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<\/a>Since my last blog, I’ve heard from Constance\u00a0Vogel Adamkiewicz<\/strong> to tell me her poems “Drought” and “Stone” were published on Little Eagle’s RE\/VERSE <\/a><\/em><\/strong>website. “Drought” was published September 11, 2012. \u00a0“Stone” was published February 20, 2012.<\/p>\n“Drought” is ominous: “Someday from the lemur-eyes of gas masks,\/ we will see faint outlines of our ghosts –\/ lisping breath of proboscis-hoses.”<\/p>\n
The stone in Connie’s poem “Stone” is a headstone and the poem is from Connie’s chapbook,\u00a0The Mulberry. <\/em>The grieving process is examined: “I wonder if a sudden parting \/ of the water, \/ a sun ray through the thatch \/ will tell me \/where you went \/and why so soon.<\/p>\n Check out the site because there are a lot of great poems — a quick look at whose been published include Susan Elbe, Bruce Dethlefsen (Wisconsin Poet Laureate), Al DeGenova (After Hours <\/em>editor) and many other familiar names. The site is\u00a0Ralph Murre’s<\/strong>; he is editor and publisher at Little Eagle Press inWisconsin.<\/p>\n Brent Calderwood<\/strong> has two poems (“Elegy” and “Facture”) in\u00a0The Innisfree Poetry Journal<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n In addition to writing poetry, Ellen Bass <\/strong>continues to lead poetry workshops. \u00a0She has ones planned on the West Coast \u00a0and Spain (2013). If you’re interested check out Ellen’s site<\/a> to learn more.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.storysouth.com\/img\/compass.png\")
<\/a>Kathleen Kirk<\/strong> has two poems in storySouth<\/a><\/strong><\/em> (issue 34); they are \u00a0“Beason” (“It’s possible he’ll leave me here \/ in Beason at this little lake”) and “Made for TV” (“Hollywood moves things around \/ to tell its own story \/its own way. All we can do is forgive.”) \u00a0storySouth\u2019s <\/strong><\/em>editor is Terry Kennedy who \u00a0is the Associate Director of the Graduate Program in Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro and Founding Editor of Spring Garden Press.\u00a0 Here is a little of what he has to say about storySouth, \u201cJust like kudzu, the 21st century south is a mix of traditional and new, regional and international. . .\u00a0 . storySouth<\/em>\u2019s most important mission is to showcase the best fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry that writers from the new south have to offer. Special emphasis is given to finding and promoting the works of promising new writers.\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.siupress.com\/\/images\/temp\/212-5723-Product_LargeToMediumImage-thumb.jpeg\")
<\/strong>I just ordered Wally Swist’s<\/strong> new book. \u00a0Published by Southern Illinois University Press<\/a><\/strong>, Hung Po and the Dimensions of Love<\/strong><\/em> is described this way:\u00a0\u201cThis luminescent collection illustrates the joys to be found in the everyday world and the power of existence. Unveiled here are the twin edges of love and madness; the quiet mysteries and revelations of a New England night or the glittering spark of snowdrops; the sharp scents of sugar maple and cinnamon; and the rustle of a junco\u2019s wings. From the restoration and peace of silence or the rush of a brook, to spiraling hawks and Botticelli\u2019s \u201cThe Annunciation,\u201d Swist\u2019s poems linger somewhere between the earthbound and the sublime.\u201d
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