I wrote this poem after deliberating if The Word: A Festival of the Spoken and Written Word: Celebrating All Voices should be canceled--due to the rain storm close approaching. Rita M. Monte and Peter V. Dugan and I, deliberated for over a week, visiting alternative...
Here I am announcing THE WORD – A FESTIVAL OF THE SPOKEN AND WRITTEN WORD: Celebrating all Voices on Oceanside library’s Near and Far. This is the May 1 2023 POETRY NEAR AND FAR international online poetry reading. It was at this reading that I made the first announcement about THE...
As Nassau County Poet Laureate, I am often asked: “What is your process?” I am a morning page writer, and I have learned that my tendency to wake up and write down my thoughts, is not unique. I have spoken of it before. But as a...
Poetry and journal writing have always been outlets for me to express myself. But when Superstorm Sandy hit, it also became my saving grace. I turned to those who gave a helping hand for inspiration and hope, and wrote to cope with all that had...
When I was affirmed the Nassau County Poet Laureate this year, Peter Dugan, Nassau County Poet Laureate (2017-19), reached out to me. He said: “So, when are you starting your open mic?” If Peter hadn’t put the bug in my head, I am not sure...
Often my dreams spark a poem. In this case, a being presented himself in my dream. I asked who he was and he said he was ‘a relic of an angel’. A relic is all that is left of something or the bones of a...
Happy October and happy Italian-American Heritage Month! Recently I was a guest of radio show host Rita Monte on her Italian American radio show, Profumi d’italia. I shared some Posics® pieces: “Love Poem,” about offering a safe place for love to rest, and “Shake and Remember,” a...
Many people in the 1930's and 40's shared and taught others about our nation's labor struggles through music. Singer-songwriters like Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger were some of the original talking blues troubadour-bards. In my estimation, this is heartland American-made spoken word and it became a...
I wrote this poem some time ago after realizing how very lucky I was to have a sisterhood of women that surrounded me who all brought me great joy and always gave great advice. Alongside it a photo from my affirmation ceremony. It's one of my...
Sometime in the late 90’s, in a Florida café, I attended a poetry event with my friend and artist Kiki Calafell. Kiki and I began talking about the loss and death of nine-year-old Amber Hagerman, who was kidnapped and murdered in 1996. We discussed the national...