eny-HaxcbQbjiLArf7MhzS9mHFaoPeZFPtFsnmlrEMs2v/s320/dixontrio400.webp" width="319" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"> </span></div><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; counter-reset: footnotes 0; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 12.8px; text-align: center;"><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span><span> </span>“Jazz Trio” by Samuel Dixon</span><br /><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span face="Libre Franklin, sans-serif" style="color: #373737;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><a href="https://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/a-collection-of-jazz-haiku-vol-2/">https://www.jerryjazzmusician.com/a-collection-of-jazz-haiku-vol-2/</a></span></span></p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-jerry-jazz-musician wp-block-embed-jerry-jazz-musician" style="background-color: white; 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color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">George Wallace</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carla Cherry</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Andrew Kaufman</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>Please follow these instructions:</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hT3mnapITySqSRslGdWIhF6LpV8oztyOfzXjf6T5Qs9CmrQ7WdxNiLRQ&h=AT3URe7bqVcp9m5mBuI_5pbnDSWv-hbCF3-f49p5IxyBGScaZl6wE6tdN-w-dPA0-Z58fv0KXiMUgvAV3c-vfdxZ4L_LRwgTEnpjbgYzlWIw4C3er8FKQyNcwbUmJzvtTZOEXhc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3Nd8zywm7NAk8DG0vkJbQ3Axu4XqVDinExekbE9oNvCwhqtaGDNX05tsPTrVkkITe_5IKWKUZGOfnbO4_XfNbqrK5uRGV0gzBKVuT_2779jXPAL-i_ReuQUtQFGBD56ZCGc_VfY-0Y1AsBtRvzJF0FKXkSOGx_z-VrT-x3_AYHFFZ552TiNQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D</a></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking forward to seeing you at our February edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/739278748303039" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://fb.me/e/3LFvC7pnS</a></p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bios:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7118" data-attachment-id="7118" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="george-wallace" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg" data-orig-size="858,858" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/13/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-george-wallace-carla-cherry-andrew-kaufman-sat-february-24-at-2-p-m-et/george-wallace/" height="858" sizes="(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg?w=858" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg 858w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/george-wallace.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="858" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">George Wallace</strong> is writer in residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Huntington NY, professor of English at Pace University in NYC, editor of NYC FROM THE INSIDE (Blue Light Press 2022), and author of 39 chapbooks of poetry in the US, UK, India, Albania, and Italy. He is creator of the Poets Building Bridges world poetry triangulation project. In 2022 he was named poet of the year for the Boao International Poetry Festival in Hainan China. Wallace’s previous honors and awards include New Generation Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate (National Beat Poetry Foundation, US 2021); Corona d’oro (Korca Literary Festival AB 2019).</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7119" data-attachment-id="7119" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="carla-cherry" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=200" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg" data-orig-size="3317,4975" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/02/13/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-george-wallace-carla-cherry-andrew-kaufman-sat-february-24-at-2-p-m-et/carla-cherry/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=683" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=683 683w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=1366 1366w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=100 100w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=200 200w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/02/carla-cherry.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="683" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Carla M. Cherry</strong> is a high school English teacher. Her work has appeared in <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Random Sample Review, Anti-Heroin Chic</em>, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">433</em>, and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Raising Mothers</em>. A Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, she authored five books of poetry, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Gnat Feathers and Butterfly Wings</em>, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thirty Dollars and a Bowl of Soup</em>, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Honeysuckle Me</em>, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">These Pearls Are Real, </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Stardust and Skin</em> (iiPublishing), and two chapbooks <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet</em> (Grandma Moses Press) and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sundays and Hot Buttered Rolls </em>(forthcoming from Finishing Line Press). 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His previous books include <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Cinnamon Bay Sonnets,</em> winner of the Center for Book Arts Award, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Earth’s Ends,</em> winner of the Pearl Poetry Award, and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Both Sides of the Niger.</em> He is an NEA recipient.</p><p style="border: 0px; color: #373737; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">View more of his work at his website, <a href="http://www.andrewkaufman.wordpress.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Andrewkaufman.wordpress.com</a>, and reach him via email at <a href="mailto:Andrewkauf@aol.com" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Andrewkauf@aol.com</a>.</p></h1>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-53324886011039217782024-02-13T13:36:00.000-08:002024-02-13T13:58:35.907-08:00 Brownstone Poets on Zoom: George Wallace, Carla Cherry, Andrew Kaufman Sat, February 24 at 2 p.m. ET<p>You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features:</p><!--wp:paragraph-->
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<p><strong>George Wallace</strong> is writer in residence at the Walt Whitman Birthplace in Huntington NY, professor of English at Pace University in NYC, editor of NYC FROM THE INSIDE (Blue Light Press 2022), and author of 39 chapbooks of poetry in the US, UK, India, Albania, and Italy. He is creator of the Poets Building Bridges world poetry triangulation project. In 2022 he was named poet of the year for the Boao International Poetry Festival in Hainan China. Wallace’s previous honors and awards include New Generation Lifetime Beat Poet Laureate (National Beat Poetry Foundation, US 2021); Corona d'oro (Korca Literary Festival AB 2019).</p>
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<p><strong>Carla M. Cherry</strong> is a high school English teacher. Her work has appeared in <em>Random Sample Review, Anti-Heroin Chic</em>, <em>433</em>, and <em>Raising Mothers</em>. A Best of the Net and Pushcart Prize nominee, she authored five books of poetry, <em>Gnat Feathers and Butterfly Wings</em>, <em>Thirty Dollars and a Bowl of Soup</em>, <em>Honeysuckle Me</em>, <em>These Pearls Are Real, </em>and <em>Stardust and Skin</em> (iiPublishing), and two chapbooks <em>Clap Your Hands, Stomp Your Feet</em> (Grandma Moses Press) and <em>Sundays and Hot Buttered Rolls </em>(forthcoming from Finishing Line Press). She holds an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from the City College of New York.</p>
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<p><b>Andrew Kaufman’s</b> most recently completed book, <em>The Rwanda Poems,</em> is forthcoming from New York Quarterly Books. His previous books include <em>The Cinnamon Bay Sonnets,</em> winner of the Center for Book Arts Award, <em>Earth’s Ends,</em> winner of the Pearl Poetry Award, and <em>Both Sides of the Niger.</em> He is an NEA recipient. </p>
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<!--/wp:paragraph-->Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-38557676682169053982024-01-23T13:00:00.000-08:002024-01-23T13:00:09.240-08:00REMINDER: Brownstone Poets on Zoom: JP Howard, Cynthia Manick, Tantra-Zawadi, Sat, January 27 at 2 p.m. ET<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><p><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-jp-howard-cynthia-manick-tantra-zawadi-sat-january-27-at-2-p-m-et/#respond"></a></p><p>Happy New Year! May this year bring peace, happiness, and creativity!</p><p>You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features:</p><p>JP Howard</p><p>Cynthia Manick</p><p>Tantra-Zawadi</p><p>Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p>Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.</p><p><a></a>Please follow these instructions:</p><p>Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hT3mnapITySqSRslGdWIhF6LpV8oztyOfzXjf6T5Qs9CmrQ7WdxNiLRQ&h=AT3URe7bqVcp9m5mBuI_5pbnDSWv-hbCF3-f49p5IxyBGScaZl6wE6tdN-w-dPA0-Z58fv0KXiMUgvAV3c-vfdxZ4L_LRwgTEnpjbgYzlWIw4C3er8FKQyNcwbUmJzvtTZOEXhc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3Nd8zywm7NAk8DG0vkJbQ3Axu4XqVDinExekbE9oNvCwhqtaGDNX05tsPTrVkkITe_5IKWKUZGOfnbO4_XfNbqrK5uRGV0gzBKVuT_2779jXPAL-i_ReuQUtQFGBD56ZCGc_VfY-0Y1AsBtRvzJF0FKXkSOGx_z-VrT-x3_AYHFFZ552TiNQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p><p>(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p><p>Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p>https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D</p><p>Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p><p>Looking forward to seeing you at our October edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:</p><p>https://fb.me/e/3LFvC7pnS</p><p>Bios:</p><figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7086" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=732" /></a></figure><p><strong>JP Howard</strong> is a poet, educator, literary activist, curator, and community builder. JP is a current Learn with Lambda Literary workshop facilitator and was the Spring 2023 Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*), Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy, Healing & Revolutionary Poems (Harlequin Creature) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians–We Are the Revolution! JP has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem, VONA, Lambda Literary Foundation, and Brooklyn Arts Council. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Her poetry is widely anthologized. <a href="http://www.jp-howard.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">http://www.jp-howard.com</a>. </p><figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7088" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg?w=614" /></a></figure><p><strong>Cynthia Manick</strong> is the author of <em>No Sweet Without Brine</em> (Amistad-HarperCollins, 2023), which received 5 stars from Roxane Gay and was selected as a New York Public Library Best Book of 2023; editor of <em>The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry; </em>winner of the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry; and author of <em>Blue Hallelujahs.</em> She has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, and MacDowell among other foundations. Manick’s work has appeared in the Academy of American Poets <em>Poem-A-Day</em> Series, <em>Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, </em>and other outlets. She lives in New York but travels widely for poetry.</p><figure class="wp-block-image"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7090" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=681" /></a></figure><p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<!-- /wp:paragraph --></p><p><strong>Tantra-zawadi,</strong> an award-winning, Brooklyn-born, international performance poet and recording artist, is a 2020 Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee! She is the author of three books of poetry: alifepoeminprogress (Chuma Spirit Books); Gathered at Her Sky and Bubbles: One Conscious Breath (Poets Wear Prada). A passionate educator and instigator, she has collaborated with The Senegal-America Project, Dr. Muzvare Betty Makoni’s Girl Child Network Worldwide, and Black Art in America. To learn more, or to hear her latest house music releases, please visit and follow her Instagram profile, @tantrazawadi.</p>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-46838728674744381182024-01-16T10:23:00.000-08:002024-01-16T10:27:39.654-08:00Brownstone Poets on Zoom: JP Howard, Cynthia Manick, Tantra-Zawadi, Sat, January 27 at 2 p.m. ET<p><br /></p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 76px 0.3em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-jp-howard-cynthia-manick-tantra-zawadi-sat-january-27-at-2-p-m-et/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Brownstone Poets on Zoom: JP Howard, Cynthia Manick, Tantra-Zawadi, Sat, January 27 at 2 p.m. ET</a></h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 76px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-jp-howard-cynthia-manick-tantra-zawadi-sat-january-27-at-2-p-m-et/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="6:03 pm">January 16, 2024</a></div><div class="comments-link" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-jp-howard-cynthia-manick-tantra-zawadi-sat-january-27-at-2-p-m-et/#respond" style="background: url("images/comment-bubble.png") no-repeat rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; height: 36px; line-height: 35px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: absolute; right: 0px; text-align: center; text-decoration-line: none; top: 1.5em; vertical-align: baseline; width: 43px;"><span class="leave-reply" style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: hidden;"></span></a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy New Year! May this year bring peace, happiness, and creativity!</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">JP Howard</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cynthia Manick</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tantra-Zawadi</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>Please follow these instructions:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hT3mnapITySqSRslGdWIhF6LpV8oztyOfzXjf6T5Qs9CmrQ7WdxNiLRQ&h=AT3URe7bqVcp9m5mBuI_5pbnDSWv-hbCF3-f49p5IxyBGScaZl6wE6tdN-w-dPA0-Z58fv0KXiMUgvAV3c-vfdxZ4L_LRwgTEnpjbgYzlWIw4C3er8FKQyNcwbUmJzvtTZOEXhc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3Nd8zywm7NAk8DG0vkJbQ3Axu4XqVDinExekbE9oNvCwhqtaGDNX05tsPTrVkkITe_5IKWKUZGOfnbO4_XfNbqrK5uRGV0gzBKVuT_2779jXPAL-i_ReuQUtQFGBD56ZCGc_VfY-0Y1AsBtRvzJF0FKXkSOGx_z-VrT-x3_AYHFFZ552TiNQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking forward to seeing you at our October edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://fb.me/e/1l8FP52k3" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://fb.me/e/3LFvC7pnS</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bios:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7086" data-attachment-id="7086" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1703885583","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="jp-" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=214" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg" data-orig-size="1816,2542" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-jp-howard-cynthia-manick-tantra-zawadi-sat-january-27-at-2-p-m-et/jp/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=732" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=732 732w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=1464 1464w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=107 107w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=214 214w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/jp-.jpeg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="732" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">JP Howard</strong> is a poet, educator, literary activist, curator, and community builder. JP is a current Learn with Lambda Literary workshop facilitator and was the Spring 2023 Brooklyn College Tow Mentor-in-Residence. