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Tag: poetry

New Poem: “In a Mirror, Dimming” in Eye to the Telescope Issue 37

Screen shot of table of contents of Issue 37 of online journal Eye to the Telescope "Beyond the scarred surface, I saw the bones of the Moon, / the geology of a crime. He would not speak of it."

Richard Leis poetry, Published 15 July 202015 July 2020

Submission Opportunity: K-12 Poetry Contest

Banner for K-12 Poetry Contest presented by Arizona Public Media, The University of Arizona Poetry Center, and Pima County Public Library, with illustrated Arizona desert and sky scene in background The University of Arizona Poetry Center, Arizona Public Media, and the Pima County Public Library have launched a poetry contest for K-12 students in Pima, Santa Cruz, and Cochise County in Arizona, with submissions accepted between June 16 and July 16, 2020.

Richard Leis Submission Opportunities 6 July 20206 July 2020

Review: 2020 Rhysling Anthology edited by David C. Kopaska-Merkel

Book cover of the SFPA 2020 Rhysling Anthology with a waterfall falling from a large mushroom mountain What bliss to read the latest Rhysling Anthology from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Poetry Association (SFPA) and edited by David C. Kopaska-Merkel, but what torture to select the best three short and long poems nominated for the 2020 Rhysling Award.

Richard Leis Book Reviews 16 June 202018 June 2020

Submission Opportunity: 2020 SFPA Poetry Contest

The 2020 SFPA Poetry Contest runs from June 1 through August 31, 2020 and is open to both non-members and members.

Richard Leis Book Reviews, Crowdfunding, Submission Opportunities 4 June 20205 June 2020

On a Successful 2020 Tucson Poetry Festival

Thank you to members of the board, featured poets, and attendees for a successful and sustaining 2020 Tucson Poetry Festival.

Richard Leis Literary Events 20 April 20202 June 2020

Tucson Poetry Festival Featured Poets Reading and Open Mic, April 18-19, 2020

The 2020 Tucson Poetry Festival will include workshops, a reading by the featured poets, and an open mic.

Richard Leis Literary Events 17 April 20202 June 2020

New Poem: “Witch House” in Eye to the Telescope Issue 36

Screenshot of table of contents of Issue 36 of online journal Eye to the Telescope "Little girls in white dresses skipping rope / & chanting singsong in slow motion we stole / from an 80’s horror film."

Richard Leis poetry, Published 1 Comment 15 April 202018 June 2020

Poets and Workshops at the Tucson Poetry Festival, April 18-19, 2020

When Director Melanie Madden suggested the theme for this year's annual Tucson Poetry Festival—"Poetry to Sustain Us"—none of us on the Board could have predicted how even more necessary this sustenance would become in 2020.

Richard Leis Literary Events 1 Comment 13 April 20202 June 2020

New Poem: “Elysium to Lethe Through Athabasca Valles” in HiRISE’s MarsPoetica

HiRISE image ESP_057978_1875 Athabasca Valles distributary showing lava flows originating from Elysium Mons to the northwest "Lava, perfectly happy to flow / like water smoothly around / obstructions"

Richard Leis poetry, Published 6 November 201918 June 2020

New Poem: “[Aliens are here]” in Star*Line 42.4

Journal cover of Star*Line 42.4 Fall 2019 with large Lovecraftian monster attacking soldiers in a row boat "Aliens are here"

Richard Leis poetry, Published 22 October 201918 June 2020

Shadow Award 2019 Short List

In the 2019 Shadow Award from The Molotov Cocktail, one of my entries landed me on the short list.

Richard Leis poetry, Published 1 Comment 23 September 201918 June 2020

Review: The Low Passions by Anders Carlson-Wee

Anders Carlson-Wee's poems in The Low Passions feel like they have exactly the right words; the perfect, accessible, blunt, beautiful, challenging, and surprising words.

Richard Leis Book Reviews 15 March 20191 June 2020

New Writing Instructor at the Writers Studio Tucson

Sonora Desert scene with cactuses on hills I’m now a writing instructor at the Writers Studio in Tucson, Arizona and I’ll be teaching an 8-week introductory workshop in fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction beginning Saturday, April 20th!

Richard Leis Writing Tips 14 February 201928 May 2020

New Poem: “Foolishly Into the Ocean”

OceanSky "Divert the river from the ocean! / Divert the stream from river, / from lake. Divert the rain / from ground, / from rooftop, / from cloud."

Richard Leis poetry, Published 7 August 201818 June 2020

New Poem: “Nervous Bambi” in Impossible Archetype Issue 3

Cover of Issue 3 of Impossible Archetype, a Journal of LGBTQ+ Poetry, edited by Mark Ward ”I’m dazzled by headlights / while flaming forest fire sits / smug on my couch under my roof / smoking up his coming out to me / like its air itself. He told me over the phone. / He’s here now. I pull from the breast / pocket of my work shirt a folded list / of questions I wrote.”

Richard Leis LGBTQ+, poetry, Published 19 March 201818 June 2020

Recommended: “Leave” By Katie Predick

Adelaide Literary Magazine magazine cover, Year III, Number 10, November 2017 I've been fortunate to have been in several workshops with Katie Predick, a poet I highly regard. Her poetry is rich with images and surprises as she explores myth and nature and themes of womanhood and parenthood, relationships, science, and human impact on the environment (she's also an accomplished scientist.)

Richard Leis Book Reviews 14 January 201822 May 2020

Book Review: Lace & Pyrite by Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Book cover from Goodreads of Lace & Pyrite by Ross Gay and Aimee Nezhukumatathil A short chapbook of beautiful epistolary poems between Aimee Nezhukumatathil and Ross Gay. Ostensibly about their individual gardens, the scope of these poets' poems frequently expands in breathtaking ways.

Richard Leis Book Reviews 21 September 201722 May 2020

Book Review: Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Book cover from Goodreads of Lucky Fish by Aimee Nezhukumatathil I know when poems are working for me when the images suddenly erupt in vivid virtual reality in my mind and I gasp; several poems in this collection had those effects on me.

Richard Leis Book Reviews 21 September 201722 May 2020

New Poem: “Looking Ahead”

Partial solar eclipse through the shadows of leaves on pavement at the University of Arizona in Tucson, Arizona on August 21, 2017 "I’ve seen the eclipse already. / I’ve seen how it begins: / the radiant sun, the vanished / moon. See how they are going / to collide, the many decisions / the moon made, the sun in its / place and bright and not waiting, / but willing."

Richard Leis poetry, Published 21 August 201718 June 2020

New Poem: “Condemn”

Condemn "Condemn / Condemn / when necessary / Condemn / Condemn white supremacists kkk nazis / whatever name gone by Condemn / always"

Richard Leis poetry, Politics, Published 1 Comment 13 August 201718 June 2020

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