The general arc of the book The Long Invisible: poems by Michael Dechane (Wildhouse Publishing, 2024) moves from break up to new relationship. From opening pages there is an ache. “Because I love Twice at Once” (p.10) within insomnia “I come to this window/naked, where winter pours in./Here is a tang my skin remembers.” The […]
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Essays, Poems, etc
Just a reminder if you have a newsfeed of this, I’m also at Substack: https://pearlpirie.substack.com and at Patreon. Some people donate there for which I am grateful since I’m not working f/t at a job, not teaching nor doing government work. One can’t apply for most grants yearly. So income of my own, that’s sweet […]
Chelsea Authors Market
Coming up Thursday evening in 2 weeks, the Chelsea Author’s Day at the Farmer’s Market. “Discovering Chelsea Writers” on 19 September! A mellow jello sort of time with live music and local food venders, as well as farmers, and if we’re lucky will coincide with the week of the French patisserie table. There’ll be readings […]
Poetea
This fall Poetea events will be held at 7pm on the first Thursday of each month in the library at the Community Centre, 38 Valley Drive, Wakefield. We will be following the same format as last season: each themed event will include a reading from a featured poet, followed by an open mic. Poetea events […]
Authors’ Market, Wakefield
Aug 10th was the annual authors’ market at the Wakefield Farmer’s Market. A few people asked, as usual, wow, is this every week? Sadly know, but gladly no, because sometimes it’s a feature of glassworks, or woodworking, ceramics, or community services, such as death duelas, or forest replanting, or kids crafts. It was perfectly sunny […]