Reminder Brownstone Poets is back on ZOOM!

Reminder: Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Saturday, February 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST New York City

Bill Considine

Roxanne Hoffman

Thad Rutkowski

Please follow directions below promptly, in advance of the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room: We're back! On ZOOM. Our January features are William Considine, Roxanne Hoffman, and Thaddeus Rutkowksi. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contributions keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Step 1: Make your $5 donation: https://rb.gy/utlbol Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://rb.gy/a8jpbm Step 3: After making your donation and registering, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event. Looking forward to seeing you at our February reading!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/762791564348263?active_tab=about

BIOS

Bill Considine writes poems and plays. His books include The Furies and Strange Coherence (both from The Operating System) and The Other Myrtle (Finishing Line Press). His full-length plays performed in 2019 include Moral Support at Medicine Show Theatre and Women’s Mysteries at Polaris North. His short verse plays seen in 2020 include Aunt Peg and the Comptometer at Bowery Poetry Club and Persephone’s Return and Odyssey’s End on Zoom from Polaris North. He is the printed matter editor and poets theater curator for Boog City and a member of the Dramatists Guild and Brevitas, a poets’ cooperative. Visit him online at www.williamconsidine.com.

Roxanne Hoffman runs the literary press Poets Wear Prada with Jack Cooper. Her words can be found in cyberspace (The IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel Archive, Pedestal Magazine, New Verse News); set to music (David Morneau’s Love Songs); on the silver screen (2005 indie flick Love and the Vampire); and in print (The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates; Soft Skull Press; It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, Harper Perennial). Her elegiac poem “In Loving Memory,” illustrated by Edward Odwitt, was released as a chapbook in 2011. Their second collaboration, The Little Entomologist, was published in 2018.

Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of seven books, most recently Tricks of Light, a poetry collection. His novel Haywire won the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s members’ choice award, and his memoir Guess and Check won an Electronic Literature award for multicultural fiction. He teaches at Medgar Evers College and received a fiction writing fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

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Carragon Books from PWP

Carragon Books from Poets Wear Prada to Snuggle Up with During These Cold Lockdown Days

Meowku available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Meowku-Patricia-Carragon/dp/1946116211

also at

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/meowku-patricia-carragon/1133369686?ean=9781946116215

$12

Some Kitty Lit:

Patricia Carragon. author of Urban Haiku and More, returns with more Haiku, this time inspired by her favorite muse, our sphinx-like companion, the CAT.

The Cupcake Chronicles available on Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/Cupcake-Chronicles-Patricia-Carragon/dp/0997981172/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&keywords=the+cupcake+chronicles&qid=1612469826&s=books&sr=1-7

also at https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-cupcake-chronicles-patricia-carragon/1127227862?ean=9780997981179

$12

Some delicious stories about cupcakes that come to life:

About Patricia Carragon:

Patricia Carragon loves cupcakes, chocolate, cats, and haiku. She is an avid writer of short stories, prose, and poetry. She has been widely published online and in print. Her recent publications include The Avocet: A Journal of Nature Poetry, A Gathering of the Tribes, Alien Buddha Press, Bear Creek Haiku, BigCityLit, The Café Review, Concrete Mist Press, First Literary Review-East, great weather for MEDIA, Indolent Books, Jerry Jazz Musician, Live Mag!,Madness Muse Press, Muddy River Poetry Review, Narrative Northeast, The New Verse News, Nixes Mate, North of Oxford, Panoplyzine, Paterson Literary Review, Poetrybay,Poets Wear Prada, Oddball Magazine, Orbis International Literary Journal, Redheaded Stepchild, Right Hand Pointing, Sensations Magazine, Sensitive Skin, Silver Birch Press, Stardust Haiku, et al. Her fiction piece “What Has to Happen Next” has been nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology and her poem Paris the Beautiful won Poem of the Week from great weather for MEDIA. Her debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Herlatest books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles, and Innocence from Finishing Line Press. Her first books of poems were Journey to the Center of My Mind from Rogue Scholars Press, followed by Urban Haiku and More from Fierce Grace Press. Patricia hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology. She is an executive editor for Home Planet News Online. Patricia lives in Brooklyn, NY, USA.

