The Continuing Saga

I’m considering a move. Looking over the Bisbee, Arizona Chamber of Commerce site and thinking about Mom. She longed to return to Arizona after leaving under circumstances far beyond her control that I will get into at another time.

I glance up at a painting of a woman of the Yavapai Nation, rolling out flatbread dough on stone, that Mom painted before meeting my dad and I’m filled with emotion.  I do apologize for all I’ve missed posting because of my recent incidents of life slapping me in the ass.

That poetry of love, life and death…well boy, it continues.


Enhanced Poetry at Bobby's Place
18th & Cranberry, Erie
Wednesday February 18, 2011 @ 7:30pm
Claude Braudis opens. $2 cover

Enhanced Poetry -Chuck Joy and Kurt Sahlmann

Invited Artists Series at the International Fellowship of Poets and Spoken Word Artists PA Local 1136

1136 E Lake Rd

Erie, PA

Saturday, February 26, 2011 @ 8:00pm

Features Monica Igras and Geoff Peterson

If you have ever had the opportunity to hear Monica read, you have definitely heard something that will rock your world. She is a force that is unstoppable. Monica, my friend, you are incredible. I can’t wait for this event.

And well, what can I say about Geoff? Please don’t just take my word for it, you will think I’m biased anyway; he is after all, the love of my life. Geoff is immensely talented. He tells it “like it is” and when you hear him read his work, you will nod and say, “Amen,” because you will feel it too. He takes you on his journey and he will not let you go.

Before this though is Poetry Scene Friday, February 18, 2011 @ 6:30pm at The Erie Book Store 137 East 13th St.

Erie, PA, 16503

Open Mic. Everyone is invited to sit and listen, read your own or someone else's poetry. Relax in front of the warm fire and enjoy coffee, tea or a soft drink and a tasty pastry.

Coming in March:

The next Poetry & Dinner Night will feature: Lynn Ciesielski on Sunday, March 6th @ 4 p.m. at the Woodlawn Diner (3200 Lakeshore Road, Blasdell, NY 14219-1410) 
The dinner choices are: Roast Pork with Dressing, Vegetable, and Mashed Potatoes or Spanakopita with Greens and Feta. The cost is $12 and this includes the meal, beverage, wine, beer, dessert and of course the Poetry! To make reservations, e-mail Sara Ries at brushstrokegirl@hotmail.com or call 716-903-3335 and please be sure to include which dinner choice you'd like. 

Open reading slots will be available.

Friday March 25@ 8:00 pm in the Walker Recital Hall on the campus of Mercyhust College.

Join poetry and music lovers for an evening of poetry and song at Mercyhurst, featuring the work of Beth Gylys, award-winning poet from Georgia State.  Her collection, Matchbook, is a sonnet-sequence of personal ads and have been set to music by Guggeheim fellow Dan Welcher of the University of Texas.  Louisa Jonason, chair of the Music department at Mercyhurst, will direct a performance of Matchbook by vocal artists. The event is part of the Erie County Poet Laureate program for 2010-2011, organized by Dr. Thomas Forsthoefel, chair of Mercyhurst’s Religious Studies Department and the current Erie County poet laureate. For details, contact Forsthoefel at 824-2353.  See you then!

Sunday, March 27@ 8:00 pm in the Walker Recital Hall on the campus of Mercyhurst College.      

In collaboration with the Mercyhurst Literary Festival, the poet laureate program, led by Tom Forsthoefel, 2010-2011 Poet Laureate of Erie County, will bring in David Whyte, a poet whose spiritual sensitivities have made him an internationally sought after speaker. The author of six books of poetry and three books of prose, David Whyte has traveled extensively, including living and working as a naturalist guide in the Galapagos Islands and leading expeditions in the Andes, the Amazon and the Himalaya.  His life as a poet has created audiences in three areas: the literary world of poetry readings, the psychological and theological worlds of philosophical enquiry and the world of vocation, work and organizational leadership.  Join us for a delightful evening with David Whyte. 

I am really dealing with missing an event that is near and dear to my heart.
Snoetry II (hosted by Lix & Kix) was recently completed and because of events that were out of my control, I was unable to attend any part of it. This really broke… no… crushed my heart.

But you can find it here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/snoetry-ii-a-winter-wordfest---150-hours-of-poetry---official

Until next time Poe Peeps. I love every one of you! You keep the poetry of life in a  clockwise progression.  ‘til next time.