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iguing see the full list at the link below best poetry books of 2019 bloggers choices share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on december 10 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized leave a comment must read poetry tariro ndoro s agringada like a gringa like a foreigner this in april of this year tariro ndoro s debut poetry collection was released by modjaji books and became available to readers outside south africa via the african books collective i work with tariro at praxis magazine online she s the associate editor fiction for praxis and i ordered a copy as soon as it became available curiosity about what a colleague from in zimbabwe with a bsc in microbiology and ma in creative writing would bring to a poetry collection then i read it and i keep rereading it and if you are looking for one poetry book to get for yourself as a gift this year i d like to recommend this one the people in my pelt breaking a bronco mustang movies in braille titles of some of the poems i ve been returning to over and over again tari tells of growing up in zimbabwe of being one of only two black girls in a white classroom of being the girl who has to hesitate before she speaks because she must double check that she is thinking in the correct language so that her words are not misconstrued mustang she tells of struggling with verb forms in shona of watching bollywood movies with subtitles of insecurities in speaking either shona or english of what it is to expect drought and famine of gender inequity wealth inequity racism classism detentions demands to conform self portrait poems of a child who shrinks into silence because there is no safe way to use language you wear silence sitting on the concrete floor of a library a shroud like speech language does not belong to you self portrait at nine definition poems prose poems semi erasures strike outs lists and poems that do things i myself have never dared to do with poetry poems that succeed in saying things i ve never quite found the way to express in my own lines and have mostly given up trying tariro ndoro though she didn t quit and agringada like a gringa like a foreigner succeeds and stuns share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on november 27 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized 1 comment collaboration and congratulations recently i had the honor of collaborating on a poem with a friend yahia lababidi on a poem titled holy mess and that poem has now been published at the friday influence you can read it along with opening insights from josé angel araguz and our comments on the writing of it here at the friday influence while here today i also want to share another poem from yahia with you speaking american featured on pbs newshour a poem i return to again and again if you haven t read this one before please do scroll down to the end of the post and read or listen to it i also want to take the opportunity here to congratulate josé angel araguz on the publication of his most recent collection of poems an empty pot s darkness this is a powerful collection of eight line poems thank you josé for giving me an advance peek at the manuscript before release living is collaboration learning reconsidering revising stay blessed share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on september 24 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized leave a comment book of the missing by heidi grunebaum praxis magazine online digital poetry chapbook on august 30 praxis magazine online published the first digital chapbook in the 2019 2020 poetry chapbook series edited by jk anowe if you haven t seen it already you don t want to miss book of the missing by heidi grunebaum and here at the beginning of this series i am reminiscing a little and want to share a bit of the history in 2015 praxis magazine s publisher tee jay dan daniel john tukura asked me if i d be open to coming on as an editor and i was worried about the time commitment worried about the amount of emotional and mental investment it takes to be on the team of an online literary and arts journal i was already and still am on staff at right hand pointing where editor dale wisely gave me an opportunity to learn how to be an editor with integrity discretion and compassion and i d already learned that it takes a lot of hard work and that many of the people who submit to journals don t realize how much work goes into it how much of their own time editorial team members at online journals have to dedicate to bring other people s works to publication i know i certainly didn t have any concept of the time commitment involved while i was still submitting poems to journals but not volunteering at a journal myself so i d declined tee jay s invitation initially not feeling sure i was prepared to dedicate that kind of time then jk anowe a friend of mine shared a draft poetry chapbook manuscript with me and he wanted to submit it to praxis and had done me the honor of asking me if i d write a foreword for it i did that and since i also knew tee jay didn t have anyone on staff at the time to do formatting i worked with jk on getting it formatted so that it would be presentation ready should praxis decide to accept it we received permission from robert rhodes to use a painting of his as the cover image robert rhodes is an amazing artist and he s provided images for a number of digital chapbooks at praxis since as well as the cover art for two of my own poetry books anchorhold and 19 ghazal street praxis accepted the manuscript and published it in march of 2016 the ikemefuna tributaries by jk anowe after it was published tee jay asked me told me i needed to come on staff at praxis and curate a digital chapbook series and i d had