No Reading in December

No reading for December

Happy Holidays from Brownstone Poets

May the season bring peace of mind, joy, hope, and inspiration!

Come back on Saturday, January 29, 2021 at 2 p.m on Zoom

to hear: Linda Lerner, Francine Witte, Susan Weiman

Stay safe, my friends!

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Pushcart Nominations for 2022

Pushcart Nominations for 2022

We are happy to announce the nomination of 6 poets from the Brownstone Poets 2021 Anthology for a Pushcart Prize. Winners will be announced next year and published in the next edition of the Pushcart Prize anthology, edited by Bill Henderson with the Pushcart Prize Editors.

Congratulations to:

Carrrie Magness Radna, Emira Mitre Kokomani, Ernest Woodley,

Jeff Cottrill, Megha Sood, Ron Bremner

Author Title of Poem Carrie Magness Radna “Sarah (no. 100 of Woman’s names sensual series)” Emira Mitre Kokomani “The Existence” Ernest Woodley “Fighting the wind, chasing the pen” Jeff Cottrill “This Is Not Real Poetry” Megha Sood “Poem and its hunger” Ron Bremner “Zika” Once again, congratulations for your fine work!

Good luck to you!

Patricia Carragon

Editor-in-Chief/ Publisher

Brownstone Poets Brooklyn, NY 11214

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Publication News Late Summer - Fall 2021, plus a May Publication

Publication News Late Summer - Fall 2021, plus a May Publication 

Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry, Summer 2021 Edition, August 19, 2021 Thank you Joe Maita for selecting "Body & Soul" and " Little Things Mean a Lot" for the Jerry Jazz Summer Issue. Kudos to Amy Barone, Dan Brown, David Dephy, Mike Jurkovic, Phil Linz, Russell Dupont, et all.

Poetry in Performance 49 Annual Spring Poetry Festival, The City College of New York, May 7, 2021 Thank you Barry Wallenstein and Pam Laskin for publishing "Paved Paradise."



Muddy River Poetry Review, Issue #25, Fall 2021 

Thanks Zvi A. Sesling for accepting "Good Morning Heartache" and "You Don't Know What Love Is." Happy that Megha Sood, David P. Miller, Tim Suermondt, Ace Boggess, Bob Heman, Carrie Magness Radna, Rachel Ikins, and more.

https://www.muddyriverpoetryreview.com/



Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, October 8, 2021 Cats rule again! Thanks Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for thinking of me. Kudos to Peggy Dugan French, r. soos, t. kilgore splake, Mary Jo Balistreri, S. Liaqath Peeran, Kelley Jean White, and Mona Bedi

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot October 8, 2021https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/10/poets-hafiz-c-1320-1389-peggy-dugan.html 

Bear Creek Haiku #177, October 2021 Again, thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for these publications below. Cheers to George Held and Mary Jo Balistreri.

The Weekly Avocet #465, October 31, 2021 Happy to see my Halloween Catku in this issue. With gratitude to Charles Portolano and to Vicki and Vivian.

The 18th Annual Brevitas Anthology of the Short Poem, November 2021 Proud to be part of this group: Amy Barone, Ron Kolm, Austin Alexis, Dorothy Friedman August, Anton Yakovlev, Don Yorty, Jeff Wright, Bob Heman, Marjorie Hanft, Cindy Hochman, Karen Neuberg, Bill Constantine, Bonny Finberg, Kit Kennedy, Mindy Levokove, Maria Liseela, Tsaurah Litzky, Steve Luttrell, Mindy Matijasevic, David Lawton, Christian Garaud, Jan Catro, Jan Emersen, et al.

"Just Say I love Him." " Halloween Catku," " Hanukkah Catku," "Christmas Catku," " Misty (erasure)"

The Red Wheel Barrow 14 Anthology 2021 Look what came in the mail today! So happy the my poems,"Caution" and " If I CouldWrite a Book" in The Red Wheel Barrow 14 Anthology. It's beautiful! Thank you editors, Moira O'Brien, Frank Rubino, Arthur Russell, Claudia Serea, Anton Yakovlev, Don Zirilli Shout outs to Amy Barone Ron Kolm Ronald P. Bremner Austin Alexis Zorida Mohammed Davidson Garrett Patrick Thomas Hammer Susanna Rich John J. Trause Barbara Hall Yuyutsu Sharma Indran Amirthanayagam Ermira Mitre Susana H. Case Don Krieger Preeti Shah Maria Lisella Jennifer Poteet Mark F Fogarty Gordon Gilbert et al

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REMINDER:Brownstone Poets Anthology Event on ZOOM

