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The exciting news that closed up 2024 is glowing me into 2025 ... my first Pushcart Poetry Prize nomination, with my thanks to Brownstone Poets for nominating everafter !
January in California ... working on putting the final flourish on my upcoming first full manuscript, after three chapbooks.
Thanks to Marissa Prada of Albuquerque, New Mexico, for offering to publish this collection with Read or Green Press.
January publications and readings: from Ireland, Poems from County Clare and Far Beyond, with three of my poems.
A Moonstone tribute to T.S. Eliot
To correspond with the birth of this iconic poet, Moonstone Press put out a call for submissions. They accepted and published my poem "hollow", which I was pleased to share in the online launch.
It was an honour to be asked to read an advance copy of Dorothy Bentley's collection, Nature Divine, and provide my endorsement.
My new poem, "He Drew a Gun", has been accepted to an upcoming anthology against Gun Violence in the States.
Brownstone Anthology 2025
I have submitted a new poem written here by the Pacific Ocean, "The Sequence" for the upcoming Brownstone Anthology.
Community Involvement
I have been invited to present in a Francophone school through my involvement with Poetry in Voice, Les Voix de la Poésie in late February.
Feature Readings
I was Feature Poet for two readings online ...
March 3rd, for New York's
Oceanside Library's series
Poetry Near and Afar
(my reading starts at 23:30)
and March 13th at Parkland Poetry. I read from my collection of poems inspired by a visit to Portugal last summer.
I will share a recording of the reading when it becomes available.
There is also an amazing opportunity to present in a French and English celebration of poetry as Une invitée d'honneur, Le Printemps des Poètes, at the University of Calgary on Wednesday, March 19th.
Along with Susan Ouriou, I participated in a radio interview conducted by Mireille Langlois, animatrice of the Radio-Canada programme Culture et Confiture, in preparation for Le Printemps de Poésie, on the morning of Saturday, March 15.
Culture et confiture, Émission du samedi 15 mars 2025
La poésie à l’honneur à Calgary
Radio Interview
with Stephen Donohue,
The Poetry Joint on CJSW
in which I discuss my thoughts about the why of poetry, the power of poetry, and share some beauties by Li-Young Lee and the late Eavan Boland, as well as some of my own poetry.
It will be aired on March 19th.
Pop-Up Poetry at Calgary's Memorial Park Library
It was an honour to be invited to participate in this event, creating poetry for visitors on a manual typewriter!
Taking Part in the AICW Panel at Librissimi in Toronto on May 3rd
The AICW, the Association of Italian Canadian Writers, has accepted my proposal to share my poetry at the Librissimi celebration in the city of my birth. Pictured: il Salotto della Poesia, featuring Josie Di Scascio-Andrews and Pietro Sostegno, moderator par excellence Domenico Capilongo, poet Silvia Falsaperla and myself.
Tesoro Anniversary Invitational
Tesoro showcases poets every Sunday during May.
I was among those reading on May 11.
Heading to Italy!
I am thrilled that my proposal to present an academic paper on two Italian Canadian writers, Caterina Edwards and Silvia Falsaperla at the Canadian Association for Italian Studies conference in Bologna, Italy has been accepted!
There is also the opportunity to participate in a roundtable and present my poetry about my family and place of origin from In My Father's House.
Publications:
I had a piece accepted to Moonstone Press's 2025 Haiku Anthology,
a piece in "Silence is Consent"
and three poems in the latest Fixed and Free Quarterly Anthology, including a poem inspired by last summer's trip to Portugal: Mosteiro de Santa-Clara-a-Velha
In addition, my California poem, Pelican's Prayer was engraved onto a picnic table in the legacy project, the Coburgh Ontario Picnic Table Anthology.
We lost a poet in our extended community, David C. Brydges. I was moved to write a tribute piece, which was published on the Ontario Poetry Society website.
Other exciting travel news ... my proposal to present in Charlottetown in late June, at the Accentifest conference, The Many Accents of Italy in the World, has been accepted!
And beyond ...
I will be featured online at the Oakville Literary Cafe.
In August, I hope to participate again in Calgary's yearly When Words Collide Festival.
In October, I will co-feature at Fixed and Free in Albuquerque, New Mexico with fellow poet Charles S. Cobean
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