http://emjollie.com/blog Thu, 24 Nov 2011 23:57:26 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Greetings, Dear Ones, May all be well with anyone who happens upon this page... and may your everyday be a giving of thanks, a celebration of living. "Wellalioq" -- Mik'maq for gratitude to all the directions. And a poem in honor of one of the many ways Native folks have survived on ... http://emjollie.com/blog/of-gratitude-grace Dear Everyone, I am again honored to share that several of my poems will be included in the upcoming Spring 2011 edition of Yellow Medicine Review. Stay tuned (here or on the YMR website) if you would like to know when it will be available. Love & Blessings to all, em* http://emjollie.com/blog/upcoming-publication-ymr-spring-11 Greetings All, What a poor job I have done keeping this updated! If there is anyone still here... perhaps you'll understand how the Trees, the Stones, the Creek, the Animal relations outside my door call to me more than the computer most days. Life flows forward... perhaps another post soon... for now, ... http://emjollie.com/blog/future-earth-magazine-celebrations dear Everyone, upcoming reading: Saturday evening Brûlée returns to the stage: November 14, at 8:00 PM at Mayorga Coffee Factory in Silver Spring. venu details: 8040 Georgia Avenue; 301.562.9090. ( http://www.awbmusic.com/brulee/ ) em jollie, her friend Anne Dykers, and her friend Sheila Walsh promise to provide a poetic set-break. we'll be honored if you join ... http://emjollie.com/blog/em-emerges Equinox Poem for the Light (photo from Montague, MA) I just keep turning, I just keep re-turning to the ritual of water - holding out my hands as its shimmer falls always down from the faucet the rocky mountain top the sky I dreamed last night that Sister Flying Horse and I were walking in an airport. I don't know ... http://emjollie.com/blog/equinox-poems-one-two More than once her limbs have borne chains   Here -- a swing where now only those two links sway, see how Carol and her grandson sat reading picture books those so many summers ago?   There -- that branch held a feeder for winter finches, see how the cold ground was covered each year in its scattered seeds, sunflower shells decorating snow?   On ... http://emjollie.com/blog/summer-solstice-2009 dear everyone, the spring 2009 issue of yellow medicine review, guest-edited by Jimmy Santiago Baca, is now available at http://yellowmedicinereview.com/id13.html gorgeous cover art, stunningly smart insides... includes many writers, & four poems by em. all love,   ej http://emjollie.com/blog/yellow-medicine-review-spring-2009 dear Everyone, one of em's poems ("A Neitzschean Critique of Wislawa Szymborksa's 'In Praise of Feeling Bad About Yourself'") will appear in the next issue of Blue Earth Review.  all love, em http://emjollie.com/blog/upcoming-publication-2 dear Everyone, please come support the Kahn Institute's event next Monday evening, April 6th at 7:00 PM in Graham Auditorium in the lower level of Smith College's Hillyer Art Building. Joy Harjo, Mvskoke saxophonist & writer, will be sharing stories, songs, and poetry in an evening entitled "A Map to the ... http://emjollie.com/blog/em-to-give-intro-for-joy-harjos-map-to-the-next-world dear Everyone, two of em's poems ("Climbing to the Stars" and "Celebrating the Day of Mourning") & a photo are in the March 17th post of journalist Eric Schwartz's frequently updated travel blog, found in the blogroll under "Thoughts on the Road" or by clicking here. all love, em http://emjollie.com/blog/linking-arms-ems-poetry-in-eric-schwartzs-travel-blog dear everyone, four of em's poems ("Identity Politics," "An Open Letter to Everyone Who Has Ever Asked Me Exactly How Indian I Am," "Ice Storm," and "Poets Creating Peace Zones") have been accepted for publication in the Spring 2009 edition of Yellow Medicine Review which is scheduled for print in April ... http://emjollie.com/blog/upcoming-publication today's edition of the Hampshire Daily Gazette includes a photo of em's window installation at the Cup & Top in Florence.   all love,  ej http://emjollie.com/blog/em-in-the-news tonight, at the Teapot Gallery in Westfield, MA (call for directions): hosted by Lori & Eli of Word in Westfield 6:30 signups 7:00 open-mic feature set: em jollie bring your words, bring your selves, or send a little prayer out if you can't be there in person. i look forward to seeing everyone tonight! all love, em http://emjollie.com/blog/em-teapot-gallery-tonight