Category: announcement

Second Poet Laureate Of The Blogosphere

“National Poetry Month is April and it’s now up to the members of Poetisphere and Poets101.com to decide how the process will be run this year.

In the meantime, let’s get busy nominating. If you know of a blogging poet who meets the following rules then please feel free to leave that poet’s name and complete URL in the comments below. As only Poetisphere members may leave comments, those who are not members may e-mail your submissions to… idleblogs (AT) yahoo.com… [or] e-mail them to another Poetisphere member.”
(I’d be happy to relay your nominations.)

Reading / News

Hello all,

I will be reading this Saturday, March 18 2006 at 7:00pm at Communitas (201 Sabine Ave. Narberth, PA). I hope to see you there!

Also, I was a finalist in the Mad Poets Society contest for my poem “Life on a Beautiful Day” which will be published in the upcoming issue of Mad Poets Review (late summer/early fall).

And three of my artworks will be featured in the most recent issue of Philadelphia Stories (out this week): two wax collages and a water color (below).

Playing favorites

Katy and I decided to write down our lists of 3 favorite poems & 3 favorite poets as part of our correspondence on Poetship. I, however, couldn’t narrow down my list of poems to three, so below are my favorite four; to read more about them check out the post on Poetship. (And of course, I had to add “runner-ups” to my list of poets…) And please let us know what you think; who/what would be on your lists?

Last Drop Reading

Here are a couple of pictures from Friday’s reading, and a link to the event’s review in Philly Future:
http://www.phillyfuture.org/node/2676


(with Jaz, left, and Autumn, seated)

And here’s what was on the menu:

the Word Verification contest

My dear friend Katy has launched a very interesting, witty and challenging contest: to use the “words (or randomly generated combinations of letters) from the word verification feature on Blogger” listed on her blog in a poem. So, check it out, and good luck if you dare!

February Reading

I will be reading on Friday, February 10, 2006 at 7:30 pm, with Jaz, a local singer, poet and songwriter, at the Last Drop, 1300 Pine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107. The reading is presented by the Mad Poets Society, and hosted by Autumn Konopka.

An open reading will follow. Bring your poems! For further information about this event or the Mad Poets Society, contact Eileen D’Angelo at 610-586-9318, email: madpoets@comcast.net or check the website: www.madpoetssociety.com.

PO´ET`SHIP

The wonderful Katy and I have been corresponding for a little over a month now via email, indulging in “poetic theory and grumblings about life”, and have finally begun the “pseudo-publication of our e-lationship as poets and compadres” (as Katy so aptly put it) on a new blog called Poetship. So why don’t you check it out? I hope you enjoy it, and please don’t hesitate to share your thoughts on any of the subjects raised… And happy new year to all!