A pure delight to spend an hour or so with members of the Poetry Club at Ft. Dorchester High School this afternoon. Twelve of us sat in a circle and shared some words, lines, and poems. We did several activities, starting out with building a word bank and writing a group poem, which we read a couple of times, round-robin style. After looking at several strategies for writing poems, I had the pleasure of hearing some of the members read their poems.
Thanks to the Club and their sponsor, Donna Miller, who's a Media Specialist there at the school, for inviting me!
Monday, November 19, 2012
Saturday, November 17: Poets reading at art exhibit & sale
How I enjoyed reading with fellow poets Susan Finch Stevens, Linda Annas Ferguson, Ann Herlong-Bodman, Rick Pfann, Debbie Scott, and Marjory Wentworth last Saturday from 5 to 6 p.m. We read at the Some of Us art showing at the home of artist Peggy Howe in Mt. Pleasant. I forget sometimes how stimulating it is to be in the midst of a mix of the arts--paintings, ceramics, textiles, jewelry. And what an inspiring setting we were in, overlooking the marsh. Thanks to Peggy Howe and her artist friends for including us!
Friday, October 19, 2012
Saturday, Nov. 15 poetry workshop: Fishing for Poems
POETRY WORKSHOP: FISHING FOR POEMS
Susan Meyers, instructor
November 15, 2012
Susan Meyers, instructor
November 15, 2012
Thurs.,10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Willbrook Blvd., Litchfield, SC
Waccamaw Higher Education Center
160 Willbrook Blvd., Litchfield, SC
In this writing workshop we’ll
be casting for poems, our method somewhat like throwing out a
fishing line in first one spot and then another. By the end of the
workshop, participants will have several poem drafts to take home for revision,
as well as new strategies for filling the poetry pail. Class packet
included. Within two weeks after the workshop concludes, participants
have the option of emailing a poem to the instructor for feedback.
Lunch can be brought or bought nearby.
XWRIT 524 W03
$30, plus one-time-per-semester $20 OLLI membership fee
To register: 843-349-6584
$30, plus one-time-per-semester $20 OLLI membership fee
To register: 843-349-6584
2013 Poet's Market
At the end of last May, editor Robert Lee Brewer put out a call for submissions of unpublished poems, with plans to select 20 and publish them in the 2013 Poet's Market. In the fall he announced the 20 poems selected, and my poem "Wind Chimes, Minus the Wind" was one of them. How exciting for me to have a poem published in Poet's Market! Thank you, Robert Lee Brewer.
Here's a list of the 20 poets and their poem titles. Congratulations to all the other poets:
Here's a list of the 20 poets and their poem titles. Congratulations to all the other poets:
- Kelli Russell Agodon, "On Some Other Planet We're Newlyweds"
- Nin Andres, "Ghosts"
- Pris Campbell, "Sackcloth"
- Jessie Carty, "The Painter's Pantoum"
- Sage Cohen, "Dear Fritz Guest House"
- Iris Jamahl Dunkle, "Photography Lesson, Pt. Reyes"
- Terri Kirby Erickson, "At the Bowling Alley"
- Patricia Fargnoli, "When I Re-Read His Letters"
- Jen Karetnick, "Arrival: A Love Villanelle for Haiti"
- Jeffrey H. MacLachlan, "Sea Ghost, Fire of the Sea"
- Susan Laughter Meyers, "Wind Chimes, Minus the Wind"
- Heather M. Moore Niver, "Flinging the Unsaid into the Surf or Seeing You Again . . . "
- Shann Palmer, "Occluded"
- Nancy Posey, "Follow the Leader"
- Nate Pritts, "Frost at Midmorning"
- Karen Rigby, "Echolocation"
- Rebecca Givens Rolland,
- Linda Simoni-Wastila, "Greetings from Motel 6"
- Kelli Simpson, "Hands to"
- Joannie Stangeland, "As a Beginning"
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Mark Smith-Soto has won this year's James Applewhite Poetry Prize
Congratulations to Mark Smith-Soto, winner of the 2012 James Applewhite Poetry Prize for his poem "Last Retreat to Topsail Beach." The winning poem and those of the finalists will be published in the North Carolina Literary Review (NCLR). Mark's poem was selected by poet James Applewhite from the work of six finalists chosen by NCLR Poetry Editor Jeffrey Franklin. Almost fifty poets submitted to the competition.
