Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Dear all,
This
is a hearty invitation to join us on Thursday, October 17 @ 1:00 - 2:20
NSH206 for a poetry reading by Danny Earl Simmons. Dan is a local
poet, a friend of the LBCC Poetry Club, and an active member of the
Albany Civic Theater. His poems have been published in a variety of
presses including Big River Poetry Review, Grey Sparrow, Northwind, and Strong Verse. This reading in part celebrates his new collection: Dancing the Allergic Swim.
Join us! And please invite your students (if you'd like more info please contact me).
Here's one of Dan's poems from Dancing:
Poet
He was always the kid who stayed up late
after marshmallows and scary stories.
He'd sit there for hours, entranced
by the deepest red of the campfire,
soaking-in the heat. He'd watch sparks
escape and turn into stars against the black
mountain sky like red-hot secrets taking flight.
Before long, he'd find himself huddled
against the edge, eyes burning,
overcome by the heat of the moment,
focused on nothing but the wiggle of the flames
and the wavy hot glow of the smolder.
Monday, October 7, 2013
Thanks to our very own Jeff F., I have some news on a currently running submission!
The Lyric College Poetry Contest
http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/colleage_all.html
Directed toward undergraduate enrolled full time in an American or
Canadian college or university
$500 First Prize
$100 Second Prize
Poems must be original and unpublished, 39 lines or less, written in
English in traditional forms, preferably with regular scansion and
rhyme. Please send up to 6 poems per student.
Winners will be announced and published in the Winter issue of The Lyric.
Entries may be sent by email to tanyacim@aol.com or by postal service to:
The Lyric College Contest
c/o Tanya Cimonetti
1393 Spear Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Submissions must be postmarked or emailed by December 1, 2013. The
following information must appear on each poem:
Student' s name and complete address
College' s name and complete address
Contestants should retain copies of all poems.
The Lyric College Poetry Contest
http://www.thelyricmagazine.com/colleage_all.html
Directed toward undergraduate enrolled full time in an American or
Canadian college or university
$500 First Prize
$100 Second Prize
Poems must be original and unpublished, 39 lines or less, written in
English in traditional forms, preferably with regular scansion and
rhyme. Please send up to 6 poems per student.
Winners will be announced and published in the Winter issue of The Lyric.
Entries may be sent by email to tanyacim@aol.com or by postal service to:
The Lyric College Contest
c/o Tanya Cimonetti
1393 Spear Street
South Burlington, VT 05403
Submissions must be postmarked or emailed by December 1, 2013. The
following information must appear on each poem:
Student' s name and complete address
College' s name and complete address
Contestants should retain copies of all poems.
From the Corvallis-Gazette Times:
"Writer Nick Flynn will read from his work on Friday, Oct.
11, at Oregon State University’s Valley Library rotunda. The free public
event begins at 7:30 p.m. and will be followed by a question and answer
session and a book signing.
Flynn is the author of three memoirs, including “The Reenactments” (2013), “The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir of Bewilderment” (2010) and “Another B———— Night in Suck City” (2004). Flynn is also the author of three books of poetry.
Of Flynn’s most recent memoir, “The Reenactments,” Kirkus Reviews wrote: “Flynn’s determination to better understand his life through the act of writing and remembering has yielded a truly insightful, original work.” Clea Simon of The Boston Globe said Flynn’s writing is “always specific and honest” and “dryly funny.”
His award-winning memoir “Another B———— Night in Suck City” was turned into the movie “Being Flynn,” starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano. That book recounted his unusual relationship with his alcoholic father and the suicide of his mother.
Flynn, 52, lives most of the year near Brooklyn. He is married to actress Lili Taylor. Each spring, he teaches poetry through the creative writing department at the University of Houston.
Flynn has been awarded fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation, The Library of Congress, The Amy Lowell Trust, and The Fine Arts Work Center.
The Visiting Writers Series brings nationally known writers to Oregon State University. The program is made possible by support from The Valley Library, OSU Press, the OSU School of Writing, Literature, and Film, the College of Liberal Arts, Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele, and Grass Roots Books and Music."
Flynn is the author of three memoirs, including “The Reenactments” (2013), “The Ticking is the Bomb: A Memoir of Bewilderment” (2010) and “Another B———— Night in Suck City” (2004). Flynn is also the author of three books of poetry.
Of Flynn’s most recent memoir, “The Reenactments,” Kirkus Reviews wrote: “Flynn’s determination to better understand his life through the act of writing and remembering has yielded a truly insightful, original work.” Clea Simon of The Boston Globe said Flynn’s writing is “always specific and honest” and “dryly funny.”
His award-winning memoir “Another B———— Night in Suck City” was turned into the movie “Being Flynn,” starring Robert De Niro and Paul Dano. That book recounted his unusual relationship with his alcoholic father and the suicide of his mother.
Flynn, 52, lives most of the year near Brooklyn. He is married to actress Lili Taylor. Each spring, he teaches poetry through the creative writing department at the University of Houston.
Flynn has been awarded fellowships from The Guggenheim Foundation, The Library of Congress, The Amy Lowell Trust, and The Fine Arts Work Center.
The Visiting Writers Series brings nationally known writers to Oregon State University. The program is made possible by support from The Valley Library, OSU Press, the OSU School of Writing, Literature, and Film, the College of Liberal Arts, Kathy Brisker and Tim Steele, and Grass Roots Books and Music."
Hello all!
Once again we have started a new school year, and Poetry Club is back up and running! On Tuesdays we meet at 3:00 pm in the Hot Shot Cafe on the Albany campus. Wednesdays the Benton Center club meets at 5:30 pm in the conference room.
Lots of exciting and creatively driven projects are happening this year, so stay tuned! On this blog I often post weekly poems and prompts, original work from club members, upcoming literary events, and submission opportunities. I'll also be keeping you up-to-date on everything LBCC and Poetry Club related!
Let the writing begin!
Kiera Lynn
LBCC Student Poet Laureate
“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
-E.E. Cummings
Once again we have started a new school year, and Poetry Club is back up and running! On Tuesdays we meet at 3:00 pm in the Hot Shot Cafe on the Albany campus. Wednesdays the Benton Center club meets at 5:30 pm in the conference room.
Lots of exciting and creatively driven projects are happening this year, so stay tuned! On this blog I often post weekly poems and prompts, original work from club members, upcoming literary events, and submission opportunities. I'll also be keeping you up-to-date on everything LBCC and Poetry Club related!
Let the writing begin!
Kiera Lynn
LBCC Student Poet Laureate
“I will take the sun in my mouth
and leap into the ripe air
Alive
with closed eyes
to dash against darkness”
-E.E. Cummings
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