tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43434183218903171732024-03-13T04:44:16.854-04:00Cruellest Month Poetry and Performance FestivalEach April, Poetry in the Community presents free poetry performances and offers a month-long series of activities in virtual and physical spaces, with participation by local poets, local literary organizations, and poetry lovers and supporters. Join us for a month-long series of events that will put Baltimore on the map showing an impressive array of poetic talent on the East Coast of the United States of the Poetic Mind.minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-8936925105724158032013-04-09T17:28:00.001-04:002013-04-09T17:28:42.054-04:008th Annual Cruellest Month Poetry and Performance Festival<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/8632396765/in/set-72157633208751012/" title="DPP_1960" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8528/8632396765_85e710e1e8_s.jpg" alt="DPP_1960" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/8629869037/in/set-72157633208751012/" title="DPP_1678" style="display: block; 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Poetry in Community and Ink Press Productions present</div>
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8th Annual Cruellest Month</div>
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Poetry & Performance Festival</div>
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April 6, 2013 11am until 3pm </div>
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Waverly Branch–Enoch Pratt Free Library</div>
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Waverly Branch–Enoch Pratt Free Library </div>
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poetryincommunity@gmail.com</div>
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margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7473643694/in/set-72157630363204304/" title="IMG_2481" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8147/7473643694_70fa951bf7_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2481" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7473911716/in/set-72157630363204304/" title="IMG_2482" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7271/7473911716_e441a0bd1d_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2482" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7473647880/in/set-72157630363204304/" title="IMG_2483" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8166/7473647880_c87ab79919_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2483" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7473908100/in/set-72157630363204304/" title="IMG_2484" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8141/7473908100_187ca7cbf6_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2484" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/sets/72157630363204304/">April 28, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>On April 28th, Poetry in the Community and the Waverly Library sent off National Poetry Month with a FREE poetry reading and performance featuring members of the local literary community and members of Waverly and surrounding neighborhoods. Special performance by Outside the Box, an interactive exploration of the Elements of Music through beatboxing, lead by Max Bent, Waverly resident and Young Audiences of Maryland Teaching Artist An open mic for our audience members will follow. Also featured were dramatic performances from Magus Magnus’ Idylls for a Bare Stage.</p>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-87428695406196662352012-06-26T21:23:00.001-04:002012-06-26T21:23:14.103-04:00April 26, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7451239296/in/set-72157630306487996/" title="IMG_2299" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8165/7451239296_8652286fd5_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2299" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7451576790/in/set-72157630306487996/" title="IMG_2271" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7112/7451576790_d89716bdbe_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2271" style="border:none; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7451525498/in/set-72157630306487996/" title="IMG_2301" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7451525498_d3793f0a3c_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2301" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/sets/72157630306487996/">April 26, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>Village Learning Place <br />2521 Saint Paul Street, 21218-4607<br /><br />Just in time for prom season, a Poetic Formal. Poets and listeners came in their best (or worst) formal wear for a reading of form poems—from the traditional to the twisted. Poets Shirley Brewer, Clarinda Harriss, Bruce Sager, and Laura Shovan chaperoned an evening of glorious ghazals, sumptuous sestinas, tasty triolets, and seductive sonnets. </p>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-4675929465058992732012-06-22T22:37:00.001-04:002012-06-22T22:37:43.056-04:00April 17, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7422842872/in/set-72157630244339362/" title="SAM_2523" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5463/7422842872_68d2c1aa55_s.jpg" alt="SAM_2523" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7422838326/in/set-72157630244339362/" title="SAM_2521" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; 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padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7132/7422898894_2786a16320_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2265" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7422901360/in/set-72157630244339362/" title="IMG_2263" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5234/7422901360_9a62e1f3fa_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2263" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7422903726/in/set-72157630244339362/" title="IMG_2259" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5342/7422903726_ef5910f53d_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2259" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7422906212/in/set-72157630244339362/" title="IMG_2257" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5459/7422906212_6e7928249a_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2257" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7422909296/in/set-72157630244339362/" title="IMG_2256" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7128/7422909296_cffc5371b8_s.jpg" alt="IMG_2256" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/sets/72157630244339362/">April 17, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-73611860007760466982012-06-04T18:34:00.001-04:002012-06-04T18:34:09.828-04:00National Library Week and CruMoPoPerFest at the Village Learning Place<div style="padding: 0; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/sets/72157630052730564/">April 12, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>The Village Learning Place is growing our local and small press collection!<br />Self-published and micro-published works are vital to the library community. They exhibit subject matter often overlooked by larger publishing companies, and provide a platform for local authors to present their works. We are gathering local materials for our catalog including: small-press-issued graphic novels and poetry, self-published cookbooks, zines, memoirs, niche non-fiction, local history, and university press research and literature. It is our goal to use this historic neighborhood venue to showcase the works of local authors and artists.<br /></p>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-83778695069442898482012-06-02T11:19:00.001-04:002012-06-02T11:19:22.579-04:00April 5, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7320445574/in/set-72157630012617112/" title="SAM_2297" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8154/7320445574_50ed65da6d_s.jpg" alt="SAM_2297" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7320482886/in/set-72157630012617112/" title="SAM_2245" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7080/7320482886_d9370794a4_s.jpg" alt="SAM_2245" style="border:none; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7320718656/in/set-72157630012617112/" title="IMG_1887" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8143/7320718656_01c31ac6dd_s.jpg" alt="IMG_1887" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/sets/72157630012617112/">April 5, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>April 5: PoetryInBaltimore.com claims poetry is a haven from modern life chaos and cures disconnection. Julie Fisher will host an evening of poets who brandish their poems, wave them as banners, shine their poems’ benevolence upon us, and, above all, bequeath poems to us in all their Baltimore-ness. Featuring: Elizabeth Smith, Chris “Batworth” Ciattei, Slangston Hughes, Temple, Deanna Nikaido, and Bruce Jacobs. Starts at 6:30 PM.