Two New Books by Phillip Sterling
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Mushrooms and Agates / Ellen Lord
The fall issue of Peninsula Poets is the contest edition. The winner of this year’s Founder’s Prize is a Haibun* from Charlevoix poet, Ellen Lord..
*Haibun, literally, haikai writings, is a prosimetric literary form combining prose and haiku. It first appeared in the 17th century and was popularized by the haiku master poet, Matsuo Bashō.
Poetry Society Blog
Scroll down for our blog posts about various topics, poems from our publications, announcements of member publications, and events.
Sunstars in the Meltswamp – Marion Tincknell
Congratulations Marion Frahm Tincknell of Saginaw Township on her book: Sunstars in the Meltswamp.
Absinthe and Oatmeal – Ginny Grush
Ginny Grush’s new poetry collection is Absinthe and Oatmeal.
And Then Snow – Phillip Sterling
Phillip Sterling’s collection of poetry – And Then Snow is available at Main Street Rag. https://mainstreetragbookstore.com/?product=and-then-life
Maiden Voyage – Marquette Poets Circle
Congratulations to the Marquette Poets Circle. This fall, the Library of Michigan requested submission of “Maiden Voyage – the Five Year Anthology of the Marquette Poets Circle” to be considered as a 2018 Michigan Notable Book. While they did not receive the award, they are honored by this unsolicited request by the Library of Michigan. Copies of “Maiden Voyage” are now in the Library of Michigan catalog and in many libraries across the U.P.
Housing For Wrens – Edward Morin
In Housing for Wrens, Edward Morin’s new chapbook and third collection of poems, “housing” represents shelter, home, and the act of caring for them. His poems feature birds and animals whom the poet takes as seriously as they take themselves. He seeks to be in touch with himself and other people, knowing kinesthetically what takes place in the world. The cover art is a plate from John James Audubon’s Birds of America.
“Edward Morin has assembled lyrics and narratives touching on subjects you and I like to read about. The exquisite title poem prepares us for engagements with blue jays, bank swallows, wood thrushes—and also the pleasures of singing, fishing, even of aging. The language is to be savored and the hard-won wisdom taken to heart.”
— Laurence Goldstein, poet and former Editor of Michigan Quarterly Review
The book is available from Cervena Barva Press in Somerville, MA 02144, at http://www.thelostbookshelf.com/cervenabooks.html
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Heart Radicals
The Perfect Gift for Valentine’s Day Heart Radicals is a book of love poems (the good, the bad, the funny) written by Les Kay, Allie Marini, Sandy Marchetti, and PSM member Janeen Rastall. Released this Valentine’s Day by About Editions. Preorder here,
Fence, Patio, Blessed Virgin – Kristin Brace
Congratulations to Kristin Brace on the publication of her first book, a chapbook of poems called Fence, Patio, Blessed Virgin from Finishing Line Press. The chapbook weaves together memories of her grandmother with narrative from the last two years of her life. It is available at https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/fence-patio-blessed-virgin-by-kristin-brace/. A second chapbook, Each Darkness Inside, is also from FLP.
