Reading

POETRY PROJECT
OPEN READING

DECEMBER 1ST, 2008 AT 8PM (Sign-in at 7:45pm)

@ St. Marks Church
131 E. 10th St. @ 2nd Avenue

Subway: 6 to Astor Place

WORDS OF WISDOM

All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy;
for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die
to one life before we can enter another.

~Anatole France, French Novelist (1844-1924)



DON'T FORGET!

November 16, 2008 5pm

Caroline Crumpler's World of Poetry

@ the Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery @ Bleeker

TODAY'S WORD

-ARY

A suffix meaning pertaining to or connected with (elementary).

POETRY READING

Sunday, November 16 2008
5:00pm

World of Poetry

Caroline Crumpacker's World of Poetry

The Bowery Poetry Club

308 Bowery @ Bleecker

$5 www.bowerypoetry.com

212-614-0505

Subway: F to Second Avenue,
6 to Bleecker

TODAY'S WORD

KUMQUAT, n.

A small, orange-colored citrus fruit with a sweet rind and acid pulp.

Commentary

There's always something to write about no matter how hard the times get. A timeless book 'The Grapes of Wrath' was written during the dust bowl migration to California. There have been countless other books which have been written during the perilous times of our history.

Often during these times, interest is usually piqued. There's uncertainty, questions, doubt, fear, hopelessness, and pessimism. It is also a time when hope, joy, opportunity and thankfulness can be sought and found. I see visions of hope and opportunity during these economic hard times. We've been through them before; we will get through this one. In the meantime we writers can bring hope and joy and thankfulness with our pen and pad.

Let's not let difficulty and hard times drive us to despair. Let's bring a message of hope that things will get better. Let us be thankful for what we have. Let's bring joy and happiness with our words.

WORDS OF WISDOM

Nobody can assume that, to a writer, everything is off limits.

~Anne Beattie, American Writer (b.1947)

POETRY READING

Friday, November 7 2008 6:00pm
Son of a Pony!
Guerilla Lit, with Brian Townsley, direct from Los Angeles
+ the best open mike in NYC (arrive by 5.45pm to sign up.
Limited open mike, about 20 spots, 3 minutes each)
Hosted by Kathi Georges
The Cornelia Street Cafe
29 Cornelia Street (West 4th/Bleecker Street)
$7 includes 1 free drink
www.corneliastreetcafe.com
kgeokat@mac.com
212-989-9319
Subway: A/C/E/B/D/F/V to West 4th
or 1/9 to Christopher Street/Sheridan Square

Funny Poem

Making Memories

© By Krystal J. Ogans

I've been around the world.
I've observed the expansive Grand Canyon,
the towering Pyramids,the lonely Eiffel Tower,
the exotic Rainforest,and my own backyard.
I comfort and encourage you,as I travel with you,
like a sole passenger,
that can not be forgotten.
I capture great, fantastic, magical, things,
and stockpile them deep within me.
I produce memories,and hoard them,
just so you can hunt them out later.
I've been dropped,sat on,and stroked with small, sticky, children's fingers,
and nevertheless I do everything you ask.
And even if you misplace me on occasion,
when you unearth me,you spend time with me.
I can erase your old memories,even as you create new ones.
I am worn around your neck like the finest luxury jewels.

