READ MORE and cut and paste so you can check out this clip of an interview with Mike Rothenberg: a poet with a cause!
https://archive.org/details/CalliopesCornerInterviewByPaulaCurciOfMichaelRothenbergSept201410000PoetsForChangeInterviewMixdown
Sound has always played a role in my performance poetry. Sound is personal to me. Poetic therapy. Choosing where and how to begin and end a line, to me, is what makes a poem …
I will be reading for the Performance Poets Association Sept.9th
Hosted by James Romano. Starts at 7 Open to Follow!
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254-21 Horace Harding Expressway, Little …
Join me on August 5, 2019 as I participate with Richard Vetere, Linda Opyr, and Marsha Nelson as we perform our poetry at the Green, located on Foxhurst Road, Oceanside …
In December of 2011, I was lucky to work with author William McGee as we both interviewed Martha McPhee. https://www.hofstra.edu/academics/colleges/hclas/engl/gwgr/gwgr_mmcphee.html
My instagram posts include original photography and poetry!
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Back in 1999, I worked on a dance/spoken word performance piece with the Saltaire Dance troupe. We performed at the now closed, VANDERBILT in Plainview NY. It was a great …
Here is what POET BILLY LAMONT had to say about the EPISODE OF “CALLIOPE’S CORNER” HOSTED BY PAULA CURCI, after she received the PRESS CLUB OF LONG ISLAND AWARD FOR …
It’s a silver metal and wood encased box,
wrapped with a thin white bow.
A gift from my favorite friend,
I refuse to open.
The door, she lays next to
is really her exit.
…
After the ethereal wind stopped
and the ocean receded,
I learned
fences have no meaning.
Keeping people divided,
really does not work.
Walls,
between neighbors,
get knocked down.
After earthquakes,
hurricanes,
floods,
fires,
lines disappear.
Walls fall,
fences break
down.
People step
up,
over boundaries.
They help,
reach out.
We should know …