REMINDER:Brownstone Poets Anthology event on ZOOM Saturday, November 27, 2021

2 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Our November features are:

Susana H, Case Jack Cooper Ron Kolm Bruce Whittacre David Dephy Mireya Perez Jeff Cottrill Zev Torres Yuyutsu Sharma Austin Alexis

$5 Donation

Plus a limited open mic

Hosted by Patricia Carragon

Since 2005, Brownstone Poets has been inspiring poetry in Brooklyn. We strive to be a unique and diverse community, welcoming various literary styles and forms. Our reading series is expanding via Zoom, reaching out to new voices across the U.S. and the world. We would like to thank this year’s 43 reader-contributors, as well as our loyal attendees. Without their love and commitment, our reading series and this anthology would not have been possible.We’re honored to have the Himalayan poet Yuyutsu Sharma as our poet-in- residence and Yuko Otomo as this year’s guest poet. This collection of poetry, infused with Brooklyn imagery, is our contribution to the vibrant spirit found in the Borough of Kings.

Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Please follow these instructions:

Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)

Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D

Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.Looking forward to seeing you at our November reading! For your convenience here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/1h85uKJcS

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Brownstone Poets Annual Anthology Event

Brownstone Poets 2021 Anthology Celebration

Saturday, November 27, 2021

2 P.M. to 4:30 P.M.

Our November features are:

Susana H, Case Jack Cooper Ron Kolm Bruce Whittacre David Dephy Mireya Perez Jeff Cottrill Zev Torres Yuyutsu Sharma Austin Alexis

$5 Donation

Plus a limited open mic

Hosted by Patricia Carragon

Since 2005, Brownstone Poets has been inspiring poetry in Brooklyn. We strive to be a unique and diverse community, welcoming various literary styles and forms. Our reading series is expanding via Zoom, reaching out to new voices across the U.S. and the world. We would like to thank this year’s 43 reader-contributors, as well as our loyal attendees. Without their love and commitment, our reading series and this anthology would not have been possible.We’re honored to have the Himalayan poet Yuyutsu Sharma as our poet-in- residence and Yuko Otomo as this year’s guest poet. This collection of poetry, infused with Brooklyn imagery, is our contribution to the vibrant spirit found in the Borough of Kings.

Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Please follow these instructions:

Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)

Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D

Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.Looking forward to seeing you at our November reading! For your convenience here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/1h85uKJcS

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New Date for November Brownstone Poets Reading and Anthology Event

New Date for November Brownstone Poets Reading and Anthology Event Posted on November 5, 2021 Date Change: The next Brownstone Poets Zoom reading will be Saturday, November 27 from 2p.m. to 4:30. It will be the 2021 anthology reading. Details to come.

$15 on Amazon.com

Since 2005, Brownstone Poets has been inspiring poetry in Brooklyn. We strive to be a unique and diverse community, welcoming various literary styles and forms. Our reading series is expanding via Zoom, reaching out to new voices across the U.S. and the world. We would like to thank this year’s 43 reader-contributors, as well as our loyal attendees. Without their love and commitment, our reading series and this anthology would not have been possible.We’re honored to have the Himalayan poet Yuyutsu Sharma as our poet-in- residence and Yuko Otomo as this year’s guest poet. This collection of poetry, infused with Brooklyn imagery, is our contribution to the vibrant spirit found in the Borough of Kings.

Order your copy from Amazon.com: https://www.amazon.com/Brownstone-Poets-Anthology-Patricia-Carragon/dp/B09J7MJXX7/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=brownstone+poets+2021&qid=1636082442&qsid=137-5062691-7230039&sr=8-1&sres=B09J7MJXX7%2CB08HB9JHXS&srpt=ABIS_BOOK

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Brownstone Poets 2021 is here!

You can order your copy of Brownstone Poets 2021 Anthology for $15 on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Brownstone-Poets-Anthology-Patricia-Carragon/dp/B09J7MJXX7/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36RY438IO85P9&dchild=1&keywords=brownstone+poets+2021&qid=1635639160&qsid=138-5946706-5451739&sprefix=brownstone+poets+2021%2Caps%2C81&sr=8-1&sres=B09J7MJXX7%2CB08HB9JHXS&srpt=ABIS_BOOK

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Brevitas Anthology Event

Join us at the brevitas 18th Annual Festival of the Short Poem on Sunday, November 14, at 4pm

Virtual Program with open mic at end (one poem 14 lines maximum) Register on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../the-brevitas-poetry...

Hosted by Flash Rosenberg w/50+ poets, including Ron Kolm, Patricia Carragon, Maria Lisella, co-founder Steve Zeitlin, Austin Alexis Amy Barone, and more.

