undefined magazine's 1st annual Summer Reader Release Party:
Readings by the winners of undefined magazine's 1st annual Creative Writing Competition and contributors to Out Loud: The Best of Rainbow Radio, food, music, happy hour prices, and your very own issue of undefined magazine's 1st annual Summer Reader, while the ink is still wet -- all for 5 bucks.
Today · 7:00pm - 10:00pm
The White Mule Pub and Eatery
1530 Main Street
Columbia, SC
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I'm looking forward to attending and reading my poem "No more than the bird with piercing note," which won first place in poetry.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
A poem of mine has won first place in poetry in undefined Magazine's inaugural Creative Writing Competition
Undefined Magazine , an arts magazine out of Columbia, South Carolina, congratulates the winners of its first annual Creative Writing Competition. The winning poems and fiction will be published in the Summer Reading issue, which will be released on July 14, 2010.
Here are the winners:
For poetry:
1st place - Susan Laughter Meyers
2nd place - Gilbert Allen
3rd place - Julia Koets
For flash fiction:
1st place - Paul Bowers
2nd place - Phebe Davidson
3rd place - John Purvis
For short story:
1st place - Leslie Haynsworth
2nd place - Gilbert Allen
3rd place - Leslie Dennis
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I'm excited about this news. My poem that won is called "No more than the bird with piercing note," which borrows its title from a line by Sappho. The judge for poetry was Ed Madden, undefined's new poetry editor.
Here are the winners:
For poetry:
1st place - Susan Laughter Meyers
2nd place - Gilbert Allen
3rd place - Julia Koets
For flash fiction:
1st place - Paul Bowers
2nd place - Phebe Davidson
3rd place - John Purvis
For short story:
1st place - Leslie Haynsworth
2nd place - Gilbert Allen
3rd place - Leslie Dennis
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I'm excited about this news. My poem that won is called "No more than the bird with piercing note," which borrows its title from a line by Sappho. The judge for poetry was Ed Madden, undefined's new poetry editor.
Friday, June 11, 2010
Jun.20-24: Poetry instructor for SWA workshop, St. Simons Island, GA
JUNE 20-24, 2010
St. Simons Island, GA
Southeastern Writers Association
2010 Writers Workshop -- 35th annual workshop
The time is fast approaching for this gathering of writers, the opportunity to immerse ourselves in writing and talk/classes about writing. The daily schedule includes workshops pertaining to numerous subjects/genres, as well as nightly readings and activities. I'll be teaching a daily one-hour poetry workshop entitled "Which Words, What Order: Diction and Syntax." The first two days we'll work with diction, the last two with syntax.
Here is this year's faculty:
David Robbins, Advanced Fiction
Katharine Sands, Agent in Residence
Susan Meyers, Poetry
Gail Karwoski, Writing for Young Readers
Berta Platas, Beginning Novel Writing
J. M. Lacey, Writing for Business
Ricki Schultz, Writing Journalism
Darrell Huckabee, Humor
Louis H. (Bud) Hern, III, Inspirational Writing
Sheila Hudson & Amy Munnell, Bright Ideas
Charlotte Babb, Science Fiction
St. Simons Island, here we come!
For further info: 2010 SWA Writers Workshop
St. Simons Island, GA
Southeastern Writers Association
2010 Writers Workshop -- 35th annual workshop
The time is fast approaching for this gathering of writers, the opportunity to immerse ourselves in writing and talk/classes about writing. The daily schedule includes workshops pertaining to numerous subjects/genres, as well as nightly readings and activities. I'll be teaching a daily one-hour poetry workshop entitled "Which Words, What Order: Diction and Syntax." The first two days we'll work with diction, the last two with syntax.
Here is this year's faculty:
David Robbins, Advanced Fiction
Katharine Sands, Agent in Residence
Susan Meyers, Poetry
Gail Karwoski, Writing for Young Readers
Berta Platas, Beginning Novel Writing
J. M. Lacey, Writing for Business
Ricki Schultz, Writing Journalism
Darrell Huckabee, Humor
Louis H. (Bud) Hern, III, Inspirational Writing
Sheila Hudson & Amy Munnell, Bright Ideas
Charlotte Babb, Science Fiction
St. Simons Island, here we come!
For further info: 2010 SWA Writers Workshop
Saturday, May 15, 2010
May 17-24: Artist residency at Oconee State Park
I leave for Oconee State Park this coming Monday, after being awarded a week's residency in the South Carolina State Park 2010 Artist-in-Residence Program. I'll have the opportunity to hike and explore the park, take field notes, and write some poems about the natural surroundings there. After the residency my main responsibility is to send the park a framed poem that resulted from the experience. Am I ever looking forward to the week--my chance to retreat from the busy world for a few days!
Monday, May 03, 2010
Ted Kooser's American Life in Poetry Column 267
American Life in Poetry: Column 267
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE
Here’s a poem by Susan Meyers, of South Carolina, about the most ordinary of activities, washing the dishes, but in this instance remembering this ordinary routine provides an opportunity for speculation about the private pleasures of a lost parent.
Mother, Washing Dishes
She rarely made us do it—
we’d clear the table instead—so my sister and I teased
that some day we’d train our children right
and not end up like her, after every meal stuck
with red knuckles, a bleached rag to wipe and wring.
The one chore she spared us: gummy plates
in water greasy and swirling with sloughed peas,
globs of egg and gravy.
Or did she guard her place
at the window? Not wanting to give up the gloss
of the magnolia, the school traffic humming.