so much fun with anowe i agreed and because tee jay gave me all manner of creative and editorial freedom and discretion we also started the around this fire response chapbook series the next manuscript we published was romeo oriogun s burnt men both romeo s brave self and his brave poems have gone on to receive international attention recognition and acclaim and i remain deeply humbled to have had the opportunity to work with him on making his first chapbook of poetry available to an international community of readers time under the bridge three and a half years later and now jk anowe is editor poetry chapbooks and i m serving as managing editor working with a whole team of amazing volunteers from nigeria ghana south africa zimbabwe and contributors and readers from all around the world part of why jk anowe is an editor is because i begged him to consider it same way tee jay begged me asking and wheedling shamelessly i trust anowe s eye for poetry and for how a manuscript collection forms a cohesive coherent whole and frankly i did resort to this one day you and your ikemefuna tributaries got me into this so you need to come in too because i need you and when he was finished laughing at me he also joined the team some days when i m tired i wonder if maybe i should reach out to tee jay and let him know i just can t can t keep making the time commitment can t keep going through the heartbreak of having to send 1000 decline emails for every 20 acceptances and then jk sends a manuscript for a poetry chapbook he s selected and edited to be published at praxis and i read the poems the poems and am re energized and excited to be a part of it in any way all over again heidi grunebaum s chapbook brought the tide of enthusiasm back in again for me so if you haven t already do read it stay blessed laura halima share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on september 3 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized 1 comment meditatio divina poetry film by paul broderick in 2014 i wrote a poem inspired by kate fadick s poem lectio divina a tribute to poet hashim shaabani executed 1 27 2014 filmmaker paul broderick has turned it into an incredible film which you can see here on vimeo trigger warning the film is disturbing for mature audiences only one wishes the same type of warning could be given regarding actual life events share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on september 2 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized 1 comment poetry has the power to bridge divisions a conversation with david ishaya osu spring of this year i had the honour and pleasure of having a conversation interview with the amazing david ishaya osu he asked me all sorts of intriguing questions and i learned some things about my self in the process for those of you interested in reading the conversation has been published at gainsayer poetry has the power to bridge divisions david ishaya osu thank you for reading stay blessed share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on july 23 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized leave a comment love notes love notes reflecting on the vote at the special session of the united methodist general conference i took a walk with god last night because if you can why not and some ways down the road he said hold up and stopped at the front steps of a church and said i need to leave a note would you kindly reach me that box of stationery and sure enough there it was box of 36 assorted greetings with verses from the scripture and i passed it over saying with bible verses yet and he murmured something sounding like shameless self promotion but murmured it so lowly i wasn t absolutely sure where he d put the hyphen he took a card and envelope began to write the note and he knelt low enough to let me read over his shoulder dear lgbtqi friends and fam i am so deeply sorry that this happened i am so deeply sorry that you ve been unwelcomed and i get it i really do because the vote was just as much about me as about you all of us have been advised of what our limits ought to be told who we are and aren t supposed to love but keep faith i m also out here right here with you be strong stay loving steady on when he put it in the envelope and put it on the handle of the door i was able to see the message on the cover wish you were here and then he looked at me and said perhaps we ought to leave another and i nodded reached in the box and picked one put my name below the greeting and then so did he and this second one he slid beneath the door into the sanctuary entry get well soon laura m kaminski halima ayuba 03 march 2019 share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on march 11 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized leave a comment 16 january 2019 collateral damage anthology from glass lyre press this week s mail brought a contributor s copy of collateral damage a pirene s fountain anthology from glass lyre press the contributors list here is outstanding and i m a little shy seeing my own name on the back of the book alongside the names of poets whose work i consider not just ground breaking but world changing this is a benefit anthology and a powerfully good read so do consider putting your hands on a copy if you are able to do so stay blessed laura halima share this share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email like loading posted on january 16 2019 by laura m kaminski in uncategorized leave a comment 02 january 2019 how to begin grateful to have a poem included in the new year s feature at one sentence poems here s how to begin wishing each of you the best in this new day and new year stay blessed laura m kaminski halima ayuba share this share on 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