tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56739472009-12-17T15:37:07.909-08:00shann talks about stuff like poetry, man.Flash Paper Poetryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14067576860660881139shannp@gmail.comBlogger478125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5673947.post-3479852496733041592009-12-01T07:35:00.001-08:002009-12-01T07:35:51.809-08:00

here's me reading using my new FLIP camera-

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Come tonight!! 8pm art6, 6 east broad st $5

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Check out this page- bookmark if you love poetry! Tony Hoagland will be reading at the Library of Congress this Thursday at 6:45pm. Would anyone like to go? I can pay for gas.

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FIRST FRIDAY PREVIEW TONIGHT at art6 and Artspace 6-10 pm, tickets reserved by phone (343-1406) are $25 (pay at will-call) $30 at the door. There will be donated platters from local restaurants, a free drink at each gallery, cash bar, and a chance to see the THINKsmall5 show before anyone else in Richmond. It's also a fundraiser and we need the funds. Grants have been cut, fewer people can

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Check the site HERE for more info It's all about the mystery!! See ya there!

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Check this out over at Poetic Asides. Are you ready to commit to writing a Poem a Day in November???

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I'm busy working on the new tiny book material for the Richmond Zine Fest at Gallery 5, THINKsmall at art6 and ARTSPACE, and whatever else comes along. I love the rainy days, but I could use a little more heat! When I moved to Richmond in 1971 from Tucson, Arizona I didn't own a winter coat. I don't remember if it was this dreary and cold or not (probably not since we set a record low high

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Submit to Tiny Books new zine Tiny Books is a new publishing venture from FlashPaperPublications in Richmond, Virginia. We are starting a new quarterly zine for small poems. Submit 1-6 poems (no bizarro formatting) - 16 lines or less plus title - 50 characters or less per line counting spaces Issue #1 will appear around October 30, 2009. Submission Guidelines Say what you need in 16 lines

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Charles Wright and Eleanor Ross Taylor have won the Carole Weinstein Poetry Prize ($10,000 each) for 2009. School of Quietude, another victory! Poetry will stroll its way into the woods, check for owls and deer, dead mules, and back porch meditations. To be somewhat fair (ha!) I like her stuff far better than his, but not being from Virginia originally or caring much for 'nature', I can't say

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Virginia in Verse: The Poetry of Michelle Boisseau and John Casteen. Michelle Boisseau, author of A Sunday in God-Years, and John Casteen, author of Free Union: Poems, will discuss and sign their books of poetry. A Sunday in God-Years is centered on the long poem "A Reckoning," made up of 15 shorter poems/sections (some sections are documents like wills and runaway slave notices). The poems in

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JRWC is completely full!! If you didn't reserve a spot, you can't come! There is a waiting list sign-up though- every year I've noticed badges that weren't picked up so if you really want to go there might be a chance (things happern). Thomas Lux will be there representing the poets. I'll be there, volunteering (representing the poets).

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Check this blog out for fun. from Gary Sullivan In the meantime, Poetry at VCU in the form of the Levis Prize Winner Katie Ford was quite enjoyable.

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Pauley Center Parlor, 6 pm Tickets: $8 (VMFA members $5) Ticket Desk: 804.340.1405 or online. BETTY ADCOCK Wed, Sept 16 Betty Adcock, the author of six collections of poetry, has been called “the steward of supreme innocence.” She has said that in writing poetry she hopes “to tell the truth and find that it is music.” Adcock has been recognized with two Pushcart Prizes, as well as the Poets’

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Submit to Tiny Books new zine Tiny Books is a new publishing venture from FlashPaperPublications in Richmond, Virginia. We are starting a new quarterly zine for small poems. Submit 1-6 poems, - 16 lines or less plus title - 50 characters or less per line counting spaces Issue #1 will appear in October 2009. Submission Guidelines Say what you need in 16 lines or less. Submit one to six

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I am so discouraged by the city trying to kill First Friday and the downtown art galleries- could it be the Center(who can afford to go?)stage effect?? If not, why aren't they hitting the Main Street galleries and Manchester with the same rules and regs??? You tell me.Where's a good rag like Style (when it started) or Holmberg(Richmond times disgust) when you need them??I hope someone gives a

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I am impatiently waiting for submission results, though I know it will take forever, at least for some of them. That's why I like to publish my chapbooks myself. Sure, chapbooks carry no weight in any important venues but I am not trying to get (or keep) a job based on my writing, nor am I seeking the fame (and fortune) that could be expected from being a famous writer.I just want to have

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I am so excited about this- I've been twice and it was a lot of fun.Story HERE.In the meantime, I am submitting like a crazy person- 30 poems out right now- maybe I'll get enough out there to be asked to come read as an 'emerging poet.'Whatever! Anything to get carted around and stay in the host hotel!

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3-5pm, new stuff, old stuff, borrowed stuff. blue stuff!It's not that far a drive! Iris's Art Studio454-D Wythe Creek lRdPoquloson757- 868-4205

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12th Annual Levis Reading PrizeKatie Ford for ColosseumListen to her HEREExcerpts HEREThis is a good choice, maybe the best since, well... let's not go there tonight.

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you must be a poet.Just saw Julie & Julia, which was fabulous (maybe a tad longish)and all I am is hungry, discouraged that I have done nothing with my life, full of regret that I sold my "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" at a yard sale 25 years ago, and even more depressed that I really don't cook much of anything fancy anymore (my husband really doesn't care about food),In the late 60's and

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I will be reading my poetry in Poquoson August 29th from 3-5pm. Please cone!Iris's Art Studio454-D Wythe Creek lRdPoquloson757- 868-4205My chapbook "Always" has been reviewed.Support Your Local Poets! Buy Books!

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No, I'm not talking about weight loss, though of course that's always a goal- I'm referring to the bags and boxes of accumulation I have collected.I am getting rid of more 'stuff'. Tin boxes, gee-gaws, kitsch, the trivia that buries me, even though I have taking car loads to the salvation army and thrown out bag after bag, I am still barely holding my head up above the surface.The Smart Box we

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July 31NexusIn some old calculus notebook,the theory of everything may bea doodle on the blue-lined paperof swirls and fat connecting hearts,the most important thing in the world,still on your mind after all these years.

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My favorite poet, Tony Hoagland, once more captures everything in a poem that says so much.HEREwow

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In her poem for Harry Patch, Britain's poet laureate shows how it should be done-article and poem

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