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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading - Sean Lynch\, Warren Longmire\, Rocky Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Nick Virgilio Haiku Association Anthology Reading\nFeaturing Sean Lynch\, Warren Longmire and Rocky Wilson\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 Passcode: 678146 \n  \nCelebrate the release of the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association’s Haiku in Action anthology ($20.00\, A Year in Poems: Haiku in Action Volume 2\, 2020)! Featuring haiku from around the world\, the new anthology continues the tradition of haiku in the modern age. \n  \n \nSean Lynch\, he/him\, is a poet and editor who lives in South Philadelphia. His poems have appeared in journal\, s including Hobart\, Meow Meow Pow Pow\, and Drunk Monkeys. He’s on the editorial board of Moonstone Arts Center and serves as the Program Director of the Nick Virgilio Haiku Association. His Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor of choice is Citalopram. \n  \n  \n  \n  \nWarren Longmire is the co-founder of the Excelano Project Spoken Word Collective and the former Director of Poetry Events for Blue Stoop. He’s been published in journals including American Poetry Review\, Eleven Eleven\, Graviton and The Painted Bride Quarterly. He is featured in the Best American Poetry 2021 anthology and will release his first full collection with Radiator Press this fall. You can find his writings\, musings and selfies on Instagram @alongmirewriter. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \nRocky Wilson is a poet\, performance artist and substitute teacher who lives along the Delaware River in Camden\, NJ with his little puppet friend bongo. \n“Rocky Wilson is not just the muse of Camden\, New Jersey\, the poorest city in these rich\, un-united states\, he is its soul. Camden is where he finds redemption for a lifetime of loss\, “What saves our lives” HE WRITES\, “a 6th grade girl\, a little cloth monkey\, a dull knife\, an angel’s wings brushing through the ghetto night.” There’s no doubt in my mind\, that if Walt Whitman were alive\, he would be rocky Wilson’s biggest fan.” — Peter E. Murphy\, Stockton College \n  \nSean Lynch\, Host \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-sean-lynch-warren-longmire-rocky-wilson/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Charles Carr\, Cathleen Cohen\, Faith Paulsen
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading with Charles Carr\, Cathleen Cohen and Faith Paulsen\n  \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \n \nCharles Carr is author of paradise\, pennsylvania\, and Haitian Mudpies & Other Poems (Moonstone Arts 2012). A Philadelphian\, he was educated at LaSalle and Bryn Mawr College and worked in social and community development services for 45 years. Charles has been active in raising funds for various missions and organizations serving the poorest of the poor In Haiti. In 2007\, Charles was The Mad Poets Review First Prize Winner for his poem “Waiting To Come North.” For five years Charles was the host of the Moonstone Poetry series at Fergie’s Pub. Since 2016 he has been the host of Philly Loves Poetry a monthly broadcast on Philly Cam. He has read poems in the Garden of Remembrance in Dublin Ireland as part of international 100\,000 Poets For Peace. \n  \nCathleen Cohen\, author of Camera Obscura (Moonstone Press\, 2017) and Etching the Ghost (forthcoming). She was the 2019 Poet Laureate of Montgomery County\, PA. A painter and teacher\, she founded the We the Poets program at ArtWell\, an arts education non-profit in Philadelphia. Her poems appear in Apiary\, Baltimore Review\, Cagibi\, East Coast Ink\, 6ix\, North of Oxford\, Passager\, Philadelphia Stories\, Rockvale Review\, Rogue Agent\, She received the Interfaith Relations Award from the Montgomery County PA Human Rights Commission and the Public Service Award from National Association of Poetry Therapy. Her artwork is on view at Cerulean Arts Gallery. \n  \n \nFaith Paulsen is author of A Color Called Harvest\, We Marry\, We Bury\, We Sing or We Weep (runner-up in Moonstone’s 2020 chapbook contest)\, and forthcoming\, Cyanometer. Her poetry and prose have appeared in many venues including One Art\, Ghost City Press\, Seaborne\, Book of Matches\, Thimble Literary Magazine\, Evansville Review\, Mantis\, Psaltery and Lyre\, and Terra Preta. Her work has also been anthologized in collections such as 50/50: Poems & Translations by Womxn over 50 (QuillsEdge). She has been nominated for a Pushcart. For more information\, please check her website at https://www.faithpaulsenpoet.com/. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-charles-carr-cathleen-cohen-faith-paulsen/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Cynthia Dewi Oka with Charles S. Carr
