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Weisel Hostel hosts Bucks County Open Poetry Day

Patricia Goodrich and “Four” poets will host a Bucks County, Pa’s, Open Poetry Day. Enjoy Weisel Hostel’s stone buildings, creek, buttercups, food, and of course, an afternoon of readings by poets, including VAC’s Sandra Becker. 1:00-5:00 pm, Sunday, May 20,Quakertown, … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: a poem from Nina Corwin

What Morning Looks Like A virgin Saturday that sparkles and blushes before falling to the spatterings of day. Beginning a journey to somewhere, I drag my suitcase and carry-on bags to the taxi stand at the corner. It’s an hour … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: a poem from Albert DeGenova

Unsigned Poem Found on a Crumpled Cocktail Napkin after Rane Arroyo’s The Buried Sea: New and Selected Poems What Bodhisattva stands naked in my garden tonight drenched in white moonlight – stars snow down in whirling gusts as if, as … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: a poem from Larry Janowski

Dancing Through The Mandala Missouri toddler ruins monks’ meticulous sand design with a little tap dance. (AP) He pulls off shoes and socks, gets grit between his toes sand-dancing, a two-foot Astaire in soft-shoe shuffle, brushes what eight Tibetan monks … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: a poem from Elizabeth Raby

A Conversation with Beauty I don’t know who you are in the abstract. I rarely say your name. I have to exclude so much to find you. If you were a better person, you would see me everywhere: In the … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: a poem from Katia Mitova

Reunion During the dry season I lived in a strange house with two dire dreams. In one dream, my father died at dawn. This was revealed to me by a sign: the ceiling suddenly cracked and snow water with ice … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: judith valente

Judith Valente is an award-winning journalist, poet and essayist. She holds a bachelors degree in English and classical languages from St. Peter’s College in Jersey City, NJ and a masters in fine arts degree in creative writing from the School … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: katia mitova

Katia Mitova has translated eight books from Polish and English into Bulgarian, including poetry by Czeslaw Milosz and Mark Strand, and philosophy by Leszek Kolakowski. She has published short stories, literary criticism, and a poetry chapbook, The Human Shell (1994), in Bulgarian. … Continue reading

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dwell in possibility: a poem from Steven Schroeder

turn Sick and tired of being sick and tired, I told my wife I was looking in to joining the Franciscans. Knowing I am temperamentally Trappist or anything discalced, she said what do they make you do and I said … Continue reading

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congratulations to Arisa White!

Hurrah’s Nest is this year’s winner for poetry in the San Francisco Book Festival’s annual competition honoring the best books of the spring: http://www.sanfranciscobookfestival.com/winners_2012.htm Congratulations, Arisa!

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