About Poets Wear Prada:

Publishing beautifully designed volumes of well-crafted poetry -- and now fiction -- you want to read, since October 2006 from Hoboken, New Jersey, birthplace of Frank Sinatra and professional baseball.

POETS WEAR PRADA C/O Roxanne Hoffman 533 Bloomfield Street - 2nd Floor Hoboken, NJ 07030 http://pwpbooks.blogspot.com

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Brownstone Poets on ZOOM Saturday, February 27

Brownstone Poets on ZOOM Saturday, February 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST New York City Bill Considine Roxanne Hoffman Thad Rutkowski

Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Saturday, February 27 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST New York City

Bill Considine

Roxanne Hoffman

Thad Rutkowski

Please follow directions below promptly, in advance of the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room:We’re back! On ZOOM. Our January features are William Considine, Roxanne Hoffman, and Thaddeus Rutkowksi. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contributions keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Step 1: Make your $5 donation: https://rb.gy/utlbol

Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://rb.gy/a8jpbm

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

Looking forward to seeing you at our February reading!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/762791564348263?active_tab=about

BIOS

Bill Considine writes poems and plays. His books include The Furies and Strange Coherence (both from The Operating System) and The Other Myrtle (Finishing Line Press). His full-length plays performed in 2019 include Moral Support at Medicine Show Theatre and Women’s Mysteries at Polaris North. His short verse plays seen in 2020 include Aunt Peg and the Comptometer at Bowery Poetry Club and Persephone’s Return and Odyssey’s End on Zoom from Polaris North. He is the printed matter editor and poets theater curator for Boog City and a member of the Dramatists Guild and Brevitas, a poets’ cooperative. Visit him online at www.williamconsidine.com.

Roxanne Hoffman runs the literary press Poets Wear Prada with Jack Cooper. Her words can be found in cyberspace (The IndieFeed Performance Poetry Channel Archive, Pedestal Magazine, New Verse News); set to music (David Morneau’s Love Songs); on the silver screen (2005 indie flick Love and the Vampire); and in print (The Bandana Republic: A Literary Anthology by Gang Members and Their Affiliates; Soft Skull Press; It All Changed in an Instant: More Six-Word Memoirs by Writers Famous & Obscure, Harper Perennial). Her elegiac poem “In Loving Memory,” illustrated by Edward Odwitt, was released as a chapbook in 2011. Their second collaboration, The Little Entomologist, was published in 2018.

Thaddeus Rutkowski is the author of seven books, most recently Tricks of Light, a poetry collection. His novel Haywire won the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s members’ choice award, and his memoir Guess and Check won an Electronic Literature award for multicultural fiction. He teaches at Medgar Evers College and received a fiction writing fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.

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REMINDER:Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Saturday, January 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST New York City

JP Howard

Susana H. Case

Sandra Yannone

Please follow directions below to prevent last minute traffic on the day of the reading: We're back! On ZOOM. Our January features are JP Howard, Susana H. Case, and Sandra Yannone. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contributions keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Step 1: Make your $5 donation: https://rb.gy/utlbol Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: rb.gy/fowl4g Step 3: After making your donation and registering, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our January reading!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1057078228105973/

BIOS

JP Howard is an educator, literary activist, curator, and community builder. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! JP was a featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, VONA, and Lambda Literary. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Her poetry is widely anthologized. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women's Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com.

Susana H. Case is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Dead Shark on the N Train, from Broadstone Books, 2020, which won a Pinnacle Book Award for Best Poetry Book and a NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite. She is also the author of five chapbooks. Her first collection, The Scottish Café, from Slapering Hol Press, was re-released in a dual-language English-Polish version, Kawiarnia Szkocka by Opole University Press and she has also been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Case is a Professor and Program Coordinator at the New York Institute of Technology in New York City and can be reached at www.susanahcase.com.

Sandra Yannone’s poems and reviews manifest in journals including Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, Live Encounters, Impossible Archetypes, Women’s Review of Books, Calyx, and Naugatuck River Review. Her poem “Requiem for Orlando” appeared in a special online edition of Glass: A Poetry Journal responding to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. Salmon Poetry published her debut collection Boats for Women in 2019 and will publish The Glass Studio in 2022. Since March, 2020, she’s hosted the weekly reading series Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Facebook via Zoom. She resides mostly in Olympia, Washington. Please visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.