</p>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-87184453321005905622012-06-02T09:47:00.001-04:002012-06-02T09:47:50.270-04:00April 1, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest<div style="padding: 0; overflow: hidden; margin: 0; width: 500px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7317919240/in/set-72157630011483846/" title="SAM_2231" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7244/7317919240_d6db4a59b3_s.jpg" alt="SAM_2231" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7317424938/in/set-72157630011483846/" title="IMG_1659" style="display: block; padding: 0 10px 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7095/7317424938_7837465209_s.jpg" alt="IMG_1659" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; 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margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/7317377132/in/set-72157630011483846/" title="IMG_1685" style="display: block; padding: 0 0 10px 0; width: 75px; height: 75px; float: left;"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7230/7317377132_ab2be9bbc2_s.jpg" alt="IMG_1685" style="border:none; margin: 0; padding: 0; width: 75px; height: 75px;"/></a><br clear="all"/></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 5px"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/buddhakowski/sets/72157630011483846/">April 1, 2012 CruMoPoPerFest</a>, a set on Flickr.</p></div><p>Each April, during National Poetry Month, the Baltimore-based organization Poetry in Community—along with local literary organizations, publishers, and poets—sponsors a free community-centric festival with readings, performances, free poetry distribution, public poetry displays, and more. Readings are hosted by a diverse group of poets and literary organizations and are held in venues that support community sustainability. Open mic is featured at each event to encourage new and emerging talent to make their presence known.<br /></p>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-1588301747469075312012-04-11T09:10:00.000-04:002012-04-11T09:10:23.430-04:00Poetry in Community's New Publication: Voices & Visions<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHcstp1z3aRGboDFWdtbTlPry8YDSqEuxyNXffNyp9FkMdpSbaF8EyYqGo43XoKgaegC0IBqnFdO9R3Bbd1mAGfzgO3fFz3R_6x3TdaKsMCXnMXZ-HG3gZ_GvaiHxw0dVEHTCYiTiN5I/s1600/pic+1+cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" qda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimHcstp1z3aRGboDFWdtbTlPry8YDSqEuxyNXffNyp9FkMdpSbaF8EyYqGo43XoKgaegC0IBqnFdO9R3Bbd1mAGfzgO3fFz3R_6x3TdaKsMCXnMXZ-HG3gZ_GvaiHxw0dVEHTCYiTiN5I/s320/pic+1+cover.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Perpetua", "serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Poetry in Community teamed up with <a href="http://wwwnew.towson.edu/english/3%20-%20Faculty%20Information/bwarner_000.htm">Benjamin Warner</a>, who currently teaches at Towson University, for our very first literary collaboration. Ben is also the leader of a poetry writing workshop at <a href="http://www.communityministrymc.org/Community%20Vision/index.htm"><span style="color: windowtext;"><span style="color: #45818e;">Community Vision</span></span></a>, which </span><span style="font-family: "Perpetua", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">provides daily services critical to the safety and well being of homeless men and women in Montgomery County. Community Vision is designed to provide support, advocacy, education and training for the homeless in Montgomery County; with the goal of empowering clients to obtain independence and self- sufficiency.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Perpetua", "serif"; font-size: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">This is the first publication in the Poetry in Community Series, which is dedicated to the work and people in poetry workshops and programs that benefit underserved and under-represented communities. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-26144319589775342222012-04-07T18:18:00.002-04:002012-04-07T18:22:07.459-04:00Poem Walk 2012 Number 5, "Relocation Fascicles" by Alan Ramon Cintron<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu8xfWlvagueEU9C5VgTNcqaJnu4iJZgLDnHrcO4YDZTp7VKY6-QOGUIrCrbgI_bRHXQmTtqGmuMHXl70RaW3j6alGzbQsMCrHXI-_tkv0d_BKQT3-aXkQnNtFFyvhbJoX4u5PJE8VL4D/s1600/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnu8xfWlvagueEU9C5VgTNcqaJnu4iJZgLDnHrcO4YDZTp7VKY6-QOGUIrCrbgI_bRHXQmTtqGmuMHXl70RaW3j6alGzbQsMCrHXI-_tkv0d_BKQT3-aXkQnNtFFyvhbJoX4u5PJE8VL4D/s320/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728787591785911666" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMJ1IViKw5b8wAqTlNsWJUw_8mDDbkte4cEP0i83vPWl0Ku_xckmXlb3bo8pITA4FS2DbHz6qfVdfEstTUaRR5bBap7KoFhurIbeDfy6YsXsF3yNCUSeuaaE27qeegFLK10MZOIzQikq3/s1600/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmMJ1IViKw5b8wAqTlNsWJUw_8mDDbkte4cEP0i83vPWl0Ku_xckmXlb3bo8pITA4FS2DbHz6qfVdfEstTUaRR5bBap7KoFhurIbeDfy6YsXsF3yNCUSeuaaE27qeegFLK10MZOIzQikq3/s320/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728787587946418722" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtrNrojB8pVjPIg3X3jPKl9sg-BuMNP2-gHnDJQ0j5Ku39iFUWXqE__KNhnojWPNS4RSxO0nuX5U5tfUYtcNiYLtYJALN1pQy-vQDiGdJU2v8Y-eE-uXwbEyGC96hk5P1dxx3pDyojxyC/s1600/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMtrNrojB8pVjPIg3X3jPKl9sg-BuMNP2-gHnDJQ0j5Ku39iFUWXqE__KNhnojWPNS4RSxO0nuX5U5tfUYtcNiYLtYJALN1pQy-vQDiGdJU2v8Y-eE-uXwbEyGC96hk5P1dxx3pDyojxyC/s320/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728787582067135858" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfkQrB0dNwi6SafslcCSHndavt_nrzTm3xWQpga_0Zp0Bdvi68VQFgSg1jv4E3HAxxHpoxFu6pBqpZ4W7gNvPLm2t5cOJPUvr3ap_TxeB5W4q5i5QGa_jf_Mi0Y5GgAE8kP0y8VXxF09M/s1600/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTfkQrB0dNwi6SafslcCSHndavt_nrzTm3xWQpga_0Zp0Bdvi68VQFgSg1jv4E3HAxxHpoxFu6pBqpZ4W7gNvPLm2t5cOJPUvr3ap_TxeB5W4q5i5QGa_jf_Mi0Y5GgAE8kP0y8VXxF09M/s320/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728787580012314994" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OoZe4Nn7jAqCd76em1GNdLfluF-3DSL3LndWmd5M3FGsi3PrGeFrBefm_KFHH6OCuE1KI4QsVhrTK38yhh42HJd3MbQRGWyxBwZYBncGL3mXM2U9sfvHcHNIJCazkZWzotNjZ7lAigaf/s1600/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-OoZe4Nn7jAqCd76em1GNdLfluF-3DSL3LndWmd5M3FGsi3PrGeFrBefm_KFHH6OCuE1KI4QsVhrTK38yhh42HJd3MbQRGWyxBwZYBncGL3mXM2U9sfvHcHNIJCazkZWzotNjZ7lAigaf/s320/PW2012_Cintron_Normals_5_5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728787599050571666" /></a><br />At Normals Bookstore. <br />http://www.normals.com/<br />425 East 31st Street<br />Baltimore, Maryland 21218minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-85637112147463317872012-04-07T18:16:00.001-04:002012-04-07T18:18:31.412-04:00Poem Walk 2012 Number 13, "In Between" by Joe Stewart<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEch9A-8dJY2eB-QI5WCDP8Ir9-QyoEcR3SjP18LNyc7R1bsljCeJyccgF1apYY8bB3hhL-FnAHShH85-Y_TNONzvYP_QjzKvbQWfsjADqlEglTo3J4Oxv6oqzS2Nd9YLaxe53asjcJwME/s1600/PW2012_Stewart_Abell13_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEch9A-8dJY2eB-QI5WCDP8Ir9-QyoEcR3SjP18LNyc7R1bsljCeJyccgF1apYY8bB3hhL-FnAHShH85-Y_TNONzvYP_QjzKvbQWfsjADqlEglTo3J4Oxv6oqzS2Nd9YLaxe53asjcJwME/s320/PW2012_Stewart_Abell13_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728786617954616002" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8gcLCcGZ5Ccjp9W7xpSWKuFJwQT4xovw3FS8idHKt8_RAy9DRm8WV8drLz4SnQWTvnVW3pBVbeVz-hdXER9SUXnMaoMy4VH6OsRCCUVEkQnOji3yVvvE57Sq-DfgG7YMBxRr2OKSN41W/s1600/PW2012_Stewart_Abell13_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY8gcLCcGZ5Ccjp9W7xpSWKuFJwQT4xovw3FS8idHKt8_RAy9DRm8WV8drLz4SnQWTvnVW3pBVbeVz-hdXER9SUXnMaoMy4VH6OsRCCUVEkQnOji3yVvvE57Sq-DfgG7YMBxRr2OKSN41W/s320/PW2012_Stewart_Abell13_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728786614091987538" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi963qwFoKmfeBgbLixophl0RqyIodeCNc7L8rN3cabBjWXkKOAuxVkKjLVxIa7bGKzhk9KvufEVsDNJkWf2BYqy7U8orvp5O56KMcsFFFof05_zgCmDAqlt-d34tFyn_XcHXw8GSV8qrrV/s1600/PW2012_Stewart_Abell13_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi963qwFoKmfeBgbLixophl0RqyIodeCNc7L8rN3cabBjWXkKOAuxVkKjLVxIa7bGKzhk9KvufEVsDNJkWf2BYqy7U8orvp5O56KMcsFFFof05_zgCmDAqlt-d34tFyn_XcHXw8GSV8qrrV/s320/PW2012_Stewart_Abell13_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728786624230067634" /></a><br />On the community bulletin board, Abell and 32nd, in Charles Village.minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-57275238420815895672012-04-07T17:45:00.003-04:002012-04-07T17:52:04.169-04:00Poem Walk 2012 Number 1, "On Walden Pond" by Thom