Day 30 Poems Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/#:~:text=The%20volunteers%20for%20December%202020,and%20warm%20up%20your%20pen! 

Day 29 Poems- Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/#:~:text=The%20volunteers%20for%20December%202020,and%20warm%20up%20your%20 

The month is almost over! Wow! That has been fast!

Day 28 Poems- Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/#:~:text=The%20volunteers%20for%20December%2020

This one has my homage to Emma Peel.

20,and%20warm%20up%20your%20pen! 

Day 27 Poems- Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/#:~:text=The%20volunteers%20for%20December%202020,and%20warm%20up%20your%20pen! 

Last few days of this amazing experience!

Day 26 - Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/#:~:text=The%20volunteers%20for%20December%202020,and%20warm%20up%20your%20pen! 

Less than a week left!

Day 25 Poems - Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Day 24 Poems- Tupelo Press 30/30 Project- My Christmas Eve-based Poem is Here

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Links to my books:

https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Turfa/e/B00YJ9LNOA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

https://www.blurb.com/b/10335105-all-in-the-family-2nd-edition

Day 23 Poems...Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/#:~:text=The%20volunteers%20for%20December%202020,%2C%20and%20Victoria%2DMelita%20Zammit. 

Day 22 Poems from the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

This is for a dear poet friend!

A Day to Share a Special Poem!

http://whispersinthewind333.blogspot.com/2016/04/lovely-luminescence-by-arthur-

My books!

turfa.html https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Turfa/e/B00YJ9LNOA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

Day 21 Poems- Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

 https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/

Day 20 Poems- Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Day 19 Poems- Tupelo 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Tupelo Press 30/30 Project Poems for 18 December Mine is About Sputnik

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Day 17 Tupelo Press 30/30 Project Beethoven!

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Day 16 Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

I have my next one plotted out! 

Day 15 Poems Tupelo Press 30/30 Project...and Links to My Books!

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Turfa/e/B00YJ9LNOA%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share

https://www.blurb.com/b/10335105-all-in-the-family-2nd-edition

Tupelo Press 30/30 Project Day 14- And Links to my Books!

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Almost halfway through!

And some links to my books

!https://www.amazon.com/s?i=stripbooks&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AArthur+Turfa&s=date-desc-rank&qid=1607984447&ref=sr_st_date-desc-rank

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Day 13 Tupelo Press 30/30 Collection

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

This one is another idyll!   Donate to Tupelo Press if you can! Thanks!

Day 12 Poem Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

I go back to my youth for this poem! Below Ft. Ligonier, in Western Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh.

Pro-Life Apparently Does Not Extend to Capital Punishment For Some Republican Catholics

https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/catholics-involvement-death-penalty-killing-spree-scandalous 

    Joe Biden was denied Communion at a Charleston, SC Catholic Church because he is pro-choice. I am curious if William Barr will be denied Communion because he is pro-death penalty. 

Tupel Press 30/3 Project! Contribute if you Can! Thanks!

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Mine is about a German Adventsmarkt

Tupelo Press 30/30 Project for December 10, 2020

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Here they are! Contribute if you can, but anyway, share the link! Thanks!

Tupelo Press 30/30 Project for December 8, 2020

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Poems for Wednesday, December 9, 2020

Day 9 Poems - Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

In Memoriam: John Lennon 1940-1980

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBcdt6DsLQA 

      Above a link to my favorite song of his. Of all the Beatles, his personality most closely matches mine. My wife and I saw Paul in concert last year, and were going to see Ringo this year. George became a solid composer. But John's wit, love of wordplay, those were the things that drew me to him. I gave up trying to learn the guitar as a teenager, but always appreciated good music of any kind. 

       Below an interesting story with a good quote from John. The math I would never comprehend, but reaching into one's own past for songs/poems, I totally understand!

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/554392/who-wrote-beatles-my-life-according-math-it-was-john-lennon

From the Tupelo Press' 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Today's poems!   

Tupelo Project 30/30- December 5 Poems

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

Mine's an Idyll!

