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Father’s Day: poems by Bonnie J. Toomey and Susan Mahan

06/19/2015 By Ellen Beals 13 Comments

Game Face Too I didn't realize how long he'd been wearing it until it was too late. Mom didn't believe the oncologist. She said Dad must have been poisoned. Until he outgrew it, I didn't realize how long he'd been wearing it - for all of us. Dad left his game face behind. Sometimes, I try it on for size. Sometimes, its the only thing that fits. Bonnie J. Toomey © 2015 Blogger, essayist, and columnist, Bonnie Toomey ruminates myriad issues facing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Guest Posts Tagged With: Anthology, appreciation, Bonnie J. Toomey, Bonnie Toomey, cancer, Ellen Wade Beals, Father, grandfather, missing father, Poetry, publication, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, Susan Mahan, Weighed Words

T. C. Boyle and a poem

04/30/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

T. C. Boyle and a poem

Howdy-do friends.  May tomorrow! May tomorrow bring you happiness. Solace in So Many Words has many fine contributors but not many have made the best-seller list yet, that is, except for T. C. Boyle. His  latest book The Harder They Come is  #3 on the Los Angeles Times Bestseller List. (BTW, it makes a great Mother’s Day present.) The Los Angeles Times gives out Book Prizes during its Festival of Books and on April 18,  T. Coraghessan Boyle took home the  Robert Kirsch … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: "Current", Bonnie J. Toomey, comments, Elizabeth Strout, Ellen Wade Beals, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times Bestsellers, Mother of You, Photography, Poetry, Poetry Month, Robert Bausch, Robert Kirsch Award for Lifetime Achievement, Robert Olen Butler, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, T. C. Boyle, T. Coraghessan Boyle, The Harder They Come, The Rea Award for the Short Story, Weighed Words

Spring, taxes, and news (Boyle and Aguero)

04/15/2015 By Ellen Beals Leave a Comment

Spring, taxes, and news (Boyle and Aguero)

April 15 is the day to file your taxes in the US.  Every year I vow to be more prepared so I am not looking for documents at the last minute or having to make a run to the accountant. But guess what? I never change and I am always somewhat frantic. The same with spring. Each year I pray for it, invoke it, ask that I be delivered from winter, and every time it arrives, I am somehow not quite ready for it.  I grumble a bit being awakened from that long winter’s nap. SISMW … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog Tagged With: Anthology, Bonnie J. Toomey, Electric Lit, Ellen Wade Beals, Kathleen Aguero, Mass Poetry, Ryan W. Bradley, Solace, Solace in So Many Words, T. C. Boyle, Weighed Words

Guest Post: Bonnie J. Toomey, “Mother of You”

04/15/2015 By Ellen Beals 33 Comments

Guest Post: Bonnie J. Toomey, “Mother of You”

Mother of You   I am the goddess of lasagna, says my son. I think about this as I layer the marinara and ricotta over sheets of noodle, hopeful I’m able to live up to his praise.   I don’t know what makes me look up, peripheral vision, perhaps some womb-like instinct, the pull between two places in proximity - But the forms are there in the open, white-chested dancers, tawny, sloping necks, intent on food.   I leave … [Read more...]

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