Sharpgiving Press Work by Bill Vartnaw, Gil Helmick, Gordon Carrega, Mary Magagna, suzanne benton bria, Marty Goldstein, Tom Sharp, and famous poets. Readings by Clifford Schwartz. https://sharpgiving.com/index.html Publisher https://sharpgiving.com/sharpgiving/images/birdhouse_logo.png https://sharpgiving.com/index.html Sharpgiving Press en Copyright 2009, 2022 Tom Sharp webmaster@liztomsharp.com (Tom Sharp) Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:00:00 GMT Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:00:00 GMT "Secret identities" by Tom Sharp They've kept their true identities secret. You couldn't pick them out of a crowd. You might have heard of some, but you're not sure whether you've ever met them. Their names have been changed here to protect the innocent. Tom Sharp Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/Identities/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/Identities/index.html#Identities Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:00:00 GMT "Fantasy Lives" by Tom Sharp The cities and towns named here, from around Britain, Europe, and northern Africa, are real; the persons entirely imagined. Human beings are inherently interesting, no matter what they do or where they live. It should be possible for any of us to imagine living in another's place. Tom Sharp Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/Fantasy/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/Fantasy/index.html#Fantasy Sat, 26 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT "Small-town lives" by Tom Sharp The towns described here, at least one from each state of the United States, are real; the persons entirely imagined. Human beings are inherently interesting, no matter what they do or where they live. Tom Sharp Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/Smalltown/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/Smalltown/index.html#Smalltown Thu, 10 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT "The book of signs" by Tom Sharp. Symbol are signs. Both have meanings. The meaning of a natural sign is related to what caused it. The meaning of a conventional sign is assigned by human beings and our cultures. This book muses over natural and human-made signs, from petroglyphs to punctuation marks. Tom Sharp Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/Signs/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/Signs/index.html#Signs Sun, 06 Mar 2022 10:00:00 GMT "The book of beliefs" by Tom Sharp I believe that many cultural fantasies were planted and nurtured with humorous intentions. Tom Sharp Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/Beliefs/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/Beliefs/index.html#Beliefs Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT You can believe anything you like, provided that you’re able to believe without strong evidence and without insisting on consistency with scientific truths. Indeed, faith or belief is necessary for many of us who are not well trained in scientific principles and must trust in the good intentions of others, for example, that the truck in the opposite lane was designed by good engineers and driven by a person who is happy, sane, and well rested.

]]> "One Hundred and One Famous Poems" edited by Roy Jay Cook One Hundred and One Famous Poems, with a prose supplement: An Anthology, Library of Congress card number 60-9006, originally published in 1920. ed. Roy Jay Cook, readings by Clifford Schwartz Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/101famouspoems/reverse.html http://sharpgiving.com/101famouspoems/reverse.html#101famouspoems_originals Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT "One Hundred and One Famous Poems" by Tom Sharp One hundred and one poems based on the famous anthology. Tom Sharp, readings by Clifford Schwartz Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/101famouspoems/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/101famouspoems/index.html#101famouspoems Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT "When Do You Write?" by Gordon Carrega A casual friend, in an effort at making conversation over a glass of wine, asked me, "When do you write?" I was, as they say, completely taken aback. Gordon Carrega Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/WhenDoYouWrite/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/WhenDoYouWrite/index.html#WhenDoYouWrite Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT "The Nile to the Milky Way" by Bill Vartnaw Poems inspired by the work of H.D. and Robert Graves. Bill Vartnaw Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/TheNileToTheMilkyWay/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/TheNileToTheMilkyWay/index.html#TheNileToTheMilkyWay Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT "Blind Study and Other Poems" by Gordon Carrega Blind Study: Used in testing the effect of a new pharmaceutical product. The study is done in such a way that the patients or subjects do not know whether they are actually receiving the drug being tested or a placebo. (ISBN: ‎979-8478435523) Gordon Carrega Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/BlindStudy/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/BlindStudy/index.html#BlindStudy Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT "Seeing What's Not There" Stories and poems by Mary Magagna A book of short prose and free verse poems written in magic realism, where people's bodies are fused with natural and cosmic environments. The voice is mostly playful, but the reader may find him/herself caught off guard occasionally by its gravity and seriousness. Mary Magagna Prose Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/SeeingWhatsNotThere/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/SeeingWhatsNotThere/index.html#SeeingWhatsNotThere Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT "Artists" by Tom Sharp Wassily Kandinsky said that artists must reach into their own souls for inner truths, and so lead others to higher spiritual levels. He didn't say that artists had to become famous, or even to earn their living from art. Tom Sharp Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/Artists/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/Artists/index.html#Artists Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT "Five of Us" edited by Mary Magagna and David Washer Poems and artistic statements by suzanne benton bria, Leonard Cirino, Marty Goldstein, Mary Magagna, and Tom Sharp. Photos by Gregg Fautley. suzanne benton bria, Leonard Cirino, Marty Goldstein, Mary Magagna, Tom Sharp, Gregg Fautley Poetry https://sharpgiving.com/FiveofUs/index.html http://sharpgiving.com/FiveofUs/index.html#FiveofUs Sun, 06 Mar 2022 11:00:00 GMT