DESCRIPTION:Moonstone Poetry @ PhillyCAM\nPhilly Loves Poetry Interview and Reading Series\, featuring Cynthia Dewi Oka\n  \nWatch the live broadcast: Comcast Cable 66/966HD/967 | Verizon FIOS 29/30 in Philadelphia | PhillyCAM TV: https://phillycam.org/watch \n  \nCynthia Dewi Oka was born in Bali\, Indonesia. Since 2012\, she has been based in the Greater Philadelphia Area\, Lenni Lenape Land\, with her son and partner. She is the author of Fire Is Not a Country ($17.00\, 9780810144217\, Northwestern University Press)\, Salvage and Nomad of Salt and Hard Water and serves as a Poetry Editor at Kweli Journal. A 2021-2022 Poet in Residence at the Amy Clampitt House in Lenox\, MA\, she has been awarded the Leeway Foundation’s Transformation Award\, the Tupelo Quarterly Poetry Prize\, and the Fifth Wednesday Journal Editor’s Prize in Poetry. Cynthia has taught creative writing at Bryn Mawr College and literary/arts organizations including Murphy Writing of Stockton University\, The Blue Stoop\, and Asian Arts Initiative\, with whom she partnered in the aftermath of the 2016 election to offer Sanctuary: A Migrant Poetry Workshop for immigrant poets based in Philadelphia. She has served as a visiting Distinguished Writer at Widener University\, and conducted workshops and readings at Princeton University\, University of Pennsylvania\, The New School\, New York University\, Swarthmore College\, and Williams College\, among others. \nIn her third collection\, Cynthia dives into the implications of being parents\, children\, workers\, and unwanted human beings under the savage reign of global capitalism and resurgent nativism. With a voice bound and wrestled apart by multiple histories\, Fire Is Not a Country claims the spaces between here and there\, then and now\, us and not us. As she builds a lyric portrait of her own family\, Oka interrogates how migration\, economic exploitation\, patriarchal violence\, and a legacy of political repression shape the beauties and limitations of familial love and obligation. Woven throughout are speculative experiments that intervene in the popular apocalyptic narratives of our time with the wit of an unassimilable other. \n  \nCharles S. Carr\, host \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-cynthia-dewi-oka-with-charles-s-carr/
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Erica Abbott\, Theodosia Mayfield\, and Brooke Palma
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading: Erica Abbott\, Theodosia Mayfield\, Brooke Palma\, hosted by Sean Hanrahan\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \nErica Abbott (she/her) is a Philadelphia-based poet and writer whose work has previously appeared or is forthcoming in Kissing Dynamite\, Midway Journal\, Serotonin\, The Broadkill Review\, Anti-Heroin Chic\, and other journals. She is the author of Self-Portrait as a Sinking Ship (Toho\, 2020) and volunteers for Button Poetry\, Kissing Dynamite\, and Mad Poets Society. \n  \n  \n  \nTheodosia Mayfield is a nonbinary performer\, writer\, and artist specializing in surreal moments of whimsy and existential hope. They specialize in immersive experiences that ask audience members to join in the story wherever it may go\, especially if it goes off the rails. In their free time\, Theodosia likes to cuddle the sentient sack of potatoes the shelter insisted was a dog. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n Brooke Palma grew up in Philadelphia and currently lives in West Chester\, Pennsylvania. Many of her poems focus on the connections between culture and identity and finding beauty in the everyday. Her work has been published in The Mad Poets’ Review\, Moonstone Arts\, Toho Journal\, and E-Verse Radio (online).  Her chapbook\, Conversations Unfinished\, was published by The Moonstone Press in August 2019. She hosts the Livin’ on Luck Poetry Series at Barnaby’s West Chester and serves as Vice President/Treasurer for the Mad Poets Society. \n  \n  \nSean Hanrahan\, Host \nOpen Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-erica-abbott-theodosia-mayfield-brooke-palma-with-sean-hanrahan/
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: The Disasters of War: An Anthology for Veterans Day
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading from The Disasters of War: An Anthology for Veterans Day\n  \nEvent Registration: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09\n \n  \nThe Disasters of War: An Anthology for Veterans Day \nSo much of what is presented on Veterans Day is the pomp and circumstance of the military\, the parades and speeches extolling patriotism and bravery. All governments claim the high ground and send their young people to battle and then when some of them return broken\, they are ignored. This is not new\, nor is it one country or ideology. \nThe disaster of war is what it does to human beings. \nSome veterans suffer combat-related injuries\, including mental health issues such as post-traumatic stress disorder\, depression\, traumatic brain injury. Other issues include extreme fatigue\, neurological issues\, insomnia\, migraines\, joint pain\, persistent coughing\, gastrointestinal issues such as diarrhea and constipation\, skin problems\, dizziness\, respiratory disorders\, and memory problems. The list goes on. These issues can lead to homelessness as well as drug or alcohol addiction. \nWe asked Veterans\, their families\, and the public to send us poems for Veterans Day reflecting on this\, which will be read on November 14th. Please join us as the contributors read their work. \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-the-disasters-of-war-an-anthology-for-veterans-day/
CATEGORIES:Poetry Events
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: Sydney Hunt Coffin\, Naa Koikoi Aziza Zenzile Kebe\, Alina Macneal
