Tag Archives: Poetry

Upcoming Reading

Posted on June 15, 2014 by Adam Penna

Wednesday, June 25, 2014 Poets on Parenthood and Childlessness featuring Adam Penna and Sarah Kain Gutowski at the The Poetry Place 58 Waverly Ave Patchogue, NY 11772 7 p.m.

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Upcoming Reading

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Adam Penna

Tuesday, April 29, 2014 Poets in Nassau featuring Adam Penna Bellmore Memorial Library 2288 Bedford Ave. Bellmore, NY 11710 7 PM

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Upcoming Workshop

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Adam Penna

Seeing and Re-seeing: A Creative Writing Workshop w/ Adam Penna Friday, May 2, 2014 7 – 8:45 PM Emma S. Clark Memorial Library 120 Main Street Setauket, NY 11733

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Forthcoming Poem

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Adam Penna

“False Spring” was just accepted to be published in Albatross #25.  Thanks to editor and publisher Richard Smyth for his continued support.

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Upcoming Reading

Posted on November 20, 2013 by Adam Penna

Saturday, December 7, 2013 Poets on Childlessness and Parenthood Poets Adam Penna and Sarah Gutowski read from new work on themes of childlessness and parenthood. Canio’s Books 290 Main Street Sag Harbor, NY 11963 5 PM

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Forthcoming Publications

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Adam Penna

I heard some good news from the editors of The Southampton Review.  They have accepted three poems from To an Imaginary Friend, the follow-up sequence to Lyrics to Genji, numbers 4, 12 and 14.  Thanks to Julie Sheehan, Lou Ann Walker and … Continue reading →

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On Faith, Not-Faith, Poetry & Death*

Posted on August 18, 2013 by Adam Penna

A poet is constantly in a state of reassessment as long as he desires to be a vital presence, whether on the page or in the world.   So I have continuously and obsessively turned the object, the diamond of poetry, … Continue reading →

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On Poetic Development*

Posted on August 17, 2013 by Adam Penna

Poets, perhaps unlike poems, are born not made, but they aren’t born in the womb so much as they are born in the world–maybe even as the result of the world.  Stevens often referred to the world as the mother, … Continue reading →

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Pushcart Nomination

Posted on December 27, 2012 by Adam Penna

I heard on Xmas Eve that my poem “The Dark of Sheds,” which recently appeared in the Cider Press Review, has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.  Many thanks to Caron and the other editors at CPR for their continued … Continue reading →

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Poem in Cider Press Review 14.2

Posted on October 3, 2012 by Adam Penna

Thanks to the editors at CPR for publishing The Dark of Sheds.

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