WORDS OF WISDOM

There is creative reading
as well as creative writing.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

TODAY'S WORD

QUERY

Syn.- question, ask, interrogate, inquire, dispute

Ant.- answer, retort, reply, respond

Poetry In Queens

Tuesday, August 4 2009 7:00pm

First Tuesdays Open

The Jackson Heights Poetry Festival Monthly Open Reading - Open mike signup at 6:30pm

Terraza Cafe
40-19 Gleane Street, Elmhurst (near 7 train 82nd street stop)
Free | www.jhpfest.org |www.terrazacafe.com |festival@jhpfest.org | 917-843-547

TODAY'S WORD

PALLID

Syn.~ wan, pale, colorless, ashen, salow, waxen

Ant.~ ruddy, pink, flushed, glowing

WORDS OF WISDOM

I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

~Socrates

TODAY'S WORD

OBSTINATE

Syn.- stubborn, opinionated, inflexible, resolute, firm

Ant.- yielding, submissive, courteous, malleable, agreeable

TODAY'S WORD

NUDGE

Syn.- push, jog, shove, urge, spur, encourage

Ant.- avoid, repress, suppress, prevent

WORDS OF WISDOM

Reflecting on my past has allowed me to anticipate the future.

TODAY'S WORD

MOTLEY

Synonyms- assorted, diverse, heterogeneous, varied, mottled

Antonyms- uniform, homogeneous, similar, pure

TODAY'S WORD

LEARN

acuqire, receive, imbibe, gather, hear, discover

Poetry in Greenwich Village

Friday, July 17 2009 6:00pm

Son of a Pony!

Featured poets + the best open mike in NYC (arrive by 5.45pm to sign up. Limited open mike, about 20 spots, 3 minutes each)
Hosted by Angelo Verga & friends

The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (West 4th/Bleecker Street)
$7 includes 1 free drink |www.corneliastreetcafe.com |bronxpoet1@gmail.com | 212-989-9319
Subway: A/C/E/B/D/F/V to West 4th or 1/9 to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square

TODAY'S WORD

KALEIDOSCOPIC

Syn.-multicolored, varied, patterned, changing

Ant. - steady, unchanging, dull, quiet, constant

WORDS OF WISDOM

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

-Nikki Giovanni, African-American Playwright (b.1943)

TODAY'S WORD

JOCULAR

Syn.- humorous, witty, joking, pleasant, comical

Ant.- serious, morose, dull

TODAY'S WORD

IMMANENT

Syn.- inborn, innate, natural, subjective, universal

Ant.- learned, acquired, extrinsic, objective

TODAY'S WORD

HECTOR

Syn.- intimidate, bully, plague, domineer, browbeat

Ant.- help, persusade, comfort

Friday, July 10 2009 6:30pm

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe

Words From The Heart,

featuring Ne Ne Ali, Ms. Emily, Dylan, Mr Loxxx, special guest Jamica and The Black Widow, and comedy acts

Presented by LatinosNYC and Raul Kahayarix Rios

The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 East 3rd Street
$10 | rcruzrios1@nyc.rr.com | 646-352-1759
Subway: F to 2nd Avenue, R to 8th Street, 4/5 to 14 Street, 6 to Astor Place

FREE POETRY

Thursday, July 9 2009 6:30pm

Poetry from the Rooftops

Lytton Smith, Priscilla Sneff, and Rebecca Wolff

Arsenal Building Rooftop, Central Park

64th Street and 5th Avenue (next to the zoo)

In case of rain, inside Arsenal Building

Free!

TODAY'S WORD

GERMANE

SYN.- pertinent, relevant, fitting, appropriate

ANT.- irrelevant, unrelated, inapplicable

Synonym and Antonym

FLOUT

Syn.- Scorn, disdain, spurn, jeer, mock, insult, ridicule despise, sneer.

Ant.- revere, praise, esteem, respect.

WORDS OF WISDOM

Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.

~James Baldwin, African-American writer (1924-1987)

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Genevieve

Poetry In Tribeca

Sunday, July 5 2009 5:30pm

Phoenix Reading Series

Featured poets TBD + open mike
Hosted by Mike Graves & George Spencer

Bengal Curry
65 West Broadway (1 ½ blocks below Chambers Street)
$3 |phoenixpoetryseries.blogspot.com |nvega3ec@yahoo.com
Subway: 1/2/3/A/C/E to Chambers Street