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Three Poems—that take place in the Catskill Forest Preserve—in Hobo Camp Review’s Upstate NY issue .
Honored to have three poems in Hobo Camp Review’s Upstate New York issue, “Rambling in a Time of Plague,” “Epiphany by a Small Cascade,” and “The Japanese Maple.” Each of the poems takes place in or around our wood cabin in the Catskill Forest Preserve, a beautiful and wild place. https://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/2023/09/elizabeth-j-coleman.html
Chapbook Collaboration: Autumn in a Solitary Time
In the fall of 2020, when most of us were home-bound, isolated and fearful, photographer Michael Craig Palmer took pictures of the glorious fall shades of trees and leaves in a few of the parks, public gardens and preserves in and around the Hudson Valley. Later he asked poet Elizabeth J. Coleman to find words for his photographs. This resulted in a collaboration of words and images between two strangers that became Autumn in a Solitary Time, the Hudson Valley 2020. This book is a celebration of the astonishing and enduring beauty of nature, as well as a celebration of connection in a solitary time.
Poetry Reading: Why Poetry Matters
Please join poets Patricia Brody, Lucille Lang Day, Alicia Ostriker, and me for an evening of poetry (“Why Poetry Matters”) Tuesday Oct 10th at 7pm--at Word Up Community Bookshop at Amsterdam & 165th St.
It’s often asked if poetry matters. Four women poets will read work that demonstrates why it does. Patricia Brody, Elizabeth J. Coleman, Lucille Lang Day, and Alicia Ostriker will read work that helps light our way forward.
This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 30 max attendees. Please register in advance.
Congratulations to the Marsh Hawk Press Prize Winners!
I was so happy to be a finalist for the 2023 Marsh Hawk Press Prize. Congratulations to the winners!
2023 Updated Bibliography of Eco Poetry and Eco Literature Anthologies
Ann Fisher-Wirth, Laura-Gray Street, Ruth Nolan, Craig Santos Perez, and I came away energized by the response to our panel at #AWP22 on The Value and Use of Eco Poetry Anthologies in a Time of Environmental Crisis. For a compilation in process of Eco Poetry Anthologies and Eco Literature see the bibliography below.
Yetzirah Poet Database
Very happy to have been introduced to and now to be listed on @YetzirahPoets https://yetzirahpoets.org/jewish-poets-database/
A wonderful resource, and opportunity I highly recommend. Thank you @jessicalgjacobs
Sonnet “The Errand” on Poems2Go @p2g_magazine
Poem “The Errand” by Elizabeth J. Coleman on Poems2Go.
Poem “On Seeing the Pictures from Deep Space for the First Time” in Pinhole Poetry 2022
Pinhole Poetry is a digital poetry journal that loves the upside-down view and the fact that some art can only happen in the dark. We aim to be the pinprick of light for your work.
Poem “Wintercress” in Poetry Miscellany 2022
Poetry Miscellany, first produced in 1970, publishes poems and interviews with poets, including Pulitzer and Nobel Prize winners.
Dr. Richard Jackson is retiring from directing Poetry Miscellany. The 2022 issue is his final as editor.
Poem “Stratagem” published in the Baltimore Review
The Baltimore Review was founded by Barbara Westwood Diehl in 1996 as a literary journal publishing short stories and poems, with a mission to showcase the best writing from the Baltimore area, from across the U.S., and beyond.
P.O.I. / P.O.V. Poetry Reading on Saturday, July 16, 2022 4- 6pm
Join us for a reading at 1053Main Gallery in Fleischmanns, NY on Saturday, July 16, 20224- 6pm.
Inspired by Robin Factor's landscape paintings, we'll be reading poems about internal & external landscapes.
“The Egret” in Red Alder Review Issue No. 4, Peace.
I’m so grateful to Red Alder Review for publishing my poem, “The Egret,” written January 6, 2021, in Issue No. 4, Peace.
“The Emergence of Hopepunk in Poetry” by Nancy Lynee Woo (excerpts from MFA thesis for Antioch/LA, Winter/Spring, 2021)
It was thrilling to meet Nancy Lynee Woo at AWP 2022 at the panel I moderated entitled, “The Value and Use of Eco Poetry Anthologies in a Time of Environmental Crisis” and to read her MFA thesis for Antioch/LA, “The Emergence of Hopepunk in Poetry, ” Winter/Spring, 2021.
Thrilled that Here: Poems for the Planet is featured in this wonderful poetry newsletter by Eunice "Nicie" Johnson Panetta
This is a wonderful poetry newsletter by Eunice "Nicie" Johnson Panetta which I recommend, called the Frugal Chariot: Your weekly guide to exceptional books about nature, climate, and place.
Thank you so much to @miraclemonocle for publishing my poem, “Joy Had No Use for E,” a poem written without the letter E, in its exciting Issue 18…
Thank you so much to @miracel_monocle for publishing my poem, “Joy Had No Use for E,” a poem written without the letter E, in its exciting Issue 18…
Issue 18 of Miracle Monocle
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A rich and varied forest of words by 130 terrific poets speaking about and to the trees they have known.
At a time when protecting trees is crucial to protecting life on our planet, this is a rich and varied forest of words by 130 terrific poets speaking about and to the trees they have known.
“Just in time for Earth Day and Arbor Day, Grayson Books has published Tree Lines: 21st Century American Poems, an anthology that includes work from 130 contemporary poets, including U.S. Poet Laureates, Pulitzer Prize winners, and other outstanding writers.
In Honor of Earth Day, 2022, it was wonderful to join four award-winning poets featured in Here: Poems for the Planet
The bookʻs editor Elizabeth J. Coleman will also be present to share about the inspiration behind the book. Each poet will read a few selected poems and will participate in a Q&A with the online audience.
Lee Slonimsky’s Pythagoras in Love Greek Translation
In 2016, as a thank you for changing my life, I translated my first poetry teacher Lee Slonimsky’s Pythagoras in Love into French, with a resulting bi-lingual edition, Pythagore, Amoureux (Folded Word Press, 2016) https://www.amazon.com/Pythagore-amoureux-Pythagoras-Love-Multilingual/dp/1610191080
Bibliography of Eco Poetry and Eco Literature Anthologies #AWP22
Ann Fisher-Wirth, Laura-Gray Street, Ruth Nolan, Craig Santos Perez, and I came away energized by the response to our panel at #AWP22 on The Value and Use of Eco Poetry Anthologies in a Time of Environmental Crisis. For a compilation in process of Eco Poetry Anthologies and Eco Literature see the bibliography below.
Thanks so much much to Rosaliene Bacchus for this thoughtful review.
"Mother Earth clamors to be heard. All is not well. Our individual beliefs and alternate realities mean nothing in the grand scheme of our collective lives. If we are to avert climate and environmental disaster, we must connect with each other and with the other living beings with whom we share this planet. Doing so with grace is a good place to start."
Read Rosaliene Bacchus's full review oh Here: Poetry for the Planet here: https://rosalienebacchus.blog/2021/07/18/on-a-saturday-in-the-anthropocene-by-american-poet-elizabeth-j-coleman/