Happy Birthday, Clay Ventre

Even his video doesn't want to be viewed.

Happy Birthday, Clay Ventre

 

 

A Trip to the Mediterranean

 

Read Clay Ventre's poem today at The Arts Fuse. 

 

Happy Birthday, Clay Ventre

 

 

Happy Birthday, Clay Ventre

So weird seeing you show your face now.

Happy Birthday Clay Ventre

"Ventre's journal. Birthday today. Many know. Damn Facebook. Chad will try to make funny post about me having no pictures online. How does man even know my name?"

Happy Birthday, Clay Ventre

Always present on the poetry scene, yet so elusive.

Happy Belated Birthday Clay Ventre

Always hiding his face to protect his true identity (whatever that may be).

Happy Birthday Clay Ventre

Still hard to photograph after all these years.

A Call for Apolitical Poetry

Well, this might be a first. From Clay Ventre and Incessant Pipe:

Let the rest of the poesphere be awash in a sea of politics. IP is calling for poetry with the quality of euphony, the grate of cacophony, or the pleasure of uncertain invocation…

Visit the site for info on how to submit.

Happy Birthday, Clay Ventre

I'll continue to post this picture until Clay lets me take a photo. Until then, check out this back and forth between him and M.P. Carver.

My Poem in Incessant Pipe

Read "Charlie Brown at 42."

Many thanks to Clay Ventre for accepting this piece for his web journal.

David P. Miller's Poem in Incessant Pipe

Click to read David's found poem, "A suspicious pail filled with a white rose, rice and eggs," in Clay Ventre's new poetry journal.
 

Venus Needs Poets!

Clay Ventre's Incessnat Pipe is accepting submissions  for it's Call for Venus Poetics poetry contest.

The short version:

"Submit one poem and and short bio to: incessantpipe@gmail.com –Include the word “VENUS” in the subject line. Submission deadline is April 15th."

For more information on things like the rules and contest judge Dara Wier, click here.

Some Good Stuff to Help Start The Week

Here's some pics of Oddball Magazine's own Jason Wright from his Mr. Hip Presents reading on February 28th.

Camera shy Clay Ventre was also there, but he got away before a complete group photo could be taken.

Happy Birthday, Clay Ventre

One of the most difficult poets to get a picture of.  Luckily, his poetry is getting easier to find.  Check out his work published in the most recent episode of Wilderness House Literary Review.

Submit to Incessant Pipe

Incessant Pipe is the latest brainchild of Clay Ventre (with a friend or two).  It started a few weeks ago and already has great stuff up from M.P. Carver, Emily Rudofsky and others. 

I'm submitting tonight.  You should do the same.