Week Three #readNDN #2sDayPoems

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#readNDN, #readwomen, Catching Cooper, Copper Canyon Press, Crazy Brave, DiveDapper, Joy Harjo, Mojave, Muscogee, Natalie Diaz, Native American Heritage Month, native american poetry, Native American Women's Poetry, NPR, Patterns in Mudhills, Secrets from the Center of the World, Stephem Strom, University of Arizona Press, When My Brother Was An Aztec, women poets

I am so impressed by Natalie Diaz (Mojave). Not only does her poetry make me feel like I’m falling off a cliff–in a good way, of course–but her work in preserving the Mojave language gives me hope for other endangered Native tongues.

If you don’t have her first collection When My Brother Was an Aztec (Copper Canyon, 2012),get it. And be anticipating the release of her second collection, also with with Copper Canyon, that she teased in this late 2015 interview at DiveDapper. You’ll find links to several of her new poems there.

But the one I wanted to share with you today is “Catching Cooper“. You won’t be the same after you read it.

 

Okay, if you’ve spent any time on this blog, you’ve seen this woman. Joy Harjo (Mvskoke) opened the door to Native American poetry for me and continues to be my poet-hero. Get all her books immediately, seriously, like right now.

The poem I’m sharing today is from Secrets From the Center of the World (Univ. of AZ press), which pairs her poems with the photography of Stephen Strom.

This is “Patterns in Mudhills“.

OMG! So beautiful. Check out her interview at NPR about finding her voice and her memoir Crazy Brave. Oh yeah, she reads a few poems there too.

 

 

Week Two #readNDN #2sDayPoems

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#readNDN, #readwomen, Allison Hedge Coke, American Life in Poetry, Bee Poems, Burn, Cell Traffic, Cherokee, Coffee House Press, Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum of Archaic Media, Heid E. Erdrich, Huron, If Bees Were Few, MadHat Press, Metis, Michigan State University Press, Natalie Diaz, Native American Heritage Month, native american poetry, Native American Women's Poetry, Off-Season City Pipe, Ojibwe, Pen Ten interview, Poetry Foundation, Stung, The Change, University of Arizona Press, University of Minnesota, women poets

Award-winning poet and activist Allison Adelle Hedge Coke (Huron/Metis/mixed Cherokee, SE Native) writes the type of poetry that  is seared into the mind like a daguerreotype at the shortest  exposure. Fittingly, her latest collection is titled Burn (MadHat Press, 2017) and is an illustrated poetic endeavor. How cool is that?

Haven’t actually got my hands on it yet, but I hope to love it as much as Dog Road Woman (Coffee House Press, 1997), or Off-Season City Pipe (Coffee House, 2005).

Trust me, you’ll love her work. Here’s  “The Change,” straight outta Dog Road Woman, hosted at the Poetry Foundation archives.

 

So you’ve heard me talk about Heid E. Erdrich (Ojibwe) before.  ICYMI, I highly recommend her 2012 collection Cell Traffic (Univ. of AZ Press). The jury is still out on her latest Curator of Ephemera at the New Museum of Archaic Media (Michigan State Univ Press). It’s kinda trippy, what with its fairies, QR codes that link to film poems and other weird, but good, shit.

Before you dive into that book, try some of her more earthy work, like “Stung,” from the anthology If Bees Were Few: A Hive of Bee Poems. You’lll want Santa to bring you that one.

And while you’re out there floating in cyberspace, check out this Pen Ten interview with Heid E. and her sister, fellow writer Louise Erdrich, where the ladies answer questions (presented by Natalie Diaz) on writing in general and space for the voices of indigenous women.

 

 

 

 

 

 

#NationalPoetryMonth’16 Round-up (Day 2)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, 30dpc, Adele Kenny, Alain Ginsberg, Apparatus Magazine, Audre Lorde, Carolyn Moore, Edward Rathke, Entropy Magazine, Family Friend Poems, Found Poetry Review, Grant Snider, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Influential Poems, Kenneth Koch, Mariah Wilson, Mary Biddinger, Mary Carroll Hackett, Mary Oliver, Natalie Diaz, NotaLiteraryJournal, NPM16, Paula Meehan, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetry comic, poetry prompts, Poetry School, Rasheed Copeland, Stanley Kunitz, The Onion, Winter Tangerine Review, women poets

BoneSpark here with DAY TWO of the best prompts, poems and news from your  #NaPoWriMo/#NPM16/#NaPoMo /#NationalPoetryMonth/#poemaday hashtags.