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*), Praise This Complicated Herstory: Legacy, Healing & Revolutionary Poems (Harlequin Creature) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians–We Are the Revolution! JP has received fellowships and grants from Cave Canem, VONA, Lambda Literary Foundation, and Brooklyn Arts Council. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Her poetry is widely anthologized. <a href="http://www.jp-howard.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">http://www.jp-howard.com</a>. </p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7088" data-attachment-id="7088" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1703885936","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="cynthia" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg?w=214" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg" data-orig-size="614,860" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-jp-howard-cynthia-manick-tantra-zawadi-sat-january-27-at-2-p-m-et/cynthia/" height="860" sizes="(max-width: 614px) 100vw, 614px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg?w=614" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg 614w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg?w=107 107w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/cynthia.jpeg?w=214 214w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="614" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cynthia Manick</strong> is the author of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">No Sweet Without Brine</em> (Amistad-HarperCollins, 2023), which received 5 stars from Roxane Gay and was selected as a New York Public Library Best Book of 2023; editor of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Future of Black: Afrofuturism, Black Comics, and Superhero Poetry; </em>winner of the Lascaux Prize in Collected Poetry; and author of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Blue Hallelujahs.</em> She has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Hedgebrook, and MacDowell among other foundations. Manick’s work has appeared in the Academy of American Poets <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Poem-A-Day</em> Series, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brooklyn Rail, The Rumpus, </em>and other outlets. She lives in New York but travels widely for poetry.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7090" data-attachment-id="7090" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="<p>All images are registered with the United States Library of Congress by Arnold J Browne (DBA)-Bymsha Browne Photography (BBP) and owns &amp;ll copyrights. BBP must be contacted to authorize any/all duplications/printing of any/&amp;ll images. Also would request you credit Arnold J Browne-Bymsha Browne Photography in &amp;ll usages of the images online/websites/social media where posted.<br />
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Thank You \r\r\rPhotography by AJ Browne for Bymsha Browne Photography \r(http:\/\/BymshaBrownePhotography.com)","created_timestamp":"1605446516","copyright":"Arnold J Browne for Bymsha Browne Photography","focal_length":"85","iso":"200","shutter_speed":"0.004","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="tantra" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=200" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg" data-orig-size="2458,3694" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2024/01/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-jp-howard-cynthia-manick-tantra-zawadi-sat-january-27-at-2-p-m-et/tantra/" height="1023" sizes="(max-width: 681px) 100vw, 681px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=681" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=681 681w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=1362 1362w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=100 100w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=200 200w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2024/01/tantra.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="681" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tantra-zawadi,</strong> an award-winning, Brooklyn-born, international performance poet and recording artist, is a 2020 Brooklyn Arts Fund grantee! She is the author of three books of poetry: alifepoeminprogress (Chuma Spirit Books); Gathered at Her Sky and Bubbles: One Conscious Breath (Poets Wear Prada). A passionate educator and instigator, she has collaborated with The Senegal-America Project, Dr. Muzvare Betty Makoni’s Girl Child Network Worldwide, and Black Art in America. To learn more, or to hear her latest house music releases, please visit and follow her Instagram profile, @tantrazawadi.</p></div><div><br /></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-45720876527682168252023-12-29T16:25:00.000-08:002023-12-29T16:25:19.012-08:00The 27th Annual Alternative New Years Day Spoken Word/ Performance Extravaganza<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">The 27th Annual Alternative New Years Day Spoken Word/ Performance Extravaganza</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/the-27th-annual-alternative-new-years-day-spoken-word-performance-extravaganza/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="12:03 am">December 30, 2023</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7078" data-attachment-id="7078" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="0" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg?w=518" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg?w=243" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg" data-orig-size="518,640" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/30/the-27th-annual-alternative-new-years-day-spoken-word-performance-extravaganza/attachment/0/" height="640" sizes="(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg?w=518" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg 518w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg?w=121 121w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/0.jpg?w=243 243w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="518" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I and ROXANNE HOFFMAN ARE SCHEDULED TO GO ON BETWEEN 4 & 5 p.m.</strong> <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">on Monday, January 1 at the Westbeth Community Room at the Westbeth Artists Housing Complex. As always, this is a free event, although donations are always appreciated.The event runs from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m.</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">DIRECTIONS <iframe allow="autoplay;fullscreen;" frameborder="0" height="250" id="wordads-ad-715448_iframe" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="about:blank" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; letter-spacing: 1px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="300"></iframe></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 584.266px;"><div class="wordads-ad" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><div class="wordads-ad-controls" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 5px auto 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Westbeth Community Room is located between Bank and Bethune streets, just east of West Street, inside the Westbeth complex. Enter via the courtyard between Bank and Bethune streets (the room is midway between those streets within the Westbeth complex and the courtyard opens from both), just inland from West Street/Route 9A (between West Street and Washington Street).</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Transit directions to Westbeth: Buses that stop at Abingdon Square are the M11, M12 and northbound M20 buses, and M14A’s last stop is one short block before Abingdon Square. From the square, walk west on Bethune Street 2 1/2 blocks. Shortly before you reach West Street, while walking past the complex, you will see an entrance way to your left; take that left and when the courtyard begins to get bigger, you’ll see the room on your right. An alternative is the M8 bus to its last stop, on West Street at Christopher Street. From there, walk five blocks north on West Street to Bank Street. Turn right on Bank and almost immediately you will see a large courtyard to your left. Walk into the center of the complex, and the room will be on your left. </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The nearest subway is the A/C/E/L stop at Eighth Avenue and East 14th Street. From there, walk south on Eighth Avenue to Abingdon Square, then follow the instructions above.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here is a link to Google Maps that shows Westbeth: <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/Westbeth+Artists+Housing/@40.7368192,-74.0106763,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c259eae45711ed:0x79e6a84b6f8257af!8m2!3d40.736803!4d-74.0085574!16zL20vMGNuZjEy?entry=ttu" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/place/Westbeth+Artists+Housing/@40.7368192,-74.0106763,17z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x89c259eae45711ed:0x79e6a84b6f8257af!8m2!3d40.736803!4d-74.0085574!16zL20vMGNuZjEy?entry=ttu</a></p><div><br /></div><div id="atatags-370373-658f62df27e31" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="wpcnt" id="wordads-preview-parent" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wpa" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block !important; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-65495698098013166702023-12-27T14:35:00.000-08:002023-12-27T14:35:25.954-08:00Late December Publications to End 2023<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Late December Publications to End 2023</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="10:23 pm">December 27, 2023</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">More publication news to end a difficult year on a positive note</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Katzenworld Purrsday Poetry, December 21, 2023</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7058" data-attachment-id="7058" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="christmas-1831369_1920" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp" data-orig-size="1920,1280" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/christmas-1831369_1920/" data-pin-me-only="true" height="682" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/christmas-1831369_1920.webp 1920w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Happy Kitty Solstice and thank you <a href="https://www.facebook.com/marcandre.unger?__cft__[0]=AZWC1OL4Vd9ZYzBpnoShMmJQuDQ2HOFxCwkq2alKXb0c9PhmH4WpMGLmxsxxuMw42fBqi6uBwWbOrshs9ZUyVKVwo753fSLXPE8vakhGI-baqUITro7kQROfwXHSCg4MzrUW0M7d5YcTNiMAGAUjqdsnxUcGyVLuscz629j0UwvcPILV4CHyOzRfccfaZ2GY0DY&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Marc-André Runcie-Unger</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/KatzenworldBlog?__cft__[0]=AZWC1OL4Vd9ZYzBpnoShMmJQuDQ2HOFxCwkq2alKXb0c9PhmH4WpMGLmxsxxuMw42fBqi6uBwWbOrshs9ZUyVKVwo753fSLXPE8vakhGI-baqUITro7kQROfwXHSCg4MzrUW0M7d5YcTNiMAGAUjqdsnxUcGyVLuscz629j0UwvcPILV4CHyOzRfccfaZ2GY0DY&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Katzenworld</a> for publishing Un-Christmas Kittyku</p><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-katzenworld wp-block-embed-katzenworld" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="TBOz3np9b0" frameborder="0" height="278" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" sandbox="allow-scripts" scrolling="no" security="restricted" src="https://katzenworld.co.uk/2023/12/21/purrsday-poetry-un-christmas-kittyku/embed/#?secret=0WSpOv09J6#?secret=TBOz3np9b0" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="“Un-Christmas Kittyku: A Humorous Poem about a Cat’s Holiday Mishaps” — Katzenworld" width="584"></iframe></div></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Fixed and Free Quarterly Vol 2, Issue 4 December 2023</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wow, another holiday surprise <img alt="🎄" height="16" src="https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/ta6/2/16/1f384.png" style="margin-top: 0.4em; max-width: 100%;" width="16" />in the mail. Thank you Billy Brown for publishing “Misty” and “trouble approaches” in the December 2023 Fixed issue and Free Quarterly Vol 2 Issue 4. Kudos to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/josephine.lore.7?__cft__[0]=AZW1M15AXpkSIzUUnXTlTc0GMXieR3SY_o-Qgwx30LdB7Q6UXs8kmEqUTwzTu6Bjp99aQiV-q1yqHwAXM6c6pH2ByoBx4NoC5wcT_CFuY426en0WIPbfXaC86qUWkv53sYB53C1Sua6oC1bsxtNMfaq3bRxi44-HKbUuid9np5CABcXIK4OEp6-VGQnoZ7UfYjM&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Josephine LoRe</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DonNKrieger?__cft__[0]=AZW1M15AXpkSIzUUnXTlTc0GMXieR3SY_o-Qgwx30LdB7Q6UXs8kmEqUTwzTu6Bjp99aQiV-q1yqHwAXM6c6pH2ByoBx4NoC5wcT_CFuY426en0WIPbfXaC86qUWkv53sYB53C1Sua6oC1bsxtNMfaq3bRxi44-HKbUuid9np5CABcXIK4OEp6-VGQnoZ7UfYjM&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Don Krieger</a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/john.roche.779642?__cft__[0]=AZW1M15AXpkSIzUUnXTlTc0GMXieR3SY_o-Qgwx30LdB7Q6UXs8kmEqUTwzTu6Bjp99aQiV-q1yqHwAXM6c6pH2ByoBx4NoC5wcT_CFuY426en0WIPbfXaC86qUWkv53sYB53C1Sua6oC1bsxtNMfaq3bRxi44-HKbUuid9np5CABcXIK4OEp6-VGQnoZ7UfYjM&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">John Roche</a> @Billy Brown <a href="https://www.facebook.com/bill.nevins.167?__cft__[0]=AZW1M15AXpkSIzUUnXTlTc0GMXieR3SY_o-Qgwx30LdB7Q6UXs8kmEqUTwzTu6Bjp99aQiV-q1yqHwAXM6c6pH2ByoBx4NoC5wcT_CFuY426en0WIPbfXaC86qUWkv53sYB53C1Sua6oC1bsxtNMfaq3bRxi44-HKbUuid9np5CABcXIK4OEp6-VGQnoZ7UfYjM&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Bill Nevins</a> et al.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0415.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; 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box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7062" data-attachment-id="7062" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1703275419","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0416" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/img_0416/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0416.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 485px;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7064" data-attachment-id="7064" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1703277436","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"500","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0420" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/img_0420/" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0420.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 475px;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7065" data-attachment-id="7065" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1703275453","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.025","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0418" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/img_0418/" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0418.