Category Archives: Poetry Readings

Summer Poetry Series–Dos Madres Press & BonBonerie, Cincinnati, Ohio

Posted on July 15, 2014 by Grace Curtis
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A Poetry Reading for Dos Madres Press

Posted on April 17, 2014 by Grace Curtis
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A Wellspring of Poetry Happenings

Posted on May 12, 2013 by Grace Curtis

Ohio Poetry Association Anthology Launch Party On April 16, at Bexley Library in Bexley, on the eastern edge of Columbus, the Ohio Poetry Association held the launch party and reading for its first anthology, Everything Stops and Listens, edited by … Continue reading →

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Borderlands Reading

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Grace Curtis

In mid-March, I was invited by Mark Sebastian Jordan, curator of the newly created monthly poetry event, Borderlands, at Main Street Books in Mansfield, Ohio, to read poetry along with Columbus poet, Andy Roberts.  The event and the venue were … Continue reading →

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Five Lessons from Ohio Poets

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Grace Curtis

Sometimes, “sitting alone in a room and wrenching it out of yourself” as Jon Winokur wrote in the introduction to his book, Advice to Writers, is not enough. So, I jumped at the opportunity to go to the free—did I … Continue reading →

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All Poetry is Local…

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Grace Curtis

Well, not really. That’s something that is true of politics according to former U.S. Speaker of the House Tip O’Neill. Actually poetry is international, universal, or possibly even galactic. I just used it as a title for this post because I … Continue reading →

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Fed by Birds in Winter

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Grace Curtis

          Caught on a stoop rail is a bundle-gift of seeds and leaves hand-woven into a grass basket by birds, a thank you, I think, for years of lugging seed to the feeders—millet, black-oil, sunflower, nyjer, … Continue reading →

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Creating Collaborative Haiku

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Grace Curtis

A while back, a good friend, poet, Joey Connelly and I thought it would be fun to collaborate on some haiku. We each wrote, five of the two parts of the haiku, dividing the poem as described by Tom Lowenstein, … Continue reading →

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Santa Barbara Poetry Series, April 14, 2012

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Grace Curtis

Each year, during April, Santa Barbara Poetry Series organizer, poet,  Carol DeCanio invites poets with a first book to read at a reading event that takes place in the captivating Contemporary Arts Forum in the Paseo Nuevo Mall, a downtown center … Continue reading →

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Listening to Marcus Speh Read His Own Work

Posted on April 9, 2012 by Grace Curtis

Since I recently posted about writer’s reading their own work, I am sharing a link to writer, Marcus Speh’s engaging website and podcasts. The short fiction pieces are enchanting and the readings are mesmerizing and beautiful. He also reads from the … Continue reading →

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