Hawkins<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIIyHGuc5VGomZlo_LY8u558QD9lO3KlWIgsDuqBPYNIJXB60q_Bt5VQBaXZ5MPOfdnG6yf-CCIULpWKyaxuwaEcMKgTQgG8CFDMAiRp40Lb2AV8jxRzVx9pOlubFbblFBA-gJWSV4NGC/s1600/PW2012_Hawkins_Tinges3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIIyHGuc5VGomZlo_LY8u558QD9lO3KlWIgsDuqBPYNIJXB60q_Bt5VQBaXZ5MPOfdnG6yf-CCIULpWKyaxuwaEcMKgTQgG8CFDMAiRp40Lb2AV8jxRzVx9pOlubFbblFBA-gJWSV4NGC/s320/PW2012_Hawkins_Tinges3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728779854067200514" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYrXhAXAt_t3b6w4pcS1MH0WHt-eFSm0RwMAbUcdwm6a4aYwAFTA3aLeOvYOru31gznK-s4cqGXO_W46M-xgXDfI7-37u0zjrhu_ETjntkuA_I4NbkS2_XEY1ecZn8yojrO_wVFExmYkF/s1600/PW2012_Hawkins_Tinges1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCYrXhAXAt_t3b6w4pcS1MH0WHt-eFSm0RwMAbUcdwm6a4aYwAFTA3aLeOvYOru31gznK-s4cqGXO_W46M-xgXDfI7-37u0zjrhu_ETjntkuA_I4NbkS2_XEY1ecZn8yojrO_wVFExmYkF/s320/PW2012_Hawkins_Tinges1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728779117500685698" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWS9ueZNOx6cXF5yzu6BaXxkywbf6Xla61BwWlBpaT4VrqYxj-ZIfhJ_p9xwX53JAqPuOJJ_q2XYqQr2MZMzIBjFXVo8FNvPOS_1AxblWDMPCIemPct6YOk1hlIPzqeVVb-eWAVKU_85v/s1600/PW2012_Hawkins_Tinges2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoWS9ueZNOx6cXF5yzu6BaXxkywbf6Xla61BwWlBpaT4VrqYxj-ZIfhJ_p9xwX53JAqPuOJJ_q2XYqQr2MZMzIBjFXVo8FNvPOS_1AxblWDMPCIemPct6YOk1hlIPzqeVVb-eWAVKU_85v/s320/PW2012_Hawkins_Tinges2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5728779130320759634" /></a><br />On the corner of Frisby and 33rd, Tinges Common.minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-56218008045341355972012-04-07T10:51:00.001-04:002012-04-07T10:56:24.081-04:00Plugging for CruMoPoPerFest on Baltimore City Police TV<iframe src="http://www.ustream.tv/embed/recorded/21613682" width="608" height="368" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" style="border: 0px none transparent;"></iframe>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-71139761056092639162012-03-30T17:31:00.001-04:002012-03-30T17:35:09.404-04:00Poem Walk Map 2012Click on the pin to see where the poems are located. Each pin represents a Baltimore-area sponsor that is displaying one of the poets featured in this year's walk. Please visit the sponsor's website for hours of operations and let them know you are there to find a poem. <br /><br /><p><iframe src="http://batchgeo.com/map/bf54b72f99e7b81149ede78f1c295bd6" frameborder="0" width="100%" height="550" style="border:1px solid #aaa;border-radius:10px;"></iframe></p><p><small>View <a href="http://batchgeo.com/map/bf54b72f99e7b81149ede78f1c295bd6">Poem Walk 2012</a> in a full screen map</small></p>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-83346751832511118202012-03-30T14:53:00.001-04:002012-03-30T14:53:06.056-04:00Author Amok: It's Almost April -- Get Thee to Some Poetry Laura Shovan lists a number of events happening this month. Check it out:<br />
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<a href="http://authoramok.blogspot.com/2012/03/its-almost-april-get-thee-to-some.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+AuthorAmok+%28Author+Amok%29">Author Amok: It's Almost April -- Get Thee to Some Poetry</a>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-5344853104791982622012-03-23T20:56:00.000-04:002012-03-23T20:57:09.070-04:007th Annual CruMoPoPerFest! 9 Days to Go!7th Annual CruMoPoPerFest<br />(Cruellest Month Poetry & Performance Festival)<br /><br />Poetry in the Community presents the 7th Annual Cruellest Month Poetry and Performance Festival. This is poetry in performance; off the page; of, by, and for the community. Free for all ages. To kick things off:<br /><br />April 1: Poetry in the Community participates in the Waverly Main Street War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration. Starts at 12 PM. 3009 Greenmount Avenue, 21218 (St. John’s in the Village).<br /><br />***<br /><br />April continues with four nights of poetry at the Village Learning Place <br />2521 Saint Paul Street, 21218-4607. (410) 235-2210.<br /><br />April 5: PoetryInBaltimore.com claims poetry is a haven from modern life chaos and cures disconnection. Julie Fisher will host an evening of poets who brandish their poems, wave them as banners, shine their poems’ benevolence upon us, and, above all, bequeath poems to us in all their Baltimore-ness. Featuring: Elizabeth Smith, Chris “Batworth” Ciattei, Slangston Hughes, Temple, Deanna Nikaido, and Bruce Jacobs. Starts at 6:30 PM.<br /><br />April 12: Come to the Village Learning Place to celebrate National Library Week. We’re celebrating the unveiling of the new “Read the Small Print” collection, dedicated to local small-press writers. Enjoy a free evening of readings, performances, and refreshments in the Village Learning Place’s historic Charles Village library. Starts at 7:00 PM.