Sunday, February 18, 2018. When, the senses quelled and eyes half-closed,. We feel, beloved, a gentle, animal. Calm descend, a snow of ash, invincible. On the bright, impassioned fire that blazed,. The heart drowses peacefully; thoughtless,. We dream blurred dreams of expended excess. And drift toward a vague oblivion. But when we have resisted such frenzies. And have held back from quaffing to its lees.

American Shakespeare Center on Tour. The Taming of the Shrew. Wine and Cheese Membership Party. HLA sponsors or partners with other groups to bring a spectrum of literary activities and events for anyone who delights in books, poems, and plays. HLA Young Writers Contest is now open. To see what our members are reading this month.

Full-Length Collections, Chapbooks, Anthologies, and Limited Edition Collectible Book Art. Jacar Press believes that writing still matters. on December 1, 2016. Resisting Arrest was cited as one of the Ten Best Poetry Books of 2016 by reviewers in Canada and the U.

Wins the Henley Rose Playwriting Award. Has won 1st Prize in the Henley Rose Playwrights Competition for Women. A staged reading of the play will be performed at The Birdhouse in Knoxville, TN on Sunday May 13, 2018. 2nd book of poetry, now available! Or buy it here. I try to hold him.

In Whatever Light Left to Us.

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A little room for poetry and the writing life. Oh, did you actually want to sit in your own chair at your own desk? Hello, Reader. In other news, I have poems in the current issues of.