South of Boston Poetry Trail October 2017

Information courtesy of Jack Scully.

SOUTH OF BOSTON POETRY TRAIL
VOL: 7, No. 84, DATE: August, 2017

 BITS AND PIECES                                  

We laugh,

We cry,

We write poetry,

The world smiles…

Just to let you know, that I have been informed that it is most likely at this time, the Plymouth Center for the Art will be closed for the months of January and February 2018 and maybe March 2018. They will be doing major repairs to the building to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Therefore, at this time the 2018 Visual Inverse will not be held in January 14, 2018 as scheduled, but we are not cancelling the event and will be looking for another date to put on this event. Also at this time we are seeking other locations on the South Shore to hold our Feb 4 and Mar 4 PTAOW as well as maybe a January 14 poetry reading but not Visual Inverse. So, if you know of a venue that may be able to host us please let me know.

Poetry Circle is Turning 18: Help Us Celebrate!
For 18 years, a monthly group at the Duxbury Free Library has shared and enjoyed poetry. On Thursday, October 12, the Poetry Circle and the Duxbury Free Library will honor this milestone “birthday” with an open mic evening of poetry presentation. Please join us from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Resource Room on the library’s Lower Level. No registration is necessary. Bring a poem or two to share, and please sign in by 7:00 if you want to read or recite. Listeners and poetry appreciators are very welcome! Refreshments will be provided. Call 781-934-2721, x5610 or email rhickey@ocln.org for further information.


Calliope is pleased to announce the release of Rich Youmans’s All the Windows Lit, a winner in the eChapbook Award Competition sponsored by Snapshot Press in Great Britain. Like a photograph or a portrait, these haibun (prose poems with haiku) capture the essence of ordinary people and experiences. As poet Karen Klein says, “All the Windows Lit is worth reading and re-reading." If you visit Calliope’s home page, www.calliopepoetryseries.com , you'll find a link to Snapshot Press to download a free PDF of All the Windows Lit and see all of Snapshot Press’s books. http://www.snapshotpress.co.uk/ebooks.htm.


READINGS

THURSDAY OCT 12, 2017@6PM
NIGHT SLAM EVERY 2ND THURSDAY OF THE MONTH
STACY ADAMS CULTURAL ARTS BUILDING
33 DOVER ST BROCKTON, OPEN-MIC 6:30PM/POETRY SLAM 8:15PM/REFRESHMENTS MORE INFO:WWW.BROCKTONARTS.ORG


THURSDAY OCT 12, 2017@7PM
DUXBURY POETRY CIRCLE/18TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
DUXBURY LIBRARY-RESOURCE ROOM
77 ALDEN ST DUXBURY/ OPEN-MIC & REFRESHMENTS /MORE INFO: ctzaremba@gmail.com


SUNDAY OCT 15, 2017 @1PM
POETRY SHOWCASE
PLYMOUTH CENTER FOR THE ARTS
11 NORTH ST PLYMOUTH

POETRY OF MICHAEL DALEY, KEVIN GALLAGHER, GLORIA MINDOCK, TIM SUERMONDT, SUSAN COOK THANAS AND PUI YING WONG MORE INFO: www.ptaow.com


SUNDAY OCT 15, 2017 2PM
BROCKTON WRITING WORKSHOP
GALLEY 33 OF BROCKTON ARTS
33 DOVER ST/ MORE INFO: WWW.BROCKTONARTS.ORG


WEDNESDAY OCT 18, 2017 @7PM
SALON OF SHORTS
BARN AT COTUIT CENTER FOR THE ARTS
RTE 28, COTUIT
AN EVENING OF POETRY, MUSIC, PERFORMANCE OR RANDOM ACTS OF GENIUS

MORE INFO: CONTACT WWW.ARTSONTHECAPE.ORG


THURSDAY OCT 19, 2017 @ 7PM
FOR THE LOVE OF WORDS
ECAT STUDIOS 50 OLIVER ST 2ND FLOOR SOUTH EASTON
FEATURES: ZVI SESLING / SEATTING LIMITTED FOR MORE INFO RICH BERG BEACHCHAIR@VERIZON.NET


SATURDAY OCT 21, 2017 @2PM
EVERYONE HAS A VOICE
BROCKTON PUBLIC LIBRARY SERIES
304 MAIN ST BROCKTON /FEATURE Jean-Dany Joachim MORE INFO:soaringsky@aol.com


TUESDAY OCT 24, 2017 27PM
BROCKTON WRITING WORKSHOP
GALLEY 33 OF BROCKTON ARTS
33 DOVER ST/ FEATURE/MORE INFO: WWW.BROCKTONARTS.ORG

SUBMISSIONS

Most of these submissions I get are from a Facebook Group called ‘Call for Submission,’ so join to get daily updates. There will only be 7-10 submission notices per month beginning this month and in the further.

