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Thanks, dear Scott Wannberg, for re-posting this poem you wrote for my mother: "rose's body...for karen bowles and her mother rosetta"

New poem from Luciole firend and contributor Scott Wannberg: "killer spatulas from hell, the new way of life..."

Luciole friend and contributor S.A. Griffin sent me word that there is a new book of Philomene Long's poems

New poem from Luciole Press friend and contributor Scott Wannberg: "almost recess time"

Poem: "As One Listens To The Rain" by Octavio Paz

Poem: "Guadarrama" by Antonio Machado

Poem: "Has My Heart Gone To Sleep?" by Antonio Machado

Luciole Press friend and contributor, author and publisher Ami Kaye, has a new book and a new website to check out!

Poem: "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" by William Wordsworth

Poem: "Past One O’Clock ..." by Vladimir Mayakovsky

Poem: "Morning in the Burned House" by Margaret Atwood

London art auctions target Russian middle class

Poem: "A Dream Within A Dream" by Edgar Allan Poe

Poem: "When Death Comes" by Mary Oliver (previously posted)

Poem: "i carry your heart with me" by E. E. Cummings

Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg has alerted me to his upcoming radio appearance! "Voices Of The Lady With Guest Scott Wannberg" Saturday, May 21st

Poem by Emily Brontë: "A Day Dream"

Poem: "Courage" by Anne Sexton

New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg, "make everything up as it goes"

New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "the motion picture event of this or any other year is coming soon to a fragile wall space near you"

Check Luciole friend/contributor S.A. Griffin's Poetry Bomb Schedule and see if he will be coming to a place near you! Tour of Words 2010

New poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "a new day just might be coming"

Poem by Rosalía de Castro: " I was born when the seedlings sprout"

From Luciole friends: Aine MacAodha blogs about the wonderful new issue of Pirene's Fountain, brought to you by publisher Ami Kaye and her dedicated team! Great job, everyone!

Beautiful new poem from Luciole friend/contributor Stacey Mangiaracina: "E.U."

Woke up this morning and thought about Alphonse de Lamartine's "The Lake," which I have posted before. So, two other poems, "Butterfly" and "Memory"

Luciole Press Spring/Summer Issue 2010 is here

Found an essay about one of my favorite poets, Rosalía de Castro

Poem: "Love's Justification" by Michelangelo, translated by William Wordsworth

Carolyn M. Rodgers dies at 69: the Chicago poet helped found Third World Press (one of the country's oldest and largest black-owned book publishers)

Late Mass. monk Ly Van Aggadipo's poems recall Khmer Rouge horrors; one Cambodian refugee says "I think my own children don't believe what we went through to get here"

Poem: "You Thought I Was That Type" by Anna Akhmatova

Wonderful new video for dear Luciole friend/contributor Ellyn Maybe's track "City Streets" from Rodeo for the Sheepish!

Congrats to dear Luciole friend/contributor S.A. Griffin! Article in The Guardian: "For this poet, bombing at a reading won't be bad"

Happy Birthday to Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg! Also his poem: "what I don't know now that i got through another year"

Luciole Press is on hiatus until the next issue, to be published May 1 (important to read this)

A worthy cause!! S.A. Griffin, creator of The Poetry Bomb, has posted an appeal for his project

Poem: "Rambling rivers...for S.A.Griffin,Lorraine,Spencer" by Scott Wannberg

Never-before seen photos of Marilyn Monroe with poet Carl Sandburg go up for sale (shot by Len Steckler)

From Luciole friend/contributor Ellyn Maybe: her CD "Rodeo for the Sheepish" is on a Top 10 list at KALX Berkeley

I am going on vacation; I have set up updates for the blog so there will be something new each day. Check out the new Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole!

Celebrate the new year early with the newly published Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole Press! Here is the Table of Contents

Poems from Luciole Press Autumn Issue 2009 -- Kumari de Silva

Poem: "The More Loving One" by W. H. Auden

Poem: "The Healers" by Laurence Binyon

Brought to my attention by Lena, new book! "Quills of Fire" by Marilyn Campiz and Lena Vanelslander

Quote from Luciole friend/contributor Ellyn Maybe (I posted it on LP's facebook page awhile ago)

Two poems by Margaret Atwood: "The Moment" and "Night Poem"

From Luciole friend/contributor Geraldine Green: ~ Poetry In Aid of Cumbria Flood Recovery ~

Poem: "This Side Of The Truth" by Dylan Thomas

Rare copy of Poe's first book "Tamerlane and Other Poems" sells for $662,500 in NYC

Poem: "An Autumn Evening" by Lucy Maud Montgomery

From Luciole contributor/friend S.A. Griffin: Submit to The Poetry Bomb!!

From Amanda Oaks: "words dance is open for submissions!"