Zappa Poem Today in Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/

My Zappa poem appears today!

There is another one in Accents!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1980326703/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6#

 

Day 3 Poems from the Tupelo Press 30/30 Project

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/?fbclid=IwAR2gt8ucsD5LQWQ7ISU-jMpgLasXgj3pcYgacO9SsJU7mdoEar3al3WIqO4 

Dayy 3 Poems!

Day 2 Poems- Tupelo Press 30/30

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/?fbclid=IwAR0DLwAQjUioG6TxIC6Df-Kvgjs4lzHvJceHuU6ezat1f7ITMeV27t5pLdQ 

If you want to see a certain type of poem or a theme, contribute and let me know! Thanks!

Day 1 of Tupelo Press 30/30 PRoject

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/ 

    If

there is a topic or a style of poetry you wish to suggest to be, please make a donation of $15 or more and I will be glad to compose one!

Tupelo Press 30/30 Project Begins Today

 

https://www.tupelopress.org/the-30-30-project-december-2020/

30 poems in 30 days, nine poets: do the math!

If you would like me to write about a certain topic or in a certain style, please contact me here on in Social Media!  We can talk about a level of sponsorship. Don't worry; I am flexible!

Starting ther 30/30 Project for the Tupelo Press in a Few Days

https://tupelopress.networkforgood.com/projects/112435-arthur-turfa-s-fundraiser?fbclid=IwAR3h0Cvt-lxzIIpYhooiKS7xMj69WwqvmQ6Z1OY-vATEZgW7K00yuxJ217A 

    Please pass the link along! If you can contribute something, that is wonderful! And even if you cannot, that is still wonderful! Along with a few other poets, I will write a poem a day to be posted in December. What a way to end 2020! Perhaps the core of a new book will emerge from this.

Perceptive Column about the 2020 Election

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/opinion/trump-democrats-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage 

    Thomas Dewey said in the 1940s that conservatives do not win elections. He was a moderate Republican. One could make the case that socialists do not win elections either. However, many of their programs could be tailored to fit voters preferences. Joe Biden can do it!

Jo Harjo Poem for Today.....

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49622/perhaps-the-world-ends-here 

I

I love the way Joy uses the extended metaphor of the table. 

More on Joy:

https://poets.org/poet/joy-harjo?gclid=Cj0KCQiAwf39BRCCARIsALXWETzTLWQuto-2BVB3LtH6w0Uz_i0X7GT-tx4_Ar0J3RcR7OOayFSXVP4aAhpiEALw_wcB

Paul Celan Centennial Poem in Poem-a-Day

https://poets.org/poem/so-many-constellations 

     Holocaust survivor Paul Celan (born 11/20/1930) committed suicide a year before I started studying German at Penn State. I remember reading about him in my Gruppe 47 book in my sophomore year. The curriculum did not include living or recently-deceased writers/poets, sad to say.

     Since I became an official poet (it sounds better than it looks), I have come across his work and have resolved to read more of it.

   

Review of Adrienne Rich Biography from the ATLANTIC

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/12/hilary-holladay-adrienne-rich/616935/ 

   The new issue came on Saturday. It is on the coffee table in my den. Today I have three online classes a Zoom meeting, and who knows what else. I may not get to the issue until evening or tomorrow. But I know it will be good!  The ATLANTIC is a first-class publication; I have subscribed to it for most of the last three decades, minus a deployment

.

Biden has Two Predecessors Who Are Easy Acts To Follow

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/kansas/articles/2020-11-21/buchanan-no-tough-act-to-follow-for-2nd-president-from-pa 

     For years I have been chagrined that the only Pennsylvanian who occupied the White House was the one who did absolutely nothing to prevent the Civil War. The article linked above says it all; James Buchanan understood other countries better than he did his own.

     As for soon-to-leave, never-to-concede Donald Trump: he does not merit further discussion. 