Off the Coast, Maine’s International Poetry Journal, published by friends and former Mass residents Valerie Lawson and Michael Brown deadline for submissions are March 15, June 15, Sept 15 and Dec 15. Check them out atwww.Off-The-Coast. com, this is a printed journal.

Another good friend Zvi a Sesling is the publisher of the Muddy River Poetry Review an online journal out of Brookline Ma. The reading periods for this ezine are Dec 1 to March 1 and June 1 to Sept 1, they are located athttp://www.muddyriverpoetryreview.com/

Verse-Virual--Send five short/medium-sized poems or one long poem in the body of an email AND also in a SINGLE attached document (doc, rtf, etc.) to  ff@verse-virtual.com/

Calling all women writers! HerStory Blog is looking for women writers to submit true stories on the theme THINGS GOT COMPLICATED. Details below! Have you ever been in a situation where things just got complicated? Maybe it was funny. Maybe it was panic inducing/ Maybe it caused the biggest headache of your life! Whatever it was we want to hear about it. This month we're asking writers to share true stories about a moment in life when Things Got Complicated. We'll share your stories during the last week of the month. To submit email herstryblg@gmail.com Guidelines: 1. All stories must be between 500-1000 words (roughly) 2. All stories must be true and about you 3. When submitting please send a short bio and photo of yourself. 4. All stories due by October 22nd.

We enjoy poetry that is visceral, rhythmic, deep, stylish, emotional, clever, and thought provoking.  If you want to get a feel for what we like then read our columnists, and the poets that we have published.  Don’t just submit without reading the magazine first. AS OF 8/9/17, ODDBALL MAGAZINE NO LONGER ACCEPTS SIMULTANEOUS SUBMISSIONS. We do not accept previously published work. When submitting send us three original pieces in a single doc. or pdf. file.  Please include a 2-4 sentence bio, telling us something about you. We also accept performance pieces and music videos for our special 3TV section.  Please send along the lyrics or poem along with any video you send.  Because we publish daily we do encourage timely submissions regarding breaking news, events, or holidays. Any questions regarding our submissions policy or to send us 3TV submissions please email us at oddballmagazine@gmail.com.

Call for submissions! Fourth & Sycamore, a literary journal of the Greenville Public Library, is currently looking for poetry, personal essay and fiction submissions. We are also seeking writers who may be interested in becoming a regular book reviewer for our site. There are no submission fees, and we do not offer compensation if your work is published. Our guidelines can be found here https://fourthandsycamore.com

CALLING ALL WRITERS! Do you have a passion for writing? Do you like discussing social issues? Looking to get published? Submit an Op-ed to YouSpeak! We're collecting articles for our first round of publications. Submissions should be 350-700 words and tackle the social issue you're passionate about. Follow the link below to our submissions.page. https://youspeak.ca/submissions/

Issue 1 of Rascal, a journal of ecology, literature and art, is live, including work by Keith and Rosmarie Waldrop, Clayton Eshleman and more: http://rascaljournal.com/ We're now reading for issue 2, scheduled for release on the winter solstice. No fees, pays $20 per acceptance for poetry/art, $0.02 per word for essays. See full guidelines at:http://rascaljournal.com/submissions/

*LAST CHANCE: Recto y Verso EDITIONS is currently accepting submissions of original poetry, artist's books, ephemera, zines and other works that fall within/or are related to the "book" form. Submissions accepted now thru October 31, 2017. Open to writers and artists of any age who currently reside in the United States. *GUIDELINES:www.rectoyverso.com/submissions

JACK SCULLY/ POETRY: The Art of Words Mike Amado Memorial Series; The Poetry Showcase; Visual Inverse; Poetry Partner with Mass Poetry Festival and Plymouth County Representative to Mass Poetry www.ptaow.com   jackptaow36@gmail.com