Best of the Prompts

NaPoWriMo’s “Family Portrait prompt”
NotaLiteraryJournal’s “Lies That You Used to Believe prompt”
Imaginary Garden’s “Horses prompt”
Mary Carroll-Hackett’s “Body of the planet prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “He said/She said prompt”
Adele Kenny’s “Color RED prompt”
Found Poetry’s “Junk Mail/Gov’t forms Erasure prompt”
30dpc’s “New Beginnings prompt”
Apparatus Mag’s “Ode to TV show prompt”
Poetry School’s “Instagram prompt”
Mariah Wilson’s “Harbingers of Doom Haiku series prompt”
Winter Tangerine’s “Ode to a Stranger prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Mary Oliver’s “Peonies” (video)
Stanley Kunitz “Route Six” (w/audio)
Audre Lorde “Recreation”
Kenneth Koch “To Breath”
Rasheed Copeland “Shrimp and Grits”
Carolyn Moore “How to Housebreak a Shadow”
Alain Ginsberg “Body Becomes Black Hole or Magic Trick in Three Acts”
Paula Meehan “Seed”
Natalie Diaz “Post-Colonial Love Poem”
Mary Biddinger “Hard Labor”

Miscellaneous
Grant Snider’s “Poetic Justice” comic in the NY Times
30 Days to Find the Poet in You (at Family Friend Poems)
National Poetry Month Raises Awareness Of Poetry Prevention (at The Onion)
Edward Rathke shares on Influential Poems at Entropy Mag

**Poets, if you would like to be featured in 2sDay Poems, have your collection reviewed, guest post in the Poetry Lab or blog on any of the Thoughts on Poetry topics, including Foremother Friday or Small Press Interviews, drop me a line at  bonesparkblog@yahoo.com.

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 22)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, 30dpc, Apparatus Magazine, artspeak, C.D. Wright, craft talks, Dead Poets Society, Deep South Magazine, Dorianne Laux, Emily Bedard, Flashbang Writing Studio, Guerilla Poetry, Imaginary Garden with Real Toads, Lisa Ann Sandell, Luci Brock-Broido, Mary Oliver, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Natalie Diaz, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetically Speaking, Poetry Foundation, Poetry magazine, Poetry Northwest, poetry prompts, Sarah Heller, Shane Rhodes, Stories& Slams, Susan Stewart, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, women poets

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY TWENTY-TWO of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

Stories& Slams’ “Cancer Sonnets”
Flashbang Writing Studio’s “Praise Poems after Christopher Smart”
West Trestle Review’s “First Person POV Historical Figure prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “Nature Poems”
ARTSPEAK #22: “Peto’s Straw Hat, Bag and Umbrella”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Elements of Nature prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Jumping Into Form: Apostrophe/Poems of Address”
Wild Violet’s “S is for Sevenling prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Pastoral poems”
Pink Ink Press’ “Poems about Home”
Imaginary Garden with Real Toads’ “Perfect Love Poem w/ Julia Bird’s Formula”
Mslexia’s “First Time prompt”
30dpc’s “Let’s Get Physical prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Mary Oliver| “Sleeping in the Forest”
Susan Stewart| “Four Questions Regarding the Dreams of Animals”
Natalie Diaz| “Top Ten Reasons Why Indians Are Good at Basketball”
Shane Rhodes| “Still Life with Apple” (w/ commentary)
Sarah Sloat| “Grassland” (video)
Dorianne Laux| “How to Sleep”

Miscellaneous

Emily Bedard on Reading Luci Brock-Broido in Mexico at Poetry Northwest
Understanding Poetry clip from Dead Poets Society
Talking Guerilla Poetry with C.D. Wright at Deep South Magazine
Poetically Speaking with Lisa Ann Sandell at Miss Print

#NationalPoetryMonth Round-up (Day 21)

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#NaPoWriMo, #NationalPoetryMonth, #NPM15, Ampersand podcast, Anne Harding Woodworth, Apparatus Magazine, artspeak, craft talks, Degas, Distinguished Writers, Dorianne Laux, Flashbang Writing Studio, floodmark poetry, G.C. Waldrep, Jessica Goodfellow, Kenzie Allen, Kevin Young, Mark Doty, Miss Rumphius Effect, mslexia, Natalie Diaz, Poem a Day, Poetic Asides, Poetry Foundation, Poetry magazine, poetry prompts, Rabbi Rachel Barenblat, The Art of Reading (Poetry) Well, the language inside, West Trestle Review, Wild Violet, women poets

The best prompts, poems and news from DAY TWENTY-ONE of #NaPoWriMo/#NPM15 /#NationalPoetryMonth.

Best of the Prompts

Flashbang Writing Studio’s “Golden Shovel prompt”
West Trestle Review’s “Talking Pet prompt”
Poetic Asides P-A-D “What You Are/What You Are Not prompt “
ARTSPEAK #21: “Degas’ The Dance Lesson”
Apparatus Magazine’s “Treasured Keepsakes prompt”
Miss Rumphius Effect’s “Persona poems”
Wild Violet’s “R is for Repetition prompt”
NaPoWriMo’s “Erasure prompt”
Floodmark Poetry’s “Word List prompt”
The Language Inside’s “Transformation/Masks/Costume prompt”
Mslexia’s “Objects that Belonged to Your Parents prompt”

Poems I Have Loved (Tweeters’ Shares)