<br /><br />April 17: Artichoke Haircut presents an editors feature, with readings by the makers of the magazine: Justin Sanders, Jonathan Gavazzi, Adam Shutz, and Melissa Street. Starts at 6:30 PM.<br /><br />April 26: Just in time for prom season, it’s a Poetic Formal. Come in your best (or worst) formal wear for a reading of form poems—from the traditional to the twisted. Poets Shirley Brewer, Clarinda Harriss, Bruce Sager, and Laura Shovan will be your chaperones and featured readers for an evening of glorious ghazals, sumptuous sestinas, tasty triolets, and seductive sonnets. Prizes will be awarded for formal wear, including: Worst Recycled Bridesmaid Dress, Best Blast from the Past, What Not to Wear, Best Accessories, Best Consignment Couture, and Crème de la Red Carpet. (Formal wear is optional.) Starts at 6:30 PM.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Baltimore’s National Poetry Month Celebration wraps up at the Waverly Library<br />Waverly Branch—Enoch Pratt Free Library: 400 East 33rd Street, Baltimore, MD 21218. (410) 396-6053<br /><br />April 28: The Waverly Library will host a free poetry reading and performance featuring members of the local literary community. Special performance by Outside the Box, an interactive exploration of the Elements of Music through beatboxing, lead by Max Bent, Waverly resident and Young Audiences of Maryland Teaching Artist. Also featured will be dramatic performances from Magus Magnus’ Idylls for a Bare Stage. Starts at 11:00 AM.<br /><br />For more information, go to: http://crumopoperfest.blogspot.com/ <br />Contact: Douglas Mowbray and Christophe Casamassima: poetryincommunity@gmail.comminorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-83795330054154603462012-03-20T21:27:00.001-04:002012-03-20T21:29:23.995-04:00April 12, 2012, Read the Small Print Reception and Reading<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cf_1Cm4IByD2hqfb8xOIR0_fNyBOrqv7_AfhJpBUdGe95LG5xx59mKI_Ti4MvKuSyMGJ9AKyDFpnH6hCqW6_OegalhbzjXC6zIDxWbfHyORcEVIyQ1vKd4aFVDEQ0iNbInN1cGCfWOMG/s1600/THE+POSTER%2521%2521%2521.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Cf_1Cm4IByD2hqfb8xOIR0_fNyBOrqv7_AfhJpBUdGe95LG5xx59mKI_Ti4MvKuSyMGJ9AKyDFpnH6hCqW6_OegalhbzjXC6zIDxWbfHyORcEVIyQ1vKd4aFVDEQ0iNbInN1cGCfWOMG/s320/THE+POSTER%2521%2521%2521.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5722156339433636514" /></a>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-66772184612195546322012-03-01T23:59:00.000-05:002012-03-01T23:59:35.383-05:00BLY | KASSUBE | “Wanting Sumptuous Heavens”<a href="http://www.motionpoems.com/?p=296">BLY | KASSUBE | “Wanting Sumptuous Heavens”</a>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-67313106709118944292012-02-11T16:02:00.002-05:002012-02-11T16:21:21.126-05:00The 7th Annual CruMoPoPerFestEach April, during National Poetry Month, the Baltimore-based organization Poetry in the Community — along with local literary organizations, publishers, and poets — sponsors a free community-centric festival with readings, performances, free poetry distribution, public poetry displays, and more. Readings are hosted by a diverse group of poets and literary organizations and are held in venues that support community sustainability. Open mic is featured at each event to encourage new and emerging talent to make their presence known.<br /><br /><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/171999202908703/">Poetry in the Community</a>, in partnership with the Village Learning Place, Waverly Main Street, Waverly Library, and PoetryinBaltimore.com, kick off National Poetry Month with a FREE reading and performance series celebrating the diverse literary talents of Baltimore’s best poets, writers and performers. A War of 1812 Commemoration, a day-long celebration of poetry on 33rd Street, and four nights of readings are hosted by a local arts or literary organization that reflects the promise of creative and collaborative literacy in and around our community. Featured poets will read from their books, and performers will dramatize the various poetic forms via song, dance, and theatre. An open mic for our audience members will follow. Light refreshments will also be served, and you will have a chance to speak with the performers and buy their books.