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Reminder: Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Reminder: Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Saturday, January 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST New York City

JP Howard

Susana H. Case

Sandra Yannone

Please follow directions below to prevent last minute traffic on the day of the reading: We're back! On ZOOM. Our January features are JP Howard, Susana H. Case, and Sandra Yannone. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contributions keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Step 1: Make your $5 donation: https://rb.gy/utlbol Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: rb.gy/fowl4g Step 3: After making your donation and registering, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our January reading!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1057078228105973/

BIOS

JP Howard is an educator, literary activist, curator, and community builder. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! JP was a featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, VONA, and Lambda Literary. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Her poetry is widely anthologized. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women's Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com.

Susana H. Case is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Dead Shark on the N Train, from Broadstone Books, 2020, which won a Pinnacle Book Award for Best Poetry Book and a NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite. She is also the author of five chapbooks. Her first collection, The Scottish Café, from Slapering Hol Press, was re-released in a dual-language English-Polish version, Kawiarnia Szkocka by Opole University Press and she has also been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Case is a Professor and Program Coordinator at the New York Institute of Technology in New York City and can be reached at www.susanahcase.com.

Sandra Yannone’s poems and reviews manifest in journals including Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, Live Encounters, Impossible Archetypes, Women’s Review of Books, Calyx, and Naugatuck River Review. Her poem “Requiem for Orlando” appeared in a special online edition of Glass: A Poetry Journal responding to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. Salmon Poetry published her debut collection Boats for Women in 2019 and will publish The Glass Studio in 2022. Since March, 2020, she’s hosted the weekly reading series Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Facebook via Zoom. She resides mostly in Olympia, Washington. Please visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.

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Reminder: Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Reminder: Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Saturday, January 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST New York City

JP Howard

Susana H. Case

Sandra Yannone

Please follow directions below to prevent last minute traffic on the day of the reading: We're back! On ZOOM. Our January features are JP Howard, Susana H. Case, and Sandra Yannone. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contributions keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Step 1: Make your $5 donation: https://rb.gy/utlbol Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: rb.gy/fowl4g Step 3: After making your donation and registering, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our January reading!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1057078228105973/

BIOS

JP Howard is an educator, literary activist, curator, and community builder. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! JP was a featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, VONA, and Lambda Literary. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Her poetry is widely anthologized. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women's Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com.

Susana H. Case is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Dead Shark on the N Train, from Broadstone Books, 2020, which won a Pinnacle Book Award for Best Poetry Book and a NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite. She is also the author of five chapbooks. Her first collection, The Scottish Café, from Slapering Hol Press, was re-released in a dual-language English-Polish version, Kawiarnia Szkocka by Opole University Press and she has also been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Case is a Professor and Program Coordinator at the New York Institute of Technology in New York City and can be reached at www.susanahcase.com.

Sandra Yannone’s poems and reviews manifest in journals including Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, Live Encounters, Impossible Archetypes, Women’s Review of Books, Calyx, and Naugatuck River Review. Her poem “Requiem for Orlando” appeared in a special online edition of Glass: A Poetry Journal responding to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. Salmon Poetry published her debut collection Boats for Women in 2019 and will publish The Glass Studio in 2022. Since March, 2020, she’s hosted the weekly reading series Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Facebook via Zoom. She resides mostly in Olympia, Washington. Please visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.

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Patricia Carragon on One On Poetry on Instagram

Patricia Carragon on One On Poetry on Instagram

Online Event Friday January 8 at 7 P.M. EST Price: Free Public · Anyone on or off Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/events/116042206972708/

She of A Beautiful Mind.. Patricia Carragon will Share Her Life's Experiences at "One On Poetry" Hosted By William Washington! 1/8/21 7pm EDT. https://www.instagram.com/p/CI3iedBl8OO/...

