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Posted on September 17, 2022
BOOKS, MEWS
From Poets Wear Prada, Meowku by Patricia Carragon
POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 BY MARC-ANDRÉ
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Photo Credit: Marc-Andre
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. This book is also filled with Ms. Carragon’s photography as well. Attached are a few samples of feline delight.
Excerpts from Meowku:
topaz sunlight
the storefront cat
makes eye contact
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kerouac kitty
poems unravel
like toilet paper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
eyes of the cat witch
hypnotize her devotees
cuteness wins more treats
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
like cat’s eyes
doors to inner space
open and shut
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the singing bowl
cannot compete
with the purring cat
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
shavasana
cat whiskers brushing
the human on the mat
Praise for Meowku:
Aaron Fisher, author of Black Stars of Blood: The Weegee Poems (Main Street Rag Press), says,“Patricia Carragon has done something notable, writing and assembling some 30 pages of haiku about cats (hence, meowku) that are neither cute nor cloying. What they are is smart, funny, and satisfyingly complex — quite an accomplishment in seventeen syllables.”
David Dephy, a Georgian/American award-winning poet, novelist, and performer, sums it up: “These poems themselves are warm and mystical like kittens. They crawl from page to page with catlike grace as you caress them with your eyes and breath, as you stare them in the eye you become cautious like them and don’t want your silence to be disturbed by anyone while reading.”
Judy Kamilhor, author of Before the Big Bang and Cat Dreams, notes, “Enjoy a delightful romp of word play through a New York filled with mischievous cats and kittens. Accompanied by lovely photos, Patricia Carragon’s poems capture moments of city life with feline friends and sometimes foes. Who knew that this ancient Japanese forms fit modern New York life with cats so purrfectly?” And lastly, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, Editor of Bear Creek Haiku, says, “Patricia Carragon is known throughout our creative and feline worlds as “that Brooklyn girl.” The humor, noblesse, and yes, loveliness of her nationwide nurturing presence are aptly, beautifully encapsulated within these thirty-five pages of photos, haiku, and micro (yet mighty) poems. Meowku is nurturing “cattitude” we all need.
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 most recent publications include Arriving at a Shoreline Anthology (great weather for MEDIA, 2022), Bear Creek Haiku, Beat Generation Anthology 2022, First Literary Review-East, I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe, Jerry Jazz Musician, Moonstone Press, MER VOX Quarterly, Muddy River Poetry Review, Out Loud, an LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology (Red or Green Books), The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow anthology, et al. Her 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 debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Her books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles. She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.
Follow Patricia on:
https://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patriciacarragon
Twitter @BrownstonePoets
Like Her Page on FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/Brownstone-Poets-143560915675230
About Poets Wear Prada:
Publishing beautifully designed volumes of well-crafted poetry — and now fiction — you want to read
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Hoboken Library Festival
Proud to be part of the Hoboken Library Festival on Saturday, October 15 from 11 am – 4 pm in Church Square Park (across from the Library).
Thank you Ethan Galvin for inviting me. I will be bringing Angel Fire, Meowku, and Brownstone Poets 2022 anthologies to sell.
There will be booktalks and poetry readings. I’m scheduled to read at 12:20 pm.
Come and enjoy! It’s FREE!
Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/events/1154698868471458
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Meowku on Katzenworld
Posted by Katzenworld Blog Posted on September 17, 2022
BOOKS, MEWS From Poets Wear Prada, Meowku by Patricia Carragon POSTED ON SEPTEMBER 17, 2022 BY MARC-ANDRÉ
A person with a cat Description automatically generated with low confidence Photo Credit: Marc-Andre
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. This book is also filled with Ms. Carragon’s photography as well. Attached are a few samples of feline delight.
