April – July 2021 Publication News

Bear Creek Haiku:

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, April 14, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku

Kudos to 

John Grey, Don Ryan, Lisa Reynolds, Angelee Deodhar, Peggy Dugan French and Toni Morrison, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Rachael Ikins and Cato, Judith Nielsen

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/04/poets-john-grey-don-ryan-lisa-reynolds.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, May 23, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku

Kudos to

Keiko Izawa, Amy Hrynchuk, Kelley Jean White, Jimmy Pappas, Aftab Yusuf Shaikh, Judith Partin Nielsen, Rachael Ikins, and, Lin and Yuki…!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/05/poets-keiko-izawa-amy-hrynchuk-patricia.html

Bear Creek Haiku Blogspot, May 25, 2021

Thank you Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my haiku

Kudos to

Cynthia Sidrane, Sarah Mahina Calvello, Joe Sebastian, Juanita Torrence-Thompson, Alan Watts, Rochelle S. Cohen, and, Cathy Porter…!

https://bearcreekhaiku.blogspot.com/2021/05/poets-cynthia-sidrane-sarah-mahina.html

Bear Creek Issue #174 June 2021
Much appreciation, Ayaz Daryl Nielsen for publishing my work. Shout outs to Rachael Ikins, and Michael Ceraolo.

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The Weekly Avocet:

The Weekly Avocet #440 May 9. 2021

Thank you Charles Portolano, Vivi, and Valerie for publishing my haiku

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Jerry Jazz Musician:

Miles Davis during Cannonball Adderley’s “Somethin’ Else” session, Van Gelder Studio, Hackensack, NJ, March 9, 1958.

Jerry Jazz Musician, A Poetry Collection Inspired by Miles Davis, May 27, 2021

Please that Joseph Maita published “Blue in Green” and If I Could Write A Book.

Happy to share the space with:

Alan Yount, Amy Barone, Andres Chaparro, Anthony Ward, Antoinette Winstead, Arlene Corwin, Aurora M. Lewis, Bob Walters, Byron Beynon, Carrie Magness Radna, Catherine Lee, Charles Joseph Albert, Charlie Brice, Christel Roelandt, Christopher D. Sims, Claire Andreani, Craig Smith, D.R. James, David Cooke, David Dephy, David Lohrey, DH Jenkins, Ed Coletti, Edward Sheehy, Erren Kelly, francis wolff, Frank Wilkes, Fred Jourdain, Fred Shaw, Freddington, Gary Jude, Henry Denander, jazz poetry, Joel Jacob Todd, John Kendall Hawkins, John L. Stanizzi, John Riley, John Stupp, Judith Vaughn, Kathryn MacDonald, Kristofer Collins, Mark Fogarty, Martel Chapman, Michael D. Amitin, Michael L. Newell, miles davis, Miles Davis poetry collection, P.W. Bridgman,  Paul Lovering, Phyllis Wax, R. Bremner, Roger Singer, Russell Dupont, Steve Dalachinsky, Steve Paul, Susandale, Terrance Underwood, Vakseen, Victor Enns

A Poetry Collection — inspired by Miles Davis

Jerry Jazz Musician, July 3, 2021

Thank you Joe Maita for taking “At Last ” as a spotlight poem.

https://jerryjazzmusician.com/2021/07/poems-by-patricia-carragon-and-josie-rozell/

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Danse Macabre

Pleased that my poem “Caution,” is in the June Issue 135 of Danse Macabre.  Happy to see Peter Cherches here as well.

DM 135 ~ https://dansemacabreonline.wixsite.com/neudm/copy-of-entr%C3%A9e-dm-131-1

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Acoustic Levitation, June 2021:

Happy to have my poems “Almost Blue” and “The Handekerchief” in this journal with friends, and thanks again Steve:

Dear Friends,Thanks for your patience.Your work is posted now, and here are the live URL links.Please spread this as far and wide as possible.Yours,Steve Koenig
Poems by1/Austin Alexishttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/alexis.html
2/Patricia Carragonhttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/carrogan.html
3/Pamela Laskinhttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/laskin.html

4/David Messineohttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/messineo.html
5/Barry Wallensteinhttps://www.acousticlevitation.org/wallenstein.html

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Surviving Suicide A Collection of Poems that may Save a Life– Nirala Press

