tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-336152202024-03-16T13:54:11.657-04:00ReVeLeR @ eYeLeVeL"most a-my heroes exist as myths, so i cheer for my friends instead"Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.comBlogger206125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-57977210829470849422024-03-03T23:30:00.019-05:002024-03-15T19:48:40.398-04:00Eulogy for Myron Siegell (11.7.41 - 3.1.24)<iframe width="400" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bFCtGIYiZQ0?si=jYrrBIYW4bbPfIJB" target="_blank" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe>[Video courtesy of South Florida Jewish Cemetery]<br /><br />
<blockquote><b>*Pass/Fail*</b><br /><br />
In his head: Friday 1963 America; pop’s <br />
teaching experience of 21: only a veteran<br />
of marriage to mother for exactly five days— <br />
October 25 & the Selective Service has him<br /><br />
standing on a line in his underwear and<br />
lower Manhattan’s 100 Whitehall Street— <br />
plus, at front a-this line he’s on: a bunch a- <br />
bodies gettin’ blood siphoned into vials.<br /><br />
My father’s jiggling: <i>Like twenty guys<br />
just passed out; ev’rybody’s laughing<br />
and the ARMY guys, you know how they get, <br />
all yellin’ and screamin’, makin ev’rybody <br />
turn around an’ shut up</i>—<br /><br />
A few hours further in all this, after<br />
they graded his intelligence test, my father’s<br />
sitting one-on-one in a small office at a small desk<br />
w/ a guy in tight-uniform holding up his scores<br />
in a militant right hand: <i>You just graduated<br />
with a B.S. in Accounting from N.Y.U.,<br />
the guy says, and did this lousy!</i><br /><br />
Heaviness jiggles again. <br /><br />
After he’d finish’d the draft’s written exam,<br />
my father comes outta Whitehall’s testing room <br />
to walk into a guy named Bob Johnson—an old <br />
Flushing High, 1959 frat brother—a guy he <br />
hadn’t seen in, like, 4 years & they start<br />
holy shitting each other, shakin’ hands.<br /><br />
Their reunion picks up from shared realities <br />
of just graduating college & Bob goes: <i>So, <br />
how’d you do on that written exam?</i><br />
& my dad whispers: <i>I purposely flunked it</i>.<br />
Bob’s like: <i>Why?</i> & my dad says: <i>’Cause I <br />
didn’t want to be a forward artillery observer <br />
in Vietnam</i>—<br /><br />
<i>Ho-ly shit!</i> Bob is shocked.<br />
<i>Why didn’t I think of that?</i> he says—<br /><br />
& my father then said he never saw the guy again.<br />
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...<br /><br /> Crazy, right? He was crafty, that Myron. Let’s back up a little bit:<br /><br />
OK, one wild Friday night in 1961, a sprightly 16-year-old girl named <b>Elaine Wieder</b> from Jamaica, Queens got all gussied up and went with her Gamma Kappa Delta high school sorority sisters to an NYU Beta Sigma Ro fraternity party near Washington Square. (O, to be young.) Elaine was dancing with a guy named Gerry Storch, but when she heard someone make a loud, rambunctious, “<b>barbaric yawp</b>” as he burst into the party, she looked over to see who it was...<br /><br />
Myron Ernest Siegell was born on <b>November 7th, 1941</b>. His parents, Benjamin and Pauline, were of Romanian and Ukrainian descent and lived in the East Village on 11th Street between Avenues A and B, right near Thompson Square. Myron grew up with his older brother Stuart, went to Flushing High, then graduated with a Bachelor’s in Accounting from NYU.<br /><br />
He told me once that, not only did he do folk singer <b>Pete Seeger</b>’s taxes, but <b>Woody Guthrie</b>’s taxes as well. Completely blew my mind. He even did Woody’s son, <b>Arlo Guthrie</b>’s taxes. It is impossible for me to not picture Myron with black horn-rimmed glasses, a pocket protector and one of those white-scroll adding machines — a total “square” in some smoke-filled office on Wall Street, meticulously calculating the deductions of my freewheeling folk heroes of the mid-century soundwaves. He said Woody would sit on the floor and stare out the window, waiting for the meeting to be over.<br /><br />
(By the way, who names their son Myron? And not just Myron, but Myron Ernest? Of course he was going to become an accountant!)<br /><br />
About 20 years ago, just starting my career, my dad was doing my taxes and he emailed me to confirm my occupation. Figuring he’d roll his eyes and just call me for the actual answer, I replied: “<b>Lavatory Aviator</b>.” No response. A week later I brought in my mail and there was my tax return. Wanting my refund, I immediately signed it, sent it to the IRS and embarked upon my exciting new career as a “flying shit-box pilot.”<br /><br />
He always let me be his crazy son. And I always did everything I could to make him laugh.<br /><br />
OK, trigger warning: I sincerely apologize in advance if this next section offends anyone or anyone’s family name. I simply couldn’t not include this:<br /><br />
Ready? Here we go: I don’t know how I even knew the line; I was only 10 years old. Around the dinner table with me sat my two older sisters, Alisa and Linda, and mom and dad. They were chatting about a friend of theirs, and, upon hearing said friend’s name, I blurted out a line that wreaked absolute havoc on my father’s functioning. Given recent events, this is odd to say, but one of the greatest things in the world was my father... when he couldn’t breathe. Everything jiggled and shook, turned read and teared up. In that moment, he was laughing so hard he was halfway outta his seat. What I said was: <i><b>If you’re Lipshitz, then my ass talks</b>.</i> (Sorry!)<br /><br />
Easily an all-time favorite memory. I’d never seen someone lose it so badly. From that day on, all I wanted to do was make his belly shake. But recently, all he wanted to do was kiss the toddler and newborn cheeks of his granddaughters. That, and get the hell outta rehab and the hospital, and get back on home to mom. 60 years they were married. She was 18, he was 21. All those years together. I don’t know how you did it. All those holidays, cruises, meals, fights, illnesses, quiet moments, misunderstandings, and joys.<br /><br />
<b>I love you, mom.</b><br /><br />
And for the longest time, that simple phrase was one of the hardest things for him to say. Myron had a world-famous smile, but, man, was he aloof! Stoic and aloof. Whenever my parents dropped me off at the airport, I’d say “<b>I love you</b>” and practically had to force him to say it back to me. It was so hard for him to say, his eyes would well up when he finally relented. But those watery eyes, they meant everything to me.<br /><br />
