Hey there-- It's the first night of the season! Happy League night! Peace, love, and solace Mash note to a great sport (for the team and Ann) Hey Bowling, I love you – you big lug. So straightforward anyone can play, More understanding than any other guy, you reward a striking performance, even give me a second chance. You big galoot, I like how you’re down to earth, how I have to come to a noisy alley, how you let me know it’s … [Read more...]
A book, an essay, and a call
Happy Autumn! Big congrats to Solace in So Many Words contributor Joe Meno who has a new book (his ninth). It's called Marvel and A Wonder (from Akashic Books). It's gotten great reviews from various readers, from MTV News to Library Journal. Booklist gave it a starred review: “Evoking William Faulkner and Cormac McCarthy, Meno’s suspenseful, mordantly incisive, many-layered tale can also be read as an equine Moby-Dick. As he tracks the bewildering seismic shifts under … [Read more...]
Commiseration
Last week was National Suicide Prevention Week. I should have posted this poem then. No matter. I offer it to anyone who has screwed up, to anyone who feels shame so deep they don't know how to get out from under it. I'm rooting for you. Commiseration This poem is for those who have whispered in desperate urgency: “Let me get away with it this time.” Perhaps finished this invocation with a promise to change: “Lord,” you may have called upon a power … [Read more...]
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...]
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...]
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