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...
As the host of Calliope's Corner, I was honored to share the microphone with Dr. Richard Bronson, Suffolk County Poet Laureate, and Ella O'Connor, Suffolk County's 1st teen Poet Laureate. Dr. Bronson and Ella O'Connor's poems are deeply rooted in their activism. Bronson's cause is...
Poet laureates Paula Curci and Peter Dugan will be teaming up to create a special open mic series to spotlight some of Long Island's best poets. The event, "It's A Shore Thing," is an intergenerational loud and unplugged open mic that encourages positive voices, and will...
Somewhere on Northwest 21st when browsing was breathable without a mask I hid behind marigolds and ivy shielding my body from the frame my serendipitous smile as the camera clicked shadowed my body shame that girl on NW 21st walked up and down that stoop unconscious to the knowing this girl would EVER change her lens Now my serendipitous smile is all I see...
The Nassau County Poet Laureate Society welcomes you to the inaugural ceremony celebrating me as the new Nassau County Poet Laureate for 2022-2024. Evelyn Kandel, the current Laureate, will pass the baton of laureateship to me on that day. Thank you to Evelyn for all...
What's the buzz? Yes, the posts are true. I am proud and humbled to announce that I am officially the new Nassau County Poet Laureate for the 2022-2024 tenure! I was with NCPLS Committee Members and they assured me it will all go well ~:-)....
The DONE THAT project includes a chapbook and a digital version of Paula Curci’s Poetry and POSICS™ performances and works. The DONE THAT project embraces the found poem form, cover versions, and references to other songwriters and poets who have “done that” along the way....