I am aCamera

Book Release Party

Bowery Books Presents- Janet Hamill -Body of Water, Book Release Party -FREE!
Bowery Books Presents- Janet Hamill -Body of Water, Book Release Party -FREE!
Plus Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye will be on hand to help celebrate the release.
This event will be a live WebCast! As part of our Poetry ON Demand series. Click this link to watch: http://www.rfg3travel.com/bowerylive103008.htmlBody of Water features several photographs by Patti Smith. Smith and Kaye will join Hamill in a performance of a selection of poems from the book. Bowery Books is proud to be putting out this book. And it will be a great party!"Janet Hamill is the author of four books of poetry: Troublante, The Temple, Nostalgia of the Infinite, and Lost Ceilings. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and she has read widely at venues and festivals in the U.S., England, and Ireland. A strong proponet of the spoken workd, she has release two CDs of poetry and music, Flying Nowhere and Genie of the Alphabet. Her work evokes a sensual world where the magical and spiritual merge in a transport of dream and experience."Standing by a body of water. Moving or standing still. In the dark green depths my soul finds its own level" -Janet Hamill
Bowery Books Presents- Janet Hamill -Body of Water, Book Release Party -FREE!
Bowery Books Presents- Janet Hamill -Body of Water, Book Release Party -FREE!
Plus Patti Smith and Lenny Kaye will be on hand to help celebrate the release.
This event will be a live WebCast! As part of our Poetry ON Demand series. Click this link to watch: http://www.rfg3travel.com/bowerylive103008.htmlBody of Water features several photographs by Patti Smith. Smith and Kaye will join Hamill in a performance of a selection of poems from the book. Bowery Books is proud to be putting out this book. And it will be a great party!"Janet Hamill is the author of four books of poetry: Troublante, The Temple, Nostalgia of the Infinite, and Lost Ceilings. Her work has appeared in many journals and anthologies, and she has read widely at venues and festivals in the U.S., England, and Ireland. A strong proponet of the spoken workd, she has release two CDs of poetry and music, Flying Nowhere and Genie of the Alphabet. Her work evokes a sensual world where the magical and spiritual merge in a transport of dream and experience."Standing by a body of water. Moving or standing still. In the dark green depths my soul finds its own level" -Janet Hamill

TODAY'S WORD

ANTHOLOGY

A collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works
of art or music.

Chapbook Reading in Brooklyn on Sat 10/25

CAConrad Reading @ Unnameable Books
SAT-10/25 8pm-9pm

UNNAMEABLE BOOKS
456 Bergen Street (bet. 5th & Flatbush)
Brooklyn

Host Laura Jamarillo and CAConrad celebrating her chapbook 'Reactionary Poems'

E-mail: unnameablebooks@earthlink.net for more info.

Subway: 2,3 to Bergen Street

WORDS OF WISDOM

I NEVER SAID MOST OF THE THINGS I SAID.


~YOGI BERRA, American Athlete (b.1925)

TODAY'S WORD

ALLEGRO adj., adv.,

Music brisk and rapid in tempo

Bluestockings Bookstore

I first visited Bluestockings ten or twelve years ago. It was a hole-in-the-wall bookstore located on Allen Street on the Lower East Side. It was small with a decent selection of books and magazines on the counterculture. There were books about war and exploitation, anarchy, racism, feminism, and global warming. I have always read radical rag sheets and articles outside the norm.

Bluestockings reminded me of my days as a young Bluestockings is larger with a coffee bar, tables and chairs, and a larger selection of books. Now there are books on issues important to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer communities. There are book and poetry readings practically every day. Local authors, slam artists, and connoisseurs of the spoken word share their works with a diverse audience. Bluestockings has film series from time to time about such hot topics as global warming and the displacement of indigenous people in South America.

If you enjoy reading books on the counterculture, Bluestockings Bookstore is the place to go. I tend to read books that are not on the best sellers lists but they do educate me just the same. Come down, have a cup of coffee and hang out at this Lower East Side establishment.

Bluestockings Bookstore

172 Allen Street near Stanton Street

New York, New York

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

There's more to being a teacher than just showing up and reading a book.

~from a classmate of mine

Readings at St. Mark's Church

POETRY PROJECT
Tomorrow 10/13 @ 8pm
Dan Featherston and Luisa Giuliano from their works

St. Marks Church in the Bowery
131 East 10th Street (@ 2nd Avenue)

Subway: 6 to Astor Place
F to Second Avenue
N/Q/R to Union Square

POEM

RISK

To laugh is to risk appearing the fool.
To weep is to risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out for another is to risk involvement.
To explore feelings is to risk exposing your true self.
To place your ideas and dreams
before a crowd is to risk their loss.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To live is to risk dying. To hope is to risk despair.
And to try is to risk failure.

~Unknown

WORDS OF WISDOM

God is the perfect poet.

-Robert Browning, English Poet (1812-1889)

TODAY'S WORD

POSTULANT

Candidate for a religious order.