Video of my 2018 Calamari's Interview & Reading in Erie, PA

On August 28th 2018, on the patio of Calamari's Squid Row restaurant in Erie, Pennsylvania, Thasia Anne Lunger interviewed me prior to my featured reading for Poetry Night at Calamari's, hosted by Chuck Joy. The interview and reading were recorded by videographer Bear Lunger for Thasia Anne's TV show, "Poetry, Prose, and Personalities," broadcast on Erie's Cable Access Media (CAM). 

Poems read:
"John Cage Engaged and Uncaged"
"Unfounded"
"Instrumental"
"From Genesis to Exodus"
"Lens"

Video of my Flywheel Brewing reading in Elizabethtown, KY

On Sunday 6 October 2024, I had the pleasure of reading for A.S. Coomer's monthly poetry series at Flywheel Brewing in Elizabethtown, Kentucky and he was kind enough to record my set.

I began and ended with older "classics" and sandwiched newer work between them.

John Cage Engaged and Uncaged
Solar Assignation
Faithwalking
Critical Condition
Cause and Effect
Cause of Death
Lens

My "Cause of Death" nominated for a Pushcart Prize

I'm grateful to learn that publisher Stasha Strange has nominated my poem "Cause of Death" for a Pushcart Prize.

I wrote this poem back in February as part of a triptych (the other two parts are "Cause and Effect" and "Cause Célèbre) that was recently published in CAW - Poetry by a Murder of Writers. 

Order the book at stashastrange.com/books/caw.

 

 

11/23 in Bedford, Ohio: Book signing/reading for CAW - Poetry by a Murder of Writers

November 23rd, 1 p.m., at Spirit Apotheosis (691 Broadway Ave.) in Bedford, Ohio, I will join Stasha Strange in a reading and signing to celebrate the newly published CAW - Poetry by a Murder of Writers. 

More event info at facebook.com/events/1303360140662421. 

Order the book at stashastrange.com/books/caw.

10/31: What Is in John's Basement? - Book and Online Halloween Event

Tonight at 9 p.m. Eastern, on Halloween, I'll have the privilege of reading with a bunch of fine writers during the online book launch for What Is in John's Basement? (published by Eyepublishewe) So much gratitude to Dane Ince for spearheading this project and for including my poem, "Answered by What It Is."

 

Other contributors include Ron Whitehead, Frogg Corpse, John Angell Grant, K.R. Morrison, Dane Ince, Bryan Franco, Deborah C. Segal, Mbonisi Zikhali Zomkhonto, Mark States, Sophia Falco, Jeff Cottrill, Michael Sindler, Antoinette Vella Payne, Jonathan S. Baker, Merilee Johnson, Tyler Frederick, Gary Huskisson, Eddy Foreman, Darrell Parry, Clive Oseman, Fin Hall, Jon Wesick, Phynne~Belle,and hil hoover.

 

For more info on this event, click here.

Watch this event on Zoom.

To purchase a copy of the book, click here.

 

My poem "What They Did" featured on the Poets Against Racism and Hate website

You can read it here.

Learn more about Poets Against Racism and Hate USA at poetsagainstracism-usa.org.

Recently published in Shabdaguchha, Ohio Bards, and CAW: Poetry by a Murder of Writers

I am happy to have received copies of these three new books in which poems of mine appear!

Shabdaguchha/শব্দগুচ্ছ (26th Anniversary Issue), edited by Hassanal Abdullah [Shabdaguchha Press].

• features my poems "Where Would the Moment Be?" and "What If This Is the Last Poem I Ever Write and It's Not Finished?" alongside work by poets from seventeen countries including Bengt O Björklund, William Heyen, Hassanal Abdullah, George Wallace, and more.
  

CAW - Poetry by a Murder of Writers, edited by Stasha Strange and Hyacinthe L. Raven [Ix Studios].

• features my poems "Cause and Effect," "Cause Célèbre," and "Cause of Death" alongside work by S.A. Quinox, Christiane Knight, Stasha Strange, Michael Cunliffe, Tara Vanflower, Kaytee Thrun, Rachel M. Croce, Tara Shannon, D.L. White, Emma Lee, Lisa Taner, Rachael Ikins, and Hyacinthe L. Raven.
  

Ohio Bards: Poetry Anthology 2024, edited by James Paul Wagner [Local Gems Press].

• features a revised version of my poem "Two Against Nature" alongside work by Jessica Weyer Bentley, Jeffrey Bowen, Rachel M. Croce, Christen Lee, A.M. Hayden, David Lee Garrison, Les Epstein, Sandra Feen, Joey Polisena, Stasha Strange, Cora McCann Liderbach, Diane Kendig, Carmel L. Morse, Bill Reyer, K. Weber, Georgia Reash, Cat Russell, Mary A. Turzillo, Geoffrey A. Landis, and more.
  

October 2, 3 and 6: Readings in Lexington and Elizabethtown, Kentucky

Next week, after Maryland, I look forward to heading to Kentucky for these three fab events.

 

10/2: Poetry at the /'tā-bəl/ at Kenwick Table in Lexington with co-feature Matt Hart.

 

10/3: Teen Howl 2.0 at Third Street Stuff & Coffee in Lexington with Howler of the Month Ryker Chadwick.

 

10/6: A Live Reading from Recent US National Beat Poet Laureate John Burroughs + POETRY Open Mic at Flywheel Brewing in Elizabethtown.

 

 

September 26 thru 28: Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival

I look forward to being in Maryland from Thursday through Saturday for the annual Indie Lit Festival hosted by the Frostburg State University Center for Literary Arts. I'll be tabling with Crisis Chronicles Press on 9/28 at City Place. 

 

9/26: SMPA Poetry Slam feat. Nicole Yurcaba

9/27: Indie Lit Kickoff Reading: George Guida & The Downstrokes with Who Me?

9/28: Western Maryland Independent Literature Festival

 

 

I'm joining the Ohio Poetry Association as their new second Vice President

So this happened while I was out of town. I've been a huge fan of the Ohio Poetry Association for many years and consider it an honor to join their team in continuing to serve Ohio poets.

I must give a shout out to my predecessor as 2nd Vice President, Rikki Santer, who has done amazing work in expanding and enhancing the good work of the OPA. We owe her the deepest of gratitude.

 

Learn more about (and join) the Ohio Poetry Association at ohiopoetry.org.