Excerpts from Meowku:
topaz sunlight
the storefront cat
makes eye contact
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kerouac kitty
poems unravel
like toilet paper
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
eyes of the cat witch
hypnotize her devotees
cuteness wins more treats
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
like cat’s eyes
doors to inner space
open and shut
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the singing bowl
cannot compete
with the purring cat
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
shavasana
cat whiskers brushing
the human on the mat
Praise for Meowku:
Aaron Fisher, author of Black Stars of Blood: The Weegee Poems (Main Street Rag Press), says,“Patricia Carragon has done something notable, writing and assembling some 30 pages of haiku about cats (hence, meowku) that are neither cute nor cloying. What they are is smart, funny, and satisfyingly complex — quite an accomplishment in seventeen syllables.”
David Dephy, a Georgian/American award-winning poet, novelist, and performer, sums it up: “These poems themselves are warm and mystical like kittens. They crawl from page to page with catlike grace as you caress them with your eyes and breath, as you stare them in the eye you become cautious like them and don’t want your silence to be disturbed by anyone while reading.”
Judy Kamilhor, author of Before the Big Bang and Cat Dreams, notes, “Enjoy a delightful romp of word play through a New York filled with mischievous cats and kittens. Accompanied by lovely photos, Patricia Carragon’s poems capture moments of city life with feline friends and sometimes foes. Who knew that this ancient Japanese forms fit modern New York life with cats so purrfectly?” And lastly, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen, Editor of Bear Creek Haiku, says, “Patricia Carragon is known throughout our creative and feline worlds as “that Brooklyn girl.” The humor, noblesse, and yes, loveliness of her nationwide nurturing presence are aptly, beautifully encapsulated within these thirty-five pages of photos, haiku, and micro (yet mighty) poems. Meowku is nurturing “cattitude” we all need.
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 most recent publications include Arriving at a Shoreline Anthology (great weather for MEDIA, 2022), Bear Creek Haiku, Beat Generation Anthology 2022, First Literary Review-East, I Wanna Be Loved by You: Poems on Marilyn Monroe, Jerry Jazz Musician, Moonstone Press, MER VOX Quarterly, Muddy River Poetry Review, Out Loud, an LGBTQA Literary Arts Anthology (Red or Green Books), The Rutherford Red Wheelbarrow anthology, et al. Her 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 debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Her books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles. She hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology.
Follow Patricia on:
https://brownstonepoets.blogspot.com/
https://patriciacarragon8.wordpress.com/
https://www.instagram.com/patriciacarragon
Twitter @BrownstonePoets
Like Her Page on FaceBook
https://www.facebook.com/Brownstone-Poets-143560915675230
About Poets Wear Prada:
Publishing beautifully designed volumes of well-crafted poetry — and now fiction — you want to read
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1000 Poets for Change
The Poetry Club Joins 1000 Poets for Change
Saturday, September 17, 2022 at 4 p.m. on Zoom
On September 17, 2022, Saturday, at 4 P.M. E.S.T. on Zoom, Noreen Snyder is hosting 100 Thousand Poets for Change 2022 with Maxwanette A Poetess as her co-host. .
The topics are justice, peace, and sustainability.
I will be joining them before 5:30 EST
contact Noreen Snyder for the Zoom Link on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/NoreenAnnSnyder
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Extension for Home Planet News Online, Now October 15!
Extension for Home Planet News Online, Now October 15!
From Frank Murphy of Home Planet News:
Dear Poets, Writers, Artist, I am sending out this email to remind everyone that the deadline for this issue is 10/15/2022. That’s an extension from the 10/1. I will do my best to get the magazine out by mid-November—and certainly by the end of November. If any poet, writer, or artist has a book coming out, and is being published in this issue, I will give the details of the publication. What I need for this is The name of the book, author, publisher, the price, and a link to where it may be purchased. Please get materials in asap because there’s still a lot of work to be done on the magazine. Stay well, Frank
Please email your submissions to Frank Murphy at:
homeplanetnews@outlook.com
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The Excitement is Growing: Brownstone Poets at the NYC Poetry Festival
The Excitement is Growing: Brownstone Poets at the NYC Poetry Festival on Governors Island, Saturday, September 10 at 11:30 A.M.