But then, all of that changed when my parents rescued that loud little long-hair Chihuahua, <b>Riley</b>. Dad would be all, “I love you, Riley” and “How’s my sweet baby boy” and mushy Riley this and are-you-serious Riley that. Linda and I would look at each other like “What. the heck. is happening right now? Where was all of that while we were growing up?”<br /><br />
Riley annoyingly barks at the slightest movement, but there’s no denying that that dog opened up my father’s world and helped him better express himself. My mom, too. So, to my little brother Riley, I am grateful.<br /><br />
What my dad lacked in words of affection, he made up for in gestures both grand & unassuming.<br /><br />
Every year for my birthday he’d take off work and take me (and sometimes mom) into the city to places like the Natural History Museum, MoMA, the Met, the Guggenheim, the Intrepid—anything monumental enough to launch me properly into the next year of becoming.<br /><br />
He taught me how to draw Saturn so the rings looked like they were spinning. He taught me how to play chess, how to use chopsticks, and how to pull dandelions from the grass with a screwdriver.<br /><br />
In 1986 he taught me the edge-of-your-seat thrill of rooting for a winning baseball team. And in 1990, he taught me that if you take your son to the Douglaston Movie Theatre to see <i>The Hunt for Red October</i>, you could watch all 2 hours and 15 minutes of it, then go into the bathroom and hang out just long enough to be able to sneak into the next showing of <i>Major League</i> just as it was about to begin.<br /><br />
Like I said, he was crafty, that Myron. He was always calculating something.<br /><br />
The summer after my junior year of college, I was staying with my parents before I had to be at a job in the North Georgia Hills, and instead of me just taking a flight, dad had the idea to drive me from Boca Raton… all the way up... to Atlanta. He gave us the gift of one of those classic father-and-son road movies. Over the tires and miles, we talked about our lives and all the feel-good things you’d expect from such a box office hit. Time to hash things out and heal. We stopped for the night in Macon, Georgia and he got me a beer. I ordered Chicken Romano, had one of the best meals of my life, and then we went back to the hotel room to watch <b>Michael Jordan</b> win his 6th NBA title. Absolute perfection. The next day he dropped me off, I said “I love you”... and then he turned the car around... and drove the long road south... all way back home. Alone.<br /><br />
I still have your old dandelion-pulling screwdriver, dad. I still have a copy of our “Lavatory Aviator” tax return. And... in my head... I still have the sound... of the last thing... you would ever say to me :::<br /><br /> “<b>I love you, too</b>.”
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Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-20410135012856813612024-02-08T23:30:00.021-05:002024-03-15T18:46:46.667-04:00Eulogy for Linda Siegell Kopp (6.16.72 - 1.31.24)<iframe
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<b>02.08.24</b> — Good morning. On behalf of my parents, Elaine & Myron; my sister Alisa; and everyone’s handsome hero, Linda’s dear husband Michael, I thank you all for making the journey to be here with us today to celebrate my sister’s
life and our collective love... for her. It is remarkable, yet not surprising, how packed this room is.<br /><br />
Now, I’m going to ask for a little audience participation. If you would please indulge me for a moment:<br /><br />
WHEN I SAY “<b>LINDA</b>” YOU SAY “<b>LOVE</b>” — <b>LINDA</b> / love / <b>LINDA</b> / love<br /><br />
WHEN I SAY “<b>UP A-</b>” YOU SAY “<b>BOVE</b>” — <b>UP A-</b> / bove / <b>UP A-</b> / bove<br /><br />
WHEN I SAY “<b>SHE’S THE</b>” YOU SAY “<b>BEST</b>” — <b>SHE’S THE</b> / best / <b>SHE’S THE</b> / best<br /><br />
WHEN I SAY “<b>CHICKIE</b>” YOU SAY “<b>YES</b>” — <b>CHICKIE</b> / yes / <b>CHICKIE</b> / yes<br /><br />
…Yes. Good job, everybody. Thank you. You didn’t see that coming, did you? I figured: If we’re gonna spend the day crying our eyes out, there might as well be a song about it. She was always singing, you know? You’d be
having a conversation with her and she’d hear the reference of a lyric in what you were saying and she’d just start singing the song. For fun. Because it made her happy. I always loved that about her. “Damn straight,” right? Never failed.<br /><br />
OK… On the exact same day that David Bowie’s <i>The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars</i> was released into the world — Friday, June 16, 1972 — a little girl was born at Flowers-Fifth Avenue Hospital in Manhattan. She was just 5 lbs. 3 oz. and allergic to milk. And the stars looked very different that day.<br /><br />
<b>Knock-knock-knock... knock-knock.</b> <br /><br />
A few days later, that little girl went home to Bayside, Queens with Elaine and Myron Siegell, and they named her Linda
Pam. Linda, after Elaine’s grandmother, Lena Perez, and Pam after Elaine’s aunt, Pauline Rubin. Linda was immediately scooped up by an older sister, Alisa, and Myron began forming a bond with Linda that can easily be described as “daddy’s
little girl.”<br /><br />
“<i>Say okayyy! Say okayyy!</i>” Linda would cry whenever she wanted something. "Say okayyy!" As if he could resist.<br /><br />
Five years after Linda, I was born. Surprise! The family had moved to Roslyn, Long Island, and as I grew from playing with Legos on the floor to playing Legend of Zelda on Nintendo, the most unusual sounds began to
seep through the wall that separated my bedroom from Linda’s: The Smiths,
Morrisey, Erasure, Depeche Mode, The Cure, Siouxsie and the Banshees, and a
whole howling galaxy of others. I was fascinated. I’d go into her room and find
Linda lying on her bed, completely zoning out, just staring at the ceiling,
absorbing song after song, searching for their meanings, taking space for
herself — and not doing her homework.<br /><br />
Whenever one of us needed the other,
instead of calling out their names, we would knock on the wall so as not to
disturb the house — <b>knock-knock-knock... knock-knock</b> — and the other would be
there in seconds. Until she left for SUNY Oneonta and the kind likes of Donna
Wanna and Tom, Linda was my best friend growing up. Talking for hours, telling
stories about Herricks High School and Sprout Lake and T-Y summer camp. We’d
listen to the bands that Michael Robinson turned her onto, and when it was time
to clear the table and clean the kitchen after dinner — a dinner, mind you, a
dinner she most likely ate with one hand holding her fork while putting her food
in her mouth with the other — we’d sing those songs to help make our chores less
tedious. She always made it a party.<br /><br />
<b>Knock-knock-knock, knock-knock.</b><br /><br />
When she was younger, Linda used to light matches in the basement of our house.
Mesmerized by the danger and the glow, she loved the smell of smoke and matches.
