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oem women who sit on victorian porches in summer from her poetry collection sitting in the shade of my own tree kelsay books 2019 then on to the open mic avery stempel was first on the list he updated us on the legislation introduced to the new york state legislature to legalize the use of psilocybin for medical purposes then read an excerpt of a longer memoir about the death of a friend about finding his body david gonsalves read 2 really short poems he often does a pantoum with one word lines fam then after perhaps a couple after dining outdoors amina had arrive early had helped me set up the chairs her poem was titled suprnovas in sudan about how satellite photos have found evidence of the genocide happening in that war torn country john allen read a couple pieces beginning with what he called an elliptical poem about a woman he knew briefly my dry ophelia for emilia then the carnival tarot another exercise in emulating the surrealists of old i read a new poem about my son jack s fascination with outer space jack s diner on the moon for the artemis ii astronauts mixing in memories of my own early job in a lunch counter with his family as the workers at the diner tonight s featured reader was eric wasileski whom i met through veterans for peace he is the founding president of daniel shays vfp chapter 186 berkshires home of the mohican he began by reading from his collection of poems live free or die human error publishing 2014 forward deployed about his experience in operation desert fox 1980 i knew these people were not my enemies then on to a series of poems not in the book mostly about his military experience read from his laptop although the poem bibliophile he described as not political but could be earlier i had shared with him a story from my own military experience during basic training about drill sergeants who would call recruits with long names they couldn t pronounce alphabet eric read a humorous poem titled new nicknames about a similar experience gathering in ogunquit was a shift in tone subject a peace walk from maine to dc in 2024 then back to a couple poems again from military training poor deer about the slaughter of a deer on a firing range but no targets died the humorous yes sir about the class distinction between enlisted personnel commissioned officers saying sir but thinking asshole he returned to live free or die for his ending poems a veteran s remembrance on memorial day talking about war poetry another form of peace work please join us at the social justice center 33 central ave albany ny on the third thursday of the month for a reading by a local or regional writer with an open mic for the rest of us start time 7 30pm your donation supports poetry events in albany the work of the sjc posted by dwx at 7 20 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels open mics readings may 17 2026 book launch signing an armsfull of birds may 15 some of you reading this have heard me say perhaps more than once if your family friends don t go to your readings who will the truth of that was evident by the audience of this reading by author cara benson of an armsfull of birds a personal field guide to love loss and commitment health communications inc 2026 at the venerable book house of stuyvesant plaza standing room only i first encountered cara as a performance poet in 2004 saw her many times since at venues locally regionally she has given many writing workshops in the area many of the folks at this event that i talked to had met her at workshops or at peer writing groups this day was the official publication date of an armsful of birds the bookstore had not yet received a shipment nor had i received my pre ordered copy cara had a stack of her author s copies which some in the audience had i would have to wait she was joined by her friend author amy halloran as a moderator interviewer care began with reading from chapter 1 american goldfinches jon and i meet each chapter is titled with the name of a bird as if it were a guide for birders she said that the book started as an essay from thoughts she had walking in the woods after jon s death when asked how was the process of writing the book different from the process of healing she replied that the writing brought him to life again the importance to her of walking in the woods for her writing process was emphasized again in her reading of chapter 21 winter wren the dream that is not a dream which she characterized as a long prose poem i have since received my copy of an armsful of birds hope that you seek it out it is the work of a poet descriptive lyrical introspective as cara said at the reading we need to take care of each other posted by dwx at 4 36 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels books readings may 14 2026 writers mic may 13 jackie craven is the moderator for this congenial monthly open mic for writers many of the readers this evening are regulars here wherever here may be david graham was up first with a poem from 2012 that he has not read out previously self portrait with change of season a complex swirling mix of images pondering reality memory from fishing to drums to his father s dementia death scott morehouse read another of his dramatic outrageously humorous narratives this titled role play about an theater audition rehearsal devolving into a sex scene made even more wild with scott taking on the voices of the characters elisabeth lockman read riptide off virginia beach from a prompt a photo or painting that jackie was familiar with alan catlin read from his book still life of the apocalypse an excerpt from the long piece the love song of j robert oppenheimer including quotes from oppenheimer about the first bomb test in 1945 with references to the hindu god vishnu i read 2 versions of my poem based on a line from walt whitman s specimen days here i sit in solitude which i inadvertently wrote twice first in august 2024 then in may of this year naomi bindman also read 2 poems not read out previously the first based on the kids game in cars punch buggy your remember don t you punch buggy no punch back later at the end a descriptive piece in a store passing susan jewell read reading the 14th amendment while waiting in line for coffee a poem written a couple weeks ago clever playing with the text from the constitution pebbles in the river ray drumsta read 2 pieces related to cancer treatments chemo being was poetic description of someone s chemo therapy without reference to either the type of cancer or therapy while kim s bones was about another cancer patient who had read here sometime in the past has now passed our host jackie said that she remembered her jackie craven read 2 fairy tale poems grimm houses with crows beauty the feast complete with a troll a lush table full of delicacies the discussion of poetry continued after the readings on repetitions within the poems even considering reading the over again to increase understanding ray raised a question about having overdone the writing of poems about cancer to what degree should a poet indulge in the horrible details of disease of death the kind of issues to which there are perhaps no answers this zoom open mic takes place on the 2nd wednesday of each month one can find the link at the writers mic facebook page posted by dwx at 7 28 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels open mics zoom