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Reminder: Jeff Cottrill, Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni, and Ermira Mitre

Reminder: Brownstone Poets on Zoom Saturday, October 30 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST

Our October 30 features are:

Jeff Cottrill

Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni

Ermira Mitre Kokomani

Plus a limited Open Mic.

Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program.

Our October features are Jeff Cottrill, Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni, and Ermira Mitre Kokomani. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features.

Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Please follow these instructions:

Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)

Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D

Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our October reading! For your convenience here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/2OCs3SBUz

Bios:

Jeff Cottrill is a fiction writer, journalist, and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. His performance style is influenced by slam conventions, but subverts them with wit, ironic humour and a satirical tone. He has headlined in countless literary series throughout Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. over the last twenty years. In the past several months, he has been published in several international anthologies from New York to Australia. Jeff has authored four chapbooks and recorded three CDs, and he has recently finished his seventh or eighth attempt at a first novel.

Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni has written poetry all her life. One night in 2008 she read a few poems at a local café. A member of the audience asked her to send him a manuscript. Turns out he was a partner in Quattro Books; within a few months they published her first book, Looking at Renaissance Paintings and Other Poems. Eventually another book came out, called Second Collection (2013). Her first chapbook, Portrait Gallery, was a product of the pandemic lockdown 2020. Caroline edited and wrote the introductions for three anthologies of prose and poetry by Italian Canadian writers: Italian Canadian Voices (1984); Italian Canadian Voices revised (2006) and Bravo! (2012). Her poems have been included in other anthologies, magazines, and online.

Ermira Mitre Kokomani is a bilingual poet, essayist and translator from Albania living in New Jersey. Her poetry has appeared in various international and national poetry anthologies and journals as: Jerry Jazz Musician, Red Wheelbarrow Poets Journals, THE POET’S anthologies, Live Encounters, Kistrech Poetry Festival, Mediterranean Poetry, Montclair Write Group, etc. She has published a book of poetry in Albanian, and is submitting a second one for publication. Ermira is also completing the first English collection Blooming as a Sacred Lotus while working on another bilingual one. She has translated the fiction novel The King’s Shadow from Albanian into English.

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Reminder: Brownstone Poets on Zoom Saturday, October 30

Reminder: Brownstone Poets on Zoom Saturday, October 30 from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST

Our October 30 features are:

Jeff Cottrill

Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni

Ermira Mitre Kokomani

Plus a limited Open Mic.

Please follow directions below, completing both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to read early in the program. Last-minute signup means you will read at the end of the program.

Our October features are Jeff Cottrill, Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni, and Ermira Mitre Kokomani. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features.

Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Please follow these instructions:

Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)

Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3hnpy8D

Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our October reading! For your convenience here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://fb.me/e/2OCs3SBUz

Bios:

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is jeffrey-cottril.jpg Jeff Cottrill is a fiction writer, journalist, and spoken-word artist based in Toronto, Canada. His performance style is influenced by slam conventions, but subverts them with wit, ironic humour and a satirical tone. He has headlined in countless literary series throughout Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. over the last twenty years. In the past several months, he has been published in several international anthologies from New York to Australia. Jeff has authored four chapbooks and recorded three CDs, and he has recently finished his seventh or eighth attempt at a first novel.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is caroline-m.-giovanni.jpg Caroline Morgan Di Giovanni has written poetry all her life. One night in 2008 she read a few poems at a local café. A member of the audience asked her to send him a manuscript. Turns out he was a partner in Quattro Books; within a few months they published her first book, Looking at Renaissance Paintings and Other Poems. Eventually another book came out, called Second Collection (2013). Her first chapbook, Portrait Gallery, was a product of the pandemic lockdown 2020. Caroline edited and wrote the introductions for three anthologies of prose and poetry by Italian Canadian writers: Italian Canadian Voices (1984); Italian Canadian Voices revised (2006) and Bravo! (2012). Her poems have been included in other anthologies, magazines, and online.

This image has an empty alt attribute; its file name is ermira-mitre.jpg Ermira Mitre Kokomani is a bilingual poet, essayist and translator from Albania living in New Jersey. Her poetry has appeared in various international and national poetry anthologies and journals as: Jerry Jazz Musician, Red Wheelbarrow Poets Journals, THE POET’S anthologies, Live Encounters, Kistrech Poetry Festival, Mediterranean Poetry, Montclair Write Group, etc. She has published a book of poetry in Albanian, and is submitting a second one for publication. Ermira is also completing the first English collection Blooming as a Sacred Lotus while working on another bilingual one. She has translated the fiction novel The King’s Shadow from Albanian into English.

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