She definitely got busted a few times, but no matter how hard she tried, she
never once set the house on fire.<br /><br />
Let it be entered into the historical record, Linda once asked, in all seriousness: “<i>What’s Grandpa Ben’s first name?</i>”<br /><br />
You know when you were a kid and you got those stickers that were 3D and kinda squishy? There was that bump to them? When Linda was in first grade, she had to color in some shapes for an assignment, and when she handed in her paper, her teacher asked, “Linda, why is there dried Elmer’s glue all over your shapes?” Little Linda, in her absolute cutest, said: “<i>Because I wanted to make them puffy</i>.”<br /><br />
Linda was a schemer, mischievous and sparkling.<br /><br />
She came into my room one day with her hairspray hair, her high school report card, and a black pen. She had just transformed the F of a failing grade into a B and was about to forge our mother’s signature, but wanted me to make sure everything looked OK first. Linda was out-standing at forging our mother’s signature and she absolutely did it more than once. (Sorry, mom.)<br /><br />
She took me to my first concert: June 3, 1988, Depeche Mode at Jones Beach Amphitheater. I was 10. My goodness! She took me to see They Might Be Giants, and even <i>Les Miz</i> on Broadway starring none other than Tammy Jacobs as Cosette. The event and spectacle of a show was something Linda never wanted to miss. And I learned from the best.<br /><br />
When I moved from Pittsburgh to Orlando <i>without a job</i> the week before 9/11, she made a call and got me an interview at Cruise’s Only. Applying coupons to bookings, I quickly became the Employee of the Month and was gifted a free cruise, but none of my friends could go with me so I had no choice... but to take... my mom. Suuuper romantic. I wound up getting sun poisoning, but my family then spent the next 20 years booking cruise after cruise after cruise. Linda was always looking out for us. Pointing us all in adventurous directions. As many here can attest, if Linda ever loved you — at Herricks, at camp, college, work, wherever — if your spark and Linda’s ever truly found each other, she’d set you apart, you’d both glow brighter, and she’d stay in touch with you for the rest of her life: Christina Oliveros. Heather Schiffer. Marcy Pikus. Mike Silver. Jeff Tabachnick. Jean-Jean. <i>Legends</i>, the lot of you. That so many of you traveled to see her these past few years meant so much to her. / And to Michael. / And to my parents. / And to me.<br /><br />
Michael, my sister became who she was always meant to be when she met you. You gave her the space and the love to be her true self and we all took notice. What you did for Linda the first 10 years, and what you did for Linda these last six, should not and will not be forgotten. I thank you. I love you. We thank you. We love you. And I’m sorry “Gorgeous” and “Handsome” didn’t have more time with each other.<br /><br />
I miss my sister. I miss the bubbly, happy-go-lucky sister I had before she was ever diagnosed. I miss the
always-positive Warrior Sister who showed us all how to face down the worst possible challenge with grace, and strength, and humor, and love. And now, today, I’m trying, I’m trying real hard to take comfort in the idea that whenever I need her, all I need to do is knock ::::: <br /><br />
<b>X-X-X… XX.</b>
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Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-26274665083248551392024-01-04T15:46:00.006-05:002024-03-15T15:01:37.009-04:00backstage at the submission apparition exhibition<b>2023</b>: 2 poetry acceptances + 9 rejections received; 1 new boss, Jeff Oaks sadly passed away + 1 <b>baby girl</b> born!<br />
<b>2022</b>: 6 poetry acceptances + 30 rejections received; 4 "wordPlay ground" videos created
<br /><b>2021</b>: 5 poetry acceptances + 24 rejections received; <b><u>1 chapbook</u></b> published; named <b><u>Montgomery County Poet Laureate</u></b><br /><b>2020</b>: 1 poetry acceptance + 3 rejections received; 1 new boss, 1 house bought, 1 car leased, 1 negative COVID test + 1 <b>baby girl</b> born!<br />
<b>2019</b>: 5 poetry acceptances + 34 rejections received; 1 work promotion + well, I got engaged, planned a wedding and done got married!<br />
<b>2018</b>: 3 poetry acceptances + 1 fiction acceptance + 43 rejections received; (1 work promotion) + 1 Pushcart nomination! <br />
<b>2017</b>: 10 acceptances + 50 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2016</b>: 11 acceptances + 53 rejections received;<br />
<b>2015</b>: 12 acceptances + 88 (54/34) rejections received;<br />
<b>2014</b>: 9 acceptances + 31 rejections received;<br />
<b>2013</b>: 12 acceptances + 37 rejections received;<br />
<b>2012</b>: 12 acceptances + 39 rejections received;<br />
<b>2011</b>: 16 acceptances + 37 rejections received; <br />
<b>2010</b>: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received; <br />
<b>2009</b>: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2008</b>: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2007</b>: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>! <br />
<b>2006</b>: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received<br />
