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Seventieth Avenue
Seventieth Avenue is a poetry book by Suzzette Dawes who made a U-turn in life returning to South Florida where she reflects and grows with her adventures in South Florida and her travels.
In South Florida, she watched Sam Riley and Walter Salles’ movie “On The Road” at Cinema Paradiso where she volunteers and hosts poetry readings. She not only watched it but fixated on the mother (and some other characters) which she pays homage in poems. She reflected on her own journey from university to moving and living in New Jersey and having to come home back to Florida to her mother.
In addition to volunteering, she is active in the Broward poetry scene and often participates in workshops led by Anastasia Clark, Broward’s poet-in-residence. The workshops were pivotal in providing some inspiration for some poems. She participated in a workshop in Orlando at the Kerouac House led by Monica Wendel which also inspired some poems.
She took vacation to visit Daytona but participated in open night while there then from Daytona traveled to Sarasota for their Favorite Poetry Reading weekend. The poetry flowed. Even trips away from South Florida, such as Alaska, inspired poetry while invoking events in Florida.
However, the ultimate inspiration is the name of the roads that connected her to her mother and sisters, Seventieth Avenue .
In South Florida, she watched Sam Riley and Walter Salles’ movie “On The Road” at Cinema Paradiso where she volunteers and hosts poetry readings. She not only watched it but fixated on the mother (and some other characters) which she pays homage in poems. She reflected on her own journey from university to moving and living in New Jersey and having to come home back to Florida to her mother.
In addition to volunteering, she is active in the Broward poetry scene and often participates in workshops led by Anastasia Clark, Broward’s poet-in-residence. The workshops were pivotal in providing some inspiration for some poems. She participated in a workshop in Orlando at the Kerouac House led by Monica Wendel which also inspired some poems.
She took vacation to visit Daytona but participated in open night while there then from Daytona traveled to Sarasota for their Favorite Poetry Reading weekend. The poetry flowed. Even trips away from South Florida, such as Alaska, inspired poetry while invoking events in Florida.
However, the ultimate inspiration is the name of the roads that connected her to her mother and sisters, Seventieth Avenue .
70 pages, Paperback
First published March 27, 2015
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About the author
Suzzette Dawes
8 booksSuzzette Dawes was born in Jamaica then immigrated to the United States when she was fifteen years old. With this event, she experienced homesickness, culture shock and adaptation. You can find aspects of those traits in her poetry especially The Collection. Other influences such as and work-life balance have forayed in her poetry such as Tortured Souls. Stylistically she prefers to write free verse but has experimented with form in Adventures in the Courtyard. She writes on personal as well as newsworthy events and you can purchase her books on lulu.com and amazon.com.
She has participated in workshops led by Broward poet in residence, Anastasia Clark. Most recently she participated in the Sea Glass Poetry Project and joined in reading at various libraries this last April.
She was a finalist in the 2014 South Regional/Broward College Library Poetry Contest for her poem "Congestion."
She currently resides in Lauderhill, Florida.
She has participated in workshops led by Broward poet in residence, Anastasia Clark. Most recently she participated in the Sea Glass Poetry Project and joined in reading at various libraries this last April.
She was a finalist in the 2014 South Regional/Broward College Library Poetry Contest for her poem "Congestion."
She currently resides in Lauderhill, Florida.
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June 10, 2015
I absolutely loved "Seventieth Avenue". It brought back so many memories for me of the roads I once traveled! Great little read!
I won this in a giveaway on Goodreads! Thank you.
I won this in a giveaway on Goodreads! Thank you.
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