I’m happy to announce that some wonderful editors will be publishing my poems in the near future. I’ll be posting live links whenever these become available. Here’s what’s coming: “Friendships in a Small Town” Rat’s Ass Review–Love & Ensuing Madness (July) “Love’s Wrong Turn” and “Winter Made the Trees Suffer.” Sick Lit Magazine (September) “Pleasure” …
Elegy for an ACT UP Warrior
I’m thrilled and grateful to Reuben Woolley for publishing my poem, “Elegy for an ACT UP Warrior” in I am Not a Silent Poet. It’s an honor to be published with other poets grappling with issues of abuse and social justice. Read the poem here: https://iamnotasilentpoet.wordpress.com/2016/06/09/elegy-for-an-act-up-warrior-by-peggy-turnbull/
30/30!
I succeeded in writing 30 poems in 30 days through the month of April. I stopped posting them here; instead, posted them in a secret Facebook group that has provided a great deal of advice, encouragement, and comfort to me. Poetry is a wonderful way to connect with other people.
Piaku for Pi Day 3 Library 1 work 4 today is this: 1 each 5 art book brought to the 9 scale. Weighing topic, format, date, circ, 2 author, 6 curricular need, and 5 reading level. I 3 remember 5 being a long-haired 8 student in the seventies who 9 enriched my imagination with 7…
Favorites and Infuences
These writers drew me to poetry. I made this list several years ago. When I rediscovered it, I thought I would link to the poems that moved me most when I first read them, if I could easily find them. Amy LowellDelmira AgustiniSylvia PlathTagorePsalms (David)Gospel of John Langston HughesCharles BukowskiRichard BrautiganAlfonsina StorniPablo NerudaMaya Angelou Ted…