     Joe Biden spent about ten years in his native Scranton, PA. After moving to Delaware, where his father went to seek employment, Joe visited the area often. My family lived in an adjacent county to Scranton for over a dozen years, and we know what he is made of. And's good enough for us!

    Time to make some history, Joe! and you certainly can improve over these two predecessors.

  

     

U of South Carolina Might Cut Adjuncts due to COVID

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/education/article247169831.html

     Today's post is from the world of education. Normally I do to post much here; I usually tweet or put on Facebook. USC (the original, which is in Columbia, SC, and in several locations scattered through the Palmetto State) is a good school. The Darla Moore School of International Business ranks as the best in the nation. Many of my former students have gone or are attending there now. A few friends are faculty in various departments.

    My adjunct career began in Pennsylvania, where I taught History at two community colleges and Religion/Ethics at a four-year college that later became a university. Fortunately, I was employed as a full-time high school teacher at the time, in addition to being in the National Guard or Army Reserve, and serving a Lutheran parish part-time under call or filling in as needed.

     When I came to South Carolina, I continued my adjunct career at a local two-year technical college, this time mostly teaching English. Teaching at a four-year school did not happen, although there were a few glimmers of hope. The Great Recession of 2007/08 played a role in that. I taught high school full time, eventually retired from the Lutheran Church (still filling in as needed), and retired from the US Army Reserve Component, eventually receiving a pension.

     Some adjunct colleagues only have a tenuous existence in that their sole source of income comes from teaching what classes they can. Midlands Tech, where I teach, is very supportive and like most schools in the US, needs adjuncts. Around three-quarters of all college classes nationwide are taught by adjuncts. 

    Full-time faculty members at USC do not want to have to teach more or to teach introductory classes. Class size may be higher, and so will stress for all concerned. I hope that USC can cut some things in the budget to come up with the money they need to keep adjuncts. 

Maybe the Exorcism Worked Three Years Later

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b1AQ4NuJUA8 

   Ed Sanders is quite the artist/post/etc.  Back in the day, the Fugs were more extreme than the Mothers of Invention, which speaks volumes. Enjoy!  Or better put, dig it!

Slide Show with All My Poetry Books

 https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zsWdkcEctGNw9-8CMww6hPnbfPWpg5olcarU1Vdvqf8/edit#slide=id.p

I included Amazn.US links. Use your favorite vendors or check Amazon links

in your country! Thanks!

Poetry for Holiday Gifts- Or for Yourself!

Wondering what to do for holiday giving?  Poetry works well, as does poetry with fine art!

The first link is for my books:

 https://www.amazon.com/Literature-Fiction-Arthur-Turfa-Books/s?rh=n%3A17%2Cp_27%3AArthur+Turfa

This is a link to our latest, expanded edition Art by Carol Worthington-LEvy

https://www.blurb.com/b/10335105-all-in-the-family-2nd-edition

A Recorded Poem not in a Book Yet- And Where to Find my Books

https://soundcloud.com/arthur-turfa-1/two-miriams-by-arthur-turfa

This is a special one for me, and will one day be in a book. It is in The Petigru Review,  published by the South Carolina Writers Association 

For my books!  https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Turfa/e/B00YJ9LNOA?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1604409732&sr=1-1

Second Edition of "All in the Family" Exclusively Available on Blurb

 

https://www.blurb.com/b/10335105-all-in-the-family-2nd-editionLife does 

   Life does not allow for many do-overs, but book publishing does! Our second collaborative work has been expanded. The results are spectacular. Carol has added some new paintings and collages. She goes back a generation further than in the first version and adds to some others. All this spurred me to some new poems and insights. 

   Visually, this is stunning, and as far as the poetry goes, I enjoyed mixing styles and moods. The book itself is superb. If you cannot wait for it, you can order a .pdf copy to enjoy right away!

Interview on Times Radio about a Memorable Professor

https://t.co/eTBkx018ZB?amp=1

     Above is the obituary for Dr. Ruth Klüger whom I had as a professor in the German Department of UC-Irvine in the mid-1970s. She was a dynamic, exciting teacher  When I was having some difficulties with my doctoral studies, she offered me a fantastic topic and offered to serve as my adviser. That would have all but assured me of the academic career I wanted.

