— Martin Achatz, Passages North Poetry Editor
How nice it will be to read my poetry in person instead of on Zoom. Please join me — especially if you feel like spending some time at the beach earlier in the afternoon (tracking in sand is allowed).
I’ll be the guest poet at the Hub on Canal, 132 Canal Street, New Smyrna Beach. There will also be an open mic for a local poetry group.
Admission is $8 (come on, you’ve spent that much on coffee), and I’ll be selling my books, too.
I’m delighted that “Hanging the Moon,” one of my favorite poems in my upcoming book, Tango, has been accepted for publication by Rosebud, one of the most gorgeous lit mags around. It’s a family poem — and sad — so I probably won’t ever be ab
le to read it in person, but that’s okay.
I’m sharing this news on International Women’s Day, which is perfect.
And yes, I’m the baby in the photo (I haven’t stopped talking since).
I’m grateful to Jamie Poissant, editor of The Florida Review, for publishing a newish poem of mine in Aquifer: The Florida Review Online. “Upon Googling an Old Boyfriend and Finding His Obituary” is one of the poems that will be in my upcoming chapbook, Tango.
Read the poem here.
I can’t wait to share the news that my fifth poetry collection, Tango, has been accepted for publication by Kelsay Books!
The publisher seems a good fit for me, and their books are lovely. The news came during Hurricane Milton prep, so I had to read the email several times before I believed what I was seeing. Tango had been rejected seven times over the last two years, but none of that matters now.
Cue the balloons and champagne, baby!
Photo by Judy Watson Tracy
