Poetry Ink

This event preceded my first publication, and it was really exciting! Thank you to my family and friends who came out to show support.....this was an all-day reading, and there were scores of poets (over 100!) who came out to read their work. My poem "The Phoenix of Self-Nihilism" is included in the anthology:

Moonstone Readings
At Robin’s Bookstore
108 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, 215-735-9600, www.robinsbookstore.com
Books & Events for Independent Minds from Philadelphia’s Oldest Independent Bookstore
Free and open to Everyone

Poetry Ink: Celebrating Poetry with 100 Poets Reading at Robin’s
& Party for Poetry Ink: The Tenth Anniversary Anthology

Sunday April 2, 2006 – 1pm

Welcome Poets! Welcome to the Tenth Annual Poetry Ink event. Welcome to the party for our first book, Poetry Ink: The Tenth Anniversary Anthology ($19.95 Plan B Press). Welcome, Welcome, Welcome. And Thank You. This is all because of you. Moonstone has had a poetry series for twenty-five years and the Poetry Ink event for ten years, but it is only as good as the poets who choose to participate. So, Thank You. This event is unique because poets from all over, from many groups and venues, choose to participate, allowing this event to be a cross section of poetry in Philadelphia. We welcome everyone: academic poets, famous poets, free form poets, street poets, unknown poets, word poets, published poets, unpublished poets, and it is a joy to hear the different voices. We will, of course, have our Poetry Ink book for sale, the profits from which will go to fund Moonstone’s new chap book series, which will help emerging poets publish their first chap book. We will announce shortly our editorial board and guidelines for submissions. We will have refreshments. We will supply the coffee and punch. Please bring something good to eat to share. We ask that you limit your presentation to 2 minutes. I know that is not long but we will still be here for 5 hours, so please conform to the time limit. In addition to hearing many terrific poets, you get to talk with people interested in poetry. This is an open invitation to poets and lovers of poetry, so please invite your friends.