Sunset, finches at the feeder. First sightings
of the mail truck at the curb, just after noon,
delivering a note, a card, the least bit of news.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2009 by the Univ. of So. Carolina Press. Susan Meyers’ most recent book of poems is Keep and Give Away, Univ. of So. Carolina Press, 2006. Poem reprinted from Tar River Poetry, Vol. 48, no. 1, Fall 2008, by permission of the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2009 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
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American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry: American Life in Poetry seeks to create a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. There are no costs for reprinting the columns; we do require that you register your publication here [at the Web site] and that the text of the column be reproduced without alteration.
The poem in each column is brief and will be enjoyable and enlightening to readers of newspapers and online publications. Each week, a new column will be posted. Registered publications will receive new columns by email. Our archive of previous columns is also available for publication.
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Susan's note: After the week of May 3, 2010, Column 267 can be located in the archives of American Life in Poetry. Many thanks to Ted Kooser and his staff for recognizing this poem!
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE
Here’s a poem by Susan Meyers, of South Carolina, about the most ordinary of activities, washing the dishes, but in this instance remembering this ordinary routine provides an opportunity for speculation about the private pleasures of a lost parent.
Mother, Washing Dishes
She rarely made us do it—
we’d clear the table instead—so my sister and I teased
that some day we’d train our children right
and not end up like her, after every meal stuck
with red knuckles, a bleached rag to wipe and wring.
The one chore she spared us: gummy plates
in water greasy and swirling with sloughed peas,
globs of egg and gravy.
Or did she guard her place
at the window? Not wanting to give up the gloss
of the magnolia, the school traffic humming.
Sunset, finches at the feeder. First sightings
of the mail truck at the curb, just after noon,
delivering a note, a card, the least bit of news.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2009 by the Univ. of So. Carolina Press. Susan Meyers’ most recent book of poems is Keep and Give Away, Univ. of So. Carolina Press, 2006. Poem reprinted from Tar River Poetry, Vol. 48, no. 1, Fall 2008, by permission of the publisher. Introduction copyright © 2009 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
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American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry: American Life in Poetry seeks to create a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. There are no costs for reprinting the columns; we do require that you register your publication here [at the Web site] and that the text of the column be reproduced without alteration.
The poem in each column is brief and will be enjoyable and enlightening to readers of newspapers and online publications. Each week, a new column will be posted. Registered publications will receive new columns by email. Our archive of previous columns is also available for publication.
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Susan's note: After the week of May 3, 2010, Column 267 can be located in the archives of American Life in Poetry. Many thanks to Ted Kooser and his staff for recognizing this poem!
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Saturday, May 1: Poetry Workshop, The Song of Syntax -- Jacksonville, NC
Saturday, May 1
Poetry Workshop: The Song of Syntax
Susan Meyers, instructor
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Comfort Suites, 130 Workshop Ln. US 17 N.
Jacksonville, NC 28546
Registration $25 ($20 for Coastal Poets Consortium members)
Bring your own lunch.
For registration and further details: Coastal Poets Consortium
Crucial to the art of a poem is its syntax, how the words are put together for the sake of ideal phrasing. In this workshop we’ll focus on the role of syntax in orchestrating a poem’s music—how it affects pacing, tension, and tone. We’ll pay attention to not only what the poem says but also how it goes about saying it. The class (open to poets of all levels of experience) will discuss numerous syntactical approaches, read sample poems, and generate new work. Participants may bring a poem, with SASE, to turn in for critique.
Poetry Workshop: The Song of Syntax
Susan Meyers, instructor
9 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Comfort Suites, 130 Workshop Ln. US 17 N.
Jacksonville, NC 28546
Registration $25 ($20 for Coastal Poets Consortium members)
Bring your own lunch.
For registration and further details: Coastal Poets Consortium
Crucial to the art of a poem is its syntax, how the words are put together for the sake of ideal phrasing. In this workshop we’ll focus on the role of syntax in orchestrating a poem’s music—how it affects pacing, tension, and tone. We’ll pay attention to not only what the poem says but also how it goes about saying it. The class (open to poets of all levels of experience) will discuss numerous syntactical approaches, read sample poems, and generate new work. Participants may bring a poem, with SASE, to turn in for critique.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Sunday, Apr. 25: Georgetown, SC, Reading
Reading by Susan Meyers, Ray McManus & Worthy Evans
Sun., Apr. 25
2 - 4 p.m.
Goudelock's, 711 Front St.
Georgetown, SC
Sponsored by Harborwalk Books
Free & open to the public
Three of the winners of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize will read poems, followed by a brief Q&A session and book signing. Refreshments provided. Featuring the books Keep and Give Away (2006), Driving through the Country before You Are Born (2007), and the newly released Green Revolver (2010).
The book prize is sponsored annually by the SC Poetry Initiative, in conjunction with the University of South Carolina Press.
Sun., Apr. 25
2 - 4 p.m.
Goudelock's, 711 Front St.
Georgetown, SC
Sponsored by Harborwalk Books
Free & open to the public
Three of the winners of the South Carolina Poetry Book Prize will read poems, followed by a brief Q&A session and book signing. Refreshments provided. Featuring the books Keep and Give Away (2006), Driving through the Country before You Are Born (2007), and the newly released Green Revolver (2010).
The book prize is sponsored annually by the SC Poetry Initiative, in conjunction with the University of South Carolina Press.
Friday, Apr. 23: Classes at Richland Northeast High in Columbia, SC
What a pleasure it was yesterday to meet with young poets in Barbara Thomson's classes at Richland Northeast High. We circled up and read a number of poems rich with concrete details--list poems, poems of advice/instruction, poems in the voice of an inanimate object, and others. Then we spent time writing lines of a group poem, plus poems of our own. A talented group!
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