Raven’s Wing Poetry

The February 2010 Edition of Poetry Super Highway Worldwide Open Reading is online now! I read my poem “Angels” on the show. Poets from Newark, NJ, Desert Hot Springs, CA, Lake Wells, FL, Santa Barbara, CA, Valley Center, CA, Birmingham, AL, North Hollywood, CA and Sonoma, CA also read poems on the show.

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/psh/2010/02/07/february-2010-worldwide-open-reading.

The next show is scheduled for Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:00 PM Pacific/5:00 PM Eastern. For more information, see the PSH Live website.

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Since it is the close of another year, I thought I would post my thoughts today.

First of all, I want to say “thank you” to the readers of Raven’s Wing Poetry. Many of you who have visited RWP since its inception in 2008 have watched me emerge and grow as a poet. You have been honest with me about my work, and that honesty has helped me strive to write better and better. I have come a long way since the first poem on this blog, and I will continue to challenge myself and grow further as a poet with each new work that I write.
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Hey y’all,

My Member Spotlight* is up at Read Write Poem.

So go read it already!

*Member Spotlight: Per Read Write Poem’s website, the “directors will ask members to step forward and answer a few questions about themselves and their relationship to poetry.” Basically, it’s an interview.

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The Poetry Forum has announced a partial show schedule for Winter 2010:

• January 11: Laura Rossi
• January 18: M. Bennett
• January 25: Beverly Zeimer
• February 1: Michael Wright
• February 8: Fred Kirchner
• February 15: Louise Robertson
• February 22: Sophia Kartsonis
• March 1: Leslie Jenike
• March 8: Scott Woods

All shows are on Mondays at 7 p.m. at the Rumba Café, 2507 Summit Street @ Hudson Street, Columbus.

For more info, check out Poetry Calendar Columbus.

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Mike “Spike” Cowell will be the feature at Writer’s Block First Draft Poetry on Friday, February 19 @ 8:00 P.M. He will performing a set of all-new poems that night. His feature, as always, will be followed by the traditional First Draft open mic.

More details about the show will be posted once they are announced.

For those not familiar with the night, First Draft is a poetry night where new poems and new poets are always welcome. Cover is $3 for the night. Come on out and share your *new* poetry — and be prepared for an awesome feature!

For more info about Writer’s Block’s First Draft Night, check out:

http://writersblockpoetry.rewritingovid.net/FirstDraftOpenMic.php

http://community.livejournal.com/wbpoetry

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Writer’s Block Poetry announced the beginning of its 2010 National Poetry Slam season on Tuesday The first preliminary slam was on Wednesday, January 27. From the WB Listserv’s latest email:

“January marks the traditional beginning of our NPS season, where we have preliminary slams to pick our team for the trip to NPS in August. The season runs 6 preliminary slams, and then a Grand Slam to pick the top 4 poets that will make up the team. We added a preliminary slam to the season this year, so good luck!”

A complete schedule follows below for those interested in either watching or competing this season to be on the team representing the WB at the 2010 National Poetry Slam, which will be held in St. Paul, MN in August (dates and more details will be released later this year — check http://nationalpoetryslam.com/ or http://www.poetryslam.com/ for more details).

• February 24
• March 24
• March 31
• April 28
• May 19

The final Grand Slam will happen on May 26. The top 8 scoring poets from this slam season will compete for placement on the WB Team.

For additional details, check out the links below:

• Writer’s Block Poetry Events Schedule (includes slams)
• WB Slam Guidelines
• WB Current Slam Season Results
• General Info on WB Slams

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Writing Wrong Poetry Slam posted its 2010 National Poetry Slam season schedule. The first slam was on January 12, with Nicole Homer and Omar “Ion” Holman featuring before the first contention slam. The rest of the schedule is listed below:

• February 9th
• February 23rd
• March 23rd
• April 13th

The Grand Slam, which will determine the four team members that will represent Writing Wrongs at the 2010 National Poetry Slam, is scheduled for April 27th.

You can find current WW Slam Season results here.

The 2010 National Poetry Slam will be held in St. Paul, MN in August (dates and more details will be released later this year — check http://nationalpoetryslam.com/ or http://www.poetryslam.com/ for more details).

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In case you haven’t heard by now, I’ll mention that Columbus, Ohio is hosting the Women of the World Poetry Slam in 2010. WOWPS will be held March 10 – 13 at various venues in the city (see below for details).

From Poetry Slam, Inc.:

“As one of the 20 biggest cities in the US and the largest city in Ohio, Columbus offers all the resource, venue and location needs for this event catering to hundreds of participants including competitors, organizers, volunteers, audience members and emcees.”

The city and the poetry nights around Columbus are proud and excited to have this event coming. Please, if you are in or near Columbus, I urge you to come out and support this event, which is sure to be high-energy, electric, exciting, and an advancement of the art of poetry slam.

The WOWPS website has a wealth of information, schedules, and etc. for this year’s slam. Please check out the following links for more information:

• Schedule of Events
• Schedule with Event Descriptions
• Venues
• Tickets
• WOWPS 2010 News
• Letter from the Chairwoman
• FAQ

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Dan Vaughn, T Miller, and Eboni Hogan will feature at Writing Wrongs Poetry Slam in February!

Dan Vaughn Features @ Writing Wrongs

Dan Vaughn will feature first on February 16. According to WW, Vaughn “has been a staple in the Milwaukee Poetry Slam scene since its conception, representing Milwaukee 8 times at the National Poetry Slam. Don’t miss the opportunity to see this Midwest Force in person.”

T Miller and Eboni Hogan Feature @ Writing Wrongs

T Miller and Eboni Hogan will both feature at WW on February 23. Some info about these ladies from WW follows below:

“T Miller is a Detroit native that is a two time WOWPS Finalist and multiple Detroit National Team Representative. Eboni Hogan is an Urbana Poetry slam Grand Champion and two time Nuyorican Poetry Slam team member, including the 2009 National Poetry Slam Finalist team. You don’t want to miss these two Femme Fatales do their thing at Writing Wrongs.”

WW also notes that “there will be an Open Mic and Slam that night too, so get there early to sign up. With such a packed schedule, WE WILL START ON TIME!” So no Poet Standard Time, folks.

All shows start @ 8:00 P.M. and are held at Urban Spirit Coffee Shop, 893 E. Long Street, Columbus, OH (View Map). Cover for each event is $5.00.

Oh yeah — and don’t forget about the next slam for NPS contention @ WW, scheduled for February 9.

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As part of my effort to redesign this blog, I have changed the Raven’s Wing Press page to a new layout. The page should be easier to navigate, and now includes sub-pages for each book I’ve published. Sample poems from each book are now in HTML format.

I have designed them with a new WordPress theme in mind, so they won’t quite look the same when I complete renovations. My target date to complete the redesign is March 1, 2010.

Please take a few moments to look at the new pages, and let me know what you think via comments on this post or backchannel (ravenswingpoetry AT gmail DOT com). Your input is much appreciated.

-Nicole Nicholson
Founder, Raven’s Wing Poetry

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Raven’s Wing Poetry now has a channel on gabcast.com. Today, I recorded four of my poems:

1. “Counting Stars” (unpublished)
2. “Somewhere”, published in Poetry Super Highway’s 2009 Yom Hashoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) Edition
3. “Ashes”, published on this blog in December 2009
4. “Litany to a Melancholic”, published on this blog in December 2009

Keep watching my blog for more updates. I’ll be publishing more audio poems to my Gabcast channel soon.

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