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Archives for January 2012

Shel Silverstein — Invitation

01/09/2012 By Ellen Beals 13 Comments

INVITATION If you are a dreamer, come in. If you are a dreamer, a wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, a magic bean buyer . . . If you're a pretender, come sit by my fire, For we have some flax golden tales to spin. Come in! Come in! Thanks to Barry Graham and Leah Tallon for their FB post mentioning this poem. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Slice of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, Barry Graham, Ellen Wade Beals, Invitation, Leah Tallon, Poetry, Shel Silverstein, Slice of Solace, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words, Where the Sidewalk Ends

More on contributors–Swist, Malone, Boyle, Meno, Somlo

01/09/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

I'm glad never to be caught up to date on reporting the news from Solace in So Many Words contributors because that means they are getting new publications every day.  But it also could mean I haven't paid attention to all my emails and news. So last week when I said I gave you the latest, well, I missed a few things.  At the reading at Woman Made Gallery I spoke with a woman in the audience and she said "March Wind" by Wally Swist was her favorite poem, and I could see why. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, book, Cirque Literary Journal, Connotation Press, Contributors, Crab Orchard Series Open Poetry Competition, Ellen Wade Beals, Huang Po and the Dimensions of Love, Iraq vet, Joe Meno, Mike Burwell, Office Girl, Pamela Malone, Patty Somlo, Poetry, San Miguel, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, T. C. Boyle, Wally Swist, Weighed Words, When the Killing's Done

Love

01/03/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

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Filed Under: A Glimpse of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, Contributors, Ellen Wade Beals, love, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Lord Alfred Tennyson

01/03/2012 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky, The flying cloud, the frosty light: The year is dying in the night; Ring out, wild bells, and let him die. Lord Alfred Tennyson In Memoriam, [Ring out, wild bells] To read this poem in full, check out Selected Poems by Alfred Lord Tennyson, published by Penguin Classics, or visit the American Academy of Poets.   … [Read more...]

Filed Under: A Slice of Solace Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, Contributors, Ellen Wade Beals, In Memoriam, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Weighed Words

Wrap up the old and unwrap the new

01/03/2012 By Ellen Beals 2 Comments

I've been putting off writing this blog, concentrating instead on the holidays and goofing off. But I wanted to tell you what the contributors have been up to because they have been busy.  And, I wanted to tell you the latest about Solace in So Many Words even though I haven't been busy, exactly. First to tell you about my busy  contributors. Arthur Powers ("Jardim Zological") emailed me back in November to say his short story "Thom" was nominated for a Pushcart Prize by … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: "Truth & Beauty" Kathleen Kirk, Adanna Literary Journal, Ann McNeal, Anthology, Antler, Aresenic Lobster, Arthur Powers, AWP Conference, Bibiotekos, Brent Calderwood, Carol Ann Duffy, Contributors, Dappled Things, Dorianne Lauz, Ekphrasis Journal, Ellen Bass, Ellen Wade Beals, Escape into Life, Hyacinth Girl Press, J. Scott Smith, Jeff Poniewaz, Joan Corwin, Kathleen Kirk, Kathleene Donahoo, Marie Howe, Muse & Stone, Noctures, Noel Sloboda, Patty Somlo, Pearl Magazine, Philip Levine, Poetry, Poetry Foundation, Press 53, Prime Number Magazine, Pushcart nominations, Pushcart Prize, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Stirring, thefirstcut#4, Umbrella, Verse Wisconsin, Weighed Words, YB

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