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading with Sydney Hunt Coffin\, Naa Koikoi Aziza Zenzile\, and Alina Macneal\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \n  \nSydney Hunt Coffin has been with the Philadelphia Writing Project since 2011\, when he was working as an English teacher at University City High School. He has taught English\, Poetry\, and Art for 20 years in Philadelphia\, spending summers working and studying at Yale University and has served on the Teacher Advisory Council of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. As a poet he has been published in Mad House Press\, Apiary magazine\, and Yale University Press\, and is currently an MFA student at New York University in Paris. \n  \n \nNaa Koikoi Aziza Zenzile Kebe (After the Queen\, Precious\, One Who Controls Her Destiny) is a Multimedia Artist\, Activist\, Griot\, Public Servant\, and Citizen of the World who utilizes her artform to uplift her culture\, promote Black Womanhood in a positive light\, and cultivate a consciousness receptive to social and political change. Her poetry has also been included in Hair Stories\, Now Anthology\, Poetry Ink\, Howard University’s Amistad Literary Journal\, Poetry Ink Tenth Anniversary\, The Apiary\, Versadelphia\, E Pluribus Unum: An Anthology of Diverse Voices\, For Women: In Tribute to Nina Simone\, and Philly Jawns\, For Women Revisited as well as\, other publications worldwide \n  \n \nAlina Macneal is a Philadelphia-based educator/writer/poet/translator/architect and co-host of the Fourth Wednesday Moonstone poetry series at Fergie’s.  Her poems have appeared in Apiary\, Poems for the Writing\, The World to Come\, and Poetry 24.  In 2015 she was a finalist for the Raynes poetry prize.  She has been a member of the faculty at Drexel University for over 20 years.  Since the last presidential election Alina has been translating the 1930’s political poems of the Polish poet\, Julian Tuwim.  As Mark Twain said\, History doesn’t repeat itself\, but it often rhymes.   \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-sydney-hunt-coffin-naa-koikoi-aziza-zenzile-kebe-alina-macneal/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211120T140000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Poetry Reading: Readings from New Voices: Fall 2021
DESCRIPTION:Virtual Poetry Reading of Readings of New Voices: Fall 2021\n  \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84532069956?pwd=c2VzQWMrWnN6a3oxR3ZvaVVEWS93UT09 \nMeeting ID: 845 3206 9956\, Passcode: 704102 \nHelp us celebrate the young voices of poetry with our Fall 2021 New Voices anthology release! \nNew Voices: Philadelphia’s Emerging Poets is a program designed for emerging poets under the age of 25. It aims to create a platform for younger poets by welcoming them into the larger Philadelphia poetry community and giving them the opportunity to share their work with a wider audience. \nWe tend to narrow our audience and present to others in our schools or poetry groups. Moonstone’s goal is to expand your audience\, get you published\, and introduce you to others who share your interest in poetry but live in different communities. Each month we present three poets from different communities followed by an open reading. \nClick here to see our previous volumes of New Voices.
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/virtual-poetry-reading-readings-from-new-voices-fall-2021/
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SUMMARY:Live Poetry Reading: R.G. Evans\, Michael Storm Miller\, and Rocky Wilson
DESCRIPTION:Live Poetry Reading with R.G. Evans\, Michael Storm Miller\, and Rocky Wilson\n  \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09 \nMeeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146 \n  \n \nR.G. Evans’s books include Overtipping the Ferryman (Aldrich Press Poetry Prize)\, The Holy Both\, and Imagine Sisyphus Happy. His poems and prose have appeared in RATTLE\, Philadelphia Stories\, and Weird Tales among other publications. Evans’s first album of original songs\, Sweet Old Life\, is available on most streaming platforms\, and he is currently recording a follow up album. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n\nMichael Storm Miller is a poet/ spoken word artist from Chester who served in the military for 15 and uses spoken word as a median to bridge the gap in understanding between veterans and civilians so that together we all can find healing. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRocky Wilson is a poet\, performance artist and substitute teacher who lives along the Delaware River in Camden\, NJ with his little puppet friend bongo. \n“Rocky Wilson is not just the muse of Camden\, New Jersey\, the poorest city in these rich\, un-united states\, he is its soul. Camden is where he finds redemption for a lifetime of loss\, “What saves our lives” HE WRITES\, “a 6th grade girl\, a little cloth monkey\, a dull knife\, an angel’s wings brushing through the ghetto night.” There’s no doubt in my mind\, that if Walt Whitman were alive\, he would be rocky Wilson’s biggest fan.” -Peter E. Murphy\, Stockton College \n  \nOpen Reading Follows \n 
URL:https://moonstoneartscenter.com/event/live-poetry-reading-r-g-evans-rocky-wilson/
LOCATION:Fergie’s Pub\, 1214 Sansom Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events,Poetry Events
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