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 472px;" width="768" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Spillwords Press, December 27, 2023</strong></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; 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max-width: 100%;" width="16" /> poem, Upon a Six-Foot Tree.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7068" data-attachment-id="7068" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg" data-orig-size="1700,900" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords/" height="542" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/upon-a-six-foot-tree-spillwords.jpg 1700w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 614px;" width="1024" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-spillwords wp-block-embed-spillwords" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><iframe class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="BoCBsRiCnV" frameborder="0" height="592" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" sandbox="allow-scripts" scrolling="no" security="restricted" src="https://spillwords.com/upon-a-six-foot-tree/embed/#?secret=JrAhyfAK3y#?secret=BoCBsRiCnV" style="border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="“Upon a Six-Foot Tree” — Spillwords" width="584"></iframe></div><figcaption class="wp-element-caption" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-top: 0.5em; max-width: calc(100% - 18px); padding: 3px 0px 5px 40px; position: relative;"><a href="https://spillwords.com/upon-a-six-foot-tree/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://spillwords.com/upon-a-six-foot-tree/</a></figcaption></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Word Up Pages, Issue 2, November 2023</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you Word Up Pages for publishing “Feel So Different” in the November 2023 edition. Kudos to my friend @gnrlsmo <a href="https://www.facebook.com/francobryani?__cft__[0]=AZU5UQO8WoqnbhEDf3EZI-IWprfsGoxFIsrtKgEW5O49RNljDlsfHge_mWTujggQP8jE379I0yDM7bDERqxJj4t6J_2rKMcdrtGOLVFZbTEJ1W-Y51pkOkXs51iHjVxo0mtF1qafs-38DgmhA8e3lnCFO50oCc-onFBijZdynKOgmQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Generalissimo Bryan Franco</a> who has his excellent work in the same issue “The Real Reason The Pyramids Were Built.”Feel So Different</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7072" data-attachment-id="7072" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0645" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg?w=480" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg" data-orig-size="480,640" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/img_0645/" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg?w=480" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg 480w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0645.jpg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="480" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7074" data-attachment-id="7074" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_0646" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg?w=480" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg" data-orig-size="480,640" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/27/late-december-publications-to-end-2023/img_0646/" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg?w=480" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg 480w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_0646.jpg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="480" /></a></figure></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-83239311365745586212023-12-17T15:54:00.000-08:002023-12-17T15:55:02.666-08:00Fall Publication Announcements 2023<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Fall Publication Announcements 2023</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; 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font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The New Verse News, Friday, October 13, 2023</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sepia-logo.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6842" data-attachment-id="6842" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="sepia-logo" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sepia-logo.jpg?w=213" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sepia-logo.jpg?w=213" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sepia-logo.jpg" data-orig-size="213,198" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6842" height="198" sizes="(max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sepia-logo.jpg?w=213" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sepia-logo.jpg 213w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sepia-logo.jpg?w=150 150w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="213" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you James Penha for publishing this poem, “Media Speaks,” on Friday the 13th’s edition of The New Verse News. This poem was difficult to write but was written within an hour.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2023/10/media-speaks.html" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://newversenews.blogspot.com/2023/10/media-speaks.html</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Scene Magazine, October 2023</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Proud to have my poem, “Patches,” in the October issue of The Scene. Thank you M.T. Pariti for publishing my poem. Kudos to Deborah Hauser Kelly J . Powell Christine Weimer and more.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6836" data-attachment-id="6836" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1697312166","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"400","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9117" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6836" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9117.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 374px;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6838" data-attachment-id="6838" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1697312156","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9116" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6838" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/img_9116.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 392px;" width="768" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Waymark, A Poetry Magazine, #21, October 2023</strong></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; 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font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-top: 0.5em; max-width: calc(100% - 18px); padding: 3px 0px 5px 40px; position: relative;"><br /></figcaption></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Twilight Time</strong><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Poetry in Performance 51, Annual Spring Poetry Festival, The City College of New York, May 12, 2023</strong></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; 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color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Barry Wallenstein</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.laskin?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pamela Laskin</a> for publishing “Twilight Time’’ in Poetry in Performance 51 from CCNY’s annual spring poetry festival. Shout outs to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/anthonyrobertgibbons?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Robert Gibbons</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thaddeus.rutkowski?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thaddeus Rutkowski</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/evebpacker?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Eve Packer</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jan.castro.161?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jan Castro</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/charles.j.butler.5?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charles J. Butler</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/steven.koenig1?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Steven Koenig</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/jeff.wright.7106?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Jeff Wright</a> Ilka Scobie Richard Levine <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gmindock?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gloria Mindock</a> Alicia Ostriker Ellen Lytle Erik La Prade <a href="https://www.facebook.com/maryamsalikhani?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Maryam S Alikhani</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gregory.crosby1?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Gregory Crosby</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pamela.laskin?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pamela Laskin</a> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/barry.wallenstein?__cft__[0]=AZUOVy0SEmHROBX3_CxkY4x0UIWeqfePZdD8FFS1rEqvJtc2epuASGJ07ilTqMruSN802NRjJnQes-yFk4543EB5aUoNOyHOhRUA2iF5yRxURSM7n61WyFsyPgrYClu4KYo&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Barry Wallenstein</a> et al.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6945" data-attachment-id="6945" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1700223392","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.012048192771084","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9474" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6945" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9474.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 472px;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6947" data-attachment-id="6947" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1700223459","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0082644628099174","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9475" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg" data-orig-size="1234,1645" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6947" height="1023" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg?w=225 225w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9475.jpeg 1234w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 475px;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6948" data-attachment-id="6948" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1700223546","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"50","shutter_speed":"0.0082644628099174","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9476" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg" data-orig-size="2720,3627" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6948" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg?w=112 112w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9476.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 481px;" width="768" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Red Wheelbarrow Anthology 16, 2023</strong></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 584.266px;"><div data-adtags-width="584" id="atatags-26942-128135" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ata-slot-container-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><div class="ata-slot-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><div class="ata-frame-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><iframe class="ata-frame" frameborder="0" id="atatags-26942-128135_iframe" scrolling="no" src="about:blank" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"></iframe></div></div></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you Claudia Serea Don Zirilli Arthur Russell Frank Rubino Anton Yakovlev Moira O’Brien and guest editors Theresa Burns and Evan Dickerson for The Red Wheelbarrow 16 for publishing “Le Chaton Noir” Shout outs to Claudia Serea Don Zirilli Pamela Hughes Anton Yakovlev George Wallace Austin Alexis Margo Taft Stever Moira O’Brien Denise La Neve Patrick Thomas Hammer John T. Trigonis Arthur Russell Ronald P. Bremner Ron Kolm Joun J. Trause Roberto Mendoza Ayala Susanna Lee Frank Rubino Mark F Fogarty Gordon Gilbert Susana H. Case Davidson Garrett Ameerah Shabazz-Bilal et al.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6953" data-attachment-id="6953" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg?w=240" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg" data-orig-size="960,1200" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6953" height="1023" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg?w=819" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg?w=819 819w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg?w=120 120w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg?w=240 240w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/402914150_18067524460447576_1606975870360497482_n.jpg 960w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 493px;" width="819" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6954" data-attachment-id="6954" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg?w=240" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg" data-orig-size="960,1200" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6954" height="1023" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 819px) 100vw, 819px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg?w=819" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg?w=819 819w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg?w=120 120w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg?w=240 240w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/404246464_18067524469447576_195436278907696052_n.jpg 960w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 503px;" width="819" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Rainbow Project (Poets Wear Prada) , Wednesday, November 29, 2023</strong></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 584.266px;"><div data-adtags-width="584" id="atatags-26942-137491" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="ata-slot-container-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><div class="ata-slot-container" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><div class="ata-frame-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><iframe class="ata-frame" frameborder="0" id="atatags-26942-137491_iframe" scrolling="no" src="about:blank" style="border-style: none; border-width: initial; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: 250px; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"></iframe></div></div></div></div></div><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you Roxanne Hoffman and Jack Cooper for publishing my poem, “Wild Is the Wind” in Poets Wear Prada’s The Rainbow Project and for nominating this poem for the 2024 Pushcart Prize. Wow!!!!</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6972" data-attachment-id="6972" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg?w=300" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg" data-orig-size="300,400" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6972" height="400" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg?w=300" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/68d9a478-4ab1-4c46-a972-e9706f2cd07d.jpg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 511px;" width="300" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Photo Credit: Roxanne Hoffman</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://rainbowliterary.blogspot.com/2023/11/patricia-carragon-wild-is-wind.html" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://rainbowliterary.blogspot.com/2023/11/patricia-carragon-wild-is-wind.html</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Wales Haiku Journal, Autumn 2023</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6986" data-attachment-id="6986" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="9818581982480339721" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,522" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6986" height="522" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg?w=1000" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg 1000w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/9818581982480339721.