Spend a poetic day on Colonels Row, Governors Island on Saturday, September 10, and please make a stop at the White Horse stage at 11:30 a.m. to hear the wordsmiths from Brownstone Poets.
Our September features are:
Ptr Kozlowski
Dorothy Cantwell
Roxanne Hoffman
Megha Sood
You $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.
Your $5 contribution counts as one attendance toward inclusion in our 2023 anthology. And will be applied towards the honorarium for our features. Donations will accepted during August and September via PayPal at pcarragon@gmail.com. Or in person at the festival.
Please make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO (Note that your contribution is not refundable.)
For more info about the NYC Poetry Festival please visit the festival’s website: www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com
A round trip ferry ticket is price of admission to this otherwise free event, and the ferry ride is free for all before noon, all day for seniors 65+ and children 12-, otherwise $4. Please book your tickets in advance at https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry.
Looking forward to seeing you at the NYC Poetry Festival!
Facebook Invite:
https://www.facebook.com/events/398230652447273?ref=newsfeed
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Poets Wear Prada at Governors Island, Sunday, September 11 at 4:30 p.m.
Proud to be part of this event:
From Roxanne Hoffman:
Join Poets Wear Prada at the 11th NYC Poetry Festival, from Saturday 9/10 to Sunday 9/11, on Governor’s Island. Our featured reading will be in Sunday 9/11 at 4:30pm on the new 4th Stage, The Blackbird. Jack Cooper and I are pleased to announce our lineup for this special event: our authors Talena Lachelle Queen, Cyndi Dawson, and Patricia Carragon, and our special esteemed guest, Ngoma Hill. I will be hosting. Visit www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com for more info about the festival. A round trip ferry ticket is price of admission to this otherwise free event, and the ferry ride is free for all before noon, all day for seniors 65+ and children 12-, otherwise $4. Book your tickets online at https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry. #nycpoetryfestival @repoocejjj #poetswearprada #poetrycommunity #poetypublishers #poetryclubs #poetrywotkshops #slamteams #performancepoetry #spokenword #septemberhappenings #literaryevents #foryoucalender @patriciacarragon @baba_ngoma @cyndicynz2 @herbestself4440 #nycpofest @poetrysocietyny @nycpofest
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Brownstone Poets at the NYC Poetry Festival on Governors Island, Saturday, Septe
Spend a poetic day on Governors Island on Saturday, September 10, and please make a stop at the White Horse stage at 11:30 a.m. to hear the wordsmiths from Brownstone Poets.
Featured readers:
Ptr Kozlowski
Dorothy Cantwell
Roxanne Hoffman
Megha Sood
Hosted by the curator and editor-in-chief, Patricia Carragon
Your support of this would count as an attendance toward being in the 2023 anthology.
Please note:
I would like to give an honorarium to the features. Donations will be taken during August and September on PayPal at pcarragon@gmail.com. or in person at the festival. Your donation will count as an attendance toward being in the 2023 anthology.
Information about the NYC Poetry Festival:
Visit www.newyorkcitypoetryfestival.com for more info about the festival. A round trip ferry ticket is price of admission to this otherwise free event, and the ferry ride is free for all before noon, all day for seniors 65+ and children 12-, otherwise $4. Book your tickets online at https://www.govisland.com/plan-your-visit/ferry.
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Arriving at a Shoreline Book Launch
Arriving at a Shoreline: Anthology Release Celebration!!! Posted on August 14, 2022
Proud to be reading “For All We Know” for great weather for MEDIA this Saturday, August 20 from 4 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at our beloved Parkside Lounge at 317 East Houston Street near Attorney Street in East Village, NY
Celebrate great weather for MEDIA’s latest anthology, “Arriving at a Shoreline”, with an incredible lineup of contributing poets and writers.
