Poetry Corner
Section Editor: Mare Leonard
Mare Leonard lives and works in the Hudson Valley where she is an Associate of the Institute for Writing and Thinking and the MAT programs at Bard College. Her latest chapbook, The Dark Inside My Hooded Coat, was published in 2018 at Finishing Line Press. Find reviews on her Facebook Page: Mare Leonard Poet and message Mare for a copy.
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"When was the last time you selected a book of poems to read or ordered one from the library? Poetry is dismissed in our culture. With Poetry Corner, we are hoping to share a taste of poems that will make you think, laugh or wonder. We will also post monthly readings, events, and classes in the Hudson Valley Region of New York and beyond."
~ Mare Leonard Attention Readers:
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EVENTS
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center Poetry Night January 16 - 5 to 9pm Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, NY CAPS Calendar Hudson Valley, NY Bowery Poetry: Open Mic (see calendar listings) New York, NY Black History Celebration Expressions of Life Saturday, February 22, 2020 - 7pm to 10pm Poetry, Monologue, Dancing, Fashion Show Miami Gardens, FL Poetix Calendar Southern, CA Poetry Open Mics Find poetry in your local area in the U.S. and Canada. |
JANUARY 2020: Selected Poems
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Dismissing the Blues
by Mare Leonard In yin yoga, we lie on our backs legs up the wall, arms stretched out Someone shouts “Get the backhoe for my tush!" We laugh, shimmy closer, let go of doubts Legs up the wall, arms stretched out The teacher says, Find your edge I wonder, Is this too far out? Hold release into the stretch My mind says do it Let it all hangout The teacher says, Find your edge dabs mint on our wrists Hold release into the stretch Breathe in and trust I lift my wrists smell mint watch it growing Chopfortea chopchop forsaladFatoush The teacher drops mint on my third eye Let go of loving the good, hating the evil Press and push do not be attached Breathe in and trust Mymindswingsback NannaNonni All refugees running thiswayandthat The teacher says, Let go Let go of the present and the past My legs slide down into fields of mint. She says, Press and push, do not be attached . My mind says Stretch stretchyourarmsout Accept I breathe in, let go, Trust thiswaythat |
Proposal
by G.D. Burns None other, I declare it Affirming as negating With words the wordless under- tone Of ever before, another lovely Sweetheart, make sermons profane Friends and family strangers Afford this river crossing From one life, to the next From one life – to the next G.D. Burns is a Western American poet and educator who currently resides in the village of Catskill.
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