Jessica Goodfellow| “Rain”
Anne Harding Woodworth| “Empty Nest”
Natalie Diaz| “Grief Work”
Kenzie Allen| “Pathology”
G.C. Waldrep| “Settlement Song”
Dorianne Laux| “Bed”
Rabbi Rachel Barenblat| “Day 17 (of the Omer): Taste & See”

Miscellaneous

Dorianne Laux and Kevin Young: Distinguished Writers Series at Wellesley College (video)
The Art of Reading Well: Poetry as an Art & Craft at dark ecologies
Ampersand: Poets& Writers podcast 1 ( Interview w/ Mark Doty)

The Witching Hour Finds You in Bed…

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31 Days of Halloween, Abyss&Apex, Ada Hoffman, Alex Carrigan, All My Love to the Monster Devouring Me, Amazing Stories, At That Age When We Girls Become Fairies, Betwixt, Brooke Wonders, Carol Holland March, Carolee Sherwood, Clarkesworld, creepy poetry, David Kopaska Merkel, Day of the Dead, Devilfish Review, E. Kirstin Anderson, Edgar A. Poe, Eleonara, Erik Amundsen, Fish Boy Hits the Teen Years, Ghostweight, Goblin Fruit, Gorgon Girls, Graveyard Rock, halloween, Hand Me Down Halloween, Harvey's Dream, Headmistress Press, Helen Kitson, Henry Wouk Is Still Alive, Here Be Toothsome Wolves, Hilary Joubert, Inkscrawl, Judith Barrington, Kelly Link, Lilla Ashley, Liz Henry, Liz Kay, Luna Station Quarterly, Made of Lines blog, Maria Dahvana Headley, Menacing Hedge, Michael J. DeLuca, Mother Frankenstein, Natalie Diaz, NightBlade, Nightmare Magazine, Pat Cadigan, Poetry Society of America, Quail Bell Magazine, Real Witches Don't Wear Hats, Rose Red Review, Sabotage Reviews, Saira Ali, Samhain, Sestina at the Maldron Hotel Ireland, Shannon Hozinac, Small Beer Press, Soul Harvest, Stephen King, Stone Telling, Taxidermist in the Underworld, The Axe-Eaters, The Faery Handbag, The Gingerbread Dress, The Girl Who Couldn't Fly, The Golden Key, The Mermaid at SeaWorld, The Stone Horse of Flores, The Witch Has a Purpose, Unfair Exchange, Wake Up Poetry, When the Wife Brings Love Back From the Dead, Witch's Primer, Women Destroy Horror, Yoon Ha Lee

Or perhaps you are atop a broomstick or pumpkin.  Wherever you find yourself this Halloween, don’t let the hour arrive without first indulging in some of these SPOOKTACULAR finds:

 

STORIES

D. Long’s (Lushly illustrated)

version of E.A. Poe’s Eleonara—from Amazing Stories

 

Here Be Toothsome Wolves
Brooke Wonders—at Rose Red Review

 

Henry Wouk Is Still Alive
Stephen King—at The Atlantic

 

Harvey’s Dream
Stephen King—at The New Yorker

 

The Faery Handbag
Kelly Link–at Small Beer Press

 

Ghostweight

Yoon Ha Lee–at Clarkesworld

 

Taxidermist in the Underworld
Maria Dahvana Headley–at Clarkeworld

 

The Stone Horse of Flores by Michael J. DeLuca–at Betwixt

 

Unfair Exchange by Pat Cadigan–at Nightmare Magazine: Women Destroy Horror! Special Issue

 

The Girl Who Couldn’t Fly by Carol Holland March–at Luna Station Quarterly

 

POEMS

Gorgon Girls by Saira Ali–at Strange Horizons

Mother Frankenstein by Liz Henry–at Stone Telling

The Gingerbread Dress by

Lilla Ashley–at Rose Red Review

Sestina at the Maldron Hotel, Ireland
Judith Barrington–at Rose Red Review

When the Wife Brings Love Back From the Dead, She Creates a Monster by

Carolee Sherwood–at Goblin Fruit

The Mermaid at SeaWorld by Ada Hoffman–at NightBlade

The Axe-Eaters by Shannon Hozinac–at Menacing Hedge

Soul Harvest by

Hillary Joubert–at The Golden Key

Hunger—The Witch has a Purpose

by Liz Kay–at The Golden Key

Day of the Dead by Helen Kitson–at Sabotage Reviews

Samhain by John Montague–at Wake Up Poetry

At That Age When We Girls Become Fairies by E. Kristin Anderson--at Abyss&Apex

Witch’s Primer, Lesson 4 Erik Amundsen –at Inkscrawl

Fish Boy Hits the Teen Years

by David Kopaska-Merkel–at Devilfish Review

All My Love to the Monster Devouring Me by Alex Carrigan–at Quail Bell Magazine

Hand-Me-Down Halloween by Natalie Diaz–at Poetry Society of America

 

ART

31 Monsters of Halloween at Made of Lines blog

Real Witches Don’t Wear Hats

 

FUN