     However, those same difficulties had led me to consider other options. When she made me the offer, I told her I was going to attend a Lutheran seminary in St. Louis. "Sie strahlen," she said to me. "You are beaming!" I was overwhelmed by the joy this Jewish Holocaust survivor had for this Lutheran. 

     I never regretted my decision, which has led me to so many wonderful people, places, and things. In March 2005 I was winding up my deployment in Germany with the US Army. Watching television one night, I believe the ARD, there was a documentary about a Holocaust survivor visiting her old neighborhood in Vienna. I knew her as Ruth Angress, but she had resumed using her original surname, Klüger. The next day I e-mailed her, and we exchanged a few e-mails. It was good to catch up with each other.

    I tweeted her obituary on the weekend. On Monday I was asked by Times Radio, UK, if they could interview me. I was- still am- honored. Here is a link to the interview, which begins around 50 minutes into the program.

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/show/20201021-1579/2020-10-21

    

"All in the Family" 2nd Edition Available on Blurb!

https://www.blurb.com/b/10335105-all-in-the-family-2nd-edition

    This is an expanded edition from the earlier one. Carol has created some amazing new artwork, and my poems aspire to reach those heights.

    Spanning the generations and the continent, "All in the Family" may well inspire you to reflect on your own family and search its own remarkable past.

     Available only on Blurb right now!

   

Artocalypse on 24 October!

 https://www.virtually-there.co.uk/artocalypse

     It's really a beginning, not an ending! No need to panic!

     Chris Shaw and others have created an amazing event based in the UK but intended for a worldwide gathering of artists and lovers of art. The Artocalypse seeks to make up for all of those missed events, festivals, readings, exhibitions by giving artists of all kinds a space to show what they have and where interested people can find it. This will not be a one-off event!

    I am working with other poets on some interesting things.

Recording by a Fellow Poet of a Poem in "Accents"

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GirPQmaVVSk&feature=youtu.be

    Accents is available in Kindle or paperback exclusively from Amazon KDP.  My wife Pam comes from Mississippi and knows Lousiana well, How could I resist visiting a church named after a Hungarian? My in-laws were there years ago and brought me a brochure. Elizabeth was married to a German prince

and lived for a few years in the famous Wartburg castle. She became a Franciscan nun and is buried in the Elisabethkirche in Marburg, Germany. I visited that also.

    Kimberly reads this poem especially well, and I thank her so much!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079WJG8F6/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

And please see my other books also! Thanks!

Poet Wallace Stevens born 2 October 1879

 https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47430/peter-quince-at-the-clavier

     On this date in 1879, poet Wallace Stevens was born in Reading, PA. I did my seminary internship there. Stevens was a lawyer and insurance executive, who would write scraps of poetry in board meetings. Above is one o

f his best.

A Favorite from "Accents"

https://soundcloud.com/arthur-turfa-1/a-myriad-of-songs

Thinking about someone.....

Accents exclusively available on Amazon KDP in paperback or Kindle. Please learn about my other books also. They are available from the usual vendors also!

https://www.amazon.com/Accents-Arthur-Turfa-ebook/dp/B079WJG8F6/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&qid=1601230410&refinements=p_27%3AArthur+Turfa&s=books&sr=1-8

Upcoming Interview on Chat & Spin Radio in the UK!

 https://www.facebook.com/ArthurTurfaPoet/?view_public_for=293732337470677

   I am pleased and honored to be interviewed on Monday, on September 2020. The interview should be posted by 3 pm/ 1500 the nest day, 22 September 2020.

    Thanks to Spin & Chat. If you have the time, please like my page, and check out my poetry books as well! Thanks!

Here are my Poetry Books on Amazon!

 https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Turfa/e/B00YJ9LNOA/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Accents can only be found here on Amazon as can A Village Remembered. But if you find a lower price somewhere, by all means, purchase from that company!

purchase there!

