Quintessential Poetry: Online Radio, YouTube and Zoom

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Margaret R. Sáraco is a storyteller writing at the intersection of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her writing appears in anthologies and literary journals including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13, The Path Literary Magazine, Book of Matches, Greening the Earth (Penguin Books), Lips, and

Kerning: A Space for Words. She is a poetry editor for the Platform Review, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and twice recognized in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest. Margaret has recorded video poems for Poetry of Protest and Struggle, Writing the Land, and Poets Wear Prada, performs spoken word and leads writing workshops. Margaret also taught middle school students in math and writing for 27 years and recently retired in June 2022. She published her debut poetry collection If There Is No Wind in September 2022, and Even the Dog Was Quiet, thirteen months later in October 2023, both with Human Error Publishing. She lives in Montclair, NJ with her husband Alex, who did the illustrations for her latest book.

Amazon.com: Even the Dog Was Quiet: 9781948521185: Sáraco, Margaret R.: Books

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Women, as the creators of global poetry, embody resilience, compassion, and profound insight. Despite facing adversity, they craft verses that reach beyond borders, resonating with shared human experiences. Through their stories, struggles, and successes, women offer diverse perspectives, encouraging us to value diversity, empathy, and poetry's ability to shape our collective awareness. Across the world, their words echo resilience, urging us to listen, learn, and unite in support of women's enduring influence on the global poetry landscape. Featured poets: Phynne~Belle - United States, Pragya Chakraborty - India, Nayma Chamchoun - England, Anna Maria Dall-Olio - Italy, Nona Lea - The United States, Jennifer M. Garnatz - Jamaica, Somdatta Mitra - India and Marianne Teftt - Canada/Sint Maarten. 

Audiogram will be accessible on YouTube 4/20/24

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Todd Cirillo was born of bastard lineage. He has many books and misdemeanors. His books include; Sucker’s Paradise, Burning the Evidence, ROXY, Three For the Road, Kisses From A Straight Razor and Disposable Darlings (Roadside Press March 2024). He is co-founder and editor of Six Ft. Swells Press, and his poems have appeared in numerous national and international literary journals, magazines and on cocktail napkins everywhere. Todd lives in New Orleans, Louisiana where he seeks out shiny moments and strange wisdom. He can be found at www.toddcirillo.com.

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Bio

I was born in Folsom, CA. My childhood was filled with running with the cross-country team through the suburban neighborhoods, trampolining in the backyard, and lots of road trips to LA county.

I started writing narrative stories when I was 10 years old. They always told of a tragic hero who died in the heat of action.

My poetry started blossoming as a senior in college when I took Poetry 101. The group critique sessions were a place of freedom for me to share my imagination through zany and erratic imagery. My professor urged me to reign in my ideas. Provide a stable field for the reader, she told me. I gained a more precise ear for pleasing phrases by listening intently to my classmates' offerings.

Poetry continues to poke in and out of my life. I believe in not holding a knife to my own throat to produce a defined sort of writing. Instead, I allow my writing to wander from poetry to short stories to song lyrics. I want to cherish this explorative phase, allowing a wide range of voices to sound on the page.

My electronic music (Dungeon_Angel_Baby by Gargon on all streaming platforms) represents my inclination towards the fun and the freaky. The insolent little monster inside me dares anyone brave enough to listen. I hope you tune in. Much more introspection on record coming soon.

Thank you to Dr. Michael Anthony Ingram for inviting me to share my poetry on the show. I hope listeners enjoy my offerings.

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Margaret R. Sáraco is a storyteller writing at the intersection of poetry, fiction, and memoir. Her writing appears in anthologies and literary journals including Paterson Literary Review, Exit 13, The Path Literary Magazine, Book of Matches, Greening the Earth (Penguin Books), Lips, and

Kerning: A Space for Words. She is a poetry editor for the Platform Review, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and twice recognized in the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Contest. Margaret has recorded video poems for Poetry of Protest and Struggle, Writing the Land, and Poets Wear Prada, performs spoken word and leads writing workshops. Margaret also taught middle school students in math and writing for 27 years and recently retired in June 2022. She published her debut poetry collection If There Is No Wind in September 2022, and Even the Dog Was Quiet, thirteen months later in October 2023, both with Human Error Publishing. She lives in Montclair, NJ with her husband Alex, who did the illustrations for her latest book.

Amazon.com: Even the Dog Was Quiet: 9781948521185: Sáraco, Margaret R.: Books

www.qlporyt.com

Celaine Charles is a multi-genre author living in the Pacific Northwest. She balances her dual life writing poetry and fiction by night and teaching elementary students by day. On the poetry side, her chapbook Colors Collected (stemming from her Channillo-hosted, online poetry series, Colors) launched in 2019 (Palmetto Publishing Group). Her newest full collection, Three Hearts Stitched, is forthcoming in January 2024 (Egret Lake Books). Previous works include: Tupelo Press 30/30 Challenge Project, Dime Show Review, Nine Muses Poetry, Spillwords Press, The Seattle Star, and The Sunlight Press, among others. Celaine was a poetry finalist in the PNWA Literary Contest, July 2017. On the fiction side, her YA Fantasy, Seam Keepers, debuted May 2021 (The Wild Rose Press), and her holiday paranormal novella, Stained Glass Secrets and Star Wishes, released November 2022 (The Wild Rose Press). Both have received awards. Celaine has many writing projects in the fire, craves allergy-free chocolate, and thrives taking walks in her beautiful Washington State forests. Connect with CC via https://linktr.ee/celainecharles.