may 11 2026 2nd sunday 2 poetry prose may 10 a handful of poets in the cavernous lobby of the old bank building that is now the arts collective collar works nancy klepsch i the hosts first up was a poet here for the first time indigo pearl who said that she has a forthcoming book in the thin place check out her website she began with a poem about what medicine has given her the scar then two young men about a scene at a beach of 2 men in love i followed with new poems one about my son jack s whimsical graphic arts projects about the first diner on the moon jack s diner on the moon for the artemis ii astronauts then a 2 part piece based on a line from an entry in walt whitman s specimen days here i sit in solitude david gonsalves read 2 short poems orphans about his mother his late wife s mother then the ephemeral translucent onion skin nancy klepsch read a tribute poem i ve heard before love my mother was so cool then her ode to corona queens making me think of a song by simon garfunkel like some love affairs i have had this open mic was brief beautiful who knows what you will find if you bring a couple poems to read at the 2nd sunday 2 poetry prose open mic at collar works 50 4th street troy ny posted by dwx at 7 21 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels open mics april 27 2026 poets on the farm april 26 this was the 2nd gathering at indian ladder farms altamont depending upon which side of the road you are on ny for this poetry open mic a bigger crowd this time with some shuffling around to find adequate space for the readers their companions delays to hook up sound it was a very busy day at the farms there was loud recorded music being piped out to the patio where most of the folks were which the poets had to contend with our host avery stempel of collar city mushrooms based here at indian ladder farms got us started with one of his poems one task at a time celebrating the little things in life he suggested that we modify the language in our reading in deference to the families in attendance who might not be used to the frank language of modern poetry as they used to say on wbai when broadcasting a poetry readings i was up next with 2 poems the first last train to clarksville a haibun contained frank language in the haiku which i changed to a euphemism my 2nd poem from a trip to philadelphia was the sparrows of amtrak which didn t have that issue david gonsalves read about a day to make things up in his poem spring song then the poem drive about a drive through his name megeen mulholland made a rare appearance at an open mic to read a piece based on hamlet the provocative ophelia glad she was there mimi moriarty began with her poem ode to little brothers which was featured on the rensselaerville library poem a day project on april 14 then read an ode spring the season of violence edie abrams read a poem about the alphabet the 26 letters expanding words at our command larry rapant also made a rare appearance at an open mic with a sports themed flag on the play carrie coada began with a piece about the jars that as a kid she caught spiders flies in then to a cento composed of lines from the writing of kurt vonnegut jr the venerable elder scholar poet dennis sullivan signed up as harry johnson as if it was the 1at day of 8th grade began by reading a poem by howard kogan what remains from his 2023 collection before i forget square circle press then his own poem a short prayer at day s end about a prurient encounter with a bar maid tom corrado who each year edits the aforementioned poem a day event during each april read a poetic summary much much shorter of marcel proust s monumental novel memoir a la recherche du temps perdu then from his ever expanding collection of screen dumps number 859 a prodigious work arguably comparable to that of marcel proust sally rhoades read a new self assertive piece i am the ancient mariner then a poem about dancing to the music being myself against the wind soon after we all went home i learned from avery that his sojourn at indian ladder farms presenting poetry on the 4th sunday of the month has been cancelled apparently because some poets crossed the line that the management felt was inappropriate for general family audiences this is a recurring issue with us folks organizing community events late night bars or hipster coffee shops don t usually have an issue with content or language venues that are primarily draws for families pose a different problem avery told me that he is looking for another venue for his nascent sunday poetry open mic series stay tuned posted by dwx at 8 12 pm 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels open mics april 20 2026 poets in the museum april 19 this was another in the month long series of poetry related events in saratoga springs during the month of april aka national poetry month organized by the new poet laureate of saratoga springs jay rogoff thirteen published poets were invited to review an exhibit of visual art in the tang museum at skidmore college respond with new original poems the reading was held in the gallery of the tang with the audience moving from piece to piece to hear the poets read their work there were about 85 audience members moving throughout the readings some of us toting the museum provided wooden stools other standing it reminded me of the piano suite pictures at an exhibition by modest mussorgsky 1839 1881 that was famously scored for orchestra by maurice ravel among others melora wolff responded to the work untitled danielle by angela strassheim with a poem titled curious hand shadow franklin williams artwork in paint twine yarn fabric canvas a beautiful dark moment inspired mary kathryn jablonski s poem by the same title jay rogoff who served as mc read his poem ascent a reaction commentary on the 12 foot tall steel sculpture in the middle of the room dorothy dehner s fist krista rivera said that her piece was untitled just like the unrecorded tibetan artist who made the painting a black ground thangka of gurgi gönpo the lord of the tent her poem like the painting evoked images concepts of the tibetan buddhists catherine clarke responded with a poem titled perhaps to sarah charlesworth s painting totem which to my eye looked like constantin brancusi s sleeping muse marilyn mccabe responded to jeff sonhouse s painting why we wear white with an untitled poem e v day s stark black white painting untitled reminded peg boyers so much of gustave courbet s notorious painting l origine du monde that she not only wrote a poem in response the origin of the world part 2 but brought a reproduction of courbet s painting to accompany her reading of the poem when former saratoga springs poet laureate joe bruchac does a reading i usually learn something new about native american culture or history the art work that joe responded to was composition faces and animals by inuit artist annie taipanak which joe corrected text of her name from the catalog to be taipana he played some recorded inuit music gave a mini lecture on the nature of inuit art read his poem faces animals nicola allain responded to william villalongo s specimen which was right next to the piece joe wrote about with her poem butterflies barbara takenaga s piece wheel zozma had the honor of 2 poets responding with poems lucyna prostko reflected the artist s title with her poem wheel 2 by 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