Honored to be in “Surviving Suicide,” an anthology compiled by  Dean Stalham
My poem, “Just Say I Love Him,” was selected. Available now in July!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/8195191517?ref=myi_title_dp&fbclid=IwAR1McPAEWiWsdLzYBkjcumgmrMxuMfVVuZ53zf-ufsEWiABSLzrmhQz8GHc

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#300 Backstory of the Poem: Patricia Carragon’s “At Last” July, 10, 2021:

Thank you Crystal A. Cooper for this wonderful interview and insight.
http://chrisricecooper.com/300-backstory-of-the-poem-patricia-carragons-at-last/

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Reminder: Brownstone Poets on Zoom-Tamara J. Madison, Jennifer Franklin, Arden Levine, Sat, July 31 – 2p.m. to 4:30p.m. EST

Brownstone Poets on Zoom Saturday, July 31
from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST 
Our July 31 features are:
Tamara J. MadisonJennifer Franklin Arden Levine 
Plus a limited Open Mic. 

Please follow directions below, completing  both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to  read early in the program.  Last minute signup means you will read at the end of program.

Our July features are Tamara J. Madison, Jennifer Franklin, and Arden Levine. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Please follow these instructions:

Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO

(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)

Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3wzsILg

Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our July reading! For your convenience here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://bit.ly/3hwJiYb

Bios

Tamara J. Madison
Tamara J. Madison is an author, poet, editor, and instructor. Her critical and creative works have been recorded, produced, and published in various journals, magazines, exhibits, podcasts, and anthologies.  Her most recent poetry collection Threed, This Road Not Damascus was published by Trio House Press (May 2019).

Jennifer Franklin
Jennifer Franklinhas published two full-length collections, most recently No Small Gift (Four Way Books, 2018). Her third book, If Some God Shakes Your House, will be published by Four Way Books in 2023. Her work has been published in American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, Bennington Review,  Blackbird, Boston Review, Gettysburg Review, Guernica, JAMA, Love’s Executive Order, The Nation, Paris Review, “poem-a-day” on poets.org, and Prairie Schooner. She teaches in Manhattanville’s MFA program. For the past seven years, she has taught manuscript revision at the Hudson Valley Writers Center, where she runs the reading series, serves as Program Director, and co-edits Slapering Hol Press. She lives in New York City. Her website is jenniferfranklinpoet.com.

Arden LevineArden Levine is the author of Ladies’ Abecedary (Harbor Editions, 2021). Her poems have appeared in Barrow Street, Harvard Review, Indiana Review, Sycamore Review, Sixth Finch, and other journals, and have been featured in AGNI Online, The Missouri Review’s Poem-of-the-Week, WNYC’s Radiolab,and American Life in Poetry (selected by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser). Arden is a Foundation Board Member at Beloit Poetry Journal, a former Assistant Editor at Epiphany Magazine, and a Best of the Net nominee. She lives in New York City, where her daily work focuses on housing affordability, homelessness prevention, and equitable community development.

Calling All Poets Patricia Carragon plus open mic Thursday, July 15 at 7 PM EST

Calling All Poets presents Patricia Carragon plus Open Mic

This Thursday, July 15 at 7 p.m. EST

Hosted by Mike Jurkovic 

Patricia will be reading an excerpt from her debut novel, “Angel Fire 🔥 ,” plus some music 🎶 poems   

Patricia Carragon’s fiction piece What Has to Happen Next has been nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology. Her poem Paris the Beautiful won Poem of the Week from great weather for MEDIA. She was nominated by Bear Creek Haiku for a Pushcart Prize. Herlatest books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles and her debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Patricia hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology. She is an executive editor for Home Planet News Online. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Register for this event below ⬇️ 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0od-yoqTMuGdJ1bEC4qajO95EuIOxZDqlq

Facebook link

https://fb.me/e/2EOwiIr6t

Calling All Poets Patricia Carragon plus open mic Thursday, July 15 at 7 PM EST

Calling All Poets presents Patricia Carragon plus Open Mic

This Thursday, July 15 at 7 p.m. EST

Hosted by Mike Jurkovic 

Patricia will be reading an excerpt from her debut novel, “Angel Fire 🔥 ,” plus some music 🎶 poems   

Patricia Carragon’s fiction piece What Has to Happen Next has been nominated for Sundress Publications Annual Best of the Net Anthology. Her poem Paris the Beautiful won Poem of the Week from great weather for MEDIA. She was nominated by Bear Creek Haiku for a Pushcart Prize. Herlatest books from Poets Wear Prada are Meowku and The Cupcake Chronicles and her debut novel, Angel Fire, is from Alien Buddha Press. Patricia hosts Brownstone Poets and is the editor-in-chief of its annual anthology. She is an executive editor for Home Planet News Online. She lives in Brooklyn, NY.

