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A LINE IN TIME 6-17-2007

themindworm@yahoo.com — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 13:42:30 GMT

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Only 2 weeks left!!! Don't miss the submission
deadlines for SKIPPING STONES 2007 and the POET'S
DOMAIN. Get it in by June 30.

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer. I hope all
are finding time to write...and, of course, to read.
Even when you are at a "flat spot" unable to come up
with that next poem, that next line, that next word,
you can always read. Besides, reading is the perfect
guilt trip: every time I am reading, I feel guilty
that I'm not writing, just as I feel similarly guilty
for not reading whenever I am writing. Go figure.

I find, personally, that I am actually reading my way
through my list: wrote a list of 10 books I really
want to read before I die...now I need to start
reading faster (with only 20-25 years left) - time
gets away when you are having fun. Right now, besides
the top 5 of my entertainment reads, half my list
includes ancient classics that I've always intended to
read but were never assigned for a class...I really do
want to ground my poetry in familiarity with
traditions and myths from our ancient roots. The
books have proved themselves to be good tales told
well and have stood the test of time. No one ever got
hurt by reading good stuff...except maybe in
Fahrenheit 451. What books are on your list?

Shoot...there is a poem in THAT, even a challenge:
send me your list of 10 you absolutely want to read
sooner rather than later, or before you die [when you
get old enough, you gotta quit puting it off they
gotta go to the top of your list if you really do want
to read them before you die]. Then, without any names
on the list, I will compile the list of all the books
those of you who did, have submitted, as well as the
"top 10." Let's see if you can get your list to me
before the kids go back to school [it's OK to do your
list now, even if you read three or four of the titles
before the summer is done].

I will need to get next week's newsletter out on
Saturday because we will be in San Diego (leaving Sat
evening) until late Wednesday.

In the meantime, remember to remain well versed.

Hoo ahhhhhhh
:?)
pete ]]>

POETRY GOIN’ ON AROUND TOWN... Sunday June 10, 2007

pastinson@gmail.com — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:17:31 GMT

pastinson@gmail.com Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:17:31 GMT http://xfruits.com/pastinson/?id=24484&clic=107588533&url=http%3A%2F%2Fxfruits.com%2Fpastinson%2F A LINE IN TIME
the weekly online newsletter from the
CHESAPEAKE BAY POETS
www.chesbaypoets.org

POETRY GOIN' ON AROUND TOWN:
THIS WEEK:
* SUNDAY (6/10) 5 p.m. Spoken Word at the 40th Street
Stage at 809 W 40th Street in Norfolk just across
Calley Ave from Fellini's Italian Restaurant.
Call423-4084.
MONDAY (6/11) 7:30 (doors open 7 p.m.) at NorfolkSlam
at the Venue 631 E. 35th St in Norfolk. Tickets $5…$7
after 8 o'clock. Call 412-5642.
* TUESDAY (6/12) at 6:45 pm poetry workshop with the
Open Page Poets at the East End Coffee House on
Caliente at the corner of Shore Dr one block north of
Little Creek Blvd. FREE and open. Call Amanda at
412-2869.
* TUESDAY (6/12) GHENT POETRY CAFE at 7 p.m. at Deb's
Place at 826, Apt B-4 Princess Anne Rd in Norfolk (at
Hampton Blvd). FREE and open. Call 535-9348.
* WEDNESDAY (6/13) 9:30 p.m. Fuzzy Wednesday open-mic
at the Reign 112 Bank St in Norfolk, just down the
block from the Kiern Library. Godchild MC. $8 cover.
Call 616-0758.
* THURSDAY (6/14) 5:30-8 p.m. THERE WILL BE NO POETRY
NIGHT @ ARTS CAFE at the Peninsula Fine Arts Center in
Newport News, as they are in the midst of installing a
new exhibition. See you there next month. For more
information, contact Scott W. Highland, Membership and
Promotions Mangager. 596-8175.
* THURSDAY (6/14) from 8 p.m. Soulful Expression
open-mic nite at Crabbber's 2000 W Mercury Blvd in the
Ballroom (next to Best Western and across from Lowe's
at I-64) in Hampton. $7 cover. Call 826-6441.
* THURSDAY, (6/14) at 8 p.m., there will be the
third-ever Haiku Deathmatch, which will endeavor to
name SlamRichmond's Third Grand Haikuzuna to join
Donna Joyce and Iman Shabazz in the Grand Haikuzuna
Court.
* THURSDAY (6/14) 9:30 p.m. open-mic night The Blue
at Mary Helen's Restaurant 87 Lincoln St in Hampton.
Cover charge $7. Call 728-9050.
* SATURDAY (6/15) 1-3 p.m. open-mic poetry, reading,
accoustic at Java 149 on N. Main St
Suffolk. FREE and open to the public. See the
website www.java149.com. Call 923-9928.