Patricia Carragon’s fiction piece "What Has to Happen Next" has been nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology. Her poem "Paris the Beautiful" won Poem of the Week from great weather for MEDIA. She was nominated by Bear Creek Haiku for a Pushcart Prize. Her latest book from Poets Wear Prada is Meowku and her debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Patricia hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

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Brownstone Poets on ZOOM: JP Howard Susan H Case Sandra Yanonne

Brownstone Poets on ZOOM

Saturday, January 30 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. EST New York City

JP Howard

Susana H. Case

Sandra Yannone

Please follow directions below to prevent last minute traffic on the day of the reading: We're back! On ZOOM. Our January features are JP Howard, Susana H. Case, and Sandra Yannone. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contributions keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Step 1: Make your $5 donation: https://rb.gy/utlbol Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: rb.gy/fowl4g Step 3: After making your donation and registering, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our January reading!

Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1057078228105973/

BIOS

JP Howard is an educator, literary activist, curator, and community builder. Her debut poetry collection, SAY/MIRROR (The Operating System), was a Lambda Literary finalist. She is also the author of bury your love poems here (Belladonna*) and co-editor of Sinister Wisdom Journal Black Lesbians--We Are the Revolution! JP was a featured author in Lambda Literary’s LGBTQ Writers in Schools Program and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, VONA, and Lambda Literary. She curates Women Writers in Bloom Poetry Salon. Her poetry is widely anthologized. JP is a general Poetry Editor for Women's Studies Quarterly and Editor-At-Large of Mom Egg Review VOX online. http://www.jp-howard.com.

Susana H. Case is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently Dead Shark on the N Train, from Broadstone Books, 2020, which won a Pinnacle Book Award for Best Poetry Book and a NYC Big Book Award Distinguished Favorite. She is also the author of five chapbooks. Her first collection, The Scottish Café, from Slapering Hol Press, was re-released in a dual-language English-Polish version, Kawiarnia Szkocka by Opole University Press and she has also been translated into Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese. Case is a Professor and Program Coordinator at the New York Institute of Technology in New York City and can be reached at www.susanahcase.com.

Sandra Yannone’s poems and reviews manifest in journals including Ploughshares, Poetry Ireland Review, Prairie Schooner, Live Encounters, Impossible Archetypes, Women’s Review of Books, Calyx, and Naugatuck River Review. Her poem “Requiem for Orlando” appeared in a special online edition of Glass: A Poetry Journal responding to the 2016 Pulse nightclub shooting. Salmon Poetry published her debut collection Boats for Women in 2019 and will publish The Glass Studio in 2022. Since March, 2020, she’s hosted the weekly reading series Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry on Facebook via Zoom. She resides mostly in Olympia, Washington. Please visit her at www.sandrayannone.com.

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Reminder: Brooklyn Poetry Slam

REMINDER:

BROOKLYN POETRY SLAM,

SATURDAY, JANUARY 2, 2020 AT 6 P.M.

Saturday, January 2 at 6 p.m. on ZOOM!

Enjoy a night of inspirational, emotional and thought provoking poetry while supporting Rob Ramos our grassroots, progressive candidate for Brooklyn Borough President.

Featuring:

Patricia Carragon Linda Lerner Prince A. McNally Robert Anthony Gibbons Roxanne Hoffman Freida Jones

PLEASE COME, IT'S A FREE EVENT!

Suggested Contribution: $20

RSVP for link and/or join host committee at: Robramos4brooklyn@gmail.com

Contribute at: https://www.nycvotes.org/campaigns/robertramosjr

ZOOM LINK:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89713363407

Meeting ID: 897 1336 3407

Check out our FACEBOOK EVENT:

https://www.facebook.com/events/1194114214347597/

Host Committee: Patricia Carragon, Cindy Scavella, Bridget Cevellos, Natalia Vogel, Zoila Guiza, Theresa Brissett, Lakisha Keitt, and more.

www.robramos4bk.com

BIOS:

Prince McNally

A rising voice on the NYC poetry scene, Prince A. McNally’s work has appeared in Dissident Voice, TUCK Magazine, Leaves of Ink, The Blue Mountain Review, and Jerry Jazz Musician just to name a few as well as several anthologies here and abroad. Recently nominated for Best of the Net, he’s working on his first poetry collection for 2021.

Robert Anthony Gibbons

Robert Anthony Gibbons is a performance poet living in Brooklyn. He has several collections of his work anthologized and published. His most recent work, Flight, is published by (Poets wear Prada, 2019) You can connect to him at robertgibbons54@gmail.com

Roxanne Hoffman

Roxanne Hoffman runs the small literary press Poets Wear Prada with Jack Cooper. Her elegiac poem “In Loving Memory,” illustrated by Edward Odwitt, was released as a chapbook in 2011. Their second collaboration, The Little Entomologist, was published in 2018.

