Poetry Reading
Emily Dickinson Museum Sponsors Poetry Reading May 7 at 6:30 pm (EST)
The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst Massachusetts is sponsoring a poetry reading with some excellent poets. You can view this by going to the Amherst Media Website:
http://161.77.57.225/CablecastPublic
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They are broadcasting Arts Night Out from 5 to 8 pm. View the reading with the Emily Dickinson Museum from 6:30 to 7:30 EST
New Book of Poems: Crater & Tower
Duck Lake Books is publishing tomorrow a wonderful new book by Cheryl J. Fish, Crater & Tower.
In 2010, Fish attended the Pulse Gathering of Scientists at Mount St. Helen’s Volcanic National Monument where in 1980 the crater erupted blowing more than 1,000 feetfrom the mountain top.
This accomplished poet and scholar, having witnessed the terrifying events of September 11, 2001 from a few blocks away as a resident and professor at a nearby community college, melded the “smoke and ash at both places, fragments of bone and rock,shock and death” (1) into the poems in Crater & Tower.
Below are links to this book:
Tower-Cheryl-J-Fish/dp/1943900434
Author Stuff
I am spending a lot of time in pre–publishing author stuff, like writing bios, getting endorsement blurbs, looking at cover designs. I’m happy to have the opportunity to publish, but miss my creative time. Does anyone have the same experience?
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Zoom Poetry Reading
- In conjunction with the Emily Dickinson Museum and the Florence Poets Society, I will be doing a reading, with several other poets, from recent work and my new book, Touch My Head Softly (Finishing Line Press, 2021) on Thursday, May 7 at 6:30 pm. If you are interested in attending, send me a message and I will send you the link.
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A Seguidilla Poem
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i 
posted this Seguidilla, a Spanish seven line syllabic poem with the syllable counts. Someone suggested I post it without the syllable counts, so here it is:
Renewal
Two oak trees bare their branches
Fractured by moon bright
ice on a lakefront ripples
Clouds capture the light
With glittering gem
Leafless solitary stems
I wander alone
Has anyone else tried this form?
Motivating Writing at Home
- What motivates you to write at home? I have been trying different things. My latest as a poet is exploring different forms, like the Seguidilla. This is a verse form from Spain of seven syllable counted lines (7,5,7,5,5, 7 5.) Between the second and the fourth there’s a rhyme and the fifth and the seventh. Here’s my attempt at a Seguidilla:
Renewal
Two oak trees bare their branches (7)
Coupled by their height (5)
ice on a lakefront ripples (7)
Clouds capture moonlight (5)
With glittering gems (5)
Leafless solitary stems (7)
I wander alone (5)
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Einstein on Isolation
Although I am a typical loner in my daily life, my awareness of belonging to the invisible community of those who strive for truth, beauty, and justice has prevented me from feelings of isolation. ==Albert Einstein
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Today is World Poetry Day 2020
- So read a poem.
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Writing at Home
- I’m used to writing in coffee shops, libraries and writing groups. But all of that is gone. So I am spring cleaning a room at home to make it ready to write. What are you doing?
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Eileen P. Kennedy Author 