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<br />Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-31572361876396365512023-04-27T11:29:00.004-04:002023-04-27T11:30:58.738-04:00Hi, do you like poems about friends, family, and animals? I wrote a few and Heavy Feather Review was kind enough to publish them. Thank you!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2023/04/27/siegell/"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="809" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrAkhmF6SF4Z6W593eB0uDW0eDoWGnrZ9wLAVRD1eBJ1b6jghkdTwGso4L5nDhPfVQ74u9wnd5NaXtKbpy_mOowpVyowcCZjQT4KkslDFIoD4mPb-TpGCX6iC9hqN5nvj2n_Ld9tjdC4aa_mycquekfMVsUZLHmSpxDvJHHd7FolSBl--2mQ/s400/Paul%20Siegell%20Heavy%20Feather%20Review%20Poems.png"/></a></div><br><a href="https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2023/04/27/siegell/" target="_blank">SENDER.</a> <br><a href="https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2023/04/27/siegell/" target="_blank">DISLIKER. (PRICKS)</a><br><a href="https://heavyfeatherreview.org/2023/04/27/siegell/" target="_blank">SINGER. (ILLEGITIMATE LIGHT AT LEGITIMATELY MIDNIGHT)</a><br>
Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-72260884160217783972023-04-11T11:11:00.001-04:002023-04-27T11:24:21.557-04:00Many thanks to Arts & Cultural Council of Bucks County for pairing my poem, “Glitter Bomber,” with David Lennard’s “Missing My Friend” for today’s 30 DAYS OF INSPIRATION. Perfection.<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEWgyzmUFSVPsGhSNN-xxX3qzjJs8xTJVyJMbexA3MTke3XtBIshCb2JQjS7waiy1AvnPkmmOONqbKepQ63KKIZXQSBAStGaW2ZQZaABKUipCl1miNqPbIIrfeUAjdA6WjfImJqslP-gHbKiXK_simrmBUXpBIeLmef_Xyr8-ntf_Sqpx_Q/s1280/Paul%20Siegell%20David%20Lennard.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtEWgyzmUFSVPsGhSNN-xxX3qzjJs8xTJVyJMbexA3MTke3XtBIshCb2JQjS7waiy1AvnPkmmOONqbKepQ63KKIZXQSBAStGaW2ZQZaABKUipCl1miNqPbIIrfeUAjdA6WjfImJqslP-gHbKiXK_simrmBUXpBIeLmef_Xyr8-ntf_Sqpx_Q/s400/Paul%20Siegell%20David%20Lennard.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwQ0u6OCOBpV7QfT3S22hNOfaNbpfG7eimXo7xPNckjggC1RP1LptCDcw4u_3qTEuOSo6UC6JteUl5eEs6X2EPUAuIkXiQCriT_LtoYXhpQMsF3DE8QOtVzPq6Uh1DyCnek6BQhEJDqZoTSuSvEulZ5JFIRSXOd3jSM9BmpRieH5UbdHpKQ/s1080/Paul%20Siegell%20Glitter%20Bomber.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJwQ0u6OCOBpV7QfT3S22hNOfaNbpfG7eimXo7xPNckjggC1RP1LptCDcw4u_3qTEuOSo6UC6JteUl5eEs6X2EPUAuIkXiQCriT_LtoYXhpQMsF3DE8QOtVzPq6Uh1DyCnek6BQhEJDqZoTSuSvEulZ5JFIRSXOd3jSM9BmpRieH5UbdHpKQ/s400/Paul%20Siegell%20Glitter%20Bomber.jpg"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj6HeCji72gei1srR-xT0UFacF1q-WrVJjRdj4pAyINxKAnVQDchrtQ72Svq-mgeorgX1daeMb5KfxegS2CQC4SGbBw7LhxlB6_p4EgAr1nXk4cMP8KNxgApp95mhHE53Ts1-t1jNji1dEfe_JkU12EhZsYofxRtFZPru0V7J2kKqq9kHuw/s881/David%20Lennard%20Missing%20My%20Friend.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="881" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzj6HeCji72gei1srR-xT0UFacF1q-WrVJjRdj4pAyINxKAnVQDchrtQ72Svq-mgeorgX1daeMb5KfxegS2CQC4SGbBw7LhxlB6_p4EgAr1nXk4cMP8KNxgApp95mhHE53Ts1-t1jNji1dEfe_JkU12EhZsYofxRtFZPru0V7J2kKqq9kHuw/s400/David%20Lennard%20Missing%20My%20Friend.png"/></a></div>Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-74442942262029293962023-01-12T14:34:00.001-05:002023-01-12T14:34:21.647-05:00backstage at the submission apparition exhibition<b>2022</b>: 6 poetry acceptances + 30 rejections received; 4 "wordPlay ground" videos created
<br /><b>2021</b>: 5 poetry acceptances + 24 rejections received; <b><u>1 chapbook</u></b> published; named <b><u>Montgomery County Poet Laureate</u></b><br /><b>2020</b>: 1 poetry acceptance + 3 rejections received; 1 new boss, 1 house bought, 1 car leased, 1 negative COVID test + 1 <b>baby girl</b> born!<br />
<b>2019</b>: 5 poetry acceptances + 34 rejections received; 1 work promotion + well, I got engaged, planned a wedding and done got married!<br />
<b>2018</b>: 3 poetry acceptances + 1 fiction acceptance + 43 rejections received; (1 work promotion) + 1 Pushcart nomination! <br />
<b>2017</b>: 10 acceptances + 50 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2016</b>: 11 acceptances + 53 rejections received;<br />
<b>2015</b>: 12 acceptances + 88 (54/34) rejections received;<br />
<b>2014</b>: 9 acceptances + 31 rejections received;<br />
<b>2013</b>: 12 acceptances + 37 rejections received;<br />
<b>2012</b>: 12 acceptances + 39 rejections received;<br />
<b>2011</b>: 16 acceptances + 37 rejections received; <br />
<b>2010</b>: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received; <br />
<b>2009</b>: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2008</b>: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2007</b>: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>! <br />
<b>2006</b>: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received<br />
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<br />Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-49063860254744472142022-10-31T11:08:00.005-04:002022-10-31T11:15:49.743-04:005 new poems in Otoliths #67<a href="https://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2022/08/paul-siegell.html" target="_blank">BEGINNER.<br>
CHARGER.<br>
X-OUTER. (FOR JEN STRAUSS AND ERIN CLOUD)<br>
GAMER. (GREEN MUSHROOM)<br>
DEMYSTIFIER. (“SECRET CHAMBER FOUND IN ANCIENT PYRAMID”)</a>
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2022/08/paul-siegell.html" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="400" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWvU9Rt3IZGnDCkrydfpqQD5uItz_NiHhKmCsqgdXts2acuLjiN1TMztum3nyHzJgZAqM6SQKVkXvQ7m_EHtPLJ-J9jy1d83QuSHXmVBfTR3jkNveu7BYZ8lkZgQtfysyykd8BdC50-4jAsz23UC1UR1NHFtPyV9ypitaaB-vPB2rtqtuGHg/s400/Paul%20Siegell%20Demystifier.png"/></a></div><br>Many thanks to editor <a href="https://the-otolith.blogspot.com/2022/08/paul-siegell.html" target="_blank">Mark Young</a>!Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-12131823142652232402022-10-13T09:59:00.002-04:002022-10-13T10:00:45.730-04:00From the archives: *BIG TIME* in the American Poetry Review (2008)Appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of APR. <b>Winner of the Goodreads Poetry Contest, May 2010</b>. Click to enlarge.