OTHER POETRY NEWS and EVENTS:

GET YOUR POEMS IN FOR SKIPPING STONES 2007 NOW.
Deadline is Saturday June 30. Get your best stuff in
now; we plan a September 29 release party at the
Chesapeake Central Library in Great Bridge and have
much to do between now and then to pull it off. Check
the website link to Skipping Stones for submission
guidelines. SS 2006 and Ripples are both still
available at Prince Books and directly from me.

FLASH!!! HOT NEWS!!! The Poet's Domain is back!!!
[…as is In Good Company]. POETRY DEADLINE for The
Poet's Domain is (also) June 30; SHORT STORY DEADLINE
for In Good Company is July 31. The submission
guidelines are posted at www.livewirepress.net. The
theme for The Poet's Domain is contained in the last
eight lines of Stanley Kunitz's poem, "Halley's Comet"

Look for me, Father, on the roof
of the red brick building
at the foot of Green Street—
that's where we live, you know, on the top floor.
I'm the boy in the white flannel gown
sprawled on this coarse gravel bed
searching the starry sky,
waiting for the world to end.

THURSDAY, JULY 20 at 8 p.m. The final event before the
National Poetry Slam, a Civil Slam, which will pit
Team Richmond 2007 verses a House Team, comprised of
the alternates and some special guests. Come support
Richmond poets as they prepare to take the National
Poetry Slam by storm!

August 4, 2007 the 2nd Annual Hanover Book Festival
Virginia O'Keefe, of Southeastern Region Poetry
Society of Virginia, alerts us to this book festival,
imminently accessible to us here on the lower end of
the freeway. At the VFW Post 9808 at 7168 Flag Lane
Mechanicsville, VA. Workshops begin at 9 AM and end
at 3:30. Open to Public for book sales from 10 -
2:30. Watch for more.

Thursday, August 16 at 8 p.m. The last official event
of "Season Too" the "Homecoming Slam," which will be
judged by Team Richmond, just back from Nationals.
Poets are encouraged to bring their best stuff,
because these judges will be the toughest in a long
time.

SEPTEMBER 8 ONE LOVE FESTIVAL

SEPTEMBER 15 EARTH DANCE FESTIVAL
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A LINE IN TIME 6-10-2007

themindworm@yahoo.com — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:35:14 GMT

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Hope all who were so inclined took the opportunity to
enjoy the Harbor Fest events and the Parade of Sail
and fireworks and all that. If not yet, it's still
all going on. All sorts of festive fodder for poems.

Only 21 days left to get your poems submitted to
SKIPPING STONES 2007 and to THE POET'S DOMAIN. See
the links in the newsletter. And there is still time
to get into one of the workshops or studios in the
summer offerings from the Muse.

Tuesday at Deb's for Ghent Poetry Cafe. Note that the
second Thursday at the PFAC in Newport News is
installing a new exhibition and will be closed; hence,
NO poetry reading at the Arts Cafe. Those closer to
Richmond take note SlamRichmonds Haiku Deathmatch.

Finally, note the new series beginning tonight: Spoken
Word at the 40th St Stage at 5 p.m. and continuing the
2nd Sunday monthly. Tickets $10 (have been in the
past, assume they are tonight). Tonight the show
features:
Vivian Teter, award-winning poet, author, and Creative
Writing professor at Virginia Wesleyan University.
Jane Ellen Glasser, award-winning poet and recent
recipient of two first-place awards from the Poetry
Society of Virginia and the Tampa Review Prize for
Poetry for her new book, Light Persists.
Jeff Hewitt, author of nine books of poetry, including
and girls are made of stone and silent gardens, and
nationally known Performance Poet and Slam artist.
Malcolm, the area's legendary and uniquely gifted
Performance Poet/Slam artist and author of a new book,
Busted for J Walking.
Cheryl Snow White, Performance Poet specializing in
angry love.
Robert P. Arthur, award-winning poet and author of
twenty books, including Hymn to the Chesapeake and
Vija's War.
Michael Hyde, exciting new performance poet and
commentator on the current social and political scene.

So now, ya'all have a grand ol' week and, as ever,
remain well versed.

Hoo ahhhhhhh
:?)
pete ]]>

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pastinson@gmail.com — Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:54:10 GMT

pastinson@gmail.com Sat, 09 Jun 2007 07:54:10 GMT http://xfruits.com/pastinson/?id=24484&clic=107048827&url=http%3A%2F%2Fxfruits.com%2Fpastinson%2F ~~ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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