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She simply blurted out her response and with few edits sent it off. The author requested permission to print it in her blog. It can be read here: http://www.drewmyron.com/off-the-page/2016/10/20/thankful-thursday-thinking-of-you.html

Michael Simon has had two poems published in East on Central: I Was Going To Write Heart-Stoppingly and Long Ago They Traveled Only At The Speed of Sound. Michael also has had one poem published this month in Fine Lines: Hike Miles To Taste It.

Nancy Christopherson’s poem “Removing the Dishes” has been published in XANADU 2016 (LIPC). Print issue, $15. Available now. Send check or money order to: Long Island Poetry Collective, P.O. Box 773, Huntington, NY 11743 or email request to: [email protected]

Nancy Christopherson’s poems “Grating Carrots” and “Finding Center” are forthcoming in the Fall Issue of Helen: A Literary Magazine, to be published October 15, 2016. “Finding Center” will be available in video poem format as well as in print. Visit: www.helenpresents.com

Nancy Christopherson’s poem “Trekking with Berries” has been published in the Friday Night Specials blog section of Helen: A Literary Magazine, where it can be viewed in video poem format as well as in print. Visit: www.helenpresents.com

Volume 23 of www.switched-ongutenberg.org contains Joan Maiers’ poem “Seven Years Etchings”. This electronic journal produced by the University of Washington is edited by Roberta Feins and Jana Harris.

On Sun. August 14th, from 3 – 4pm, Willa Schneberg will be discussing “How to Publish the Full Length Poetry Manuscript” at the Williamette Writers Conference at the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel. If you can’t attend the whole conference, you can sign-up for Sunday only. Here is the link to her presentation: http://willamettewriters.org/wwcon/event/how-to-publish-the-full-length-poetry-manuscript/.

Let’s face it; we all walk to the beat of a different drummer. So let’s celebrate the individual soundtracks of our lives. For our fourth issue of The Poeming Pigeon, we are seeking original poems that explore the topic of music—every style, every genre—from Bolero to Brown-Eyed Girl. What song triggers an unexpected walk down

Shawn Aveningo of The Poetry Box is proud to announce the upcoming release of the latest issue of The Poeming Pigeon: Doobie or Not Doobie, just in time for the Oregon’s first ‘legal’ 4/20! The Poeming Pigeon: A Journal of Poetry and Prose Vol 2, Issue 1 — Doobie or Not Doobie? ISBN: 978-0-9863304-83 $12.00

Reverberations from Fukushima: 50 Japanese Poets Speak Out, edited by Leah Stenson and Asao Sarukawa Aroldi (Inkwater Press, 2014) is an award-winning finalist in the Social Change category of the 2015 USA Book Awards.