Events & News (08/19/23)
The strange pull of what you really love
The Saturday Spark
Tell us: What “strange pull” or tug toward what you love are you feeling right now?
Attention, poetry lovers!
Would you do me a favor? If you’ve read Poetry of Presence II, could you please join the fabulous teacher Jack Kornfield in reviewing it? Even one quick sentence on Amazon will really help to boost the book’s visibility. Grateful, grateful if you’ve already posted a review!
Got yours?
This week’s feature from my store is a ticket to “All the Honey: The Poems Behind the Poems," an upcoming Zoom event with Rosemerry Wahtola Trommer.
WHEN: Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 6:30-8:00PM Central (7:30-9PM Eastern, 5:30-7PM Mountain, 4:30-6PM Pacific)
YOUR INVESTMENT: $15 (scholarships available—contact Phyllis)
DISCOUNT: Use your Rafter discount code at checkout to get 15% off
THIS EVENT WILL BE RECORDED
Poems are often in dialogue with other poems. In this 90-minute reading in conversation with Raft host Phyllis Cole-Dai, Rosemerry will share some of the poems that have inspired her, paired with her own poems from All the Honey. She’ll also offer prompts for attendees to do their own writing later.
Remember to enter your Rafter discount (“rafter15”) at checkout to receive 15% off your order.
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your choice of one of my books
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In case you missed it . . .
Next week on The Raft . . .
Poetry Pick-Me-Up (Zoom, Thursday, 12-1PM Central). A casual weekly gathering for poetry-sharing and discussion. Hop on the Zoom at this link.
Bring a published poem that has recently struck you to read to the group. Or, just come to listen to poems offered by other Rafters and to participate in informal but wholehearted conversation. Can’t make it? Watch for the video replay in this newsletter!
Grateful, grateful!
My heartfelt thanks to these folks for their recent gifts in support of The Raft: Jari Thymian and Jan Vernor.
Whew! That's all for now. Stay well. Stay witty. Stay tuned into your true spot and create from your radiant, beautiful self.
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For me, for the first time in my life, I am feeling "the strange pull" of what I really love eminating from another person. This is all very new for me. So, I plan to nourish it, and respect it, one day at a time and see what comes next.
Crazy that the first responder is in a bookshop “down east”.