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Welcome to Splendid Wake-up: a blog associated with Splendid Wake, a greater Washington DC area project that documents poets and poetry from 1900 to current day. Find more information about the Splendid Wake wiki at Special Collections, Gelman Library at The George Washington University.
Thursday, October 8, 2020
SPLENDID WAKE 8 LIVE ON ZOOM, November 8th
Labels:
Henry Crawford,
Iota Poetry Series,
Joanne Rocky Delaplaine,
John L. Brown,
Karenne Wood,
Lyn Lifshin,
Mary Bowman,
Miles David Moore,
Poetry Archives,
Raymond Maxwell,
Splendid Wake,
Stanley Plumly
Wednesday, February 5, 2020
Monday, January 28, 2019
Friday, August 17, 2018
Martin Galvin: 1937-2018
We were very sorry to hear that poet Martin Galvin passed away earlier this month. His work as a poet and instructor will be long remembered and deeply missed. In his honor, we will be including a reading of one of his poems during ASW 7 in March, 2019.
For information about his impressive life as well as his memorial service, visit :http://www.pumphreyfuneralhome.com.
(Photo via Pumphrey webpage)
Sunday, August 12, 2018
Mariposa Poetry Retreat
The Mariposa Poetry Retreat began in 2011 to fuel, stimulate and challenge the passion of poets and writers from DC, MD, VA, FL, NY, MA, PA, and beyond, including Brazil. Since then we’ve been honored by the participation of incredible keynote speakers and faculty members as follows:
(2011): Kwame Alexander, Naomi Ayala, Monica Hand (1953-2016), Joseph Ross;
(2012): Ethelbert Miller, Mike Bosdavanos, Rocky DeLaPlaine, Kim Roberts;
(2013): Grace Cavalieri, Michael Davis, Jose (Joe) Gouveia (1964-2014), Yvette Neisser, and
Maryland Poet Laureate, Stanley Plumly;
(2014): Dark;
(2015): Richard Peabody, Sarah Browning, Grace Cavalieri, Robert Giron, Cliff Lynn;
(2016): Merrill Leffler, Ann Bracken, Sarah Browning, Grace Cavalieri, Le Hinton;
(2017): Rose Solari, Abdul Ali, Yvette Neisser, Kim Roberts and Basil White; and each year, Michael Friend and Soul in Motion has joined us to "bless our boats" at the Welcome Reception.
What is so special about the Mariposa Poetry Retreat? We limit attendance to 25 participants. Yes, it's small compared to other retreats but we pack a lot into one weekend. It's an intimate space that offers a unique writing experience. We build community, the Mariposa family. It's “where the magic of poetry happens”!
Join us this year, October 5-7th, to celebrate and channel the muse with new and returning faculty members: Grace Cavalieri, Claudia Gary, Reuben Jackson, Brandon Johnson and keynote speaker, Michael S. Glaser, Maryland Poet Laureate (2004 – 2009). And as always, Michael Friend and Soul in Motion will get our blood pumping with West African drumming (and maybe some dancing too)!
With your continued support, we've been able to award scholarships to veterans, poets and international participants who would otherwise not have been able to attend. If you are interested and able to defray the cost of a participant, please let me know. Your generosity and tax- deductible contribution to the Capital Retreat Center is always appreciated!
If you've attended the Mariposa Poetry Retreat in the past, you won't want to miss this one either. If you haven't been yet, don’t miss this opportunity to join us!
2018 marks 7 years of memorable weekend retreats and Reunion Readings at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda. We also look forward to offering a week-long retreat, Writing in the Rainforest, in Puerto Rico in 2020!
Maritza Rivera aka Mariposa:
“Where the magic of poetry happens!”
CONTACT: mariposa611@gmail.com
(2011): Kwame Alexander, Naomi Ayala, Monica Hand (1953-2016), Joseph Ross;
(2012): Ethelbert Miller, Mike Bosdavanos, Rocky DeLaPlaine, Kim Roberts;
(2013): Grace Cavalieri, Michael Davis, Jose (Joe) Gouveia (1964-2014), Yvette Neisser, and
Maryland Poet Laureate, Stanley Plumly;
(2014): Dark;
(2015): Richard Peabody, Sarah Browning, Grace Cavalieri, Robert Giron, Cliff Lynn;
(2016): Merrill Leffler, Ann Bracken, Sarah Browning, Grace Cavalieri, Le Hinton;
(2017): Rose Solari, Abdul Ali, Yvette Neisser, Kim Roberts and Basil White; and each year, Michael Friend and Soul in Motion has joined us to "bless our boats" at the Welcome Reception.
What is so special about the Mariposa Poetry Retreat? We limit attendance to 25 participants. Yes, it's small compared to other retreats but we pack a lot into one weekend. It's an intimate space that offers a unique writing experience. We build community, the Mariposa family. It's “where the magic of poetry happens”!
Join us this year, October 5-7th, to celebrate and channel the muse with new and returning faculty members: Grace Cavalieri, Claudia Gary, Reuben Jackson, Brandon Johnson and keynote speaker, Michael S. Glaser, Maryland Poet Laureate (2004 – 2009). And as always, Michael Friend and Soul in Motion will get our blood pumping with West African drumming (and maybe some dancing too)!
