Quintessential Poetry: A Global Poetry & Spoken Word Poetry Podcast

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Mary Louise Kiernan is a member of both Calling All Poets and the Woodstock Poetry Society. She was awarded the 2015 Poetry Prize by Tempe Public Library in partnership with Arizona State University. Kiernan’s poetry appears in The New York Times and elsewhere. Most recently, her debut book's closing poem has been translated into Italian for The Salerno Project's anthology of poems penned by a multinational group of poets. Her debut poetry collection is titled "The Gift of Glossophobia."

https://www.marylouisekiernan.com

Amazon.com: The Gift of Glossophobia: 9781952326929: Kiernan, Mary Louise: Books

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Millicent Borges Accardi, an NEA fellow, is a Portuguese-American writer. She has four poetry collections, including Only More So (Salmon Poetry, Ireland). Among her awards are poetry fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Council, CantoMundo, Fulbright, Foundation for Contemporary Arts NYC (Covid grant), Creative Capacity, Fundação Luso-Americana, and Barbara Deming Foundation, “Money for Women.” She lives in the hippie-arts community of Topanga, CA, where she curates Kale Soup for the Soul and Loose Lips poetry readings.

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Mbonisi Zikhali is a poet/spoken word artist and storyteller born in Makokoba, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. He has loved poetry since he was a child. He won his first poetry certificate when he was 8 years old. His spoken-word/storytelling name is Zomkhonto, which happens to be his bloodline’s totem. He is also a trained journalist, youth mentor, qualified community services worker, grassroots community organizer and mental wellness advocate. He considers himself an afro-empath, and is driven to ensure that people find joy in the power of words and story-telling. Some of the recent publications he has appeared in include winner of Off Topic Publishing's August 2022 Poetry Contest,  Best New African Poets 2019 Anthology by Mwanaka Media and Publishing, Ipikai Poetry Journal's inaugural and second edition (initiative of the Zimbabwe Poets Society) among others. His work is also showcased at the World Poetry Slam Championships (September 26-30, 2022) in Brussels, Belgium. In 2021, he was part of Artcite Windsor (Canada)'s “Emancipate the Landscape,” a month-long exhibition that ran from August-September and was meant to celebrate the resilience and elegance of everyday Blackness, deconstruct dominant culture and turn stereotypes about black people on their head. He also holds workshops on writing for mental wellness. He is the current President of Artcite Windsor (Canada)'s Board of Directors. 

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Jamey Boelhower is a poet and independent author with numerous published works to his name. Not only is Jamey a prolific writer but also he has been an educator for over 20 years. Although his focus is on poetry, Jamey has also made a name for himself with his compelling blogs and popular fictional novel Under the Lights. Jamey’s most recent works include April 2020: A Poetic Time Capsule of Writing and Living During a Pandemic, These Words Believe in Ghosts, and Father and Son: Words Apart, among many others. 

Throughout his career, Jamey has delved into a variety of topics, including family, heartache, and the mysteries of life. Jamey is well-known for challenging his readers' perspectives and inspiring them to see things in a deeper way. As a loving husband and father of six, Jamey enjoys spending his free time with his family. Currently, he is working on new works that will be released soon.

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Vincent J Calone is a New Formalist poet. He studied under Lewis Turco- author of the "New Book of Poetic Forms" on New England Press. 

Poet, playwright, actor, director- he wears different many hats but the message remains the same- Why do we do what we do? How can we change it? And how can we learn, grow and evolve? Recent publications include, Fresh Words An International Literary Magazine; selected anthologies- Cooch Behar, Nature and Everest out of India, Wingless Dreamer, The 24 Hour Poetry Marathon and regular appearances on Spo-Fest, The MUSE @ Neir's, Jack Jack's, Flash Mob Poetry and Poetry in the Port.

Vincent writes and posts a new poem every day on Raven Wire Poetry Prompts on Facebook continuously since 08/01/22 based off on the daily poetry prompt. Vincent is proud to be part of the writing collective atwww.brateragency.com.

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Wayne David Hubbard is an author of poetry, essays, and short stories. His literary works explore – both directly and abstractly – aspects of science, philosophy, history, and culture across the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Synopsis: In his debut poetry collection, Death Throes of the Broken Clockwork Universe, Wayne David Hubbard illustrates journeys through physical space and abstract worlds of emotion.

