quiet poet

sherku: two newt morning

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:13:00 +0000

Smoke wafts from the fire’s
Embers; tingle of the fly
Landing on my bare leg

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sherku: tiger lillies

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:42:00 +0000

Orange welcoming torches
Or fierce "don't you dare
Stray from this road" warnings

Dolores stopped

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:59:00 +0000

Cotton candy clouds casting
Pine tree shade only six
Pages to finish her book

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2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival Expanding

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:54:00 +0000

Dear Poets & Lovers of Poetry,

The 2009 Massachusetts Poetry Festival is growing, spreading, positively exploding... We are thrilled to announce that there will be simultaneous kick-off events Thursday, October 15th, in Boston, Lowell, Salem, Worcester, Amherst, and the Berkshires. Then on Friday and Saturday, the Festival returns to the classic red-brick mills, galleries, museums, National Park sites, churches, restaurants, cafes, and cobblestone streets of downtown Lowell.

Applications are now open for small presses wanting to participate in the Festival's Small Press Fair on October 17. Click here to go to our website for documents

Afaa Michael Weaver

will be participating in the 2009 Poetry Festival

Anne Waldman founder, with Allen Ginsberg, of the Jack Kerouac School of Writing at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado,will be participating in the 2009 Poetry Festival

Friday, Oct. 16, over 200 high school poets will be reading and participating in events at Lowell High School; there will be an intercollegiate poetry showcase with student poets from 14 colleges and universities, and a special MPF edition of the Urban Village Arts Series on Friday evening.

On Saturday, Oct. 17, the packed schedule will include a small press fair, readings by regional poetry groups, a Favorite Poem Project session, writing workshops, and a late night poetry slam with notable participants from Massachusetts and New York -- and much more.

Just a few of the poets appearing for the Festival this year include:

Afaa M. Weaver
James Tate
Dara Wier
Louise Gluck
Ann Waldman
Jericho Brown

XJ Kennedy and the Light Brigade
Robert Pinsky
Lloyd Schwartz
And many more!

Louise Gluck , former U.S. Poet Laureate is participating in the 2009 Poetry Festival

Robert Pinsky is participating in this years

Festival

On Sunday, Oct. 18, Harvard University will host a poetry and jazz program with Robert Pinsky and musicians.

To keep up with the events being scheduled regularly check in at www.masspoetry.org

The Festival is expanding.

The Festival is growing

--- despite the financial hard times.

Because all of us believe,

especially in these hard times,

that people need poetry more than ever.

But to do all this we also need you to participate !

Please donate to the Poetry Festival. We need 100 people to step up and donate $50 dollars or whatever you can to make sure we can keep expanding the Massachusetts Poetry Festival. We need to rely on lots of small donations from individuals who want to support poetry. We need you.

Click here to make your tax deductible donation now.

Stay tuned for more announcements shortly.

Thank you.

§¨©

Michael Ansara

For the Festival Planning Committee

You can watch videos of some of the readings from the 2008 Festival by clicking here.

Massachusetts Poetry Festival
http://masspoetry.org/
Office of Cultural Affairs & Special Events
375 Merrimack Street, Lowell, MA 01852

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sherku defined: reprise

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:23:00 +0000

focus your message, say it
all concentrated in just
nineteen syllables

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doing good

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:49:00 +0000

Doing good means your
customers will hasten their
demand for you to do better!