With your continued support, we've been able to award scholarships to veterans, poets and international participants who would otherwise not have been able to attend. If you are interested and able to defray the cost of a participant, please let me know. Your generosity and tax- deductible contribution to the Capital Retreat Center is always appreciated!
If you've attended the Mariposa Poetry Retreat in the past, you won't want to miss this one either. If you haven't been yet, don’t miss this opportunity to join us!
2018 marks 7 years of memorable weekend retreats and Reunion Readings at the Writer’s Center in Bethesda. We also look forward to offering a week-long retreat, Writing in the Rainforest, in Puerto Rico in 2020!
Maritza Rivera aka Mariposa:
“Where the magic of poetry happens!”
CONTACT: mariposa611@gmail.com
Wednesday, August 1, 2018
Poetry X Hunger
WORLD FOOD DAY
POETRY COMPETITION
Hiram Larew sends this note:
Dear Poets/Friends from afar —
While the Competition that's described below is limited to folks in the Washington, DC and surrounding Counties, I wanted to share the announcement with you.
You may know of poets in this area who would be eligible; if so, please share this email with them.
Just as importantly, I wanted to make sure that you knew that the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is offering this Competition, in conjunction with Poetry X Hunger, as a way to bring poetry more forcefully to bear against hunger wherever it exists. If, in your communities, there's an interest, please encourage your nearby poets/friends to consider ways to "speak up" about actions on World Food Day (October 16) that can be taken to eliminate hunger at home and abroad.
Here's the link to FAO's World Food Day site -- http://www.fao.org/world-food- day/2018/home/en/
Here's to Poetry X Hunger,
Hiram
For more info about this Competition, visit the Poetry X Hunger Facebook page.
Calling all poets in Washington, DC and surrounding Counties! In recognition of World Food Day on October 16, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Liaison Office for North America, in conjunction with the Poetry X Hunger initiative, is inviting submissions of poetry that focuses on taking urgent action to eliminate global hunger and malnutrition. Held every year on October 16, this year’s World Food Day will focus on the theme: “Our Actions Are Our Future: A Zero Hunger World by 2030 Is Possible.”
After a period of decline, world hunger is on the rise again. Today, over 815 million people are suffering chronic undernourishment, according to the latest FAO report. Conflict, extreme weather events linked to climate change, economic slowdown and rapidly increasing overweight and obesity levels are reversing progress made in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. Additionally, rural poverty, food insecurity, inequality, unemployment, lack of social protection as well as natural resource depletion due to environmental degradation and climate change are forcing millions to migrate.
Now is the time to get back on track. The world can achieve Zero Hunger if we join forces across nations, continents, sectors and professions, and act on evidence.
Significant prizes are offered to winners. There is no entry fee -- the Competition is free to enter.
After a period of decline, world hunger is on the rise again. Today, over 815 million people are suffering chronic undernourishment, according to the latest FAO report. Conflict, extreme weather events linked to climate change, economic slowdown and rapidly increasing overweight and obesity levels are reversing progress made in the fight against hunger and malnutrition. Additionally, rural poverty, food insecurity, inequality, unemployment, lack of social protection as well as natural resource depletion due to environmental degradation and climate change are forcing millions to migrate.
Now is the time to get back on track. The world can achieve Zero Hunger if we join forces across nations, continents, sectors and professions, and act on evidence.
Significant prizes are offered to winners. There is no entry fee -- the Competition is free to enter.
Saturday, June 30, 2018
Summer Poetry Pop-Up: Terence Winch
Ghost Bottle
You waited for me as long as
you could
that night when I went out to
play a gig
It was cold in the back of
the car
I clenched my jaw till my
teeth hurt
I was in the dark for so long
my eyes
have never adjusted to the
light
Someday humans will be able
to remember
everything but not recognize
the present
You waited for me singing
your exit
in a rattle that shook
through the house
After you were gone I made
everything
into a prayer against
everything divine
Then they put me in a bottle
and tossed me
in the sea floating on the
waves of my grief
--Terence Winch
[from The Known Universe, Hanging Loose Press, 2018]
Terence Winch is the author
of eight poetry collections: The Known
Universe, This Way Out, Lit from Below, Falling out of Bed in a Room with No
Floor, Boy Drinkers, The Drift of
Things, The Great Indoors [Columbia Book Award winner], and Irish Musicians/American Friends [American Book Award winner]. He
has also written two story collections, Contenders
and That Special Place: New World Irish
Stories, which draws on his experiences as a founding member of the
original Celtic Thunder, the acclaimed Irish band. His work is included in more
than 40 anthologies, among them the Oxford
Book of American Poetry, Poetry 180, and 5 editions of Best
American Poetry, and has been featured on “The Writer’s Almanac” and NPR’s
“All Things Considered.” Winch is the recipient of an NEA Fellowship in poetry
and a Gertrude Stein Award for Innovative Writing, among other honors.
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