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 511px;" width="1000" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">So happy that my baby maple leaf haiku is in Wales Haiku Journal for Autumn 2023. Thanks Joe.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/autumn23?fbclid=IwAR1VzGVVQfCfgQKI5L-oykAJ0OK65yiL_Ux1s5DVBMETGi1Zu6n19TyMg0c" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://www.waleshaikujournal.com/autumn23?fbclid=IwAR1VzGVVQfCfgQKI5L-oykAJ0OK65yiL_Ux1s5DVBMETGi1Zu6n19TyMg0c</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mankh’s Haiku Calendar 2024</strong></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thanks Mankh (Walter E. Harris III) for publishing my haiku and photo in your Haiku Calendar for 2024. Kudos to Mankh, Margarette Wahl, Judy Turek, Jack Zaffos, Robert Savino, Cliff Bleidner, David Fox, Bill Kenney, Patti Tana, et al.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6990" data-attachment-id="6990" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1701790247","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9695" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,2235" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6990" height="756" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=2046 2046w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9695.jpeg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 485px;" width="1024" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6992" data-attachment-id="6992" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1701790226","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"160","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9694" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg" data-orig-size="2103,1891" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6992" height="920" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=2046 2046w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9694.jpeg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 485px;" width="1024" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6994" data-attachment-id="6994" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1701790188","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.016666666666667","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9693" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg" data-orig-size="1322,1237" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6994" height="958" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9693.jpeg 1322w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 482px;" width="1024" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6995" data-attachment-id="6995" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1701790086","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"125","shutter_speed":"0.012048192771084","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9692" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=212" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg" data-orig-size="1879,2660" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=6995" height="1023" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=723" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=723 723w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=1446 1446w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=106 106w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=212 212w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9692.jpeg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 485px;" width="723" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Five Fleas Poetry, December 6, 2023</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/20230925_141236.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7001" data-attachment-id="7001" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="20230925_141236" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/20230925_141236.jpg?w=240" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/20230925_141236.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/20230925_141236.jpg" data-orig-size="240,320" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7001" height="320" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/20230925_141236.jpg?w=240" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/20230925_141236.jpg 240w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/20230925_141236.jpg?w=113 113w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="240" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you Roberta Beach Jacobson for publishing my tree haiku, “under skeleton trees” on Five Fleas Itchy Poetry for December 6th. With poets <a href="https://www.facebook.com/john.j.dunphy?__cft__[0]=AZUQ66Ay52_KQ26MYDNcUQz8XNH2-ABaTkCnagRH4-HyLwlNEu4a_sS--PhteIzgX3bM1IJX9YfaXeNUDFoVNQuldNoc9TyBfr-b0GU5MF2bZwMahJir0u_Zzs4ArqNAE6IgNz1OvvfqKbHYVOuErKfp&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">John J. Dunphy</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/charles.rammelkamp?__cft__[0]=AZUQ66Ay52_KQ26MYDNcUQz8XNH2-ABaTkCnagRH4-HyLwlNEu4a_sS--PhteIzgX3bM1IJX9YfaXeNUDFoVNQuldNoc9TyBfr-b0GU5MF2bZwMahJir0u_Zzs4ArqNAE6IgNz1OvvfqKbHYVOuErKfp&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charles Rammelkamp</a>. I’m in good company.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/">https://fivefleas.blogspot.com/</a></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; visibility: visible; width: 584.266px;"><div data-adtags-width="584" id="atatags-26942-4710" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; 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border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you Brevitas committee, Amy Barone, Esther Cohen, Ron Kolm, Flash Rosenberg, Zev Shanken, Carolyn Wells, Steve Zeitlin for publishing my work in Brevitas 20</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7029" data-attachment-id="7029" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9880" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg?w=446" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg?w=209" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg" data-orig-size="446,640" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7029" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 446px) 100vw, 446px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg?w=446" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg 446w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg?w=105 105w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9880.jpg?w=209 209w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 430px;" width="446" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7031" data-attachment-id="7031" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9881" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg?w=480" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg" data-orig-size="480,640" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7031" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg?w=480" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg 480w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9881.jpg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 427px;" width="480" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7032" data-attachment-id="7032" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9882" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg?w=444" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg?w=208" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg" data-orig-size="444,640" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7032" height="640" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg?w=444" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg 444w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg?w=104 104w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9882.jpg?w=208 208w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 421px;" width="444" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2022 Riverside Poets’ Anthology</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7037" data-attachment-id="7037" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="61holistil._sl1500_" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg?w=200" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg" data-orig-size="1000,1500" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7037" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg?w=683" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg?w=683 683w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg?w=100 100w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg?w=200 200w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61holistil._sl1500_.jpg 1000w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 407px;" width="683" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thank you Riverside Poets editorial team: Roxanne Hoffman, Norma Levy, Nancy Keats Benson, Philip De Pinto, Terry Edmonds, Anthony Moscini, Peggy Murphy, Fred Simpson for publishing</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Glad to be Unhappy”/ “Imbolc Sky” for the 2022 Riverside Poets’ Anthology</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7040" data-attachment-id="7040" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1702831297","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"80","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9989" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7040" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9989.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 458px;" width="768" /></a></figure><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7041" data-attachment-id="7041" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.5","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1702831310","copyright":"","focal_length":"5.7","iso":"100","shutter_speed":"0.0083333333333333","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9990" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg" data-orig-size="3024,4032" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7041" height="1024" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/img_9990.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 450px;" width="768" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Congrats to all the contributors:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7043" data-attachment-id="7043" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="61uskhowldl._sy522_" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg?w=348" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg?w=200" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg" data-orig-size="348,522" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/?attachment_id=7043" height="522" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 348px) 100vw, 348px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg?w=348" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg 348w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg?w=100 100w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/61uskhowldl._sy522_.jpg?w=200 200w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="348" /></a></figure><div><br /></div><div id="atatags-370373-657f878c7b11e" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="wpcnt" id="wordads-preview-parent" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; line-height: 0; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="wpa" style="border: 0px; display: inline-block; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: left; transform: translate3d(0px, 0px, 0px); vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-772657072500965082023-12-13T19:12:00.000-08:002023-12-13T20:22:22.535-08:00Give Books for the Holidays<header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #222222; font-size: 26px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.5em; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 76px 0.3em 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #222222; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Give Books for the Holidays</a></h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 76px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="3:05 am">December 14, 2023</a></div><div class="comments-link" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/#respond" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: #eeeeee; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: no-repeat; background-size: initial; background: url("images/comment-bubble.png") no-repeat rgb(238, 238, 238); border: 0px; 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margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Give books for the Holidays. A beautiful way to welcome the new year</strong> <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">or keep warm on a cold night.</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyZ3v_TrTUCY7Lz139iFd4W8dQ6A_S8vJlp-hLKOuqMA8eIOxkPAV6m20m12j7uldt22xHYEm0rzL04muq08XEWiC8_R3iZbaHlwfHDpOllTGn1gr3fUyXgeDMfp5okMavGSbpwX9l-m6AwULPI14DDnUlCUKiUrJCoZXUYQtNy3sSf0HjvmUMZfyuyRa/s4032/IMG_9879.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyZ3v_TrTUCY7Lz139iFd4W8dQ6A_S8vJlp-hLKOuqMA8eIOxkPAV6m20m12j7uldt22xHYEm0rzL04muq08XEWiC8_R3iZbaHlwfHDpOllTGn1gr3fUyXgeDMfp5okMavGSbpwX9l-m6AwULPI14DDnUlCUKiUrJCoZXUYQtNy3sSf0HjvmUMZfyuyRa/s320/IMG_9879.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><strong style="border: 0px; 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font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brownstone Poets 2023 Anthology</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7007" data-attachment-id="7007" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1690313078","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=238" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg" data-orig-size="639,804" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2-4/" height="804" sizes="(max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=639" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg 639w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=119 119w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=238 238w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="639" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The latest anthology from Brownstone Poets is a work of art with beautiful poetry and photography. $16 on Amazon:</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://amzn.to/49XJIQi" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">https://amzn.to/49XJIQi</strong></a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since 2005, Brownstone Poets has been inspiring poetry in Brooklyn. We strive to be a unique and diverse community, welcoming various literary styles and forms. Our reading series is expanding via Zoom, reaching out to new voices across the U.S. and the world.</strong><br /><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We would like to thank this year’s 70 reader-contributors and our loyal attendees. Without their love and commitment, our reading series and this anthology would not have been possible.</strong><br /><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We’re honored to have the Himalayan poet Yuyutsu Sharma as our poet-in-residence and David Dephy as this year’s guest poet.</strong><br /><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This collection of poetry, infused with urban imagery, is our contribution to the vibrant spirit of Brooklyn and a worldwide community.