Social Media

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Amazon Store

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Celaine Charles is a multi-genre author living in the Pacific Northwest. She balances her dual life writing poetry and fiction by night and teaching elementary students by day. On the poetry side, her chapbook Colors Collected (stemming from her Channillo-hosted, online poetry series, Colors) launched in 2019 (Palmetto Publishing Group). Her newest full collection, Three Hearts Stitched, is forthcoming in January 2024 (Egret Lake Books). Previous works include: Tupelo Press 30/30 Challenge Project, Dime Show Review, Nine Muses Poetry, Spillwords Press, The Seattle Star, and The Sunlight Press, among others. Celaine was a poetry finalist in the PNWA Literary Contest, July 2017. On the fiction side, her YA Fantasy, Seam Keepers, debuted May 2021 (The Wild Rose Press), and her holiday paranormal novella, Stained Glass Secrets and Star Wishes, released November 2022 (The Wild Rose Press). Both have received awards. Celaine has many writing projects in the fire, craves allergy-free chocolate, and thrives taking walks in her beautiful Washington State forests. Connect with CC via https://linktr.ee/celainecharles.

Social Media

https://twitter.com/celaine_charles

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Love / Character / Art/ Keyana- The Artist: “God gave glory over my life and I’m a walking testimony.” Keyana- The Artist is a self-taught poet from Atlanta GA. She has been writing inspiring, captivating, and educational poems for over a decade. Keyana- The Artist blazed onto writing arena back in 2010 when she was in high school and has performed in conferences, churches, and open mic. She has also performed poems in many cities including Louisville, Kentucky; Chicago, Illinois; Richmond, Indiana; Indianapolis, Indiana; Atlanta, Georgia; Haiti; Africa; Scotland; London; New York; Arizona; New Jersey; California; New Zealand; and Missouri.Poetry is inspiration when she expresses it through words and dancing. It is amazing when she’s performing to the world what it means to them. Her focus as a new artist is to encourage others to be in touch with their emotions. She strives to be a motivated and inspired  well-known artist around the world. As well because this is my mission. She is composing poems with the goal of inspiring and educating people on success in life. She appeared on the radio as a guest where she shared her success in poetry and encouraged listeners to try experimenting with this writing genre. She has also appeared in television and podcast shows. She is the Author of 7 Books. She is a current member of Dress for Success. Please subscribe to her YouTube Channel: Keyana- The Artist (https://youtu.be/-dBaMEYa7VM) to keep yourself update with her latest videos. You can reach me via [email protected] or at +1(770)-731-8208. Website:https://linktr.ee/keyanatheartistBooks:https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07S1H8VK9/about

Bio: SCOTT HIGHTOWER is the author of four books of poetry in the US. He has published two bilingual collections in Spain. He is also the editor of the bi-lingual (English/Spanish) poetry anthology 2012 Women Rowing: Mujeres A Los Remos, Mantis Editores, Guadalajara, Mexico.

Hightower's awards include a Hayden Carruth Book Award and a Barnstone Translation Prize. Originally from Texas, he has itinerantly sojourned in India, Italy, Spain, and now lives in Manhattan where he teaches at NYU’s Gallatin School of Individualized Study.

Scott will have his seventh book of poetry, Imperative to Spare, published by Rebel Satori Press in November of this year. It is a stunning portrait of grief prompted by the loss of his partner of over 40 years. It is his best collection yet and a remarkable contribution to contemporary American and LGBT poetry.

Fellow poet and author of instead, it is dark Cynthia Hogue praised: “By turns poignantly honest and sardonically defiant, Hightower chronicles with rare brio the harrowing challenges of navigating the daily after his ‘worst fear’ has happened…This necessary volume blazes a trail through despair to wisdom.”

Email: [email protected]

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Dane Ince is an internationally published poet, named Beat Poet Laureate for California, and hosts a weekly open mic – Time to Arrive, and founder of EYEPUBLISHEWE. 

Book: The Whole Existential Novel

Lesley Constable is the author of “Entry Point” and a poet/painter “…the making of poetry is an act of deep and reverent play.” This deeply held belief arises from many influences, and not presented in order here consists of Beat poetry, Jungian views, existentialism, transcendentalism, and visionary art. Lesley holds a B.A. in Arts Journalism and an M.F.A. in Arts Criticism. 

Book: A House Without Walls 

Mimi German is a poet and an activist/advocate for the houseless living in the Pacific Northwest and is the author of “Beneath the Gravel Weight of Stars.”

Book: Where Grasses Bend

John Angell Grant is a writer/director from Palo Alto, California. His short film “Two Stoners” won the award for “Best Indie Super Short Film” at the 8 & Halfilm Awards, a festival in honor of Fellini’s masterpiece “8 1/2.” John is the author of "Women and Religion in the Modern Drawing Room Plays of T.S. Eliot." And of 12 produced stage plays and a serialized novel “A Deadly Secret.”

Book: The Green Notebook

Martin Del Toro Gutierrez is an artist, world traveler from Sayulita, Mexico wrapping his arms around the nature of love in his first book of poems in Spanish and English “Naturalzela del Amor.”

Book: La Naturalzela del Amor