Word from my publisher and Ernest Dempsey, editor of the new journal RECOVERING THE SELF, http://www.recoveringself.com/ regarding speaking your poetry on the Web. Here’s an opportunity to get your poetic voice heard:

From Ernest,

. . . let me surprise you with my audio poem at a new site that hosts audio poems. Mine is from my second poetry book Two Candles. The link is http://thepoetspeak.com/. If you would like to get your audio poem posted, feel free to contact the editor.

Wishing you all well,

Ernest

Look for Minnesota writer Theresa Crushon in current issue of RECOVERING THE SELF!

“A Decade of Asian Am Spoken Word” Bai Phi, YourVoices, January 4, 2010

Check it out! This is the site I almost wrote for, but I had a change of mind (as you know, I may have a lot to say, but I don’t get it down in writing to say it very often). When the contract came back postage due, I knew I had made the right decision! But, now, Bao has started writing for YourVoices–yes, he used to skateboard in my neighborhood/my front yard with my sons–that’s what he told me–memory fades!

Is it too late, am I too old to become a Spoken Word Artist? Yes and no. How to memorize my own words? I ask students to memorize a poem, they sigh. I used to say, when I memorize my poems, I will know I am a poet. I’ve been writing poetry since second grade. This month I will be of social security age. I have only memorized one five line poem of mine. It’s enough. No pressure.

But, I do admire Minnesota’s Spoken Word Artists; I do appreciate Bao Phi’s work as an artist, and an activist–keeping Asian American voices visible and heard (what’s the antonym for silent? seriously. visible and loud? this is why I don’t blog often. wordsmithing? i get caught up in language. what words am i supposed to know and understand and use correctly? a topic for another blog entry. lunch is over. extended actually. another time)

Sherry

http://www.startribune.com/yourvoices/80632997.html?elr=KArks47cQiUdcOy_9cP3DiU47cQUU