<br /><br />But that’s only the beginning. We thought that, in order for poetry to live, we must celebrate it as an organic and natural part of our environment, something outside the confines of books, libraries and our private thoughts. Poetry in the Community is curating a walking tour of poetry in the Waverly, Charles Village, and surrounding areas called <span style="font-style:italic;">Poem Walk: A Living Text</span>. Businesses and organizations will exhibit poetry on their storefronts and counters while restaurants and cafes display poems at dining tables. It is a chance for locals and visitors alike to experience the surprise of literature in places we never expect—exactly what good literature is supposed to do. And it also introduces patrons of the arts to the thriving and diverse establishments that define the Baltimore experience. A map of the <span style="font-style:italic;">Poem Walk: A Living Text</span> tour is available online and at participating businesses, cafes, and restaurants. <br /><br />***<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Poetry in the Community</span> presents the 7th <span style="font-weight:bold;">Annual Cruellest Month Poetry and Performance Festival</span>. This is poetry in performance; off the page; of, by, and for the community. Musical interludes and refreshments, as well as an open mic will be included in each evening’s activities. Free for all ages.<br /><br />April 1: National Poetry Month in Baltimore kicks off with Poetry in the Community poets participating in the Waverly Main Street War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemoration. Starts at 12 PM. 3009 Greenmount Avenue, 21218 (St. John’s in the Village).<br /><br />***<br /><br />April continues with four nights of poetry at the Village Learning Place, located at 2521 Saint Paul Street, 21218-4607. Parking is available for free on the street after 6 PM.<br /><br />April 5: <a href="http://www.poetryinbaltimore.com/">PoetryinBaltimore.com</a> claims poetry is a haven from modern life chaos and cures disconnection. Julie Fisher will host an evening of poets who brandish their poems, wave them as banners, shine their poems’ benevolence upon us, and, above all, bequeath poems to us in all their Baltimore-ness! Featuring: Elizabeth Smith, Chris “Batworth” Ciattei, Slangston Hughes, Temple, Deanna Nikaido, and Bruce Jacobs. Starts at 6:30 PM.<br /><br />April 12: <a href="http://www.villagelearningplace.org/">Village Learning Place</a>Come to the Village Learning Place to celebrate National Library Week! We’re celebrating the unveiling of the new “Read the Small Print” collection, dedicated to local small-press writers. Enjoy a free evening of readings, performances, and refreshments in the Village Learning Place’s historic Charles Village library. Celebration begins at 7:00 PM.<br /><br />April 17: <a href="http://www.artichokehaircut.com/">Artichoke Haircut</a> presents an editors feature, with readings by the makers of the magazine of the same name: Justin Sanders, Jonathan Gavazzi, Adam Shutz, and Melissa Street. Starts at 6:30 PM.<br /><br />April 26: Just in time for prom season, it’s a Poetic Formal! Come in your best (or worst) formal wear for a reading of form poems—from the traditional to the twisted. Poets Shirley Brewer, Clarinda Harriss, Bruce Sager, and Laura Shovan will be your chaperones and featured readers for an evening of glorious ghazals, sumptuous sestinas, tasty triolets, and seductive sonnets. Prizes will be awarded for formal wear, including: Worst Recycled Bridesmaid Dress, Best Blast from the Past, What Not to Wear, Best Accessories, Best Consignment Couture, and Crème de la Red Carpet. Starts at 6:30 PM.<br /><br />***<br /><br />April 28: The Waverly Library will host a free poetry reading and performance featuring members of the local literary community. Special performance by Outside the Box, an interactive exploration of the Elements of Music through beatboxing, lead by Max Bent, Waverly resident and Young Audiences of Maryland Teaching Artist. Also featured will be dramatic performances from Magus Magnus’ <a href="http://sharedimagining.blogspot.com/">Idylls for a Bare Stage</a>. Starts at 11:00 AM.<br /><br />***<br /><br />Check out these other events as Baltimore celebrates National Poetry Month:<br /><br />April 14: Join us at the ninth annual <a href="http://www.citylitproject.org/">CityLit Festival</a> at Pratt Library. Featuring: Steve Jobs biographer Walter Isaacson; award-winning poets Edward Hirsch Tom Lux; actor/writer Benjamin Busch; and many more authors for a day-long celebration of literature.