"Poet of the Week" on PoetrySuperHighway

For the week August 31 - September 5, 2009, I will be the featured poet on Rick Lupert's Poetry Super Highway website:

http://poetrysuperhighway.com/PoetLinks.html#top

1st Opera Preview at Electric Lodge

The very first taste of ONE DAY LESS was performed by Emily Hayes, soprano and David Javelosa, composer stepping in as the male lead, June 1. We got a 10minute shot in Venice CA at MAX10 - a performance lab - with a few props, a couple of masks, David's electronics and Peter Ludwig's improv cello. It went well, good feedback, more auditions coming and lots of work this summer, hoping for a full concert performance this Fall.

POETRY UPDATE

I am pleased to note that Jennifer MacPherson from Comstock Review, a very early publisher of my poetry,has posted reviews of all my chaps: AS IF, AN EYE, WIRED,and CANCER POEMS on the Comstock Review web site: http://www.comstockreview.org. Comstock is an excellent poetry magazine, for poets and readers - do take a look.
Also pleased to note that the Guyana Journal has re-published "Considering Empire: The Day After" in their latest issue: http://www.GuyanaJournal.com - a fine journal of poetry and prose and news focusing on Guyanese communities in the U.S. - open to all writers.

NEW POETRY ONLINE +++

New poetry has just been published at the excellent site: www.November3rdClub.com
Besides topnotch poetry, you will also find provacative essays and editorials on our world - hope you will take a look.
ALSO - recent print publications containing my poems are: CLARK STREET REVIEW #64 (POBox 1377, Berthoud CO 80513 at 3.00) and LEAGUE OF LABORING POETS, Fall/2008 (POBox 1226, San Clemente, CA 92674 at 3.00)
FINALLY - my opera collaboration with composer David Javelosa continues. We are now at the auditions stage and preparing for a brief workshop presentation in June. Will keep you posted.

"WRITING FOR HUMAN RIGHTS"

A new poem, "EMPIRE", is currently available online

at an excellent website:  http://www.protestpoems org 

Once at the site, click on my name on the left of the screen;

if it is no longer there, look for it under "February, 2009".

Comments via email, as always, always welcome.

Announcing new poetry in January's ISTANBUL LITERARY REVIEW --

3 poems - recent and older  - have just been published in this beautiful journal.  To read them and other fine work, go to http://www.ilrmagazine.net.

Thank you for reading - comments welcome.

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