I get daily poems from Poets.org and today’s seemed to be right for a Slice of Solace. The poem is from The Complete Poems of John Keats, published by the Modern Library. from Endymion, Book I, [A thing of beauty is a joy for ever] by John Keats A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases; it will never Pass into nothingness; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet … [Read more...]
Everyday is a gift
Everyday is a gift so says the plaque on the powder room wall. Of course, there should be a space between every and day. It is each and every day that is the present. But the everyday is a gift too, wrapped in plain paper addressed in Papermate blue, bound in time and string, left on the doorstep near the mat, common as dirt and dust, ordinary as tap water, easy to miss. When you return to the table at the … [Read more...]
More contributor news
"The Thing Is" by Ellen Bass appeared in Solace in So Many Words and is now available as a poster from Syracuse Cultural Workers. Susan Mahan has three poems in U.M.Ph.!Prose. Her poem "Aunt Mary, Circa 1961" is part of the Boston City Hall Prose and Poetry Exhibit for Spring 2011. Brent Calderwood will be participating in the GuyWriters Presents Pinot & Poetry, from 8 until 9 on Monday, April 25, at the Blush Wine Bar, 476 Castro Street, San Francisco. … [Read more...]
Geniuses over Nameless Creek — more news about contributors
Reader Peter Christie sent me notice that T. C. Boyle was interviewed in the Small Talk column of Financial Times, a publication I do not usually read. Thanks Peter! The May Atlantic Monthly explores How Genius Works, and T. C. Boyle shares a page from his draft of The Tortilla Curtain. Dennis Saleh has ten pages of poetry in Little Star 2, and is in the Hotel Amerika "Aphorisms" issue. Other new work is forthcoming in Chautauqua, Illuminations, and Poem. Later this … [Read more...]
Generosity and my own case of going a little viral
I've been thinking about the word "generous" and how it can describe the well-known writers who responded to my letter pleading for submissions to Solace in So Many Words. After all, if you have prize-winning books to your name, you don't need appear in a POD paperback edited by an unknown and published by an imprint with no track record. My guess is that they liked the theme of solace. But I know also it is because they are generous. I won't lie. I Google myself. A lot. … [Read more...]