<br /><br />April 4, 11, and 18: Poetry-Writing Workshops. Clarinda Harriss teaches the craft. Enoch Pratt Central Library, Poe Room, 6:30 PM to 7:45 PM. Preregister by calling 410-396-5487. Class size is limited. Attendance at all three workshops is preferred but not required. Open to anyone 16 or older.minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-6081245835576382742012-01-31T22:42:00.000-05:002012-01-31T22:42:36.114-05:00Poetry Contest Full Rules - Enoch Pratt Free LibraryPoetry Contest<br /><br />Maryland poets, achieve fame through this FREE contest!<br /><br />The winning poem will be published in the Little Patuxent Review, dramatically enlarged and illustrated for display during National Poetry Month in a Central Library show window, and featured in a reading at the CityLit Festival.<br /><br />Contest Rules<br /><br /> Entrants must be Maryland residents, 18 or older.<br /> Paid or volunteer staff of the Enoch Pratt Free Library and the Little Patuxent Review and their immediate families are not eligible.<br /> Please send only one original, unpublished (in print or on the Web) poem for consideration. Your entry cannot be currently under review for possible publication.<br /> Entry must be under 100 lines.<br /> Depending on its length, the winning poem may have to be excerpted for display in Pratt Central Library window.<br /> Submit your typed entry as a Microsoft Word attachment by email to contest@prattlibrary.org or by mail to:<br /> Poetry Contest, Periodicals Department, Pratt Library, 400 Cathedral St, Baltimore MD 21201.<br /> Entries received after 5:00 pm on February 21, 2012, will be disqualified.<br /> Name, address, phone number, and the submitted poem’s title must accompany the entry on a separate page.<br /> Judges reserve the right to disqualify a poem because its content is not appropriate for public window display.<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.prattlibrary.org/poetrycontest/">Poetry Contest Full Rules - Enoch Pratt Free Library</a>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-69715347263227450342012-01-29T17:19:00.003-05:002012-01-29T17:26:32.159-05:00April 1, 2012 Waverly Main Street War of 1812 Commemoration<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQr0pw3Pvq9LXN6gXY_cDqvpUv1kwAZ4cFp2piQM_QTmZBxeFB_scnZuCeYsI68gzc8A5goWcZMx85mNkCqk75bcUaNOHjxCizQ-B6s_sUmTvtYpb9733lG4gKu07KBttgRAdYPNCMBf8c/s1600/waverly+1812.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 247px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQr0pw3Pvq9LXN6gXY_cDqvpUv1kwAZ4cFp2piQM_QTmZBxeFB_scnZuCeYsI68gzc8A5goWcZMx85mNkCqk75bcUaNOHjxCizQ-B6s_sUmTvtYpb9733lG4gKu07KBttgRAdYPNCMBf8c/s320/waverly+1812.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5703183415983430082" /></a>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-42085535042579607162012-01-29T17:12:00.001-05:002012-01-30T18:49:37.623-05:00April 26, 2012, Village Learning Place - Poetic Formal, 6:30PMClarinda's black dress<br />ghost of yesterday's glitter<br />old bat out of hell<br /><br />**<br /><br />Laura's blue strapless<br />C cup at seventeen<br />night of adjustments<br /><br />**<br /><br />Shirley's purple gown<br />Is that a slut or a slit?<br />Bring the masking tape<br /><br />**<br /><br />Bruce’s monkey suit.<br />Come unwrap my cummerbund.<br />Snows of yesteryear.minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4343418321890317173.post-61403312089358000132012-01-25T18:50:00.002-05:002012-01-29T17:12:11.681-05:00Mark Your Calendars - CruMoPoPerFest - Enoch Pratt Free Library - Waverly Branch - April 28, 2012<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgYMfR5zt2uroVNJFessUVsQcC6VLtVf74HhQtOhUKQjyTP2zmYhPiiNPyq6hv53fL1wIa35MnWfj4MU1aJAGnbF4NHz07CI5uz6Ogn-Q3vO5ayXmQQz-lSBwnLdr_GPY8uRtYgFcMeNn/s1600/DPP_1284.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFgYMfR5zt2uroVNJFessUVsQcC6VLtVf74HhQtOhUKQjyTP2zmYhPiiNPyq6hv53fL1wIa35MnWfj4MU1aJAGnbF4NHz07CI5uz6Ogn-Q3vO5ayXmQQz-lSBwnLdr_GPY8uRtYgFcMeNn/s320/DPP_1284.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5701722150350869922" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.prattlibrary.org/calendar/atpratt.aspx?id=71553">Cruellest Month Poetry & Performance Festival - Enoch Pratt Free Library</a>minorpoethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04905311123161054893noreply@blogger.com0