“We’re all islands shouting lies to each other across seas of misunderstanding.”
― The Light That Failed
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Publications
Marcel Duchamp on Creativity
What Does Beat Mean?
A publisher recently asked me what I meant by “beat.”
The word beat comes from “beat” as in music. The beat poets often performed in conjunction with instruments. “Beat” also means defeated and “beat” as in beatify means to make blessed. What do you think beat poetry means?
The Third War Was for the Words
“The third war was for the words: written, spoken, whispered.” Holly Karapetkova
I wonder how often we fight over words. Politicians and lawyers argue over the words used in laws that will determine inhibitions to our behaviour. And what of the privileged language? The one that is used, say English, over others, where not everyone speaks the privileged language. And what about dialects within that privileged language. The British caste system of upper middle class dialect versus cockney.
What do you think about the war of words?
“Gathering the Light” Reading July 29 at the A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton, MA
The Gallery of Readers will present four poets, including Jonathan Wright and Eileen Kennedy, at 7 pm on Friday, July 29 at the A.P.E. Gallery in Northampton, MA. This reading is in conjunction with the exhibit “Gathering of Light.” Join us.
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Voice for Resistance Reading
Voices for Resistance Reading Monday June 4 at 7 pm at the Forbes Library Coolidge Museum, Northampton, MA
Features Martin Espada, Nicole M. Young, the Nields, with Maria Jose Gimenez, Lauren Marie Schmidt, Eileen P. Kennedy, Ellen LaFleche, Dina Friedman, Christopher J. Sparks and Theresa Vincent. An open mic will be available for readers who come by 6:45 pm.
Free to Attend. Open to the Public.
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The Quabbin Writers Will Read Saturday in Amherst
The Quabbin Writers Salon will read on Saturday April 21 in the Amherst Room of the Jones Library in Amherst at 3 pm from their anthology, Microbursts. Come join us.
Mass Poetry “Poem of the Moment”
I am very grateful that Mass Poetry has used one of my poems for “Poem of the Moment.” It will be up until April 17. Check it out:
Join Straw Dogs Writers Guild at a Reading of Compass Roads on Sat. April 14 at 4 pm
Silkworm 11 Is Open for Submissions
Silkworm, the annual review of Florence Poets Society, is open for submissions! You are invited to submit your poems to be considered for Silkworm 11–The Eleventh Hour to be published in fall 2018.
Please submit up to 3 poems of no longer than 50 lines each on the theme of “the eleventh hour.” The theme may or may not be taken literally. Deadline for submissions is April 15, 2018.
Please include a 30-word bio with your submission. Only electronic submissions will be accepted, as an MS Word document attached in an email sent to info@florencepoets.com. There is no fee to submit your poems for consideration. Members and non-members of Florence Poets Society are encouraged to submit. Please visit their website for more information: www.florencepoets.com
Simultaneous submissions are acceptable so long as you inform them right away if your poem is accepted elsewhere. They claim first American publication rights, with rights reverting to the author after the initial publication period; please give us credit in future publications. We prefer work that has not been previously published.
Submissions from within the United States that are accepted for publication will receive a contributors copy of Silkworm 11. For international submissions that are accepted for publication in Silkworm 11, we reserve the option to send contributors an electronic PDF copy rather than a print copy. This is because of the high cost of international postage. Florence Poets Society does not and never will require a fee for submissions.
They look forward to reading your poems!
Eileen P. Kennedy Author 