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Congratulations to Margarita Engle

05/12/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Happy Belated Birthday to Solace in So Many Words, which was launched into this world six years ago at Women and Children First Bookstore. I’ve been thinking about Solace in So Many Words and my writing lately because I can do little else since my back has been acting up and I can’t sit at my desk (which is why this post will be short). I continue to be proud of the contributors to Solace in So Many Words and their accomplishments. Just this week it was announced that … [Read more...]

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Submission tips–donuts, Ella, submerging

02/23/2017 By Ellen Beals

Hey there. Can you believe February is almost over? It’s a short month and here in Chicago we experienced an especially Spring-y spell. I’ve had the cold congestion crud that’s being passed around these days. Hope you have been staying healthy. Here are some unique sounding calls for submissions, etc. Donuts. That’s the subject of an upcoming anthology by Terrapin Press, A Poetry Press. Details here. Ella Fitzgerald. The Ella @ 100 anthology is looking for a few more … [Read more...]

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First news of the year –accomplishments and passages

01/07/2017 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

January is peppermint. Candy canes are the last of the holiday candy. Shadows stripe the days. And the arctic air makes your breath seem almost mentholated. Everything's a little sharper. It is wonderful to see Solace in So Many Words contributors do illustrious things. BIG congrats to Ellen Bass, who recently was elected to the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. BTW, if you resolve to read more poetry this year, check out the Poem-A-Day series. And … [Read more...]

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Glimpse of solace: trees in winter

12/13/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Winter Trees All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! A liquid moon moves gently among the long branches. Thus having prepared their buds against a sure winter the wise trees stand sleeping in the cold. William Carlos Williams   … [Read more...]

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Overlook (a poem)

11/22/2016 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Who wants to hear a political opinion? Not me. Overloaded, I won't add to the mix.  Which leaves me wondering what to post. I had something in mind but it'll have to wait until next time. I'm hosting Thanksgiving and running out of time. I present you with my poem "Overlook," which originally appeared in The Stony Thursday Book, a Collection of Contemporary Poetry, (No. 8, Autumn 2009), edited by Ciaran O'Driscoll, and published by The Arts Office of Limerick City … [Read more...]

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