Patty McBride Costanzo
Patty graces us with this poem of momness.
Click here to read Patty’s poem: Babe in Arms
Patricia Costanzo is one of our Guest Writers.
Helen Lewis - "Fairy Dust"
Trisha J. Wooldridge
Third Place Winner EOL Poetry Contest
Trisha J. Wooldridge is a freelance writer, editor and educator from Auburn, MA.Her experience ranges from Dungeons & Dragons Online to animal rescue public relations.She writes about food, wine, horses, haunted locations, education, and she interviews bands like Voltaire, Within Temptation and Nightwish.Her novella, “Mirror of Hearts,”is available at FANTASY GAZETTEER(www.fantasygazetteer.com), and short story, “Party Crashers,” co-authored with Christy Tohara, in the EPPIE Award winning BAD-ASS FAERIES: JUST PLAIN BAD (Mundania 2009), with a second co-authored short story in the upcoming BAD-ASS FAERIES: IN ALL THEIR GLORY (Mundania 2010).
New Poems by Donal Mahoney
Damian Lanahan-Kalish
Damian Lanahan-Kalish is a writer, actor and artist wrangler living and working in the Bay Area. He’s a founding member of bot Sleepwalkers Theatre and Bay Area arts collective Mishap Productions. Damian’s achievements include proms for high school drop-outs, plays for people who hate plays, poems about subways and histories of things that never existed. He’s still best known for the fact that he writes on t-shirts with sharpies. Go figure.
Read Damian’s poems:
Sandy Marie
“I am always mindful
and I write poetry for every individual
I ever encountered emotionally in my life.”
Click here to read Sandy Marie’s poem: “to neglect”
See more of Sandy Marie’s work at
aidyspoetryinpictures.com
And the Pulitzer Goes to...
Rae Armantrout is awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry for her book, “Versed”, Wesleyan University Press. She is a professor of writing and literature at the University of California, San Diego, and the author of ten books of poetry.
Other finalists: “Tryst,” by Angie Estes (Oberlin College Press) and “Inseminating the Elephant,” by Lucia Perillo (Copper Canyon Press).
I think I just got a new birthday wish list :)
Christina McClure
Christina holds a B.A. in English with a concentration in creative writing from Cal State Northridge. She also had the pleasure of working on multiple collegiate literary journal committees, thoroughly enjoying every moment. Writing poetry has been a part of her since she can remember. She finds it is one of the few things in life that she can count on to stir her at her core.
Poems by Christina McClure:
H. E. Mantel - Second Place Winner, EOL Poetry Contest 2010
It is our pleasure to feature H. E. Mantel, second place winner in the Eye On Life Poetry Contest, 2010. He is a regular contributor to Eye On Life. We are overjoyed to welcome him back again.
Click here to read H. E. Mantel’s prize-winning poem: - Aquarium Age
Click here to read about H. E. Mantel and more of his fascinating poetry.
Poetry Everywhere
“Produced by WGBH Boston and David Grubin Productions, in association with the Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, the project offers 32 short poetry films during unannounced moments in the public television broadcast schedule. Through television and the Internet, viewers are granted an exclusive, front-row seat to the world’s greatest poetry festival.”
Check this out!