</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Books by Patricia Carragon</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press)</b></p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7018" data-attachment-id="7018" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image-1" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1.jpeg?w=227" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1.jpeg?w=200" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="227,340" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/image-1/" height="340" sizes="(max-width: 227px) 100vw, 227px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1.jpeg" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1.jpeg 227w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1.jpeg?w=100&h=150 100w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="227" /></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/7582932742879319750/7245673235968106418#" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a><br /><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">After years in the making, Angel Fire is now a reality. Thank you Alien Buddha Press and my copy editor, Cindy Hochman of “100 Proof” Copyediting Services, for believing in my debut novel’s value.<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/7582932742879319750/7245673235968106418#" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"></a></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Angel Fire is a novel, inspired by personal experiences and nightmares, that delves into the lives of three women protagonists, Sarah Kahn, Kate Robbins, and Dana Chu, living and working in New York City during the ’90s through the post- 9/11 world and the Obama election. The book is comprised of over 57,000 words, broken down into twenty-one chapters and an epilogue. The narrative contains elements of magic realism/ urban fantasy, and beyond the wry humor, there are bizarre twists involving erotic dreams, curses, cats, and paranormal visitations from a precocious ten-year-old girl named Allie, turning this story into a psychological thriller.</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$12.99 </strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Angel Fire (Alien Buddha Press)</strong> <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">available on Amazon:</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3xLH8u6" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://amzn.to/3xLH8u6</a></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meowku</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patricia Carragon. author of Urban Haiku and More, returns with more Haiku, this time inspired by her favorite muse, our sphinx-like companion, the CAT.</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Meowku (Poets Wear Prada) available on Amazon: </strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3EnRNh5" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">https://amzn.to/3EnRNh5</strong></a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$12 </strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/7582932742879319750/7245673235968106418#" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7020" data-attachment-id="7020" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image-1-2" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-2.jpeg?w=207" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-2.jpeg?w=194" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-2.jpeg" data-orig-size="207,320" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/image-1-2/" height="320" sizes="(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-2.jpeg" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-2.jpeg 207w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-2.jpeg?w=97&h=150 97w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="207" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Aaron Fisher, author of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Black Stars of Blood: The Weegee Poems</em> (Main Street Rag Press), says,<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Patricia Carragon has done something notable, writing and assembling some 30 pages of haiku about cats (hence, meowku) that are neither cute nor cloying. What they are is smart, funny, and satisfyingly complex — quite an accomplishment in seventeen syllables.”</em></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">David Dephy, a Georgian/American award-winning poet, novelist, and performer, sums it up<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">: “These poems them</em></strong><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">selves are warm and mystical like kittens. They crawl from page to page with catlike grace as you caress them with your eyes and breath, as you stare them in the eye you become cautious like them and don’t want your silence to be disturbed by anyone while reading.”</strong></em></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Judy Kamilhor, author of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before the Big Bang</em> and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cat Dreams,</em> notes, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Enjoy a delightful romp of word play through a New York filled with mischievous cats and kittens. Accompanied by lovely photos, Patricia Carragon’s poems capture moments of city life with feline friends and sometimes foes. Who knew that this ancient Japanese forms fit modern New York life with cats so purrfectly?”</em></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And lastly, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, Editor of Bear Creek Haiku, says, “<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patricia Carragon is known throughout our creative and feline worlds as “that Brooklyn girl.” The humor, noblesse, and yes, loveliness of her nationwide nurturing presence are aptly, beautifully encapsulated within these thirty-five pages of photos, haiku, and micro (yet mighty) poems. Meowku is nurturing “cattitude” we all need.</em></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About Poets Wear Prada:</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Publishing beautifully designed volumes of well-crafted poetry — and now fiction — you want to read, since October 2006 from Hoboken, New Jersey, birthplace of Frank Sinatra and professional baseball.</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">POETS WEAR PRADA<br />C/O Roxanne Hoffman<br />533 Bloomfield Street – 2nd Floor<br />Hoboken, NJ 07030<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/7582932742879319750/7245673235968106418#" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com</a></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Cupcake Chronicles (Poets Wear Prada) available on Amazon: </strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://amzn.to/3opSb9v" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://amzn.to/3opSb9v</a></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$12</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some delicious stories about cupcakes that come to life</strong>:</p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/7582932742879319750/7245673235968106418#" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7019" data-attachment-id="7019" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image-1-1" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-1.jpeg?w=207" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-1.jpeg?w=194" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-1.jpeg" data-orig-size="207,320" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/image-1-1/" height="320" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-1.jpeg" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-1.jpeg 207w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image-1-1.jpeg?w=97&h=150 97w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="207" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></em><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">From Alison Ross, publisher and editor of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Clockwise Cat:”It is a testament to her vivacious spirit that Patricia Carragon would think to personify cupcakes as a device to chronicle quotidian activities and as a mode to assuage the anxieties of her daily jaunts. Tasty diary entries mingle humor and contemplative musings in a way that not only tantalizes the tongue but stimulates all of the sensory receptors, as her imagery erupts from the page to entice one’s very soul.” </em></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />Linda Lerner, author of <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, The Ducks Were Real,</em> says<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, “</em>What begins as a normal work day changes for Carragon when she sees “cupcakes — the size of hobbits — parading the halls” of her office. From that point on, humanoid confections take over her life — and ours — in this allegorical tale depicting the underlying madness of our ordinary lives. No reader will be able to forget holding a kitchen knife to a devil’s food cupcake topped with “pink buttercream clouds” and hearing a scream, or the sight of a “badly bitten banana nut” asking for spare change on the train.” </strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Maria Lisella, Queens Poet Laureate 2015-2018, writes, “A funny thing happened on activist/writer Patricia Carragon’s way to her favorite sweet shop: a swirling journey peopled with cupcake commuters who are wise and witty, inside a world that sometimes banishes humans in favor of those savvy cupcakes. Carragon writes with humor, deft language, and an energy that sweeps us into buttercream icing. Both participant and spectator, she’s sometimes pressed against glass looking in; other times, the cupcakes lean in and confide in her. Pay close attention to the wisdom her cupcakes impart: “We are her to look delicious and to please the sweet tooth of the human race.”: “Humans are better off as desserts.”</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And Susan H. Maurer, author of Josephine Butler exclaims,”A collection of Poetry.Carragon’s cupcake capers? Read this and weep. It is a delight, and a double delight when you get to hear her read it. The fine playfulness of this book is worth three times the cover cost. Own it and get such sweetness, calorie free. “</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">About Poets Wear Prada:</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Publishing beautifully designed volumes of well-crafted poetry — and now fiction — you want to read, since October 2006 from Hoboken, New Jersey, birthplace of Frank Sinatra and professional baseball.</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">POETS WEAR PRADA<br />C/O Roxanne Hoffman<br />533 Bloomfield Street – 2nd Floor<br />Hoboken, NJ 07030<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/7582932742879319750/7245673235968106418#" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com</a></strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Innocence (Finishing Line Press) available on Amazon:<br /><a href="https://amzn.to/3DcFz9P" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://amzn.to/3DcFz9P</a></strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-7017" data-attachment-id="7017" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="image" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image.jpeg?w=207" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image.jpeg?w=194" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image.jpeg" data-orig-size="207,320" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/12/14/give-the-gift-of-poetry-for-the-holidays/image-2/" height="320" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 207px) 100vw, 207px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image.jpeg" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image.jpeg 207w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/12/image.jpeg?w=97&h=150 97w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="207" /></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yes, this labor of love is now a realty! </strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patricia Carragon has the resilience to overcome obstacles—a fighter who bounces back before the ten count. Amy Barone, author of “Kamikaze Dance”(Finishing Line Press), says, “The poems’ heroine rarely frets, but accepts conflict and missed connections with grace. Readers will delight in Patricia Carragon’s poems brimming with irony, imagination, and ordinary life gone amok.”</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cindy Hochman, Editor-in-chief of First Literary Review-East, sums it up: “There is, however, a vital remnant of a happy fairytale that survives in Carragon’s poems: the M-A-G-I-C she sprinkles into each and every one of them, reminding us to hold fast to those treasures that give us permission to live happily ever after.”</strong></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">And lastly, Karen Neuberg, author of “Myself Taking Stage” (Finishing Line Press) and “Detailed Still” (Poets Wear Prada), says, “This is a beautiful book of poems about the power of imagination and a resilient spirit that has risen like a phoenix from the ashes of innocence to gift us all with her creative magic.”</strong></p></div><!--wp:paragraph-->
<!--/wp:paragraph-->Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-89466830846138850002023-12-02T18:06:00.000-08:002023-12-02T18:13:28.713-08:00Brownstone Poets on Hiatus <p> </p><p><br /></p><header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">Happy Holidays from Brownstone Poets</span></em></h1><div><br /></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="border: 0px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>May the season bring peace of mind, joy, hope, and inspiration!</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="color: red; font-size: large;">We are on hiatus until January 7, 2024.</b></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span><em style="border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /><span style="color: red; font-size: medium;"><b>Our next Zoom event will be Saturday, January 27, 2024 at 2</b></span></em><span style="color: red; font-size: medium; font-style: inherit;"><b> p.m on Zoom</b></span></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><b>with JP Howard, Cynthia Manick, Tantra-Zawadi and our open mic.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: red;"><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Stay safe and t</b></em></span></span><i style="background-color: transparent; color: red;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">hank you for making 2023 a poetic success!</span></b></i></p><figure class="wp-block-image" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/blog/post/edit/7582932742879319750/7406413556644267538#" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" height="404" scale="0" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/16231-urban2bsnowfall.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: bottom;" width="538" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>First snow</b></span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>falling</b></span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>on the half-finished bridge</b></span></em></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><b>~Matsuo Bashō~</b></span></em></p><div style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"><em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></em></div></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-17187446994418436362023-11-26T16:51:00.000-08:002023-11-26T19:32:15.618-08:00Annual Brownstone Poets Anthology Celebration for 2023, Sat, December 2 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET on Zoom<p> </p><p><br /></p><p></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6963" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=639" /></a></figure><p>Coming Saturday, December 2 at 2 p.m. ET, join us for the annual Brownstone Poets Anthology Celebration for 2023 on Zoom.