Here are the finalists:
Here are the finalists:
- 2nd place: Laurence G. Avery’s poem “Only Yonaguska”
- Honorable mention: Grace Cloris Ocasio’s “Little Girlfriend”
- Other finalists:
- Richard Betz’s “Picking Blackberries on Yellow Mountain Road”
- Samantha Lee Deal’s “North Carolina, This Will Be The Last Poem”
- Susan Laughter Meyers’s “Banding Hummingbirds” and “Beggar’s-Lice”
Poems published by Poemeleon
Poemeleon: A Journal of Poetry
has just posted its newest issue called The Epistolary Issue, and I'm pleased to have two poems in it: "Dear Heavy Traffic" and "Dear Yellow Speed Bump." There are thirty-five poets whose epistolary poems are published in this issue:
has just posted its newest issue called The Epistolary Issue, and I'm pleased to have two poems in it: "Dear Heavy Traffic" and "Dear Yellow Speed Bump." There are thirty-five poets whose epistolary poems are published in this issue:
Congratulations to these poets and to the editors: Cati Porter, Ren Powell, Maureen Alsop, Tom C. Hunley, Judy Kronenfeld, Charlotte Davidson, and Lalanii Grant.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Cider Press Review Editor's Prize
I'm pleased to announce--no, actually I'm ecstatic--that my manuscript "My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass" will be published by Cider Press Review after winning their inaugural Editor's Prize. The day that Ruth Foley, managing editor of the press, called me with the news I was speechless, stunned with joy. And I'm still celebrating.
Congratulations, too, to the runner-up and honorable mentions:
Runner-Up:
Snow White, When No One Was Looking, Donna Prinzmetal
Honorable Mentions:
The Green Cup, V. P. Loggins
The Principle of Flickering, Laura Donnelly
Planetary Nights, Jeanne J. LeVasseur
My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass will be released in the fall of 2013.
I've followed the recent history of the press and admire so much the work that they're doing, the authors that they are publishing. I had the pleasure of hearing Landon Godfrey, author of Second-Skin Rhinestone-Spangled Nude Souffle Choffon Gown, read last fall; I've enjoyed reading Liz Robbins's Play Button; and I fell for the poetry of Joseph Fasano, author of Fugue for Other Hands, when he won the Rattle Poetry Prize a few years ago. Landon, Liz, and Joseph are all past winners of the Cider Press Book Award.
If you're not familiar with this press, please do check it out:
Cider Press Review website
Congratulations, too, to the runner-up and honorable mentions:
Runner-Up:
Snow White, When No One Was Looking, Donna Prinzmetal
Honorable Mentions:
The Green Cup, V. P. Loggins
The Principle of Flickering, Laura Donnelly
Planetary Nights, Jeanne J. LeVasseur
My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass will be released in the fall of 2013.
I've followed the recent history of the press and admire so much the work that they're doing, the authors that they are publishing. I had the pleasure of hearing Landon Godfrey, author of Second-Skin Rhinestone-Spangled Nude Souffle Choffon Gown, read last fall; I've enjoyed reading Liz Robbins's Play Button; and I fell for the poetry of Joseph Fasano, author of Fugue for Other Hands, when he won the Rattle Poetry Prize a few years ago. Landon, Liz, and Joseph are all past winners of the Cider Press Book Award.
If you're not familiar with this press, please do check it out:
Cider Press Review website
Finalists for the Cider Press Review Editor's Prize
For the inaugural Cider Press Review Editor's Prize, eight finalists were selected in August from the hundreds of manuscripts submitted. Here is the list, alphabetically, and I'm pleased that my manuscript My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass was included:
After Jay
The Green Cup
My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass
On the Desire to Levitate
Planetary Nights
The Principle of Flickering
Significant Others
Snow White, When No One Was Looking
I'm grateful, too, that my manuscript has been a finalist in several other book contests during the three years that I've circulated it. During that time it has also been a semifinalist for The Washington Prize (Word Works) and the Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award, as well as a finalist for these:
The National Poetry Series
Prairie Schooner Prize in Poetry
Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize for Poetry
Cider Press Book Award
Circulating a manuscript is hard work, and I want to thank these presses/contests for their encouragement along the way.
After Jay
The Green Cup
My Dear, Dear Stagger Grass
On the Desire to Levitate
Planetary Nights
The Principle of Flickering
Significant Others
Snow White, When No One Was Looking
I'm grateful, too, that my manuscript has been a finalist in several other book contests during the three years that I've circulated it. During that time it has also been a semifinalist for The Washington Prize (Word Works) and the Elixir Press Antivenom Poetry Award, as well as a finalist for these:
The National Poetry Series
Prairie Schooner Prize in Poetry
Robert Dana-Anhinga Prize for Poetry
Cider Press Book Award
Circulating a manuscript is hard work, and I want to thank these presses/contests for their encouragement along the way.
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