Combining choreological precision with playfulness, readers enter the mind’s eye of a poet standing along the shoreline of powerful forces that shape all lives: time, place, and love. 

Written over a ten-year period, the collection calls to mind the poetry of Lorine Niedecker, Rae Armantrout, Larry Eigner, and Carl Phillips. Importantly, these poems resist thick, impenetrable themes, instead celebrating ordinal wonders of life that are hidden in open view. This spare book offers strong, memorable imagery and questions that will delight thoughtful readers. 

https://waynedavidhubbard.com/

https://www.amazon.com/Wayne-David-Hubbard/e/B096644MJG?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1669130464&sr=1-1

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Simon Constam is a Toronto poet and aphorist. His first book of poetry, BROUGHT DOWN, was published in January 2022, by Wipf and Stock Publishers.  Its early reviews have been exceptional!

Kevin John Hart, Anglo-Australian theologian, philosopher, and poet, “Some of the poems remind me, in the best way, of poems by Yehuda Amichai and Nelly Sachs. . . . From time to time, I also was reminded of some of the later poems of R. S. Thomas.” 

He has published poetry in a number of magazines, among them The Jewish Literary Journal, long con magazine, the Dark Poets Club, and Poetica Magazine. Since late 2018, he has been publishing, under the moniker Daily Ferocity, an original aphorism every day on Instagram and for an email subscriber base. In early 2023, Simon’s first two books of aphorisms, The Love Aphorisms and The Book of Dark Ideas, will be published.  

See Simon at simonconstam.com

Brought Down: Constam, Simon: 9781666790115: Amazon.com: Books

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After working in education for thirty years as a professor, mentor, public-school teacher, and librarian, Kim now spends as much time as possible on the reading, writing, and sharing of poetry. Terrapin Books recently published her first collection, The Mayapple Forest. Her poems appear in many journals and anthologies, in print and online, recently including SWWIM Every Day, Poetry Ireland Review, Artemis, and Not the Time to be Silent: Collected Works. Kim volunteers weekly for the international group, Cultivating Voices LIVE Poetry, creating graphic designs and assisting with programming because she believes in the poetic community. She loves to garden, walk, and connect with nature, next door to Shenandoah National Park, where she lives with her husband, Doug, her hound dog Sadie, and her calico, Miss Daisy.

https://www.kimportsparsons.com/

The Mayapple Forest: Parsons, Kim Ports: 9781947896598: Amazon.com: Books

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Indran Amirthanayagam produced a “world record” in 2020 publishing three poetry collections written in three different languages. He writes in English, Spanish, French, Portuguese and Haitian Creole. He has published twenty two poetry books, including Isleño (R.I.L. Editores),  Blue Window (translated by Jennifer Rathbun) (Diálogos Books), Ten Thousand Steps Against the Tyrant (BroadstoneBooks.com), The Migrant States, Coconuts on Mars, The Elephants of Reckoning (winner 1994 Paterson Poetry Prize), Uncivil War and The Splintered Face: Tsunami Poems. In music, he recorded Rankont Dout. He edits the Beltway Poetry Quarterly (www.beltwaypoetry.com); writes https://indranamirthanayagam.blogspot.com; writes a weekly poem for Haiti en Marche and El Acento; has received fellowships from the Foundation for the Contemporary Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, The US/Mexico Fund for Culture and the Macdowell Colony. He is the IFLAC Word Poeta Mundial 2022. In 2021 he won an Emergent Seed grant. His poem “ Free Bird” has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. Hosts The Poetry Channel https://youtube.com/user/indranam. New books, including Powèt nan po la (Poet of the Port ) and Origami: Selected Poems of Manuel Ulacia will be published by early 2023. Indran publishes poetry books with Sara Cahill Marron at Beltway Editions (www.beltwayeditions.com).http://www.beltwayeditions.com. 

Origami: Selected Poems of Manuel Ulacia – Lavender Ink / Diálogos

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ash good is a nonbinary queer poet & designer living, playing & working in Portland, Oregon. They are the author of five books & chapbooks—including most recently "us clumsy gods" from What Books press—as well as co-founding editor at First Matter Press (a 501c3 nonprofit), guide to Set Your Stories Free (a weekly generative workshop), curator of High Priestesses of Poetry & a reader for Frontier Poetry. Their poetry has been nominated for Best of the Net & appears in Faultline Journal of Arts & Letters, Cimarron Review, 45th Parallel, Chautauqua, Bird Coat Quarterly & others.

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