</p><p>Please follow the directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program.</p><p>Our spotlight readers are:</p><p>Bob <a></a>Heman (Staff)</p><p>Carrie Magness Radna (<span>S</span>taff)</p><p>David Dephy (current Guest Poet and the new Poet-in-Residence for 2024)</p><p>Edward S. Gault (Pushcart Nominee 2024)</p><p>Giulio Magrini (Pushcart Nominee 2024)</p><p>Jordan E. Franklin (Pushcart Nominee 2024)</p><p>Marilyn Mohr (Pushcart Nominee 2024)</p><p>Megha Sood (Staff)</p><p>Patricia Carragon (Staff)</p><p>Ron Bremner (Guest Poet for 2024)</p><p>Roxanne Hoffman (Staff)</p><p>Su Polo (Staff)</p><p>Yuyutsu Sharma (current Poet-in-Residence)</p><p>Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p>Please follow these instructions:</p><p>Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR10RpL1GmN0ZBNeO8LQ7HFlIUjUJxy-8tmA6lebnJDTjyYCiWVl7OZ1zU0&h=AT3XqdK368T336IUz1OGZzPBAzj726NUOPu3DCzgXQS6rXqmkhja4h49fxSIPwNXBrjhoclgkyFmT7ri9XdMEQyDChH9KWcgP9LG7q1Czbh_UAGmYq03KzMScl9GNg5H8BG0P5A&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3oghvnhQn6Aga2bt6YKgch_OJvNdJLuVlOEu_Iq6pIN6FjWmAO13cR3paApByAZcUS44YzykMeDmehMEs-mlWpi9JteaC_ZASM7m6nHDwsBNCwDqrv1MB-hFCfR8gxciXDpY5nSa5Nh8gYr_1QDeC7akBxW8a7rhHRJv_YQqffiHxXMBJL7w" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p><p>(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p><p>Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p>https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D</p><p>Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p><p>Looking forward to seeing you at our December reading! 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Simply click </p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83176155376" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83176155376</a> to join (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">no additional software is required</em>)</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Hosted by John F. McMullen</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6939" data-attachment-id="6939" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"1.9","credit":"","camera":"iPhone 14","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1699800926","copyright":"","focal_length":"2.69","iso":"640","shutter_speed":"0.05","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="pattie-november-2023" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg" data-orig-size="2316,3088" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/11/16/mark-your-calendars-for-wednesday-november-29-2023/pattie-november-2023/" height="1024" sizes="(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg?w=768" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg?w=1536 1536w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg?w=113 113w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/pattie-november-2023.jpeg?w=225 225w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="768" /></a></figure><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; clear: both; color: #373737; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><div class="wordads-ad wordads-ad-responsive" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580px;"><div class="wordads-ad-title" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto 5px; max-width: 550px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><u>Patricia Carragon’s</u></strong><span style="font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;"> recent publications include works in “Dreams in Hiding Anthology,” “ Fixed and Free Quarterly,” “ Jerry Jazz Musician,” “ Out Loud: An LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology” (Red or Green Books), “Soup Can Magazine,” “ The Scene,” “ The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Anthology,” “When Women Speak Poetry Anthology: Vol. 1,” and “Witchery. “ Her debut novel is “Angel Fire” (Alien Buddha Press). Her books from Poets Wear Prada are “Meowku” and “The Cupcake Chronicles.” She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.</span></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div id="atatags-370373-6556535f4f673" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div id="atatags-370373-6556535f4f673-video" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584px;"><div class="iowo-adv" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-height: 358px; min-height: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; transition: max-height 0.5s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-23494650330228134562023-11-14T17:43:00.000-08:002023-11-14T17:43:34.049-08:00The 20th Annual Brevitas Festival of the Short Poem, Tuesday, November 28th from 6pm to 9:30 pm.<p> <a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6934" data-attachment-id="6934" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1699990440","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="img_9460" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg" data-orig-size="1286,965" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/11/15/the-20th-annual-brevitas-festival-of-the-short-poem-tuesday-november-28th-from-6pm-to-930-pm/img_9460/" height="768" sizes="(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg?w=768 768w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/11/img_9460.jpg 1286w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1024" /></a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I will be one of the poets reading at the 20th Annual Brevitas Festival of the Short Poem on Tuesday, November 28, at 6 to 9:30 p.m. at the Bowery Poetry Club! Brevitas poets will be reading from the new anthology.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sign up for the open mic (short poems 14 lines or less).</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Address is 308 Bowery $10</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Admission includes the anthology</p>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-14102825671806524382023-11-08T16:11:00.002-08:002023-11-08T16:11:25.694-08:00Reminder: Morningside Poetry Series Sunday, November 12 from 3:00-5:00 pm<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Reminder: Morningside Poetry Series Sunday, November 12 from 3:00-5:00 pm</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/morningside-poetry-series-november-12-from-300-500-pm/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; 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Morningside Poetry Series is delighted to present:</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skye Calame-Pennington<br />Patricia Carragon<br />Roxanne Hoffman<br />Prince A. McNally</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduced by John Foy</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus sign up at the event for the open-mic.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday, November 12, 2023<br />3:00-5:00 pm</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Suite<br />992 Amsterdam Ave (Corner of West 109th Street)<br />New York, NY 10027<br />212-222-4600</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skye Calame-Pennington is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, with a double major in English and Dance & Media. Their works harness topics of queerness and identity, exploring themes from gender energy and environmentalism to sense memory and nostalgia. They have been published in “Briars and Ivy” and “The Carson Review” magazines and are currently assembling their poetry into a collection for publication. Skye has also presented at various open mic venues, including KGB Bar in Lower Manhattan.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patricia Carragon’s recent publications include works in “Dreams in Hiding Anthology,” “ Fixed and Free Quarterly,” “ Jerry Jazz Musician,” “ Out Loud: An LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology” (Red or Green Books), “Soup Can Magazine,” “ The Scene,” “ The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Anthology,” “When Women Speak Poetry Anthology: Vol. 1,” and “Witchery. “ Her debut novel is “Angel Fire” (Alien Buddha Press). Her books from Poets Wear Prada are “Meowku” and “The Cupcake Chronicles.” She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roxanne Hoffman runs the small literary press Poets Wear Prada with Jack Cooper. Her words can be found in cyberspace (IndieFeed: Performance Poetry); set to music (David Morneau’s “Love Songs”); on the silver screen (2005 indie flick “Love and the Vampire”); and in print (“The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates,“ Soft Skull Press). Her elegiac poem “In Loving Memory,” illustrated by Edward Odwitt, was released as a chapbook in 2011; their second collaboration, “The Little Entomologist,” in 2018.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prince A. McNally is a widely published teaching poet and spoken word artist who facilitates workshops through schools and outreach programs, utilizing poetry and creative writing as a means of expression and self-discovery. His work has appeared in numerous literary publications and anthologies across the U.S. and abroad. He is a recipient of a Poets & Writer’s Grant and has been nominated for Best of The Net and The Pushcart Poetry Prize. Prince resides in Brooklyn, NY, where he’s currently working on his debut poetry collection, “SHE (A Celebration of Women).”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As always at Suite — no cover, good company, great poetry. Join us for a memorable event!<br />MPS co-hosts: John Foy, David M. Katz, and Linda Stern</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">Facebook event: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352283658983964/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22left_rail%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_calendar%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: Times; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">Morningside Poetry Event</a></p><p style="margin: 1em 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">Follow me on<a data-id="linktr.ee/patriciacarragon" data-type="link" href="http://linktr.ee/patriciacarragon" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;"> linktr.ee/patriciacarragon</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patriciacarragon/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://www.instagram.com/patriciacarragon/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a class="wp-block-jetpack-pinterest" href="https://www.pinterest.com/pin/423479171227511570/" style="color: #009eb8; display: inline; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; outline: none; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s;">https://www.pinterest.com/pin/423479171227511570/</a></p><div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "Helvetica Neue Light", HelveticaNeue-Light, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; text-align: justify;" /></div></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-86128641522119932992023-10-31T15:54:00.003-07:002023-11-02T10:14:08.123-07:00Morningside Poetry Series Sunday, November 12 from 3:00-5:00 pm<p><!--wp:paragraph-->
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Morningside Poetry Series is delighted to present:</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skye Calame-Pennington<br />Patricia Carragon<br />Roxanne Hoffman<br />Prince A. McNally</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Introduced by John Foy</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus sign up at the event for the open-mic.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sunday, November 12, 2023<br />3:00-5:00 pm</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Suite<br />992 Amsterdam Ave (Corner of West 109th Street)<br />New York, NY 10027<br />212-222-4600</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Skye Calame-Pennington is a recent graduate of Marymount Manhattan College, with a double major in English and Dance & Media. Their works harness topics of queerness and identity, exploring themes from gender energy and environmentalism to sense memory and nostalgia. They have been published in “Briars and Ivy” and “The Carson Review” magazines and are currently assembling their poetry into a collection for publication. Skye has also presented at various open mic venues, including KGB Bar in Lower Manhattan.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Patricia Carragon’s recent publications include works in “Dreams in Hiding Anthology,” “ Fixed and Free Quarterly,” “ Jerry Jazz Musician,” “ Out Loud: An LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology” (Red or Green Books), “Soup Can Magazine,” “ The Scene,” “ The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow Anthology,” “When Women Speak Poetry Anthology: Vol. 1,” and “Witchery. “ Her debut novel is “Angel Fire” (Alien Buddha Press). Her books from Poets Wear Prada are “Meowku” and “The Cupcake Chronicles.” She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Roxanne Hoffman runs the small literary press Poets Wear Prada with Jack Cooper. Her words can be found in cyberspace (IndieFeed: Performance Poetry); set to music (David Morneau’s “Love Songs”); on the silver screen (2005 indie flick “Love and the Vampire”); and in print (“The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates,“ Soft Skull Press). Her elegiac poem “In Loving Memory,” illustrated by Edward Odwitt, was released as a chapbook in 2011; their second collaboration, “The Little Entomologist,” in 2018.</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Prince A. McNally is a widely published teaching poet and spoken word artist who facilitates workshops through schools and outreach programs, utilizing poetry and creative writing as a means of expression and self-discovery. His work has appeared in numerous literary publications and anthologies across the U.S. and abroad. He is a recipient of a Poets & Writer’s Grant and has been nominated for Best of The Net and The Pushcart Poetry Prize. Prince resides in Brooklyn, NY, where he’s currently working on his debut poetry collection, “SHE (A Celebration of Women).”</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">As always at Suite — no cover, good company, great poetry. Join us for a memorable event!<br />MPS co-hosts: John Foy, David M. Katz, and Linda Stern</p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times;">Facebook event: </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/1352283658983964/?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22left_rail%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark%22%7D%2C%7B%22extra_data%22%3A%22%22%2C%22mechanism%22%3A%22calendar_tab_event%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_calendar%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D" style="font-family: Times;">Morningside Poetry Event</a></p><p>Follow me on<a data-id="linktr.ee/patriciacarragon" data-type="link" href="http://linktr.ee/patriciacarragon"> linktr.ee/patriciacarragon</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/patriciacarragon/">https://www.instagram.com/patriciacarragon/</a></p><p style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><!-- wp:paragraph -->
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<!--/wp:paragraph-->Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-5116727016458094562023-10-30T18:34:00.003-07:002023-10-30T18:34:19.847-07:00Pushcart Nominations for 2024<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><!-- wp:paragraph -->
