http://emjollie.com/blog Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:04:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en dear Everyone, upcoming reading: Saturday evening Brûlée returns to the stage: November 14, at 8:00 PM at Mayorga Coffee Factory in Silver Spring. venu details: 8040 Georgia Avenue; 301.562.9090. ( http://www.awbmusic.com/brulee/ ) em jollie, her friend Anne Dykers, and her friend Sheila Walsh promise to provide a poetic set-break. we'll be honored if you join ... http://emjollie.com/blog/em-emerges Equinox Poem for the Light (photo from Montague, MA) I just keep turning, I just keep re-turning to the ritual of water - holding out my hands as its shimmer falls always down from the faucet the rocky mountain top the sky I dreamed last night that Sister Flying Horse and I were walking in an airport. I don't know ... http://emjollie.com/blog/equinox-poems-one-two More than once her limbs have borne chains   Here -- a swing where now only those two links sway, see how Carol and her grandson sat reading picture books those so many summers ago?   There -- that branch held a feeder for winter finches, see how the cold ground was covered each year in its scattered seeds, sunflower shells decorating snow?   On ... http://emjollie.com/blog/summer-solstice-2009 dear everyone, the spring 2009 issue of yellow medicine review, guest-edited by Jimmy Santiago Baca, is now available at http://yellowmedicinereview.com/id13.html gorgeous cover art, stunningly smart insides... includes many writers, & four poems by em. all love,   ej http://emjollie.com/blog/yellow-medicine-review-spring-2009 dear Everyone, one of em's poems ("A Neitzschean Critique of Wislawa Szymborksa's 'In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself'") will appear in the next issue of Blue Earth Review.  all love, em http://emjollie.com/blog/upcoming-publication-2 dear Everyone, please come support the Kahn Institute's event next Monday evening, April 6th at 7:00 PM in Graham Auditorium in the lower level of Smith College's Hillyer Art Building. Joy Harjo, Mvskoke saxophonist & writer, will be sharing stories, songs, and poetry in an evening entitled "A Map to the ... http://emjollie.com/blog/em-to-give-intro-for-joy-harjos-map-to-the-next-world dear Everyone, two of em's poems ("Climbing to the Stars" and "Celebrating the Day of Mourning") & a photo are in the March 17th post of journalist Eric Schwartz's frequently updated travel blog, found in the blogroll under "Thoughts on the Road" or by clicking here. all love, em http://emjollie.com/blog/linking-arms-ems-poetry-in-eric-schwartzs-travel-blog dear everyone, four of em's poems ("Identity Politics," "An Open Letter to Everyone Who Has Ever Asked Me Exactly How Indian I Am," "Ice Storm," and "Poets Creating Peace Zones") have been accepted for publication in the Spring 2009 edition of Yellow Medicine Review which is scheduled for print in April ... http://emjollie.com/blog/upcoming-publication today's edition of the Hampshire Daily Gazette includes a photo of em's window installation at the Cup & Top in Florence.   all love,  ej http://emjollie.com/blog/em-in-the-news tonight, at the Teapot Gallery in Westfield, MA (call for directions): hosted by Lori & Eli of Word in Westfield 6:30 signups 7:00 open-mic feature set: em jollie bring your words, bring your selves, or send a little prayer out if you can't be there in person. i look forward to seeing everyone tonight! all love, em http://emjollie.com/blog/em-teapot-gallery-tonight Dear Everyone, my gratitude to all who came to the event today. it was a beautiful afternoon with art, poetry, music, and just a smidge of dancing to keep us warm through the chill. Alice Walker says "hard times require furious dancing." indeed. thanks for the gorgeous fury. especially to those who ... http://emjollie.com/blog/my-people-are-all-people Dear Everyone, here is the statement which will be posted tomorrow at the Cup & Top along with the art.  Love, em ***** "We urgently need to change the way that we manage our world, our corporate culture, our international relations, our treatment of the natural world and its ecosystems. We know we cannot go ... http://emjollie.com/blog/roots-to-routes-statement dear Everyone, here is information about the open-mic & art show reception. where: cup & top cafe, 1 north main street, florence, ma when: thursday, february 5th, from 4 pm to 6 pm details:  please come out & support the responsible, enviro-friendly cafe and a local artist/poet. the first half hour of the opening reception ... http://emjollie.com/blog/roots-to-routes-reception-to-include-open-mic