I'm very excited to be nominated for the Best of the Net by The Ekphrastic Review. I love writing poems about art. Next to my father, Monet is my most frequent person named in poems. I fell in love with him when I was about 10.

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Published on September 01, 2016 12:39 • Tags: alarie-tennille, art, best-of-the-net, ekphrastic, monet, poem, poetry

August 31, 2016

"Vanitas Still Life" by Alarie Tennille

My latest ekphrastic poem on line:

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Published on August 31, 2016 01:10 • Tags: alarie-tennille, art, death, ekphrastic, life, poem, poetry

August 29, 2016

NETWORKING PAYS!

I was a slow learner about this. It's difficult for an introvert to step forward and make those connections. I used to discount networking as awkward schmoozing. Then I became a poet and began to notice how small the poetry world is. It makes sense to join like-minded people, to share resources, and to submit work to journals that publish poets you like. (A lot less expensive than buying every single journal on trial.) I followed a poet friend to my publisher, Kelsay Books, and several more followed me. Today I got a truly charming acceptance letter from a journal editor. He was impressed that I followed one of his favorite poets to his publication.

Support other poets, and follow their lead!

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Published on August 29, 2016 22:13 • Tags: alarie-tennille, networking, poetry, publishing