Is there a word you truly abhor? Put it in the bin!

 https://fairacrepress.co.uk/the-word-bin/?fbclid=IwAR0h5Jwl72MbBeroIvvGsSdVIp7-7Bu9JEzxjDNAHVC0iFTNKIozuaxuetY

    My newest poet friend Nadia Kingsley invited me to this and said I could share it. For my fellow US folks, putting something in the bin means to put it in the trash can!

Enjoy!

Mention of a Poem from "Accents" on Facebook

     There I was, adding to a Facebook post about having read Sinclair Lewis' It Can't Happen Here, his 1935 novel about a fascist takeover of America. It became timely in 2016 and has remained so.

    Anyway, a friend of a friend posted that he reread "Elegy for Jimi" from Accents, my book from Amazon KDP. Wow!

   On Kindle or in paperback!

https://www.amazon.com/Accents-Arthur-Turfa-ebook/dp/B079WJG8F6/ref=sr_1_7?dchild=1&qid=1599957234&refinements=p_27%3AArthur+Turfa&s=books&sr=1-7

Thoughts on Muses, Prompted by the Literary Hub

 https://lithub.com/what-awaits-muses-who-outlive-their-usefulness/?fbclid=IwAR1dAzLWfyHlfy5TSSyhDOrRIdu0LuHYW9GSszLS0XnTh5oeg0tpjfzZ3kI

   These muses come from the world of painting, but every art form has them. There are some for poets, and I am certainly glad for those who have inspired me. Some of them know it, others never will, and there is no danger of any of them being the subject of an article like this or of a major motion picture!

   Another interesting article from the Literary Hub. Worth subscribing to. It's free and comes weekdays with a Saturday best of the week.

https://lithub.com/

"Saluda Reflections" Arrives in NYC....Finally!

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3236612789726912&id=100001346678547&fs=1&focus_composer=0


     Friend and fellow poet Jason S. Price is delighted to have received my book! Amazon has been overwhelmed of late, and they are efficient. Thanks!

My books:  https://www.amazon.com/Books-Arthur-Turfa/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AArthur+Turfa

His latest   :https://www.amazon.com/pearls-other-poems-collection/dp/1508720266/ref=sr_1_16?dchild=1&keywords=Jason+Price&qid=1598405701&s=books&sr=1-16

Poetry books by Arthur Turfa

https://www.amazon.com/Books-Arthur-Turfa/s?rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3AArthur+Turfa

     There are other vendors, except for Accents. Poetry is easy to read during the pandemic, or at any time, really.

    Thanks for checking this out. If you purchase any of these books, please let me know and leave an honest review on social media!

     All in the Family is available from Carol Worthington-Levy or myself!

Uighur Poets and Culture Face Extinction

https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/08/13/uighur-poets-on-repression-and-exile/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+nybooks+%28The+New+York+Review+of+Books%29

  If the world lets it happen here, it can happen to anyone. Sound familiar?

Peter Green, RIP

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoasUjXBkm8

   Peter Green was an outstanding blues guitarist. One of many who worked with John Mayall (I have the Hard Road vinyl). he became a co-founder of Fleetwood Mac. Not many remember that band was originally a blues band. One too many trips and Peter descended into mental illness, only coming back to performing late in his life. 

   RIP, Peter

RIP Judt Dyble, first voice of Fairport Convention

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/13/arts/music/judy-dyble-dead.html

     Eclipsed by Sandy Denny's tenure with the band, Judi was no slouch. She went on to a varied musical career in her own right. RIP!

Poetry Optional? Not in the UK, and May that not be Exported!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/aug/08/simon-armitage-poetry-gcse?fbclid=IwAR30AhtfePsVLiwqaimsC7earyXJwNL4SdjH-QLvYydZoj7PyurUe8Qba6A

While I hope and pray this will not cross the Atlantic, can't be sure. The study of Literature has been assaulted from many sides. Rhetoric has replaced Literature in some curricula, some people equate reading a magazine or catalog with Literature, and still others dumb down the curriculum with easy-to-read things.

