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Archives for August 2015

Call for submissions and a little inspiration (maybe)

08/31/2015 By Ellen Beals

Call for submissions and a little inspiration (maybe)

Over the weekend I became aware of the Poetry Center of Chicago's call for submissions "Poets Look at Paintings" so I thought I'd share that info with you. What is sought are ekphrastic poems -- deadline is September 21.  If your work is chosen you will be expected to read on November 18 when the Poetry Center will host a reading event.  In 1974 "Poets Look at Paintings" was the Poetry Center's first-ever live event.  The event this fall will revive the original concept: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: art, Berthe Morisot, Chicago Artists Resource, Edouard Vuillard, ekphrasis poetry, Ellen Wade Beals, Ferdinand Holder, Louis Anquetin, Michele de Ridolfo, Michele Tosini, Paul Gaugin, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Poetry, Poetry Center of Chicago, Poets Look at Paintings, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, South German, Weighed Words

Hot links to new writing by SISMW contributors (and more)

08/26/2015 By Ellen Beals

Hot links to new writing by SISMW contributors (and more)

Good day!  Hope life is treating you well. Concerned about the stock market? You may want to read Elizabeth Kerlikowske's poem "The Two Worlds"  on the The New Verse News today (August 26, 20015). There's a whole section of poetry by E. Michael Desilets at the VerseWrights site; his latest to be posted is "Sidetrack's Last Haircut." The Chicago Writers Conference is coming up--September 25-27. Did I mention Donna Hilbert has five poems ("Mother in Satin," … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: "Edgewater", "Hindsight", "Sidetracks's Last Haircut", "The Small Country", "The Two Worlds", "Things I Know I Love: Odes to Food", (AFTER)life, Alice McDermott, Anthology, Arthur Powers, Barbara Froman, Bill and Dave's Cocktail Hour, Donna Hilbert, E. Michael Desilets, Elizabeth Kerlikowske, Ellen Bass, Ellen Wade Beals, Finishing Line Press, Greg Lukianoff, Joan Corwin, Jonathan Haidt, Poetry, Purple Passion Press, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, T. C. Boyle, The New Verse News, The New Yorker, Verse Virtual, VerseWrights, Wally Swist, Weighed Words

Guest Blog: Laura Rodley “Burdocks”

08/20/2015 By Ellen Beals

Guest Blog: Laura Rodley “Burdocks”

Howdy When I wrote Laura Rodley that I wanted to post "Burdocks," she replied that the timing was apt since the burdocks are blooming now. I also asked for photos since I don't have any pics of horses; I was so glad I did because she provided a photo of her horse Cinnamon who is beset with burrs. She also provided photographs from the 90th Annual Chincoteague Pony Penning.  If you'd like to learn more about Chincoteague ponies, read Laura's articles "Chincoteague Pony … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: 90th Annual Chincoteague Pony Penning, Anthology, Burdocks, Chincoteague pony, Contributors, Country Folks, Ellen Wade Beals, farm poetry, horse, horse poetry, Horses, Hunder Mountain, Laura Rodley, Misty of Chincoteague, Poetry, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Vagabond Heart, Weighed Words

Glimpse of solace: the light in August, etc

08/10/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Glimpse of solace: the light in August, etc

Hey there-- Summer's on its way out. Back-to-school ads seem appropriate now. Here are some images  of August that I captured in my neighborhood. Peace, love, and solace   … [Read more...]

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One of my least favorite things about summer

08/06/2015 By Ellen Beals

One of my least favorite things about summer

Do you have tinnitus? Well, I do. Maybe that's why these buggers bug me so. We get the 17-year cicadas in droves around here, and in off years, like this summer, we still get enough to be annoying. Here's hoping the noises in your head are more pleasant. Cicada song drills into my skull, the noise unwinds a hot thread-- along these nerves. Harsh, grating jackhammer drone never fades. Like trepanation it’s pressure incessant that bores into my brain to … [Read more...]

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