My poem “Fixing a Hole” is included in the newest issue of Hedgerow: A Journal of Small Poems along with one from fellow poet friend, Tobi Cogswell, co-editor of San Pedro River Review. When then say small poems, they mean it! Some of them are one line long.
Please take a moment to check out this beautiful site, The Rainbow Journal, which includes a poem I wrote a year ago, “Frost“. This poem got lost in the shuffle until I finally took it to Eric Morago’s Whittier workshop and gave it some new life. Now it has found a home in this “Dawn” themed issue. Hope you enjoy!
The second installment of A Poet is a Poet No Matter How Tall: Episode II Attack of the Poems is out now! Not only to I get to have a poem of mine in this incredible anthology edited by the gorgeous Raundi Kai Moore-Kondo, I get to share these pages with an incredible number of my friends, including my niece, Kailani, and my former student, Hailey. You should pick up a copy of this goodness and read the ridiculous amount of age friendly poetry filled with love! Get it here at the Createspace store, or find it on Amazon.
On Tuesday, November 11th, Nancy Lynée Woo and I will be reading from Gutters & Alleyways: Perspectives on Poverty and Struggle at THE RwIrGiHtTe READ monthly series curated by our dear friend, Peggy Dobreer, at Stories Books in the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. We will be joined by Jessica Piazza, author of Interrobang, and open readers! Sign ups start at 6:30 and reading begins at 7 pm. Check out more details on the Facebook event page.
Check out this link to a really nice article on the Long Beach Press Telegram. Richard Guzman interviewed my poetry partner, Nancy Lynée Woo, and I about the launch of Lucid Moose Lit back in September. He also added some quotes from our dear friends, G. Murray Thomas and Clifton Snider. A photographer from the Daily Breeze came to our reading a couple weeks ago at Public Beer & Wine and took some photos of us for the article. Very exciting to have this feature in the largest Long Beach newspaper!
I have a poem called “Unnamed” on the 6th issue of this lovely site, Hedgerow: A Journal of Small Poems. Take a few minutes and read some beautiful poetry. Oh, then send them some of your own!
Louder Than Long Beach is back and we get to join the fun! Saturday, November 15th, from 2-10 p.m., come to the Bungalow Building at 729 N. Pine Ave and spend the day full of music, art, and poetry. Nancy Lynée Woo and I will join our friend Fernando Gallegos and other Long Beach creatives bringing you lots of Long Beach goodness. You can get more details at the Facebook event page.
Although it’s not on this flyer, my poetry partner, Nancy Lynée Woo and I are going to read some poetry with some of our favorite people celebrating the art of Esmeralda Villalobos, Sean Blake and Fernando Gallegos of The Chrome Pigeons, and more! Come by Steamed and hang out with us for a while.
Pores in my skin once
empty are now full of black
coarse hairs. Growth once fine
and translucent, now
pushes out beyond the surface,
my body in rebellion of my mind
Cells on my left eyelid
multiply fast in an unmatched race
against the right, laying in tiny folds
along the crease, I cannot
blink them out or tuck them in
they will not let me lie about
my time on earth
There are scars on my knees
fading slow, sinking into the white
clarity of neighboring skin
They are forcing me to forget you—
to forget what—to forget where I last
held proof of it
Maybe it’s time to allow age
to love wisdom more than sorrow
My skin has shed entirely ten times
and again since the last time
your breath knew it
First published in East Jasmine Review, also included in All the Tiny Anchors.
Sarah Thursday 