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❤️ Many thanks to <b>Peter Carlaftes</b> and <b>Kat Georges</b> for including my work in the incredible <i>MAINTENANT 16</i>.Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-77264619973255213782022-06-21T11:31:00.002-04:002022-06-21T11:32:39.560-04:00Healing Verse Poetry Line: Week of June 20th<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRg1yfJxCRw6x3kqBQ-KG3E-WxOAku630aMNU6u3qC58_-CntolIe_hPwssFdw8bBfvvvyys1eHBkvPiExyYBjaBIeRhaAGsywWffa-4yzpQv_LOObexUsFmHDSjPdlMaMSFDEwbRDLs42qrp28StSKph6w9SR9etfNjdA0110e45QUdtYQ/s1080/6-20-Paul%20Siegell%201%20Healing%20Verse%20Poetry%20Line.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGRg1yfJxCRw6x3kqBQ-KG3E-WxOAku630aMNU6u3qC58_-CntolIe_hPwssFdw8bBfvvvyys1eHBkvPiExyYBjaBIeRhaAGsywWffa-4yzpQv_LOObexUsFmHDSjPdlMaMSFDEwbRDLs42qrp28StSKph6w9SR9etfNjdA0110e45QUdtYQ/s400/6-20-Paul%20Siegell%201%20Healing%20Verse%20Poetry%20Line.png"/></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHxCRnPBxBhdCbLH8qDgdFf7lOb6wsfxNnPG71VsTslbfQ7jzdYvY5hYuVUcZx2hOIFL-NnmBKBffRLrIMOI8GnWkI6SQEyaF0QDxfJiDPV5UJSOirKwP28EvxRNgiT0ly63rM3a5q8McvScldxM_dBQDvD05s1rUSOhDuJPPrOcEhwxHqA/s1080/6-20-Paul%20Siegell%202%20Healing%20Verse%20Poetry%20Line.png" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHxCRnPBxBhdCbLH8qDgdFf7lOb6wsfxNnPG71VsTslbfQ7jzdYvY5hYuVUcZx2hOIFL-NnmBKBffRLrIMOI8GnWkI6SQEyaF0QDxfJiDPV5UJSOirKwP28EvxRNgiT0ly63rM3a5q8McvScldxM_dBQDvD05s1rUSOhDuJPPrOcEhwxHqA/s400/6-20-Paul%20Siegell%202%20Healing%20Verse%20Poetry%20Line.png"/></a></div>
Friends, what's new in the whirlwind is that a poem of mine is this week's feature on the <b>Healing Verse Poetry Line</b>! Tremendous gratitude to Trapeta Mayson and Yolanda Wisher for selecting my work. <br>
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☎️ Call 1-855-POEMRX2 (1-855-763-6792) to hear me read "UPDATER." all week long. Dial for some care and healing today!<br><br>
Follow @philacontemporary for updates on new entries to the Healing Verse Poetry Line. New poems drop on the line every Monday!Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-35275775714623820952022-06-13T13:13:00.005-04:002022-06-13T13:16:24.976-04:00wordPlay ground: Ep. 4: The Baroness Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/U7s0wJKdmr4"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="758" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNQSvtd8FkWQGHWdj4v1mU1J3d_dGNHRP-Hr0RqGAEX5dJFy_1Rp2Tkun0UAllNdo46BZC3_AffkM7jgxTmM7SucDhIbbbarZp8qTVoIHy2yzWzvuOYHCZBQh34A8GraodPUJtqZejpy7tLDroQz2lIi1gxUWQrjcgpjHCnqzxWt4-51Tpfg/s400/Paul%20Siegell%20Baroness%20Elsa%20Von%20Freytag%20Loringhoven%20Joanne%20Leva.png"/></a></div>It's <b>wordPlay ground</b>, the new Facebook Live event hosted by 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate Paul Siegell. Each month, Paul livestreams from a different playground in PA’s Montgomery County and treats viewers to some of the most playful poems to have ever flipped his flamingoes.<br /><b><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/U7s0wJKdmr4" target="_blank">Episode 4: THE BARONESS ELSE VON FREYTAG-LORINGHOVEN</a></b> <br /><br />Filmed on 05.28.22 at Grotto Flamingo with special guest Joanne Leva! <a href="https://youtu.be/U7s0wJKdmr4" target="_blank">Watch now</a> :)<br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/U7s0wJKdmr4"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdCtJTSyBQhMqZBa6dRdsqAqgyzfxbwlnx6kvzDPqvgPbMK1B2Np6fkE-OuWBKVLjChWwTTSP__aBvcLx2moPbscZ6nHldGV1PYt0XX40zl6KUgDGEpmx5WDfczGjRu94mV25j22qQWhAlvLskz5toRGQcbd5vVae2NcqSM4p5sxbrqqR4uQ=s400" width="400" /></a></div>Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-35648573524235019272022-04-13T11:37:00.002-04:002022-04-13T13:57:07.619-04:00wordPlay ground: Ep. 3: e.e. cummings<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/nuWRM5YJV9E" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img alt="" border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqK3_zKcPc9VbaphAmfJZMr4zND1FIhZGDZAOjR48Xt6EI-VJhiRYFbeIedFVmEE7GWnwPYT5jdtpqbU6zqN7DukTQui-ZX9coBvNLyTyWHP5VUCKmgSCEy_KlxrAxNNue_h6gEJJSxiMMSl6B-RYj7onGA5yEs54tHBobv4tmGqC5-rF-Ew/s400/Paul%20Siegell%20wordPlay%20ground%20Joanne%20Leva%20ee%20cummings.png" width="400" /></a></div>It's <b>wordPlay ground</b>, the new Facebook Live event hosted by 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate Paul Siegell. Each month, Paul livestreams from a different playground in PA’s Montgomery County and treats viewers to some of the most playful poems to have ever flipped his flamingoes.<br /><b><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/nuWRM5YJV9E" target="_blank">Episode 3: E.E. CUMMINGS</a></b> <br /><br />Filmed on 04.09.22 at Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School Park with special guest Joanne Leva! <a href="https://youtu.be/nuWRM5YJV9E" target="_blank">Watch now</a> :)<br />
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<b>As 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate, I:</b> <br><br>
* <b>Contributed to</b>: <i><a href="https://lmls.org/ardmorecookbook/" target="_blank">Red Door Recipies: The Ardmore Free Library's Community Cookbook</a></i><br><br>
* <b>Judged</b>: Ardmore Library’s <a href="https://lmls.org/ardmorepoetry/" target="_blank">2022 Charlotte Miller Simon Poetry Contest</a><br><br>
* <b>Created the "Laureate Lookback"</b>: Throughout the year on Facebook, I shined a light on poems of all the Laureates: from 1999’s Yolanda Wisher to 2020’s David Gaines and everyone in between<br><br>
* <b>Assisted in the early planning</b>: Montgomery County Youth Laureate Program<br><br>
