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Out of SequenceI’m thrilled that my poem, “Trinity,” has been selected for Out of Sequence, an anthology of poems based on the Shakespearean sonnets, to be published by Parlor Press this summer. Out...
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your blustery march annogram
The wicked winds of March have blown away crusted mounds of snow here in New York, and yet more snow is predicted. In this annogram, we’ll focus on the bounty of poetry that’s happening next month...
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your april annogram
National Poetry Month starts out with a bang—the news that Dos Madres Press will publish my first poetry collection, Face Painting in the Dark, this year. But wait—there’s more! Dancing Girl Press...
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your may annogram
Reading "Andromeda at Midlife"Slant of Light readingI loved reading last month with friends from A Slant of Light: Contemporary Women Poets of the Hudson Valley (Codhill Press, 2013). This Hudson...
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your june annogram
We begin June with this wondrous photo taken by a friend at a wedding in Australia. If ever I needed an image of muses, it would be these young women in sparkles fluttering against a strong offshore...
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your sizzling summer annogram
Thank you for looking for your July annogram. Annogram was away for the holiday weekend, so I am back to see what’s of interest this month to my uber-creative subscribers. Hmmm…looks like artists may...
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your ripe autumn annogram
Happy September. I love the gold quality of the light through the trees, and the blue skies. Good news: My poem, “Trinity,” based on Shakespearian Sonnet 34, appears in Out of Sequence: The Sonnets...
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your golden light of august annogram
Best American Poetry Good news!This monthThe Best American Poetry Blog highlights my Illuminationsinterview with J. Chester Johnson, and Sophie Chouinardreviews Face Painting in the Dark (Dos Madres...
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your random acts of annogram
Random Acts of Poetry DaySo happy today, October 7, is Random Acts of Poetry Day. According to Jennifer at Highland Park Poetry, we should be...
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your thanksgiving annogram
Photo found by Linda SimoneA lot happening: Linda Simone's fantastic review of Face Painting in the Dark (Dos Madres Press, 2014) appears in First Literary Review East. If concerned about race...
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your very merry annogram
Ann reads at Cornelia Street CafeKattywompus at Cornelia Street CafeWhat a pleasure to read with Kattywompus poets Susana Case, Cornelius Eady, Robin Messing, and Margo Stever at the Hudson Valley...
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your groundhog annogram
Today, annogrampeeks above ground and declares six more weeks of winter! Fine. Bring on the hot chocolate and fat novels. February also heralds news of upcoming publications for me—from the...
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your poetry month annogram
Free FerryFor National Poetry Month, I am thrilled to announce my second book of poetry, Free Ferry, will be published by Upper Hand Press on January 16, 2017. Thanks to publisher Ann Starr, whose...
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your may annogram
Happy May! Finally warm and full of dogwood blossoms. Also blooming: poetry—my second book, Free Ferry, forthcoming from Upper Hand Press in January; poems on Brian Wilson and Johnny Cash for...
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your almost summer annogram
With George Kraus for our readingWhat a great reading at the JCC on Hudson! Thanks to co-reader George Kraus and an impressive audience, including poets Myrna Goodman, Ann Lauinger, and Natalie Safir;...
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Bo DiddleyWelcome to sultry, stormy September! I am celebrating three poems that will appear in the anthology Theories of HER and two in the upcoming Opossum Lit's debut issue on music. Of course, you...
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your october annogram
Free Ferry available for preorderI am excited to share that my second poetry book, Free Ferry, is available for preorder. Ray Peckauskus, Sarah Lawrence Professor Emeritus of Chemistry, calls it “a...
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your november annogram
Ann works hard on her pumpkinAll Hallows’ EveSculpted my way into it at my friends’ house, and received the ultimate compliment at home from seven-year-old trick-or-treaters, a witch and baby bear, who...
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your december annogram
No snow yetWishing you joys of Christmas, Hanukkah, or your own tradition in this season of lights. I’m celebrating work in poetry anthologies Polterguest (Main Street Rag), Realms of the Mothers (Dos...
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your new year's annogram
Jimmy Santiago Baca and Free FerryJimmy Santiago Baca, subject of the extraordinary documentary A Place to Stand, and poet of Singing at the Gates, has endorsed my new book, Free Ferry: Jimmy Santiago...
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