Register for this event below ⬇️ 

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0od-yoqTMuGdJ1bEC4qajO95EuIOxZDqlq

Facebook link

https://fb.me/e/2EOwiIr6t

Brownstone Poets on Zoom: Tamara J. Madison, Jennifer Franklyn, Arden Levine Saturday, July 31 from 2:0 P.M. to 4:30 P.M. EST

Brownstone Poets on Zoom

Saturday, July 31
from 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST

Our July 31 features are:

Tamara J. Madison

Jennifer Franklin

Arden Levine

Plus a limited Open Mic.

Please follow directions below, completing  both steps at least two days before the reading to avoid delays entering the meeting room. Note the order of the open mic follows the order of signup. Sign up early to  read early in the program.  Last minute signup means you will read at the end of program.

Our July features are Tamara J. Madison, Jennifer Franklin, and Arden Levine. Plus a limited open mic. Your $5 contribution keeps our annual anthology in print and pays our features. Hosted by Patricia Carragon, our Brooklyn girl and Editor-in-Chief.

Please follow these instructions:

Step 1: Make your $5 contribution: https://bit.ly/3bkqFmO

(Note that your contribution is not refundable.)

Step 2: Register in advance for this meeting: https://bit.ly/3wzsILg

Step 3: After making your contribution and completing your registration, you will receive a confidential confirmation email containing your unique link to join the event.

Looking forward to seeing you at our July reading! For your convenience here is the link to our Facebook event page: https://bit.ly/3hwJiYb

Bios

Tamara J. Madison

Tamara J. Madison is an author, poet, editor, and instructor. Her critical and creative works have been recorded, produced, and published in various journals, magazines, exhibits, podcasts, and anthologies. Her most recent poetry collection Threed, This Road Not Damascus was published by Trio House Press (May 2019).

Jennifer Franklin

Jennifer Franklinhas published two full-length collections, most recently No Small Gift (Four Way Books, 2018). Her third book, If Some God Shakes Your House, will be published by Four Way Books in 2023. Her work has been published in American Poetry Review, Barrow Street, Bennington Review, Blackbird, Boston Review, Gettysburg Review, Guernica, JAMA, Love’s Executive Order, The Nation, Paris Review, “poem-a-day” on poets.org, and Prairie Schooner. She teaches in Manhattanville’s MFA program. For the past seven years, she has taught manuscript revision at the Hudson Valley Writers Center, where she runs the reading series, serves as Program Director, and co-edits Slapering Hol Press. She lives in New York City. Her website is jenniferfranklinpoet.com.

Arden Levine

Arden Levine is the author of Ladies’ Abecedary (Harbor Editions, 2021). Her poems have appeared in Barrow Street, Harvard Review, Indiana Review, Sycamore Review, Sixth Finch, and other journals, and have been featured in AGNI Online, The Missouri Review’s Poem-of-the-Week, WNYC’s Radiolab,and American Life in Poetry (selected by former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser). Arden is a Foundation Board Member at Beloit Poetry Journal, a former Assistant Editor at Epiphany Magazine, and a Best of the Net nominee. She lives in New York City, where her daily work focuses on housing affordability, homelessness prevention, and equitable community development.

Home Planet News Online open for submissions

Please don’t submit to me. Only submit to Frank Murphy:

homeplanetnews@outlook.com

From Frank Murphy. 

Dear Friends, Issue 9 of Home Planet News Online is now open for submission. We are looking for excellent writing in poetry, essays, memoirs, and fiction. We are also looking for artwork. As yet there is no fixed deadline; however, it would be good to have everything in by mid-October. As usual Home Planet News will accept up to six poems (more by prior consent)  and prose pieces that are 3000 words or less, but we will consider longer pieces by merit. We will accept no more than 3 prose piece per writer per issue.

Simultaneous submissions will be accepted with the understanding that we will be notified ASAP of publications in another magazine.

Please send all writing as an attachment in Word or Pages and artwork as jpegs, gif, or png file.

We will accept poems in Spanish with or without translations, and poems in any other language with translations.

We had a wonderful response to our last issue. Lat’s make this issue even better. And please pass the word around to others.

Send all material to Frank Murphy homeplanetnews@outlook.com

Stay safe, Frank M