Poem: "On Living" by Nazim Hikmet

Poem from Luciole friend/contributor Scott Wannberg: "my so called thanksgiving riff for 2009"

Quote and poem from Hafiz ("The Tulip")

Poem: "In A Dark Time" by Theodore Roethke

Luciole friends and contributors Ellyn Maybe and S.A. Griffin reading at Beyond Baroque this Sunday with Yama Lake -- tribute to artist Mark Cheka

Poem: "i carry your heart with me" by E. E. Cummings

Poem: "Mad Girl's Love Song" by Sylvia Plath

Exene Cervenka's In-Store Free Show @ Amoeba Music Hollywood

Poem: "An Autumn Sunset" by Edith Wharton

Poem: "Go Plant a Tree" by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Listen to Luciole friend and contributor Aine MacAodha on a radio show -- Red Writers Live

Luciole Press is now on LinkedIn, if you want to drop us a line and "connect"

Luciole contributor and friend Aine MacAodha will be interviewed and read her poetry on a radio show this Thursday!

Walter Skold, founder of the Dead Poets Society of America, just finished a three-month road trip in which he visited the graves of 150 poets in 23 states

Luciole friends and contributors David Smith and Scott Wannberg hitting the road for the last time in 2009. Three event dates in NYC. Three dates in Ohio.

October 2009 issue of Pirene's Fountain now available! Note from Luciole friend and contributor Ami Kaye

Luciole contributor Scott Owens and Poetry Hickory (North Carolina) have a new website

Poem by 15-year-old poet from Norway, Svanhild Amdal Telnes

Poem excerpt: Sylvia Plath - "The Disquieting Muses" (fireflies mentioned)

Poem: "By Candlelight" by Sylvia Plath

Luciole's Scott Wannberg and David Smith will have readings in NYC and Ohio. Scott's note: "scott and david's excellent new york adventures....coming soon!!!!"

Poem: "Fireflies in the Garden" by Robert Frost

Luciole friend and contributor Ellyn Maybe was featured on Henry Rollins' radio show on 10/17. Thanks for the link, Ellyn! :)

Poem: "Sailing to Byzantium" by William Butler Yeats

Luciole contributor Kumari de Silva will be reading at the Groundbreaking Ceremony for Kern County Library’s new New Frazier Park Branch on November 7th

Quote from Anne Sexton

Posting for Luciole's Puma Perl: Reading this November 5th, featuring many fine writers, including Luciole's David Smith, Scott Wannberg, and Puma in NYC

Another posted reminder: If you are in Los Angeles, please see Luciole friends David Smith, Ellyn Maybe, S.A. Griffin, and Scott Wannberg at Beyond Baroque today!

Luciole Press contributor Ellyn Maybe has a new poetry/music CD: Rodeo for the Sheepish. Congrats Ellyn :)

Video: "The Lark Ascending" -- composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Inspired by a poem by the English poet George Meredith (1828-1909)

Wish I could be there David, Scott and S.A.! Reminder, their reading (and book signing for David and Scott) will be today, Oct. 10th, at Skylight Books

Poem: "The Man's Last Wish" by Anna Maria Lenngren (1754-1817) -- Swedish writer, poet, feminist and salonist

Happy National Poetry Day in the UK! Received this in my inbox from the Poetry Society

REMINDER! Message from David Smith. Catch David, Scott Wannberg, and S.A. Griffin on the 10th at Skylight Books, and all 3 w/Ellyn Maybe at Beyond Baroque on Oct. 11th

Happy second birthday to Luciole Press! Thank you so much to everyone. Here are some lovely b-day tributes from Scott Wannberg, David Smith, and S.A. Griffin

Congratulations to Luciole contributor Gill O'Halloran for her fine new book, "This Seven Year Old Walks into a Bar"

Poem: "Nothing Stays Put" by Amy Clampitt

Sent in by Amanda Oaks: Verve Bath Press SALE!

Luciole Press contributor Puma Perl will be on the Joe Milford Poetry Show on October 18th

Congrats to Luciole friend and contributor S.A. Griffin, whose work is in the new anthology: "Mezcla: Art & Writing from the Tumblewords Project." He has an extensive reading schedule -- catch him live!

Luciole friends and contributors in a 2-day extravaganza of reading glory: David Smith and Scott Wannberg Oct. 10th at Skylight Books, and David, Scott, Ellyn Maybe and S.A. Griffin at Beyond Baroque on Oct. 11 (Los Angeles)

Press Release: Luciole's Dena Rash Guzman will be reading with Sister Spit this Sunday, October 4th, in Las Vegas. Rock on, Dena! ;)

Quotes from John Muir

Poem: "By The Arno" (Oscar Wilde)

Art: Alphonse Mucha's "Autumn" (plus a link to the Autumn Issue of Luciole Press)

Poem: "A Proud Lady" by Elinor Wylie, contemporary of Edna St. Vincent Millay