from Frank Murphy, publisher of Home Planet News Online. Deadline would probably be mid to late October
Hi everyone, Home Planet News Online is now open to receive material for our next issue. We will accept good writing in Poetry, Fiction, Flash-Fiction, Non-Fiction (Memoir, Essay, Reviews, Etc.) and Artwork (Paintings, drawings, photos, etc.). I am determined to have this next issue out by mid-November. Please (if possible) send material by email as an attachment in either Word or Page. I can also take writing from the email itself, but it is a lot easier to get it from an attachment.
This will be the first Online Issue that has neither Donald’s poetry or one of his insightful reviews. Let’s make it a great issue. Writing of reviews reminds me that I am constantly getting requests for a book to be reviewed. I have several request for this issue and if anyone of you would like more info on writing a review for us, please let us know.
Three amazing poets Jerry T. Johnson, Anne Elezabeth Pluto, Bob Quatrone to rock Brownstone Poets on Saturday, April 27 at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Poetry grows in Brooklyn Heights, and there’s an open mic as well. Come enjoy an afternoon of poetry and delicious food at this cozy family-owned restaurant.
Jerry T. Johnson
Anne Elezabeth Pluto
Bob Quatrone
Saturday, April 27 @ 2:30 P.M.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. and Pineapple Walk
Jerry T. Johnson is a new writer to the Connecticut/ New York area. Jerry began writing in the early 1990s, had one poem published, and then took a 21-year hiatus to pursue corporate work overseas. In the spring of 2013, Jerry restarted his writing career. Since then, Jerry’s work has appeared in the U.S.A. and abroad. In addition to his work published in literary journals, Jerry is the author of two self-published chapbooks: Good Morning New Year and Morning to Morning. Jerry also curates poetry events and features at various literary events in Connecticut and New York. Jerry lives in Danbury, Connecticut with his wife, Raye.
Anne Elezabeth Pluto is Professor of Literature and Theatre at Lesley University in Cambridge, MA where she is the artistic director and one of the founders of the Oxford Street Players, the university’s Shakespeare troupe. She is an alumna of Shakespeare & Company, and has been a member of the Worcester Shakespeare Company since 2011. She was a member of the Boston small press scene in the late 1980s and is one of the founders and editors at Nixes Mate Review. Her chapbook, The Frog Princess, was published by White Pine Press (1985), her eBook Lubbock Electric, by Argotist ebooks (2012), her chapbook Benign Protection by Cervana Barva Press (2016) and the edited print edition of Lubbock Electric by Nixes Mate Books (2018) Recent publications include: The Buffalo Evening News, Unlikely Stories: Episode IV,Mat Hat Lit, Pirene’s Fountain,The Enchanting Verses Literary Review, Mockingheart Review, Yellow Chair Review, Levure Litteraire – numero 12, The Naugatuck River Review, and Tuesday, An Art Project.
Bob Quatrone: idle host of 4 HORSEMAN poets, author of infamous 9-11 poems, early publications The Aquarian, Lunch, Lips and The Passaic Review.His latest publication in The Unbearables’ The Fall of the Second Tower.
Four amazing poets George Held, Pamela Hughes, Claudia Serea, and Anton Yakovlev will feature for Brownstone Poets on Saturday, March 23 at 2:30 p.m. at Park Plaza Restaurant in historic Brooklyn Heights. Poetry grows in Brooklyn Heights, and there’s an open mic as well. Come enjoy an afternoon of poetry and delicious food at this cozy family-owned restaurant.
George HeldPamela HughesClaudia SereaAnton Yakovlev Saturday, March 23 @ 2:30 P.M.
Park Plaza Restaurant
220 Cadman Plaza West near Clark St. and Pineapple Walk
George Held writes poems, stories, translations, and book reviews for such periodicals as American Book Review,Blue Unicorn and Transference. A winner of three Performance Poets Association haiku contests, he has also received ten Pushcart Prize nominations. His new children’s book is Under the Escalator (2018), and his 21st book will be Second Sight (2019). George is happy to read again with Pamela, Claudia, and Anton and is grateful to Pattie Carragon for her support.