* <b>Co-created "wordPlay ground</b>": For the past few months, Joanne Leva and I have been livestreaming from different playgrounds in Montco and treating viewers to short, interactive discussions on some of the most playful poems to have ever flipped my flamingoes. <br><p>Many <a href="https://www.eclipsec3.com/event-details/montgomery-county-poet-laureate-award-ceremony?fbclid=IwAR3KfZhlNC4eldLG0g9bm3D54u8wb_e-ZzotEKvI3oEhWjn5FjnmpdIwRdM" target="_blank">thanks</a>! </p>
Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-69467550256218420542022-04-01T12:14:00.001-04:002022-04-01T12:14:20.723-04:00Two poems in The Broadkill Review <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.broadkillreview.com/post/two-poems-by-paul-siegell" target="_blank"style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="393" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Wa0a8obPouiLds6y4k6H1-3bmA9pWBIjZJZ4HDTNVqve6ZIkGbflAuF57tUUJ0AMNkxr7HUSD4GmSW_i_oN1boVnBuzhkOLQNloeHo7vEc8nUKfWNzz2oaVqbdlXIJYap93uT6ZQWQk3FHy9v-0ckKXbmxnJUXRWY_N2-P7kuJ1i-5dVmw/s400/Screen%20Shot%202022-04-01%20at%2012.08.56%20PM.png"/></a></div><a href="https://www.broadkillreview.com/post/two-poems-by-paul-siegell" target="_blank">Refresher. (For Warren Longmire)</a><br><a href="https://www.broadkillreview.com/post/two-poems-by-paul-siegell" target="_blank">However. ("To Telescope in Striking Spectacle")</a><br><br>
Many thanks to Poetry Editor Kari Ann Ebert! Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-27656713459117983592022-03-24T09:20:00.002-04:002022-03-24T09:21:16.939-04:00AWP PHILLY: MARCH 25: OFFSITE READING<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://www.writersroomdrexel.org/programming/omnibus-house-party" target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8xrcg-qVhLc9ohpawwW37f-2CwxNK4cSR_m2erLOPCyH0koDH8Km13A8EFUXWfKRVatZ3Ic8-9UEgGqjzHBoDYVgfpa-sd2edmgkOkgOh2AiytjOiHmIzfGs9UrDN6UFTmc8WKyD0Tna9efU72ewm1KkVro3iqmb7rJSenozKAsuvS7WKDg/s400/AWP%20PHILLY%20PBQ%20Paul%20Siegell.jpg"/></a></div>
<a href="https://www.writersroomdrexel.org/programming/omnibus-house-party" target="_blank">An Omnibus House Party</a> featuring writers from Writers Room, Painted Bride Quarterly, & Red Hen Press.<br><br>
<b>Featured readers from Writers Room</b>: Norman Cain - Keyssh Datts - Lauren Lowe<br><br>
<b>Featured readers from PBQ</b>: Sarah Browning - Kyle Brown Watson - Sadie Shorr Parks - Paul Siegell<br><br>
<b>Featured readers from Red Hen Press</b>: Kazim Ali - Carlos Allende - Jan Beatty - Melanie Conroy-Goldman Lara Ehrlich - Carleton Eastlake - Beth Gilstrap - Sadie Hoagland - Jim Peterson - Diane Thiel - John Weir - Joan Nockels Wilson - Yuvi Zalkow<br><br>
Facebook invite: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/650021889409237" target="_blank">here</a>.
Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-18007731705486494152022-03-18T12:52:00.004-04:002022-03-18T14:37:55.076-04:00wordPlay ground: Ep. 2: Lee Ann Brown<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/3gp5ke0e3WM"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="902" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh_XoMMDiSRqHCVGRAJT4ViBGIvh9zOtkHO9uSDyUC807OdjwsFCyW33OqcTNvZYrdc02GpM2brJPts9zXOtaX5U4BtT1a5apWw4bDXcB1Gp9QzPL0qki3_0EAJCAOWPqIeqsC_pL-M6l8v3CHdy8FrklR9PXzQRhffhuzjQQRxG-vwaeZsHw=s400"/></a></div>
Introducing <b>wordPlay ground</b>, the new Facebook Live event hosted by 2021 <b>Montgomery County Poet Laureate</b> Paul Siegell.<br><br>Each month, Paul will livestream from a different playground in Montco and treat viewers to a short, interactive discussion on some of the most playful poems to have ever flipped his flamingoes.<br><br><b><a href="https://youtu.be/3gp5ke0e3WM" target="_blank">EP 2. LEE ANN BROWN</a></b><br><br> Filmed on 03.06.22 at Henry Lee Willet Park with special guest Joanne Leva! <a href="https://youtu.be/3gp5ke0e3WM" target="_blank">Watch now</a> (12:25).
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5dOEgR_nlPc"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdCtJTSyBQhMqZBa6dRdsqAqgyzfxbwlnx6kvzDPqvgPbMK1B2Np6fkE-OuWBKVLjChWwTTSP__aBvcLx2moPbscZ6nHldGV1PYt0XX40zl6KUgDGEpmx5WDfczGjRu94mV25j22qQWhAlvLskz5toRGQcbd5vVae2NcqSM4p5sxbrqqR4uQ=s400"/></a></div>Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-59967691184338961742022-03-08T14:46:00.004-05:002022-03-18T12:54:34.077-04:00wordPlay ground: Ep. 1: Aram Saroyan <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5dOEgR_nlPc"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="984" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjLvUjVb7b0WfRA-8OoTihVzCgJS9vLLxOhq1cy8AO76D6uPmHtD5To8XIX8xEDtorBeYu1JHcIasOICZrgLRQBn2kCDKAOPxpQnXHr8Mx8qVHqY-AdhZpQivFTGJZ7achNxou0a48T5Yy0-JQVI1xgKBwVPY12aySD7USVXJ1r5Roe4dSbbg=s400"/></a></div>
Introducing <b>wordPlay ground</b>, the new Facebook Live event hosted by 2021 <b>Montgomery County Poet Laureate</b> Paul Siegell.<br><br>Each month, Paul will livestream from a different playground in Montco and treat viewers to a short, interactive discussion on some of the most playful poems to have ever flipped his flamingoes.<br><br><b><a href="https://youtu.be/5dOEgR_nlPc" target="_blank">EP 1. The Groundbreaking Minimalist Poet ARAM SAROYAN</a></b><br><br> Filmed on 02.12.22 at Evergreen Manor Park with special guest Joanne Leva! <a href="https://youtu.be/5dOEgR_nlPc" target="_blank">Watch now</a> (6:08)
<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://youtu.be/5dOEgR_nlPc"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="178" data-original-width="412" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjdCtJTSyBQhMqZBa6dRdsqAqgyzfxbwlnx6kvzDPqvgPbMK1B2Np6fkE-OuWBKVLjChWwTTSP__aBvcLx2moPbscZ6nHldGV1PYt0XX40zl6KUgDGEpmx5WDfczGjRu94mV25j22qQWhAlvLskz5toRGQcbd5vVae2NcqSM4p5sxbrqqR4uQ=s400"/></a></div>Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-90137536250257768022022-01-01T11:19:00.000-05:002022-01-01T11:19:06.537-05:00backstage at the submission apparition exhibition<b>2021</b>: 5 poetry acceptances + 24 rejections received; <b><u>1 chapbook</u></b> published; named <b><u>Montgomery County Poet Laureate</u></b><br /><b>2020</b>: 1 poetry acceptance + 3 rejections received; 1 new boss, 1 house bought, 1 car leased, 1 negative COVID test + 1 <b>baby girl</b> born!<br />