I hasten to add that I do NOT believe that the canon must never be changed. Every age and place produce great literature. find it, read it, and enjoy it!

For now, I join Sir Ray Davies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFG-buhIDEA

Thinking of this one from "Accents"

https://soundcloud.com/arthur-turfa-1/her-hands-smell-like-sunsets

     I was thinking about this poem tonight and wanted to share it again. It's very special to me. Accents is available exclusively on Amazon KDP. There are about thirty of my poem on Soundcloud.

    Link to my books:

https://www.amazon.com/Arthur-Turfa/e/B00YJ9LNOA/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_ebooks_1

Enjoy!

A Poem Will Appear in the Fall Lines!

http://jasperproject.org/what-jasper-said/jy9j77ptnhdtfex64ax748fj53hdx4?fbclid=IwAR0hQ7qNVfg9MeOrr0vNPfFbbl8EyaHGNy6qyWmoyY8rz6AAEY6jkgCSXDE

   So honored to be included in this excellent publication, and so several friends and other fine poets/writers! We will have the traditional public reading when the pandemic permits.

a

poem 

At Master's Class Today with Adam Vines at the Virtual Sewanee Writers' Conference

http://www.sewaneewriters.org/right-here/master-classes.php?fbclid=IwAR0cHwmn7W1b9jT5mMvLjvryL1B4b48CFyBuCYWJ9hjcAyZtaZSYhHLjpNA

Unconventional Approaches to Ekphrastic Poetry-    Adam is at the University of Alabama -Birmingham.and recently won an award. See the link below:

https://www.facebook.com/BirminghamPoetryReview/photos/a.1452451501515437/2804791039614803/?type=3&theater

I enjoyed the Master Class very much. With Carol Worthington-Levy I have done two books of ekphrastic poetry based on her paintings. But I have known her for years and knew many if not most of the people//places/events portrayed. But I needed a push, and this, along with the Great Courses class on Aooreciating Art.

Maybe next year in Sewanee, TN!

A Very Nice Honor from Wonderful Community of Poets

     Once upon a time Google+ hosted all sorts of poets' communities. Then Google+ went away, and the Diaspora began. Poet's Dream is a wonderful place where a world-wide collection of serious poets meets.That is what makes this honor so special to me.

from Elusive Me:

Good Morning Poets Dream Members,

It is my honour to choose from all of the wonderful, colourful, expressive and challenging poetry lodged for the 'She walks in beauty' line challenge.

I once again found it difficult to choose as truthfully there were three that I felt were outstanding for different reasons. Sometimes I imagine people are disappointed for not being chosen and I wish that I could choose more than one at times because there are poets who are constantly blessing me with their talents and inspiring me to push myself also.

Today's choice, after changing my mind three times, is of course brilliant and beautiful and lingering...and therefore I could not let this moment pass without honouring this poet and his poem.

I think most of your know Arthur Turfa. He has been particularly encouraging, supportive of many poets, and hardworking in many communities on G+. It can be tiring and sometimes takes from your own creative flow to support communities by being an owner or an admin (so I big thank you to all who do and give generously of their time).

Arthur is a published poet, has been a teacher in the field for many years, and is in short, a generous soul who imparts goodwill and encouragement as he shares his own walk as a poet.

I hope you will take some time and read his poem below, and let him know what you liked about it and give back some encouragement.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

She walks along ordinary ways,
her inherent beauty streaming

from her. All that she is colors
the mundane scenes surrounding

her. No sculptor, no painter, no
poet could replicate all that she is,

all that emanates from her aspect,
her spirit, her essence. Blessed am

I to behold and render thanks for
the glimpse of beauteous form.

Arthur Turfa, © 2020

A very special thanks to each and everyone who contributes to these prompts, as a poet, a reader, who comments or emojis posts and to the owner and admin team who make it possible.

I hope you are all well and safe and smiling.

Kimberley

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