5 new poems in Otoliths #67

BEGINNER.
CHARGER.
X-OUTER. (FOR JEN STRAUSS AND ERIN CLOUD)
GAMER. (GREEN MUSHROOM)
DEMYSTIFIER. (“SECRET CHAMBER FOUND IN ANCIENT PYRAMID”)

Many thanks to editor Mark Young!

From the archives: *BIG TIME* in the American Poetry Review (2008)

Appeared in the July/August 2008 issue of APR. Winner of the Goodreads Poetry Contest, May 2010. Click to enlarge.

📢📢📢 An announcer’s announcement announcing the publication of a new poem: ANNOUNCER.

❤️ Many thanks to Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges for including my work in the incredible MAINTENANT 16.

Healing Verse Poetry Line: Week of June 20th

Friends, what's new in the whirlwind is that a poem of mine is this week's feature on the Healing Verse Poetry Line! Tremendous gratitude to Trapeta Mayson and Yolanda Wisher for selecting my work.

☎️ Call 1-855-POEMRX2 (1-855-763-6792) to hear me read "UPDATER." all week long. Dial for some care and healing today!

Follow @philacontemporary for updates on new entries to the Healing Verse Poetry Line. New poems drop on the line every Monday!

wordPlay ground: Ep. 4: The Baroness Elsa Von Freytag-Loringhoven

It's wordPlay ground, 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.

Episode 4: THE BARONESS ELSE VON FREYTAG-LORINGHOVEN

Filmed on 05.28.22 at Grotto Flamingo with special guest Joanne Leva! Watch now :)

wordPlay ground: Ep. 3: e.e. cummings

It's wordPlay ground, 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.

Episode 3: E.E. CUMMINGS

Filmed on 04.09.22 at Thomas Fitzwater Elementary School Park with special guest Joanne Leva! Watch now :)

MCPL Reading at Eclipse

As 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate, I:

* Contributed to: Red Door Recipies: The Ardmore Free Library's Community Cookbook

* Judged: Ardmore Library’s 2022 Charlotte Miller Simon Poetry Contest

* Created the "Laureate Lookback": 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

* Assisted in the early planning: Montgomery County Youth Laureate Program

* Co-created "wordPlay ground": 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.

Many thanks! 

Two poems in The Broadkill Review

Refresher. (For Warren Longmire)
However. ("To Telescope in Striking Spectacle")

Many thanks to Poetry Editor Kari Ann Ebert!

AWP PHILLY: MARCH 25: OFFSITE READING

An Omnibus House Party featuring writers from Writers Room, Painted Bride Quarterly, & Red Hen Press.

Featured readers from Writers Room: Norman Cain - Keyssh Datts - Lauren Lowe

Featured readers from PBQ: Sarah Browning - Kyle Brown Watson - Sadie Shorr Parks - Paul Siegell

Featured readers from Red Hen Press: 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

Facebook invite: here.

wordPlay ground: Ep. 2: Lee Ann Brown

Introducing wordPlay ground, the new Facebook Live event hosted by 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate Paul Siegell.

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.

EP 2. LEE ANN BROWN

Filmed on 03.06.22 at Henry Lee Willet Park with special guest Joanne Leva! Watch now (12:25).

wordPlay ground: Ep. 1: Aram Saroyan

Introducing wordPlay ground, the new Facebook Live event hosted by 2021 Montgomery County Poet Laureate Paul Siegell.

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.

EP 1. The Groundbreaking Minimalist Poet ARAM SAROYAN

Filmed on 02.12.22 at Evergreen Manor Park with special guest Joanne Leva! Watch now (6:08)

backstage at the submission apparition exhibition

2021: 5 poetry acceptances + 24 rejections received; 1 chapbook published; named Montgomery County Poet Laureate
2020: 1 poetry acceptance + 3 rejections received; 1 new boss, 1 house bought, 1 car leased, 1 negative COVID test + 1 baby girl born!
2019: 5 poetry acceptances + 34 rejections received; 1 work promotion + well, I got engaged, planned a wedding and done got married!
2018: 3 poetry acceptances + 1 fiction acceptance + 43 rejections received; (1 work promotion) + 1 Pushcart nomination!
2017: 10 acceptances + 50 rejections received; 1 book accepted!
2016: 11 acceptances + 53 rejections received;
2015: 12 acceptances + 88 (54/34) rejections received;
2014: 9 acceptances + 31 rejections received;
2013: 12 acceptances + 37 rejections received;
2012: 12 acceptances + 39 rejections received;
2011: 16 acceptances + 37 rejections received;
2010: 22 acceptances + 52 rejections received;
2009: 23 acceptances + 51 rejections received; 1 book accepted!
2008: 25 acceptances + 73 rejections received; 1 book accepted!
2007: 17 acceptances + 71 rejections received; 1 book accepted!
2006: 9 acceptances + 28 rejections received