Poetic License Sonoma – March
Topic: Epiphanies
Reading by the 8 poets of 'Poetic License Sonoma', and their special guest, Arizona poet Megan Merchant.
According to author and poet Maya Angelou, epiphany is “the occurrence when the mind, the body, the heart, and the soul focus together and see an old thing in a new way.” Some epiphanies are indeed awakenings or life-altering revelations.
Megan Merchant lives in the tall pines of Prescott, AZ with her husband and two children. She holds an M.F.A. degree in International Creative Writing from UNLV and is the author of three full-length poetry collections with Glass Lyre Press: Gravel Ghosts (2016), The Dark’s Humming (2015 Lyrebird Award Winner, 2017), Grief Flowers (2018), four chapbooks, and a children’s book, These Words I Shaped for You (Philomel Books). Her latest book, Before the Fevered Snow, was released in April 2020 with Stillhouse Press. She was awarded the 2016-2017 COG Literary Award, judged by Juan Felipe Herrera, the 2018 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize, second place in the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and most recently the Inaugural Michelle Boisseau Prize. She is an Editor at Pirene’s Fountain and The Comstock Review. You can find her work at meganmerchant.wix.com/poet.
Host: Leo McCloskey.
Presenting poets this eventing: Megan Merchant, Susan Arrhenius, Joseph Cutler, Paul DeMarco , Kusum Irene Jain, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Jaime Zukowski and SRJC Community Education student poet Stork Rein.
Via Zoom. (Link will be emailed to you before the event)
Registration is required in order to receive zoom link. Please be sure to select ‘donation’ level ( $0 - 50) from the dropdown menu below and checkout (shopping cart top right of screen)
Topic: Epiphanies
Reading by the 8 poets of 'Poetic License Sonoma', and their special guest, Arizona poet Megan Merchant.
According to author and poet Maya Angelou, epiphany is “the occurrence when the mind, the body, the heart, and the soul focus together and see an old thing in a new way.” Some epiphanies are indeed awakenings or life-altering revelations.
Megan Merchant lives in the tall pines of Prescott, AZ with her husband and two children. She holds an M.F.A. degree in International Creative Writing from UNLV and is the author of three full-length poetry collections with Glass Lyre Press: Gravel Ghosts (2016), The Dark’s Humming (2015 Lyrebird Award Winner, 2017), Grief Flowers (2018), four chapbooks, and a children’s book, These Words I Shaped for You (Philomel Books). Her latest book, Before the Fevered Snow, was released in April 2020 with Stillhouse Press. She was awarded the 2016-2017 COG Literary Award, judged by Juan Felipe Herrera, the 2018 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize, second place in the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and most recently the Inaugural Michelle Boisseau Prize. She is an Editor at Pirene’s Fountain and The Comstock Review. You can find her work at meganmerchant.wix.com/poet.
Host: Leo McCloskey.
Presenting poets this eventing: Megan Merchant, Susan Arrhenius, Joseph Cutler, Paul DeMarco , Kusum Irene Jain, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Jaime Zukowski and SRJC Community Education student poet Stork Rein.
Via Zoom. (Link will be emailed to you before the event)
Registration is required in order to receive zoom link. Please be sure to select ‘donation’ level ( $0 - 50) from the dropdown menu below and checkout (shopping cart top right of screen)
Topic: Epiphanies
Reading by the 8 poets of 'Poetic License Sonoma', and their special guest, Arizona poet Megan Merchant.
According to author and poet Maya Angelou, epiphany is “the occurrence when the mind, the body, the heart, and the soul focus together and see an old thing in a new way.” Some epiphanies are indeed awakenings or life-altering revelations.
Megan Merchant lives in the tall pines of Prescott, AZ with her husband and two children. She holds an M.F.A. degree in International Creative Writing from UNLV and is the author of three full-length poetry collections with Glass Lyre Press: Gravel Ghosts (2016), The Dark’s Humming (2015 Lyrebird Award Winner, 2017), Grief Flowers (2018), four chapbooks, and a children’s book, These Words I Shaped for You (Philomel Books). Her latest book, Before the Fevered Snow, was released in April 2020 with Stillhouse Press. She was awarded the 2016-2017 COG Literary Award, judged by Juan Felipe Herrera, the 2018 Beullah Rose Poetry Prize, second place in the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry, and most recently the Inaugural Michelle Boisseau Prize. She is an Editor at Pirene’s Fountain and The Comstock Review. You can find her work at meganmerchant.wix.com/poet.
Host: Leo McCloskey.
Presenting poets this eventing: Megan Merchant, Susan Arrhenius, Joseph Cutler, Paul DeMarco , Kusum Irene Jain, Leo McCloskey, Steve Trenam, Judith Vaughn, Jaime Zukowski and SRJC Community Education student poet Stork Rein.
Via Zoom. (Link will be emailed to you before the event)
Registration is required in order to receive zoom link. Please be sure to select ‘donation’ level ( $0 - 50) from the dropdown menu below and checkout (shopping cart top right of screen)
Poetic License Sonoma is a recently formed group of nine Sonoma County poets grateful to have met through an inspirational class in the Santa Rosa Junior College Older Adult Program. Though often a solitary pursuit, the writing of poetry, like all artistic forms of communication, is nurtured through the collaboration and support of others. We wish to encourage and celebrate this form of artistry in our region, and beyond, through poetry readings, like this one; the publication of our work; and a steady stream of new writing. Learn more https://poeticlicensesonoma.com
