Tag: Poetry

  • Jewish Themes in Poetry: JBI Library

    Jewish Themes in Poetry: JBI Library

    I am honored and thrilled to be associated with the good people at JBI Library. See the description for a workshop I will be leading on behalf of this organization: “Join us for an open discussion about Jewish themes in poetry, as we read selected poems in Jessica Greenbaum’s poetry collection, “Spilled and Gone.” We…

  • FIVE POEMS is open for submissions for our next issue, scheduled for late April or May

    FIVE POEMS is open for submissions for our next issue, scheduled for late April or May

    FIVE POEMS is open for submissions for our next issue, scheduled for late April or May. We welcome seasoned poets as well as poets at every stage of their careers. Read the submission request list carefully. Include an introduction and a short bio. https://www.fivepoems.com/

  • FIVE POEMS

    FIVE POEMS

    Here is the inaugural issue of the Five Poems literary journal: https://www.fivepoems.com/. I would like to thank Sarah Salcedo at tallfirsproductions.com for her patient guidance and excellent assistance. Many thanks to the extraordinary first issue poets: Jaki Shelton Green, Denton Loving, Stevie Edwards, Courtney Leblanc, and Nicky Beer! Look for announcements for future issues.

  • DAVID DUCHOVNY AND ELIZABETH GILBERT

    DAVID DUCHOVNY AND ELIZABETH GILBERT

    Actor David Duchovny recently told someone I admire that poetry is useless but necessary.   Zzzzzz. Do a Google search.  Like many of his comments, Duchovny is not the first person to use this analogy, a clunky way of saying that he’s so much deeper than other people.   How quickly celebrities rise in the book publishing…

  • TEACHING POETRY

    TEACHING POETRY

    My students are SO bright!  They noticed and identified every subversive, poetic image in these lyrics by Sly & The Family Stone.   That’s why teaching poetry is so important. I hand out a packet of poems and lyrics, and my students have a full day or two to mark it up, circle, and underline whatever…

  • Poetry, Eve as Hero

    Poetry, Eve as Hero

    One semester I taught a course on poetry.  Each day I handed out copies of the poems we would discuss the next class, and I encouraged my students to mark them up and when we had the discussion the next class day to keep taking notes.  There is an Adam and Eve Poem tradition in…