<!-- /wp:paragraph --></p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Pushcart Nominations for 2024</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/pushcart-nominations-for-2024/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="1:20 am">October 31, 2023</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6859" data-attachment-id="6859" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="pushcart-2024" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=205" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg" data-orig-size="1710,2500" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/pushcart-nominations-for-2024/pushcart-2024/" height="1023" sizes="(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=700" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=700 700w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=1400 1400w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=103 103w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=205 205w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/pushcart-2024.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 574px;" width="700" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We are happy to announce the nomination of 6 poets from the Brownstone Poets 2023 Anthology for a Pushcart Prize. Winners will be announced next year and published in the next edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology, edited by Bill Henderson with the Pushcart Prize Editors.</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6905" data-attachment-id="6905" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1690313078","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=238" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg" data-orig-size="767,965" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/pushcart-nominations-for-2024/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2-2/" height="965" sizes="(max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=767" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg 767w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=119 119w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/brownstone-poets-2023-anthology-2.jpg?w=238 238w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom; width: 575px;" width="767" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Congratulations to:</b></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/edwgault?__cft__[0]=AZXIQLrHReobxcsOfSdCqGDG_QtNyRt4kKeJc2icpvgrLyXoIxVFo17o55Vq6bCSgSQKer8l2XyhAmtCRpnPjNi8WDvFcWF1WhxFeDLTdMN6_KWj2Bn2mqJDGvV82EBcueOEVB9QHgq_RoeTYAevQGTTqDrXeIvhh85ApnOupXZdhQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Edward S. Gault</a>— “Drawing the Moon”</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6863" data-attachment-id="6863" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="download" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download.jpg?w=225" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download.jpg?w=225" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download.jpg" data-orig-size="225,225" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/pushcart-nominations-for-2024/download-11/" height="225" sizes="(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download.jpg?w=225" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download.jpg 225w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download.jpg?w=150 150w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); 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vertical-align: baseline;">Susan Justiniano (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/rescue.poetix.nyc?__cft__[0]=AZXIQLrHReobxcsOfSdCqGDG_QtNyRt4kKeJc2icpvgrLyXoIxVFo17o55Vq6bCSgSQKer8l2XyhAmtCRpnPjNi8WDvFcWF1WhxFeDLTdMN6_KWj2Bn2mqJDGvV82EBcueOEVB9QHgq_RoeTYAevQGTTqDrXeIvhh85ApnOupXZdhQ&__tn__=-]K-R" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rescue Poetix</a>)— “Welcome to el barrio”</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-3-2.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6876" data-attachment-id="6876" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1698698514","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="download-3-2" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-3-2.jpg?w=183" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-3-2.jpg?w=183" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-3-2.jpg" data-orig-size="183,195" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/pushcart-nominations-for-2024/download-3-2-2/" height="195" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 183px) 100vw, 183px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-3-2.jpg?w=183" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-3-2.jpg 183w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-3-2.jpg?w=141 141w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); 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color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Thomas Fucaloro</a> “Burning Instructions or Leaving Meaning or Living Will”</strong></p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large is-resized" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1-3.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6881" data-attachment-id="6881" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1698698025","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="download-1-3" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1-3.jpg?w=273" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1-3.jpg?w=273" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1-3.jpg" data-orig-size="273,300" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/31/pushcart-nominations-for-2024/download-1-3-2/" height="300" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1-3.jpg?w=273" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1-3.jpg 273w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1-3.jpg?w=137 137w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); 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McMullen, Kathleen Ossip, Yuyutsu Sharma, Sat, October 28 at 2 p.m. ET<p><br /></p><p><br /></p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; text-align: justify; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;">Reminder: Brownstone Poets on Zoom presents John F. McMullen, Kathleen Ossip, Yuyutsu Sharma, Sat, October 28 at 2 p.m. ET</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span>October 16, 2023</div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6822" data-attachment-id="6822" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1696120579","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg" data-orig-size="1080,1080" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-presents-john-f-mcmullen-kathleen-ossip-yuyutsu-sharma-sat-october-28-at-2-p-m-et/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288/" height="1080" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg 1080w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=768 768w" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; position: relative; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1080" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brownstone Poets on Zoom Presents on Sat, October 28at 2 pm ET.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">John F. McMullen</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathleen Ossip</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yuyutsu Sharma</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>Please follow these instructions:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hT3mnapITySqSRslGdWIhF6LpV8oztyOfzXjf6T5Qs9CmrQ7WdxNiLRQ&h=AT3URe7bqVcp9m5mBuI_5pbnDSWv-hbCF3-f49p5IxyBGScaZl6wE6tdN-w-dPA0-Z58fv0KXiMUgvAV3c-vfdxZ4L_LRwgTEnpjbgYzlWIw4C3er8FKQyNcwbUmJzvtTZOEXhc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3Nd8zywm7NAk8DG0vkJbQ3Axu4XqVDinExekbE9oNvCwhqtaGDNX05tsPTrVkkITe_5IKWKUZGOfnbO4_XfNbqrK5uRGV0gzBKVuT_2779jXPAL-i_ReuQUtQFGBD56ZCGc_VfY-0Y1AsBtRvzJF0FKXkSOGx_z-VrT-x3_AYHFFZ552TiNQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Looking forward to seeing you at our October edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://facebook.com/events/s/brownstone-poets-john-mcmullen/672553177951359/?mibextid=RQdjqZ" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;">https://fb.me/e/3LFvC7pnS</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bios:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; display: inline; 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McMullen,</strong> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“johnmac the bard</em>”, is the Poet Laureate of the Town of Yorktown, NY, a graduate of Iona College (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BA – English Literature</em>), the holder of two Masters degrees from Marist College (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MSCS – Information Systems & MPA – Criminal Justice</em>), a member of the American Academy of Poets, Poets & Writers, the Hudson Valley Writers Center, the Mahopac & Yorktown Poetry Workshops and the Mahopac Writers Group, the author of over 2,500 columns and articles and ten books, eight of which are collections of poetry, and is the host of a weekly Internet Radio Show (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">over 300 shows to date</em>). 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Editors’ Choice; <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Cold War</em>, one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2011; <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Search Engine</em>, selected by Derek Walcott for the American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize. She has also published two chapbooks, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cinephrastics</em> and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Little Poems</em>. Her poems have appeared widely in such publications as <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Washington Post, The Best American Poetry, The Best American Magazine Writing, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Statesman, The Believer, Poetry, The Paris Review, Poetry London, </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Poetry Review</em>. She teaches at Princeton University and at The New School. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; display: inline; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; transition: color 0.3s ease 0s; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6826" data-attachment-id="6826" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="sharmayuyutsu-01" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1383" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-presents-john-f-mcmullen-kathleen-ossip-yuyutsu-sharma-sat-october-28-at-2-p-m-et/sharmayuyutsu-01/" height="1383" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" src="https://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/undefined" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg 1500w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=768 768w" style="-webkit-border-image: url("data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAABQAAAAUCAMAAAC6V+0/AAAAOVBMVEUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD///+8yHYvAAAAEnRSTlMAAgEDBAUJBwYzCw0UChARDghnBteEAAAAhElEQVR4XnWRSxJDIQgEEx1Axd/L/Q8bKCuuyOzsohHxdZLS25LSOV2ULQdflgEiIDu9KqiIFILXXpeEx2ChXwdnKNxUGxc4dZbNfXjPufkp5H0Nwtymq/dltUIweNy9qmXt08EgydDZ6+dT+9Qh9AeGenhROFI0fPjMaCHx6uIlh9/xBSJuB3l0A/6JAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC") 9 fill / 9px stretch; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; height: auto; margin: 10px auto; max-width: 100%; opacity: 1; padding: 6px; position: relative; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1500" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recipient of fellowships and grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, Trubar Foundation, Slovenia, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature and The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Yuyutsu Sharma</strong> is a world-renowned Himalayan poet and translator. He is one of the few poets in the world who make their living with poetry. Named as “The world-renowned Himalayan poet,” “One-Man Academy” and “Himalayan Neruda,” he is a vibrant force on the world poetry stage. He has published eleven poetry collections including, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lost Horoscope: New Poems, The Second Buddha Walk, A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems, Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake Poems, Nepal Trilogy, Space Cake, Amsterdam,</em> and<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Annapurna Poems.</em> Half the year, he travels and reads all over the world and conducts Creative Writing workshops at various universities in North America and Europe but goes trekking in the Himalayas when back home. Currently, Yuyutsu Sharma edits <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pratik: A Quarterly Magazine of Contemporary Writing.</em></p></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-85921187697298655242023-10-16T07:44:00.005-07:002023-10-16T08:02:40.556-07:00Brownstone Poets on Zoom presents John F. McMullen, Kathleen Ossip, Yuyutsu Sharma, Sat, October 28 at 2 p.m. ET<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Brownstone Poets on Zoom presents John F. McMullen, Kathleen Ossip, Yuyutsu Sharma, Sat, October 28 at 2 p.m. ET</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; left: 0px; line-height: 18px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; z-index: 1;"><span class="sep" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Posted on </span><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-presents-john-f-mcmullen-kathleen-ossip-yuyutsu-sharma-sat-october-28-at-2-p-m-et/" rel="bookmark" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="2:26 pm">October 16, 2023</a></div></header><div class="entry-content" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #373737; counter-reset: footnotes 0; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 1.625em 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6822" data-attachment-id="6822" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"1696120579","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg" data-orig-size="1080,1080" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-presents-john-f-mcmullen-kathleen-ossip-yuyutsu-sharma-sat-october-28-at-2-p-m-et/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288/" height="1080" sizes="(max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg 1080w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/e11fd732-0fd1-4dba-a3a4-128136df7288.jpeg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1080" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Brownstone Poets on Zoom Presents on Sat, October 28at 2 pm ET.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">John F. McMullen</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathleen Ossip</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Yuyutsu Sharma</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. 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For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://facebook.com/events/s/brownstone-poets-john-mcmullen/672553177951359/?mibextid=RQdjqZ" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;">https://fb.me/e/3LFvC7pnS</a></p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Bios:</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6820" data-attachment-id="6820" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="download-1" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg" data-orig-size="938,938" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-presents-john-f-mcmullen-kathleen-ossip-yuyutsu-sharma-sat-october-28-at-2-p-m-et/download-1-8/" height="938" sizes="(max-width: 938px) 100vw, 938px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg?w=938" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg 938w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/download-1.