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a flash of lightning in a clouded evening sky

a flash of lightning in a clouded evening sky

“Hers is a timeless life weaving through other longer lives like a flash of lightning in a clouded evening sky.” ~ Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez, Shining from a Different Firmament I think that the hardest part of this is trying to stay in a good mood, up-beat, positive. I am a period of waiting and it is just too much time for me. I miss the good ol’ days of daily appointments meeting, doing new…

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Poetry Press week is currently accepting submissions from South Florida poets for our 2016 show at the O, Miami Festival, April 22-23. 

We are honored to have three distinguished poets who will select invitees from the submissions pool:

John Brehm is the author of two books of poems, Help Is On the Way and Sea of Faith, and the associate editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry. His poems have appeared in POETRY, The Southern Review, New Ohio Review, The Sun, Prairie Schooner, The Writer’s Almanac, and many other journals and anthologies. He teaches for Mountain Writers Workshop and Literary Arts.

Ashley Toliver is the author of IDEAL MACHINE (Poor Claudia, 2014). Her poems have appeared in Caketrain, Front Porch, PEN America and Third Coast, among others. A Cave Canem graduate fellow, she currently lives in Portland, Ore.

Beatriz Fitzgerald Fernandez is the author of Shining from a Different Firmament (Finishing Line Press) which she presented at the Miami Book Fair International this year.  Her poems have appeared in Boston Literary Magazine, FLARE: The Flagler Review, Label Me Latina/o, Verse Wisconsin, and Writer’s Digest, among others.

Submissions for Poetry Press Week at O, Miami close January 31.

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Reading at the Miami Book Fair with Laura McDermott and Oscar Fuentes!  It was neat closing out the Fair--our audience had nowhere else to rush off to--the rain was long gone and we came out into a beautiful evening, the whole city alight and music from the Swamp enlivening the night.  I’m glad it’s over but it was a wonderful experience!

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