http://blog.poesy.org Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 08 Dec 2009 05:04:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en UNDER THIS PASSION By Brian Morrisey There are wicked ways I want to forget how the lonesome cowboy wins his battles even if it is a memory stuck in the insanity of a bullet about to backfire calm winter nights too chiseled to walk lightly too desperately quiet to roam when not in the spirit Under this passion there are street lights painted black to ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=43 This issue coming up is issue #39. We are interviewing John Dorsey and reviewing interviews from our east coast editor Doug Holder. We have extended our deadline to November 30, 2009 for al photography, revews and poetry. http://blog.poesy.org/?p=40 Yes, after a a summer of craziness in Santa Cruz, the head-hancho of POESY is able to focus again. Hopefully the forces of nature will play out in his favor. We have some ideas for #39 floating around. One is John Dorsey will have a profile in this issue. I ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=38 The San Francisco International Poetry Festival Thursday, July 23rd to Sunday, July 26th with Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Zhai Yongming, Ignatius Mabasa, Maram al-Massri, Diane di Prima, Alexander Skidan, Nguyen Qui Duc, Roy "Chicky" Arad, Carol Muske-Dukes, Daisy Zamora, Cletus Nelson Nwadike, Anna Lombardo, Menna Elfyn, Paul Flores, Neeli Cherkovski.... learn more by visiting http://www.sfipf.org/ I don't know how much time I wil be able to spend there. ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=36 We are currently seeking a venue in San Francisco for an Issue 38 reading. We will keep you posted as we make progress... If anyone has any ideas, please comment on this blog. thanks! - brian http://blog.poesy.org/?p=34 The issue is out.... the copies are mailed....you can order a hard copy by going to http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=26501397. I will mail you one out. The mere 3 bucks is worth it and gets us closer the next issue... ...a 38th in depth look into poetry... a passion that has become the only ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=29 POESY has been involved with the small press now for 18 years. We have seen magazines come and go so often that it just gives us more thirst to stay alive during these trying times. To stay alive, we have to stay funded, to stay funded (without selling out and ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=27 POESY #38 is in the works. Lots of new ideas, plans and action going on right now. We have a dedicated warehouse space for POESY headquarters. I don't have to sprawl poems all over my house on the kitchen table, in between the sheets, in the bathtub and under my bed. ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=21 Editorial InternshipPOESY is an American poetry journal dedicated to publishing cutting edge contemporary poetry. We publish twice a year in a perfect bound 40 page book format. We are also a press and working on 3 manuscripts right now written by very influential names in the small press.Right now the ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=20 2008 DIY BOOK FESTIVAL NAMES WINNERSLOS ANGELES (December 26, 2008) _ The 2008 DIY Book Festival has chosen photojournalist Susan Madden Lankford’s “Maggots in My Sweet Potatoes,” a stunning examination of jail life, as the winner of its annual competition honoring the best of independent publishing. The book and ... http://blog.poesy.org/?p=19