<b>2019</b>: 5 poetry acceptances + 34 rejections received; 1 work promotion + well, I got engaged, planned a wedding and done got married!<br />
<b>2018</b>: 3 poetry acceptances + 1 fiction acceptance + 43 rejections received; (1 work promotion) + 1 Pushcart nomination! <br />
<b>2017</b>: 10 acceptances + 50 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2016</b>: 11 acceptances + 53 rejections received;<br />
<b>2015</b>: 12 acceptances + 88 (54/34) rejections received;<br />
<b>2014</b>: 9 acceptances + 31 rejections received;<br />
<b>2013</b>: 12 acceptances + 37 rejections received;<br />
<b>2012</b>: 12 acceptances + 39 rejections received;<br />
<b>2011</b>: 16 acceptances + 37 rejections received; <br />
<b>2010</b>: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received; <br />
<b>2009</b>: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2008</b>: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>!<br />
<b>2007</b>: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received; <b><u>1 book accepted</u></b>! <br />
<b>2006</b>: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received<br />
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<br />Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-13360408750976441052021-10-20T16:19:00.007-04:002021-10-20T16:23:09.281-04:0011 M__TM___RE poems published in the Fall 2021 issue of BlazeVOX<p> <a href="http://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall21/Fall%2021%20-%20Paul%20Siegell.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32WhoglbVdQQlhZqHpw_LYoCTN7POTDfdBPEYJD2WUvfv552LvFh6B6tA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1230" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JTyYyjh4oDpzFUTNGd_mjgcdKasZPf5_7Hu9Ml8gr_q8eAgA556kPCsDg54I61W3IcdFw61Gp1MUb7ZWavVEWWuKYVF7nQzY9rDaW17TF-4hq2Qw80rrIc2qBY-PKkWMjdxq/w400-h195/BlazeVOX+Paul+Siegell.jpg" width="400" /></a><span face="system-ui, -apple-system, system-ui, ".SFNSText-Regular", sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall21/Fall%2021%20-%20Paul%20Siegell.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32WhoglbVdQQlhZqHpw_LYoCTN7POTDfdBPEYJD2WUvfv552LvFh6B6tA" target="_blank">art’,</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall21/Fall%2021%20-%20Paul%20Siegell.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32WhoglbVdQQlhZqHpw_LYoCTN7POTDfdBPEYJD2WUvfv552LvFh6B6tA" target="_blank">added</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall21/Fall%2021%20-%20Paul%20Siegell.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32WhoglbVdQQlhZqHpw_LYoCTN7POTDfdBPEYJD2WUvfv552LvFh6B6tA" target="_blank">arriving</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall21/Fall%2021%20-%20Paul%20Siegell.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32WhoglbVdQQlhZqHpw_LYoCTN7POTDfdBPEYJD2WUvfv552LvFh6B6tA" target="_blank">into the</a></span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall21/Fall%2021%20-%20Paul%20Siegell.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32WhoglbVdQQlhZqHpw_LYoCTN7POTDfdBPEYJD2WUvfv552LvFh6B6tA" target="_blank">object,
taken away.</a></span></div><p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="http://www.blazevox.org/BX%20Covers/BXFall21/Fall%2021%20-%20Paul%20Siegell.pdf?fbclid=IwAR32WhoglbVdQQlhZqHpw_LYoCTN7POTDfdBPEYJD2WUvfv552LvFh6B6tA" target="_blank">ELEVEN</a>!!! Big love for <i><a href="http://wp.blazevox.org/?portfolio=blazevox21-fall-2021&fbclid=IwAR2jAyrX4gAjHKLR-0qOrrrp0jAZBvUcyVDVgkC1kez6tg3aPHBijbLs7xI" target="_blank">BlazeVOX</a> </i>and its Fall 2021 issue! Huge thanks to editor <a class="oajrlxb2 g5ia77u1 qu0x051f esr5mh6w e9989ue4 r7d6kgcz rq0escxv nhd2j8a9 nc684nl6 p7hjln8o kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x jb3vyjys rz4wbd8a qt6c0cv9 a8nywdso i1ao9s8h esuyzwwr f1sip0of lzcic4wl q66pz984 gpro0wi8 b1v8xokw" href="https://www.facebook.com/geoffrey.gatza?__cft__[0]=AZUVATEVnthvdWEI8omL57pG3OlAqS2t80uDqf_LrHk6cOAkwOuHcpU3XkFK3KAimV9MgWEzyYrkL-DbpagbFo6Mzc_byn7UpvwR1KB252FIbkweKsEMshecGGMLI-2b0es&__tn__=-]K-R" role="link" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: transparent; border-color: initial; border-style: initial; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; cursor: pointer; display: inline; list-style: none; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-align: inherit; text-decoration-line: none; touch-action: manipulation;" tabindex="0" target="_blank"><span class="nc684nl6" style="display: inline;">Geoffrey Gatza</span></a>!</span></p><p></p>Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-85778824320190299602021-07-07T15:03:00.003-04:002021-07-07T15:03:27.952-04:00[NOW AVAILABLE] The Tongue They Shared by Paul Siegell (Moonstone Press, 2021)<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/siegell-paul-the-tongue-they-shared/288?cs=true&cst=custom"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="809" data-original-width="1048" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhr6jVfA9ivy2h_Naq9f65GVY3LK-oQ1OJ5QbQq9UbH9lXR1AsDU-AxnaZKh7axv-2xWueEofn5bsEeKQHpASZghJq0YQdvpRsHXs0JkqElFp77pVTJOUIcGMRy2Zw3KIOZknX6/s400/The+Tongue+They+Shared+Paul+Siegell+Front+Back+Cover.png"/></a></div>