Featuring: Joanna Acevedo, Patricia Carragon, Amy Cook, Kat Georges, Ed Go, Meghan Grupposo, Bibbe Hansen, Tanya Ko Hong, Javan Howard, Sarah Iqbal, Craig Kite, Linda Lerner, Lucía Orellana Damacela, Yuko Otomo, Puma Perl, Ron Price, Blake Z. Rong, Karl Roulston, Lady John William Snyder, and Francine Witte
Hosted by David Lawton
“Arriving at a Shoreline” is an invigorating collection of poetry and short fiction from sixty-four writers across the United States and beyond. The anthology also contains interviews with National Book Award winner Martín Espada and legendary Bay Area poet Jack Foley.
Copies of the book are selling for $22
If you wish to order copies, go to this link below:
https://www.greatweatherformedia.com/arriving-at-a-shoreline
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Birthday and Arts Extravaganza
Coming up this Wednesday: You are cordially invited to the Birthday and Arts Extravaganza Wednesday, August 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Art & Ray Boutique & Fine Art Gallery at 305 East 9th Street, East Village, NY 10003 It's Dorothy Friedman August's birthday and there will be cake, wine, beer, and other refreshments as well. Didi Champagne will have her amazing artwork and books for sell. A fabulous line-up of poets and musicians to entertain, plus Didi and Dorothy will perform their duet, "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." Special poetry reading by Didi Champagne and Dorothy Friedman-August Poets scheduled to read: Austin Alexis, Madeline Artenberg, Dorothy Cantwell, Patricia Carragon, Mitch Corber, Phillip Giambri, Jennifer Juneau, Evelyn Katz, Linda Kleinbub, Ron Kolm, Elizabeth Morse, Nicca Ray, Barbara Rosenthal, Marianne Sciberras, Susan Weiman, Francine Witte, Ernest Woodley Musicians to perform: David Banish, Daniel Carter, Rick Eckerle, Don Fuchs, Diana Gitesha Hernandez, Ptr Kozlowski, Perry Masco, Susan Mitchell, Matthew Paris, Su Polo, Linda Schwartz Admission is FREE! Patricia Carragon as the emcee Please RSVP to either Patricia Carragon at pcarragon@gmail.com or Didi Champagne at dididlicious@gmail.com
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Birthday and Arts Extravaganza Friday, Jul 22 @ 5:07 PM
Birthday and Arts Extravaganza Friday, Jul 22 @ 5:07 PM
You are cordially invited to the Birthday and Arts Extravaganza
Wednesday, August 10 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Art & Ray Boutique & Fine Art Gallery at 305 East 9th Street, East Village, NY 10003
It’s Dorothy Friedman August’s birthday and there will be cake, wine, beer, and other refreshments as well.
Didi Champagne will have her amazing artwork and books for sell.
A fabulous line-up of poets and musicians to entertain, plus Didi and Dorothy will perform their duet, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.”
Special poetry reading by Didi Champagne and Dorothy Friedman-August
Poets scheduled to read:
Austin Alexis, Madeline Artenberg, Dorothy Cantwell, Patricia Carragon, Phillip Giambri, Evelyn Katz, Linda Kleinbub, Ron Kolm, Nicca Ray, Marianne Sciberras, Susan Weiman, Francine Witte, Ernest Woodley
Musicians to perform:
David Banish, Daniel Carter, Rick Eckerle, Don Fuchs, Diana Gitesha Hernandez, Ptr Kozlowski, Perry Masco, Susan Mitchell, Matthew Paris, Su Polo, Linda Schwartz
Admission is FREE!
Patricia Carragon as the Emcee
Check out event on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/events/419769040176057?acontext=%7B%22event_action_history%22%3A[%7B%22mechanism%22%3A%22search_results%22%2C%22surface%22%3A%22bookmark_search%22%7D]%2C%22ref_notif_type%22%3Anull%7D
Please RSVP to either Patricia Carragon at pcarragon@gmail.com
or Didi Champagne at dididlicious@gmail.com
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