April 2008
8 posts
Take-Away Poem
Take this poem outside for a walk- it fits easily into any short-term memory:
WHY LIGHT
The man
at the pulpit
insists His light
because he knows
light doesn’t
escape. It
reflects or shakes.
by Patrick Lucy
Octopus Magazine
I know it’s been out for awhile now but I just wanted to say how much I’ve been enjoying issue #10 of Octopus Magazine. Issue 10 has poems from Dorothea Lasky, Linh Dinh, CD Wright, Will Oldham… many, many more.
It’s online, free and excellent. Almost too generous.
- Patrick
Debrah Morkun reads in NYC
If you’re in New York today, be sure to catch the Naropa Poets NYC Alumni Reading tonight at 8pm at the the Poetry Project.
NPP member Debrah Morkun will be reading and the first copies of the New Philadelphia Poets journal will be available! Best Monday ever? Maybe.
Poem
AFTER THE DIVORCE
He took a knife to his ring finger cut it like a carrot prepared for dinner, and mailed it to his ex-wife with the ring firmly in place, like a bow on a present for Christmas morning. And this begs us to ask: are we like Magritte’s Lovers touching without knowing while hooded and blind to the truth, that we aren’t who we say we are? When we remove the mask, we...
Journals
New Philadelphia Poets Journal, Vol. 0: Showing Flume used for Plastering Invert on Curves
Details: 26 page, black and white, hand-bound, hand-numbered edition of 300
Cost: Free
Update: We’re out of copies. Something new is in the works.
Something New: Since Summer 2009, NPP has had a variety of small run broadsides & chapbooks for sale at just about everything we do. What we have...
Upcoming Events
Saturday, July 24, 2010, 6pm time crescendo - A Poetic Celebration of Philadelphia at Elfreth’s Alley!! Here, in this time warp, Old Philadelphia magic meets New Philadelphia magic. Everything intertwines. Mobius sprinkler system. Readings/performances & MAGIC by Carlos Soto Roman, Debrah Morkun, Jack Krick, Jenn McCreary, Ryan Eckes, Sarah Heady, CAConrad, Frank Sherlock, Gregory...
Members
Debrah Morkun
Patrick Lucy
Sarah Heady
Jamie Townsend
Angel Hogan
Marion Bell
Gregory Bem
Carlos Soto Román
Matthew Landis
About NPP
We have goals:
to embrace Philadelphia’s growing literary scene and create new spaces for poetry.
to encourage each other to continue to make quality poetry through weekly meetings, critique, poetic discussion and community.
to perpetuate each other’s art through the vehicles of publishing journals, zines, chapbooks, and also by hosting readings and participating in readings...