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Playlist! Hidden Cathedral poets!

Back from five weeks in the Carolina mountains, and the 24 videos of poems by various poets made for The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration are now up as a public playlist on youtube. Thanks to those who followed the Cathedral Arts blog (subscribe here) and the celebration--finale on the 22nd with Malcolm Guite.

Playlist!

The 24 videos I made for The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration are now up as a public playlist on youtube. Thanks to those who followed the Cathedral Arts blog (subscribe here) and the celebration--finale on the 22nd with Malcolm Guite.

A singing bird for The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration

A little nesting bird from The Cathedral of All Saints, AlbanyIf you liked the prior post with videos from The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration, please sign up for emails from Cathedral Arts of The Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, New York. Malcolm Guite and much more, including 24 videos from me. And I am also moving the videos to the public setting a few days after they appear at the

The Hidden Cathedral Poetry: the first 4 of my 24 tiny videos

The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration has begun! To learn more about this April festival from Cathedral Arts of The Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, New York, go HERE. (And you can sign up to receive updates in your inbox...) Included will be some of my readings of poets you may not know, as well as a talk from Malcolm Guite and readings from Leonard A. Slade, Jr., Luke Stromberg, and Michael

Another reason to hate the (usually useful) internet

 CEASE AND DESIST                            To Whomever,Kindly remove the abusive, illegal use of my name on your hosting server: that is, the site www[dot]marlyyoumans[dot]com. You have no right to use my name, and I do not wish to be associated with your slut-and-sex links. While I have legal counsel, I will be happy to refrain from using it if this website vanishes immediately.With utmost

The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration

The Hidden Cathedral Poetry Celebration has begun! To learn more about this April festival from Cathedral Arts of The Cathedral of All Saints in Albany, New York, go HERE.  Included will be some of my readings of poets you may not know, as well as a talk from Malcolm Guite and readings from Leonard A. Slade, Jr., Luke Stromberg, and Michael Joyce. 

My poems in another's voice

Dan Belton("Writer, printer, painter, photographer, Hangman books, ex-stuckist")reads some of my poems. Find him (even buy his art) here:https://www.instagram.com/danbeltonar... Belton reads "Blue Sky, Blue Tree"from The Book of the Red Kinghttps://www.instagram.com/p/CNWo-SQnK... Belton reads "To Make Much of Time"from The

Celebrating Easter with three makers--

To celebrate Easter, here are a few images from contemporary makers I have explored and admire, masters of religious art... None of these celebrated Easter earlier today, as they are all Eastern Orthodox congregants. While I am not Orthodox, I would say that I have leanings in that direction (particularly toward the beauty, the densely visual and narrative quality of their churches, and the love

Jackson Center interview

Though most people who keep up with me go to social media sites, I'm posting this for the wonderful dinosaurs who still follow blogs and don't follow facebook. It's a copy of the facebook interview from The Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins. Conducted by MFA student Lena Fultz. Thanks to her and to the Jackson Center!Hollins Creative Writing Alum Spotlight: Marly Youmans, M.A. ‘75 

Charis, NCLR, and two poetry projects in Lent

CHARIS IN THE WORLD OF WONDERS I've been grateful for the many good reviews of the novel, and now for a interestingly "mixed" review from "Editors' Picks" at Plough Quarterly. If you're wondering how this writer reacts to a mixed review, well, it's to say that all thoughtful attention helps the book--and here also to run through her mind why the pattern of a human being going through trials