https://www.capecodtimes.com/lifestyle/20190622/five-poets-chosen-for-cape-cod-times-first-poetry-page If you can't get on, it is uploaded below. It's about last year's shark attack in Wellfleet, MA, and also for my sons. Five poets chosen for Cape Cod Times first poetry page - Lifestyle - capecodtimes.com - Hyannis, MA
First poem published in Uppagus
So great to see my poem "Bark" next to this beautiful image https://uppagus.com and link to the poem https://uppagus.com/poems/rogers-bark/
Two poems accepted
by Uppagus magazine! https://www.uppagus.com I was drawn to their mother-son editorial team. I will post in April/August respectively when they will each appear. Both poems look back at childhood. Drawing on fractured memories to reconstruct the lasting emotional truth of events is difficult and fascinating work.
Reading at Antioch LA to finish up MFA
I can't believe the MFA is over. I learned so much and will miss the community of amazing students and poetry mentors -- esp. Dan Bellm, Jim Daniels, Victoria Chang, Carol Potter, Jenny Factor...
Open mic event in Cape Cod last October
I was delighted to read with these featured poets in a great art gallery space in Osterville, MA. Alice was the guest editor of the issue of Cape Cod Poetry Review who selected my poem "Wellfleet" so I was able to thank her in person.
My interview with poet Victoria Chang in Lunch Ticket Magazine, Dec 2017
Interview: http://lunchticket.org/victoria-chang-author-barbie-chang/
September 2017: San Diego Reader Poems
I just want to share a few poems recently published in the San Diego Reader. They are "all of a piece" -- facing what I hope will be a brilliant third act. https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/sep/27/poetry-60-lost-two-hundred-thousand-things/
The 2016 Cape Cod Poetry Review is out.
My poem is called "Wellfleet" At the flea market, a watercolorist points to a tiny splash in her picture of a cottage on a dune by the sea. She says one night there were a hundred people on the dune watching for whales and three came by and spouted. And just then all those people … Continue reading The 2016 Cape Cod Poetry Review is out.
Poetry reading at Brewster Ladies Library, Cape Cod, MA
A great evening with supporters and contributors to the Cape Cod Poetry Review on February 4th, 2016. Thanks to John Bonanni for organizing the Launch of the 3rd edition of the Review (2016).
To be published…
My poem "Wellfleet" in the Cape Cod Poetry Review, Volume 3 http://capecodpoetryreview.com Come to the launch on Thursday, February 4, 2016. 7:00 pm. Brewster Ladies Library, 1822 Main Street, Brewster, MA
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