Patricia Carragon

Patricia Carragon’s latest books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles. Her debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Patricia hosts the Brooklyn-based Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.

Linda Lerner

Linda Lerner, author of 17 collections including Takes Guts and Years Sometimes and Yes, the Ducks Were Real from NYQ Books (2011& 2015). When Death is a Red Balloon, her most recent collection (Lummox Press, Nov. 20019.) Taking the F train, forthcoming from NYQ books.

Freida Jones

Playwright/poet, Freida Jones is the author of Music Masquerades as Honey in My Hands, dedicated to African-American jazz legacy. In 2020, The Midnight Ride was her tribute to the Bronx. Recent plays: Music Masquerades in Harlem and Lucky Strikes Legacy.

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November - December Publication News 2020

November - December Publication News 2020

Redheaded Stepchild, Fall 2020 Issue

Art by Kate Fetherston

Art by Kate Fetherston

Thank you Malaika King Albrecht for publishing "I Only Have Eyes for You" in the Fall 2020 Issue of Redheaded Stepchild.

Honored to share this space with Susana H. Case.

http://redheadedmag.com/poetry/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=707:i-only-have-eyes-for-you-by-patricia-carragon&catid=36:poetry&Itemid=59

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The Avocet, A Journal of Nature Poetry, Fall 2020

Much gratitude to Charles, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano and Editor Emeritus, Peter Leverich for accepting my two haiku.

pumpkin patch

more haunted

at Halloween

~~~~~

like fallen leaves

yesterday's trash

travels with the wind

The Weekly Avocet, #421, December 27, 2020

Thank you Charles Portolano, Vivian, and Valerie Portolano for accepting my three haiku.

gingerbread people

cooling off on a tray

impatience can't wait

bright lights shiny balls

beckon curious cats

to attack the tree

southpaw kitty

ornaments go down

for the count

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Bear Creek Haiku Pushcart Nomination

Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, publisher of Bear Creek Haiku

What a nice surprise being nominated for a pushcart prize for my Catku 🐈 from issue #166 of Bear Creek Haiku. Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen. Such an honor.

PUSHCART Prize nominees!... from print issue #162, Cathy Porter!, and, Judith Partin-Nielsen! from #163, r. soos! from #164, Peggy Dugan French! from #165, t. kilgore splake!, and, from #166, Patricia Carragon!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2020/11/poets-our-pushcart-prize-nominees-from.html

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Happy Fukkadays 2 U Anthology from Alien Buddha Press, 2020

Hey Red, thanks again for taking my holiday Catku and special shout outs to Carrie Magness Radna, Chris Boder, and Red Focks.

Hanukkah-Christmas Catku

Hanukkah kitty

looks for catnip

8 days of MEOW

Hanukkah lights

shadow of the cat

nibbling on latkes

kosher kitty

spins the dreidel

wins more treats

cattiude

escalates on Hanukkah

oy vey iz mir

more fun

than a scratching post

Christmas tree

bright lights shiny balls

beckon the curious cat

Christmas tree attack

southpaw kitty

ornaments go down

for the count

the cat leaves a present

in the litterbox

the scent of shit happening

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Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry--Autumn 2020 Edition

Thank you Joe Maita for publishing my poems, EARLY AUTUMN (first published in Poets Wear Prada's The Rainbow Project) and I PUT A SPELL ON YOU in the Autumn 2020 edition of Jerry Jazz Musician.

Kudos to

Carrie Magness Radna, Prince A McNally, David Dephy, Ronald P. Bremner, Russell DuPont, Jack Cooper, Mark F Fogarty

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2020/12/a-collection-of-jazz-poetry-autumn-2020-edition/

Jerry Jazz Musician, A Collection of Jazz Poetry--

“What one song best represents your experience with 2020?” December 29th, 2020

Thank you Joe Maita for taking "the trapper & the furrier."

Kudos to Carrie Magness Radna, R. Bremmer, Moe Seager, Russell DuPont, Phil Linz, Jack Cooper, and more.

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