Pamela Hughes is the editor of Narrative Northeast, a literary and arts magazine that supports diverse voices and visions, LGBTQ and feminist voices, as well as the environment. Her eco collection of poetry, Meadowland Take My Hand was published in 2017 by Three Mile Harbor Press. She has received three Pushcart Prize nominations. Her work has appeared in such literary journals: Canary; The Brooklyn Review; Prairie Schooner;Literary Mama; PANK; The Paterson Literary Review; the Red Wheelbarrow; Thema, and elsewhere. She graduated from Brooklyn College with an MFA in Creative Writing.
Claudia Serea is a Romanian-born poet with work published in Field, New Letters, Gravel, Prairie Schooner, The Mahalat Review, Asymptote, RHINO, and elsewhere. She has published five poetry collections, most recently Twoxism, a poetry-photography collaboration with Maria Haro (8th House Publishing, 2018). Serea is a founding editor of National Translation Month and a co-host of The Williams Poetry Readings series in Rutherford, NJ. She writes and translates on her commute between New Jersey and New York.
Anton Yakovlev‘s latest chapbook Chronos Dines Alone, winner of the James Tate Poetry Prize 2018, was published by SurVision Books. He is also the author of Ordinary Impalers (Kelsay Books, 2017) and two prior chapbooks. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The Hopkins Review, Measure, Amarillo Bay, and elsewhere. Yakovlev is the current education director at the Bowery Poetry Club, where he also curates the Triangle Quarterly reading series. He co-hosts the Carmine Street Metrics series in Manhattan and The Williams Poetry Readings series in Rutherford, NJ.
A big thank you to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku in Bear Creek Haiku #151 January 2019:
nature’s litter box
outside my building
yellow eyes behind bushes
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sleeping cat
her calm
before the storm
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window candlelight
snowflake illumination
on glass
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under the chandeliers
words turn
to crystal
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tears hide behind smiles
a parched landscape
waits for rain
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snow angels
turn gray
urban grief
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Kudos to poets:
Jo Balistreri, Michael Ceraolo, Deborah P. Koldji, Peggy Dugan French, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, t.gilgore splake, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Steve Ausherman, and more.
A big thank you to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku in Bear Creek Haiku #152 February 2019:
on a brisk
autumn’s day
a woman fans herself
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morning shadow
on sidewalk
a cat crosses
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in the courtyard
a squirrel goes nuts
over fallen acorns
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tears hide behind smiles
a parched landscape
waits for rain
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Kudos to poets:
Kudos to poets:
Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Cathy Gigante-Brown, t.gilgore splake, Judith Partin-Nielsen, Deborah P. Koldji, Peggy Dugan French, Steve Ausherman, and more.
Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, February 6, 2019:
A big thank you to Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku in Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, February 6, 2019:
James Babbs, Joanna M. Weston, Teresinka Pereira, t. kilgore splake, Carl Mayfield, pogo, Steve Ausherman, Chen-ou Liu, P C K Prem, Judith Partin-Nielsen.
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The Weekly Avocet #324, February 17, 2019:
The Weekly Avocet #324, February 17, 2019. Happy to have my Haiku in this issue. Thank you Charles Portolano:
window candlelight
snowflake illumination
on glass
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Jerry Jazz Musician – A collection of jazz poetry-March, 2019 edition:
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Pleased to have my jazz poem, “Misty,” in this edition. Thank you Joe Maita for accepting my poem.
Steve Dalachinsky, R. Bremner, Alan Yount, Aurora Lewis, dan franch, Ed Coletti, fred shaw, Freddington, john briscoe, John Stupp, Lia Di Stefano, Michael L. Newell, richard beattie, Robert Nisbet, Roger Singer, Susandale, Victor Enns
Patricia Carragon's Blog: Words Give Me the Will to Write 