Kiwanis presents the School House Green Reading!
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 …
Paula Curci and William McGee Interviews Martha McPhee
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
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Listen to a clip of my version of ‘THE HAPPIEST DAY’ by Edgar Allen Poe.
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 …
Nice Words About Calliope’s Corner!
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 …
About Mary
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.
…
FENCES: They Really Are Imaginary
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 …
My 2016 Annual Holiday Poem is printed.
2016 Annual Poem
In the news, this year and now appearing.
the sparkling snow and white tail deer,
with a distracted camper no longer peering
… through his telescopic lens aperture.
Meanwhile, dashing through …
The 1996 Manhattan Neighborhood Network Cable Interview Survives!
The 1996 Acoustic Poets’ interview on Cable Network TV, with Paula, Carol and Zoe, is now on YOUTUBE!
Take a look at these Poet To Poet episodes …
What Words Diverge in My Soul?
What roads diverge in my soul,
of love and desire.
To travel on a wooded road,
to make camp and read poetry
by a warm fire.
I’ve told people I’m a counselor,
a craftsman of words.
But …