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="938" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">John F. McMullen,</strong> <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“johnmac the bard</em>”, is the Poet Laureate of the Town of Yorktown, NY, a graduate of Iona College (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">BA – English Literature</em>), the holder of two Masters degrees from Marist College (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">MSCS – Information Systems & MPA – Criminal Justice</em>), a member of the American Academy of Poets, Poets & Writers, the Hudson Valley Writers Center, the Mahopac & Yorktown Poetry Workshops and the Mahopac Writers Group, the author of over 2,500 columns and articles and ten books, eight of which are collections of poetry, and is the host of a weekly Internet Radio Show (<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">over 300 shows to date</em>). Links to the recordings of all radio shows as well as information on Poet Laureate activities is available at <a href="http://www.johnmac13.com/" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">www.johnmac13.com</strong></a>.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6824" data-attachment-id="6824" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="ossep" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg" data-orig-size="1325,1325" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-presents-john-f-mcmullen-kathleen-ossip-yuyutsu-sharma-sat-october-28-at-2-p-m-et/ossep/" height="1325" sizes="(max-width: 1325px) 100vw, 1325px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg 1325w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/ossep.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1325" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Kathleen Ossip’s</strong> books of poetry include <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">July</em>, one of NPR’s best books of 2021; <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Do-Over</em>, a New York Times Editors’ Choice; <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Cold War</em>, one of Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2011; <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Search Engine</em>, selected by Derek Walcott for the American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Prize. She has also published two chapbooks, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cinephrastics</em> and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Little Poems</em>. Her poems have appeared widely in such publications as <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Washington Post, The Best American Poetry, The Best American Magazine Writing, The New York Review of Books, The Nation, The New Republic, The New Statesman, The Believer, Poetry, The Paris Review, Poetry London, </em>and <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Poetry Review</em>. She teaches at Princeton University and at The New School. She has been a fellow at Harvard University’s Radcliffe Institute.</p><figure class="wp-block-image size-large" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><a href="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg" style="border: 0px; color: #1982d1; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-line: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-6826" data-attachment-id="6826" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-caption="" data-image-description="" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}" data-image-title="sharmayuyutsu-01" data-large-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=584" data-medium-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=300" data-orig-file="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg" data-orig-size="1500,1383" data-permalink="https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/2023/10/16/brownstone-poets-on-zoom-presents-john-f-mcmullen-kathleen-ossip-yuyutsu-sharma-sat-october-28-at-2-p-m-et/sharmayuyutsu-01/" height="1383" loading="lazy" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" src="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=1024" srcset="https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=1024 1024w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg 1500w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=150 150w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=300 300w, https://patriciacarragon8.files.wordpress.com/2023/10/sharmayuyutsu-01.jpg?w=768 768w" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" width="1500" /></a></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recipient of fellowships and grants from The Rockefeller Foundation, Ireland Literature Exchange, Trubar Foundation, Slovenia, The Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature and The Foundation for the Production and Translation of Dutch Literature<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">, Yuyutsu Sharma</strong> is a world-renowned Himalayan poet and translator. He is one of the few poets in the world who make their living with poetry. Named as “The world-renowned Himalayan poet,” “One-Man Academy” and “Himalayan Neruda,” he is a vibrant force on the world poetry stage. He has published eleven poetry collections including, <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lost Horoscope: New Poems, The Second Buddha Walk, A Blizzard in my Bones: New York Poems, Quaking Cantos: Nepal Earthquake Poems, Nepal Trilogy, Space Cake, Amsterdam,</em> and<em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Annapurna Poems.</em> Half the year, he travels and reads all over the world and conducts Creative Writing workshops at various universities in North America and Europe but goes trekking in the Himalayas when back home. Currently, Yuyutsu Sharma edits <em style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pratik: A Quarterly Magazine of Contemporary Writing.</em></p></div>Brown-stone Poetshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16222289879634524320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7582932742879319750.post-31669999484519913992023-10-05T13:41:00.005-07:002023-10-07T04:36:05.639-07:00Spoken Word Competition 2023, Sunday October 15 from 3 pm to 7 pm<p> </p><header class="entry-header" style="background-color: white; color: #373737; font-family: "Libre Franklin", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px auto; width: 584.266px;"><h1 class="entry-title" style="border: 0px; clear: both; color: black; font-size: 36px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 48px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 15px 0px 0.3em; vertical-align: baseline;">Spoken Word Competition 2023, Sunday October 15 from 3 pm to 7 pm</h1><div class="entry-meta" style="border: 0px; 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Bremner</em></strong>.<strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Thank you, Amos White V. A special thanks to David Dephy for mentioning my name to Amos.</strong></p><hr class="wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity" style="background-color: #cccccc; border: 0px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 1.625em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; max-width: 100px; opacity: 1; width: 100px;" /><figure class="wp-block-image" style="margin: 0px 0px 1em;"><img alt="" class="wp-image-35697" src="https://theartistsforum.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/spoken-word-competition-2023-finalists-v2-x1-1024x1024.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); box-sizing: border-box; height: auto; max-width: 100%; padding: 6px; vertical-align: bottom;" /></figure><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE ARTISTS FORUM </strong>is proud to announce the finalists for this year’s <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SPOKEN WORD COMPETITION</strong>, featuring works highlighting our 2023 Competition Theme – <strong style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">THE BODY POLITICAL</strong>.</p><div class="wordads-ad-wrapper" style="border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 11px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; letter-spacing: 1px; line-height: normal; margin: 25px auto; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 584.266px;"><div class="wordads-ad" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px auto; max-width: 580px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 300px;"><div class="wordads-ad-controls" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 5px 0px 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: right; vertical-align: baseline;"></div></div></div><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Finalists are (in no particular order):</p><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Bears with Bananas and Bubbles in their Boxers” by Lee Campbell (UK)<br />“Blood Howls” by Shelby Renee Montevirgen (US)<br />“I Choose Hope” by Bertrand Momo (US)<br />“Mush / Poltiglia (paper-men)” by Luca Giuliani (Italy)<br />“Broken” by Sven Stears (United Kingdom)<br />“The Society in Which We Live In” by Kendra Marstall (US) & Sierra Marstall (US)<br />“Verse for a Second Childhood” by Alexis Krasilovsky (US)<br />“Subtleties of Shanghai” by Angela Kong (China)<br />“Together” by Marco Espirito Santo (Portugal) & Del Reginato (Portugal)<br />“Bone Ladies” by Maggie Rose (US) & Dan Preston (US)<br />“On the Other Side” by Ryan E. 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Bremner</strong></h2><p style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1.625em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">R. Bremner has written of incense, peppermints, and the color of time since the ’70s and featured in International Poetry Review, Poets Online, Paterson Literary Review, Red Wheelbarrow, Sigmund Freud in Poetry, Quarterday Review, and 1979’s Passaic Review (alongside Allen Ginsberg). 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<h1 class="wp-block-heading">Reminder:</h1><h1 class="wp-block-heading">Brownstone Poets Presents Nancy Mercado, Dimitri Reyes, Felix Guzman on Sat, September 30 at 2 pm ET</h1>
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<p> You are invited from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET, the last Saturday of the month, for our next installment of Brownstone Poets with our rockstar features:</p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NMercad0?__cft__[0]=AZWHOZhoANLt02E1D_4AsYU6tY0EKCnuxmjjeZTFxtKOLFqUQ2inpCJZyrJ1LQs_QX1ptUI1OXu0T-p9zFd-dksofuc_Vt5DBPOdNfTn8rzUW_rFVWfTd4QWeHoIVXNxojx16rnmcIB8fKjXi5gx3ZUh4IzwhBRBTffr2u-tBbGDQw&__tn__=-]K-R">Nancy Mercado</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/dimitri.reyes.507?__cft__[0]=AZWHOZhoANLt02E1D_4AsYU6tY0EKCnuxmjjeZTFxtKOLFqUQ2inpCJZyrJ1LQs_QX1ptUI1OXu0T-p9zFd-dksofuc_Vt5DBPOdNfTn8rzUW_rFVWfTd4QWeHoIVXNxojx16rnmcIB8fKjXi5gx3ZUh4IzwhBRBTffr2u-tBbGDQw&__tn__=-]K-R">Dimitri Reyes</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/felixguzman81?__cft__[0]=AZWHOZhoANLt02E1D_4AsYU6tY0EKCnuxmjjeZTFxtKOLFqUQ2inpCJZyrJ1LQs_QX1ptUI1OXu0T-p9zFd-dksofuc_Vt5DBPOdNfTn8rzUW_rFVWfTd4QWeHoIVXNxojx16rnmcIB8fKjXi5gx3ZUh4IzwhBRBTffr2u-tBbGDQw&__tn__=-]K-R">Felix Guzman</a></p>
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<p>Plus a limited (3-minute) open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays for our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.</p>
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<p>Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early.</p>
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<p><a></a>Please follow these instructions:</p>
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<p>Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: <a href="https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F3bkqFmO%3Ffbclid%3DIwAR0hT3mnapITySqSRslGdWIhF6LpV8oztyOfzXjf6T5Qs9CmrQ7WdxNiLRQ&h=AT3URe7bqVcp9m5mBuI_5pbnDSWv-hbCF3-f49p5IxyBGScaZl6wE6tdN-w-dPA0-Z58fv0KXiMUgvAV3c-vfdxZ4L_LRwgTEnpjbgYzlWIw4C3er8FKQyNcwbUmJzvtTZOEXhc&__tn__=-UK-R&c[0]=AT3Nd8zywm7NAk8DG0vkJbQ3Axu4XqVDinExekbE9oNvCwhqtaGDNX05tsPTrVkkITe_5IKWKUZGOfnbO4_XfNbqrK5uRGV0gzBKVuT_2779jXPAL-i_ReuQUtQFGBD56ZCGc_VfY-0Y1AsBtRvzJF0FKXkSOGx_z-VrT-x3_AYHFFZ552TiNQ" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO</a></p>
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<p>(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)</p>
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<p>Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting:</p>
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<p>Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.</p>
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<p>Looking forward to seeing you at our September edition! For your convenience, here is the link to our Facebook event page:</p>
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<p><a href="https://fb.me/e/3LFvC7pnS">https://fb.me/e/3LFvC7pnS</a></p>
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<p>Bios:</p>
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<p>Nancy Mercado</p>
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<p>Recently nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize, Nancy Mercado received the American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement presented by the Before Columbus Foundation. She was named one of 200 living individuals who best embody the work and spirit of Frederick Douglass on the occasion of his bicentennial, by The Frederick Douglass Family Initiatives and the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. Mercado is the guest editor for Konch Magazine’s, <em>Remembering Miguel Algarín: A Celebration</em> and editor of the first Nuyorican Women Writers Anthology published in <em>Voices</em> <em>e/Magazine,</em> Hunter College-CUNY. She authored: <em>It Concerns the Madness</em> (Long Shot), <em>Las Tres Hermanas</em> (Casita Maria), and edited <em>if the world were mine</em> (Independent publication). Among the many places she has featured are: the University of Nantes, France, Joe’s The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, and (by invitation from the renowned Cuban poet Roberto Fernández Retamar), Casa de las Americas, Havana Cuba. For more information go to: <a href="http://nancy—mercado.com">nancy—mercado.com</a></p>
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<p>Dimitri Reyes </p>
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<p>Dimitri Reyes is a Boricua multidisciplinary artist, YouTuber, and educator from Newark, New Jersey. Dimitri's book, <em>Every First and Fifteenth</em> (2021) is the winner of the Digging Press 2020 Chapbook Award, his poetry journal, <em>Shadow Work for Poets</em> (2022) is now available on Amazon, and his third book, <em>Papi Pichón</em> was published this Summer by Get Fresh Books. Some of his work has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net and you can find more of his writing in <em>Poem-a-Day, Vinyl, Kweli,</em> & <em>Acentos.</em> He is the Marketing & Communications Director at CavanKerry Press. Learn more about Dimitri by visiting his website at <a href="https://www.dimitrireyespoet.com/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">https://www.dimitrireyespoet.com/</a></p>
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<p>Felix Guzman </p>
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<p>Poet, community organizer and advocate, Felix Guzman is the author of three chapbooks, <em>Savage Garden Concrete Jungle: A Chapbook to Remember Me By</em>, <em>Shakur&Bronte&Hughes&Angelou&Shakespeare: Under the Influence</em> and <em>Scars: A Love Letter to Yesterday</em>. Felix has an upcoming full length poetry collection, <em>You Hold Space, You Have Value, You Are Loved!</em></p>
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