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J. K. Durick is a writing teacher at the Community College of Vermont and an online writing tutor. His poems have appeared in Boston Literary Magazine, Thrush Poetry Journal, Black Mirror, Deep Water Literary Journal, Third Wednesday, Shot Glass Journal, Orange Room, Poetry Super Highway, and Rainbow Journal.
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Donal Mahoney, a native of Chicago, lives in St. Louis, MO. He has worked as an editor for The Chicago Sun-Times, Loyola University Press and Washington University in St. Louis. He has had poems published in or accepted by The Wisconsin Review, The Kansas Quarterly, The South Carolina Review, The Beloit Poetry Journal, Commonweal, Public Republic (Bulgaria), Gloom Cupboard (U.K.), Revival (Ireland), The Istanbul Literary Review (Turkey), Black-Listed Magazine, Opium 2.0, Calliope Nerve, Haggard and Halloo, Rusty Truck, Pirene’s Fountain (Australia) and other publications. Click for a list of Donal's poetry, articles, short stories and more.
Read MoreGil Hoy received a B.A in Philosophy from Boston University, an M.A. in Government from Georgetown University, and a law degree from the University of Virginia. Gil also is an elected member of the Brookline, MA Democratic Town Committee, and served as a Brookline Selectman for 12 years.
Gil studied poetry at Boston University, and started writing his own poetry in February of this year. Since then, Gil’s poems have been published in Soul Fountain, The New Verse News, The Story Teller Magazine, the Clark Street Review, Eye On Life Magazine, Stepping Stones Magazine, Harbinger Asylum and The Penmen Review.
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Lisa Paulick moved to Brooklyn from Chicago eight years ago. She received her BFA in creative writing from Brooklyn College. As a preschool teacher, she enjoys reading many different stories to children. She has submitted her own children’s manuscript for publication and is in the process of preparing her poetry portfolio for MFA candidacy.
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Celestial K. has been a poet since she learned to rhyme in elementary school. She holds a BA in English and minor in Music from Wesleyan College and a Masters in Teaching from the former Augusta State University, now Georgia Regents University, and teaches high school English.
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In poetry, meter is a pattern of rhythm that poets use to help give their work better impact and make it more memorable to the reader and/or listener.
Now you can hear as well as read great poetry here at Eye On Life Online Magazine. To experience this wonderful addition, click on any of the links to the poetry of Elizabeth Swados below, scroll down to the bottom of the poem and click the link to the audio file. I’ve often heard it said that when a poem is read it gets a whole new life. Listen to these works by Elizabeth Swados and I think you’ll agree.
Note from poet Robert Petersen. "The intent if this poem is to convey a story of dreams not realized by a young woman who sought a better life and of the legacy of that failure passed down to her son, etc. I am a descendant of nomads, much like the Gypsies of Eastern Europe we have had trouble adapting to the intensive agricultural, and sun god way of the modern world. Perhaps we are doomed, but that is not to say we will leave without telling our stories. Before there were Russians, Goths*, and Romans there were Sami. (pronounced Suamee)
*Most Northern European people descend from the Gothic tribes that invaded Europe on the tail of Roman Genocide against the Celts of Gaul."
Poetry Out Loud is a National Recitation Contest created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. Contests are held at the state level. Students attending participating schools, grades 9 through 12, and 8th graders who participate in a 9th grade class are eligible to enter. Poetry competitions are held at the school first, winners progressing from there to the state finals. Winners at the state level are eligible for competition in the National Finals in Washington, D.C., April 27th, 2010
At the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, October 17th, 2009, winners of the 2009 Poetry Out Loud competition in Massachusetts will recite, 12pm to 4pm. This event will take place in the Victorian Garden in the Mack Building, Lowell, Massachusetts, at the University of Massachusetts.
I have put my name in as a volunteer to help out with the Massachusetts Poetry Festival in Lowell, Massachusetts, October 15th through 18th. On Saturday morning, October 17th, they are conducting 40, count 'em, 40 poetry workshops. Whether I am volunteering or not, I will be there as much as I can, and will post a full report right here on The Poetry Locksmith.
Link: http://masspoetry.org/
