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June 8, 2017

M__TM___RE (83) | M__TM___RE (143)


Two "M__TM___RE" poems alongside beautiful work from CAConrad, Shane Book, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Tessa Micaela, Dorothea Lasky, and so many others. Thanks so much to all at Berkeley Poetry Review !

(83) works with Apollinaire & Picasso, (143) Montmartre & cubism.

Source material for the M__TM___RE poems: Bohemian Paris: Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art by Dan Franck (Grove Press, 2003). Poems from M__TM___RE have thus far appeared in American Poetry Review, Berkeley Poetry Review, Festival Writer, inter|rupture, littletell, Masque & Spectacle, Otoliths, and Really System.
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Published on June 08, 2017 11:56

May 1, 2017

Amazing moment in the final minute when the siren of a fire truck jumps off a cliff with me

04.30.17 - PAUL SIEGELL - Bulldog Park, Phila, PA

Presented by Brewerytown Social, Apiary Magazine, and the Fairmount Arts Crawl.
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Published on May 01, 2017 12:26

April 13, 2017

IT WAS WRITTEN: POETRY INSPIRED BY HIP-HOP

Honored to have my b-girl/ breakdancer poem (page 18) and writing prompt (page 199) included! IT WAS WRITTEN. POETRY INSPIRED BY HIP-HOP. Edited by Jason McCall & P.J. Williams.
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Published on April 13, 2017 09:15

inter|rupture #19: "this way; had shattered"

Many thanks to Editors Curtis Perdue, Elizabeth Onusko and Anna Pollock-Nelson. Issue #19 features selections from M__TM___RE!
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Published on April 13, 2017 09:06

Really System serves up some Jacques Lipchitz

Many thanks, again, to editor Patrick Williams! Three selections from Jacques Lipchitz in Issue #12: Slyly as Meter.
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Published on April 13, 2017 08:57

January 3, 2017

backstage at the submission apparition exhibition

2016: 11 acceptances + 53 rejections received;
2015: 12 acceptances + 88 rejections received;
2014: 9 acceptances + 31 rejections received;
2013: 12 acceptances + 37 rejections received;
2012: 12 acceptances + 39 rejections received;
2011: 16 acceptances + 37 rejections received;
2010: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received;
2009: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received;
2008: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received;
2007: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received;
2006: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received
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Published on January 03, 2017 08:13

November 15, 2016

AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW: five poems



Previously in APR: "acrobatic macaroni, or at a music-boiled battle scene" & "BIG TIME" (Winner of the Goodreads Poetry Contest, May 2010). Many thanks to Elizabeth Scanlon and all of the APR editors.

And, thanks for the shout-out from Painted Bride Quarterly !
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Published on November 15, 2016 08:52

September 15, 2016

*ADMIT ONE (OR, THE TROMBONE POEM)*



Big thanks to Poetry Editor Kari O’Connor and the rest of the Helen editors for publishing *ADMIT ONE (OR, THE TROMBONE POEM)*. Means a lot to me. Now, who's got my Trombone Shorty tickets?

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Published on September 15, 2016 06:52

August 25, 2016

"LOOKING AT LIFE THRU THE SPECTRAL ARCHITEXTUAL"

Jacques Lipchitz rides again! Many thanks to Taleen Kali and the rest of the DUM DUM Zine staff.
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Published on August 25, 2016 07:13

August 11, 2016

"blood through the depths of instinctual beast self"



*QWERTY OWL: ON THE WRITING OF THE WRITTEN OBJECT* originally published in Sprung Formal #11. Many thanks to Jordan Stempleman and Janie Marino. Mosaic Murals by Isaiah Zagar, Phila.
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Published on August 11, 2016 07:30