Tag Archives: Poems

Readings, a Podcast, and the Rest

Posted on November 19, 2018 by Adam Penna

This week, my good friend Matt McGevna interviews me for his podcast So Let It Be Written.  Take a listen.  And if you’re in the neighborhood, I’ll be reading in Southampton on Saturday December 1st and in Nassau on Friday … Continue reading →

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Reading Saturday, October 13th from 11 AM to 1 PM

Posted on October 7, 2018 by Adam Penna

Please join me this Saturday for a reading in Stony Brook Village’s All Souls’ Episcopal Church, 61 Main Street, at 11 AM.

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Talk of Happiness Is Now Available

Posted on February 27, 2018 by Adam Penna

Talk of Happiness is now available on Amazon.  Thanks especially goes to Tim and Jenny Miller from S4N Books for their continued support.  Pick up a copy.  Heck, pick up two.  I’ll sign one of ’em.

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Reading Tonight!

Posted on January 30, 2018 by Adam Penna

If you’re in the area and undaunted by snow and ice and dark, I’ll be reading tonight.  And I’ll have plenty of copies of Small Fires, Little Flames and, before it’s even available, Talk of Happiness. Tuesday, January 30, 2018 … Continue reading →

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From Small Fires, Little Flames: A Reading

Posted on November 13, 2017 by Adam Penna

Here’s some video from Friday’s reading at BJ Spoke Gallery in Huntington*. Thanks to the gallery, those who came to listen and, especially, Kelly Powell, for hosting the event. If you missed me here, you can find me featuring at … Continue reading →

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On Talk of Happiness

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Adam Penna

Soon, very soon, the follow-up to Little Songs & Lyrics to Genji will be released by S4N Books.  A lot has happened since I started writing these little songs almost ten years ago, when the aim, like I understand the aim … Continue reading →

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Reading Friday, November 10th

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Adam Penna

I’ll be reading this coming Friday, November 10th at 7 PM at the BJ Spoke Gallery, 299 Main Street, Huntington, NY 11743.  I’ll have plenty of copies of Small Fires, Little Flames for sale, and I’ll sign them.  If you … Continue reading →

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Small Fires, Little Flames Is Available!

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Adam Penna

Small Fires, Little Flames is available.  If you’ve ordered or pre-ordered a copy, it should ship to you soon.  If you haven’t ordered a copy, please, please, do so now.  You won’t regret it.  If the poems inside don’t move … Continue reading →

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Names I Almost Recognize: Montreal, Plateau Mont Royal

Posted on August 19, 2017 by Adam Penna

One of the errors espoused by contemporary Americans includes the idea that age is just a number, as if time were a psychological, even a spiritual, rather than a physical reality.  But our bodies do age, and time is in … Continue reading →

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From a Discarded Post II

Posted on July 4, 2017 by Adam Penna

“So what is the divine?  First, it is in us and not outside of us.  All searching for the divine out there leads to dead ends, unless that searching corresponds to some inner searching.  There are many, many scapes and … Continue reading →

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