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This is a "found" sherku. Little did Scott McKain realize when he wrote this in his book "Collapse of Distinction" that he was also creating a sherku.

twilight white

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:52:00 +0000

As the twilight arrives
The greens all blend together
Dogwood blossoms bright white

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greetings

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:48:00 +0000

Greetings from sky blue sandy
Sunny beaches sticks out from
The horror story

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dogwood blooms

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 09:56:00 +0000

Dogwood blooms dance in sun light
Lifted by the breeze; weight
Of the rain water gone

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charging time

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 09:53:00 +0000

The double a batteries
Took a long time to charge
Resisting the green light

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summer breeze

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Sun, 31 May 2009 22:49:00 +0000

Children’s voices blend with
Distant music powering
Kites and swaying birches

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His legacy

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Wed, 27 May 2009 09:52:00 +0000

The finesse in pitching
A horse shoe and always
Measuring twice to cut once

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In memorium: Armand Joyal

Batting average

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Tue, 26 May 2009 09:38:00 +0000

One for three is pretty darn
Good especially when
It is the one that counts

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Memorial Day 2009

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Mon, 25 May 2009 12:50:00 +0000

Franklin_WWI_Doughboy
Originally uploaded by shersteve

The doughboy bows his head
He fought 'the war to end all wars'
Yet wars continue

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Gov Patrick stood tall

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Sat, 23 May 2009 09:32:00 +0000

Deval Patrick came to us
Better yet, stood ground
For respectful dialog

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Reflection upon the visit by Gov Patrick to Franklin on Sunday (5/17/09)

Gov Patrick says

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Fri, 22 May 2009 11:56:00 +0000

My Grandmother forbid us
To say we’re poor; “you’re broke,
Broke is temporary.”

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This is a "found" poem - Governor Patrick said this during his visit to Franklin on Sunday (5/17/09).

Gov Patrick says

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Wed, 20 May 2009 09:17:00 +0000

Tough state budget choices
Most of these things we will
Pay for sooner or later

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This is almost a "found" poem as it an amalgam of Gov Patrick's remarks when he visited Franklin on Sunday (5/17/09).

Gov Patrick says

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:25:00 +0000

We better start behaving
Like we are members
Of the same community

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This is a "found" poem - Governor Patrick said this during his visit to Franklin on Sunday (5/17/09).

overheard

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Mon, 18 May 2009 21:04:00 +0000

Every month we get
Smarter and wiser, if
Only our children knew that

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hurrah!

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Wed, 13 May 2009 12:46:00 +0000

To the concept of the waste
Basket, and better yet
Someone emptying it

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Question

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Sun, 10 May 2009 20:24:00 +0000

If we make their old favorites
When they come home, how will
They learn any new?

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sherku: Wind chimes

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:53:00 +0000

Wind chimes dancing dogwood leaves/ Swinging baby robins/ Stretching on Mother'
Originally uploaded by shersteve

Wind chimes dancing, dogwood leaves
Swinging, baby robins
Stretching on Mother’s Day

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For Dolores, Mother's Day 2009

poetry by hand

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Thu, 07 May 2009 11:53:00 +0000

By Hand: Lines for Mother's Day

"I didn't care about the gift. / It was the note I wanted, / the salt from his hand, / the words," admits a woman awaiting a Mother's Day package from her son away at war, in Frances Richey's poem "Letters."

There is no substitute for the intimacy of a handwritten note, no gift as singular as words carefully considered and chosen. Like a fingerprint, handwriting can identify its owner, even mood and intention can be revealed in the bends and crosses of letters, hidden in the slant of cursive.

This Mother's Day, choose meaningful lines from a poem, pick out a blank card, take a quiet moment and a smooth pen, and write with your heart in your hand. Find six lovely blank cards and a selection of lines about motherhood by E. E. Cummings, Mark Doty, Sharon Olds, Robert Duncan, Walt Whitman, Anne Sexton, and many others, on Poets.org.

On the web at: www.poets.org/byhand

If one of the many selections does not suit you, feel free to compose your own!

For instructions on how to write your own sherku form of haiku, check here

chalk

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Wed, 06 May 2009 21:47:00 +0000

White chalk brings back memories
Kids filling the driveway
Their own world in colors

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SOBCon: e-commerce

shersteve@gmail.com (Steve Sherlock) — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:40:00 +0000

customers number one
favorite thing, free shipping
retail is details

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