<i><a href="https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/siegell-paul-the-tongue-they-shared/288?cs=true&cst=custom" target="_blank">The Tongue They Shared</a></i> is 24 pages of Paul Siegell mesmerized by live music, mental health, America, Philadelphia, and the beloved tomato. <br><br>
Wonderful cover design by <a href="https://shannoncallery.com/" target="_blank">Shannon Callery</a>.<br><br>
<b>Runner-up in Moonstone Arts' 2021 Chapbook Contest:</b><br><blockquote>"<i>Pay the bill. Leave the credit card behind</i>." – There is elegance and grace in the light on the cityscapes and salvage yards of <i>The Tongue They Shared</i>. Paul Siegell spins you a couple times and gently pushes you into the Poetry Funhouse, with a wink to the masters: e.e. cummings and Ronald Johnson. You can hear this poetry breaking through to a new language – with a Philadelphia accent.</blockquote>
—<b>Leonard Gontarek</b>, Contest Judge, author of <i>Take Your Hand Out Of My Pocket, Shiva</i><br>
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Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-67704367037342739302021-05-21T12:48:00.002-04:002021-05-21T12:50:16.290-04:00Coming soon : New chapbook : Moonstone Press <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8dseKhf3fuHc-P1JdTMT-EvNHt2Jmr1nCLFhRPsDRD0cxhAc73e3U7N6WeuyBz940YHp5636Lm54VvKWjoEebrck7GxqcrqWfF8J1E8-rcY6bvyPx7xymJkdsoohIBs97Wb3/s813/The+Tongue+They+Shared+Chapbook+Paul+Siegell.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" height="600" data-original-height="813" data-original-width="526" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL8dseKhf3fuHc-P1JdTMT-EvNHt2Jmr1nCLFhRPsDRD0cxhAc73e3U7N6WeuyBz940YHp5636Lm54VvKWjoEebrck7GxqcrqWfF8J1E8-rcY6bvyPx7xymJkdsoohIBs97Wb3/s600/The+Tongue+They+Shared+Chapbook+Paul+Siegell.jpg"/></a></div>Cover by <a href="https://shannoncallery.com/" target="_blank">Shannon Callery</a>.Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-34167787914378399572021-05-19T12:00:00.010-04:002021-05-24T10:45:33.045-04:00Click for Calamity Jane<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://oneartpoetry.com/2021/05/19/horse-drawn-by-paul-siegell/" target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="445" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHM6VZnQ-p2OqHnlMo_6zYHXi16ONO1x2-GLIhkuiFo1h2g1Iapgwwf6oDNTfToGG3Jw42Kgrb25SqJUqnnS-QwfNLOWZc6jhve4xR1RcraIgWRNiMrJe7ZDukuh-_fO1u0g8L/s400/Paul+Siegell+Horse-Drawn+One+Art+Poem.png"/></a></div>
Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-56625264448234471672021-04-22T11:45:00.008-04:002021-04-23T09:27:52.787-04:00Virtual Poetry Reading: 2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest Winners – Kyle Laws, Faith Paulsen, Paul Siegell May 19 @ 7:00 pm<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://moonstoneartscenter.org/event/virtual-poetry-reading-2021-moonstone-chapbook-contest-winners-kyle-laws-faith-paulsen-paul-siegell/"target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBTwG22R9KVEQDiPNlX0Oj_C4wDqhg54bpEhdeAJBF-5vvTK0-tEbXf9QjNMB68jlM_lblM-_K_BGcVFoMDleXjotqBykMFli_FF8g895-trSoC_4aAyoc7vLtohpsopU-jsca/s400/Paul+Siegell+Moonstone+Press+Chapbook.png"/></a></div>
Zoom link <a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84308329737?pwd=RjJUdCtJVXRySjlvMHdXakJRRzVmUT09" target="_blank">here</a>. Meeting ID: 843 0832 9737 – Passcode: 678146.
<b>Virtual Poetry Reading: 2021 Moonstone Chapbook Contest</b>:
<b>First Prize</b>: Kyle Laws – author of <i>The Sea is Woman</i>
<b>Runner-Up</b>: Faith Paulsen – author of <i>We Marry, We Bury, We Sing or We Weep</i>
<b>Runner-Up</b>: Paul Siegell – author of <i>The Tongue They Shared</i>
Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-72720125869731423702021-04-16T11:30:00.001-04:002021-04-19T11:33:15.010-04:0004.17.21- My first reading as Montgomery County Poet Laureate <div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="http://www.montcopoet.org/poetlaureate/mcpl-2021/" target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="649" data-original-width="677" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNvmA8e8gFyXHyaK-xGJRxgLRDyVvWCar86-9tA8I2A8JmTdysi4QFSQl85sWvfpYiJacF0khW2eW5XKcwz7GxoTajCRrTaoE_wuKJcmqeYQ8-pM5nzixZ0TExJ9TUCohKdTws/s400/April+16+MCPL+Paul+Siegell.png"/></a></div>Join Philadelphia Stories and the MCPL Program as we celebrate the winner, Caitlin Kossmann, along with the runners up, and Editors’ Choices of the 2021 Sandy Crimmins National Prize in Poetry. <a href="http://www.montcopoet.org/poetlaureate/mcpl-2021/" target="_blank">Also featured is the 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate, Paul Siegell</a>.Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33615220.post-23064387727831910322021-04-08T11:15:00.002-04:002021-04-19T11:33:51.728-04:00Sing it with me: "One baby to another says, 'I'm lucky to have met you'"<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://oneartpoetry.com/2021/04/08/hook-haiku-by-paul-siegell/" target="_blank" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRdRoGAZViA50E6yMcnocRqd1TQRRaZbY4dUO6ybvoJK_JZ7vnyfjj9aZK9kVIOsLiPT8dF9G5C2omfzxWpLrATiNlg9UQcD0NQr9JbYKeYOk7YyWaAgJn9DROWyr14FKsHi1q/s400/April+8+Nirvana+Paul+Siegell+Hook+Haiku.png"/></a></div>
Nirvana is the band. <i>Nevermind</i> is the album. Spencer Elden is the baby. <a href="https://oneartpoetry.com/2021/04/08/hook-haiku-by-paul-siegell/?fbclid=IwAR0GcKh4vzw-gvE65B02exGJRCA6K81ClbxPySC97ydxzrUZbdPbx-SH0_8" target="_blank"><b>HOOK HAIKU</b> is the poem</a>. <i>ONE ART</i>: a journal of poetry is the journal. Mark Danowsky is the editor. Louisa Schnaithmann is also the editor. And today is the day, 27 years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead at his home at the age of 27. Paul Siegellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04358833285371296498noreply@blogger.com0