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Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Andrea Deeken

About Andrea Deeken: I am a writer in Portland, Oregon where I live with my wife and daughter. I was born in rural Missouri. My writing has appeared in journals such as The Bear Deluxe, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Beyond Queer Words,  The Blue Mountain Review, Ran Off With the Star Bassoon, Spoon River Poetry Review, Valley Voices, and elsewhere. Awards include Arts and Letters Creative…

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Inquiry – The Power of Poetry with Traci O’Dea

An American poet living in Jersey, UK, Traci O'Dea is the author of two poetry collections: Waving (Assure Press, 2021) and Restricted Movement (Scotland Street Press, 2021) for which she received a Seed Funding Grant from Arthouse Jersey. The audiobook for Restricted Movement was released in November 2022. Her poems appear in the following places: BBC Radio…

Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Joshua Michael Stewart

Joshua Michael Stewart's first full-length collection of poetry, Break Every String, was published by Hedgerow Books in April 2016. His most recent full-length collection is The Bastard Children of Dharma Bums, published by Human Error Publishing in 2020. He has two chapbooks, Vintage Gray, published by Pudding House Publications in 2007, and Sink Your Teeth into the Light, published by Finishing Line Press…

Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Cathy Hailey

A native of Northern Virginia, Cathy Hailey teaches as an adjunct lecturer in Johns Hopkins University’s online MA in Teaching Writing program. Previously she taught English and Creative Writing in Prince William County (PWC), VA, for forty years, her favorite years as part of the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Creative Writing Program.…

Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Maria Lisella

Born in South Jamaica, Queens, Maria Lisella has lived in Astoria, New York for forty years. A poet and travel writer, she is a graduate of Queensborough Community College and Queens College, holds a Master’s degree from NYU-Polytechnic Institute, and attended the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Lisella is the author of three books…

Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Tres Abuelas y Una Mamá.

For two years, once a week, three abuelas and one mamá conversed around a table, sipping hibiscus tea, sharing stories, and writing, writing, writing. The tres abuelas are Maureen Seaton, Queen of Collaboration, Holly Iglesias, Mistress of Prose Poems, and Carolina Hospital, Guru of Juxtaposition; the mamá is Nicole Hospital-Medina, Alchemist of Vibes. The poems…

Inquiry – The Power of Poetry featuring Darla Himeles

Darla Himeles is a Philadelphia-based poet, translator, and essayist who was raised in Dallas and Los Angeles. A Pushcart-Prize and Best-of-the-Net nominee, Darla can be read in recent and forthcoming issues of Lesbians are Miracles, Orange Blossom Review, The Massachusetts Review, The Night Heron Barks, New Ohio Review, and NAILED. Darla holds an AB in…

Online Poetry: One Poem and Two Poets 

One Poem (Three Gorges, by Jennifer Martelli) and Two Poets (Elizabeth Sylvia and Jennifer Martelli) Our session will begin with Elizabeth Sylvia reading the poem and then providing us with her comments, insights, and question. Then Jennifer will do the same. I’ll jump in after that and the three of us will have a discussion. Jennifer Martelli is the…

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Online Poetry – Sparks in the Dark with Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein

This week we welcome Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein as our poet. Join us via Zoom each Wednesday for this series. Click here for the link. Alex Lazarus-Klein is the author of three books of poetry, Looking Out an Airplane Window, Poetry Written While Walking Dogs, and Wildflowers & Fireflies, as well as the nonprofit management book, Going Above and Beyond: How Creating…