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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
A few weeks ago, I sat riveted to a film about Alzheimer’s disease, caregivers, patients, and the human and financial cost of it all. Even though it was a Saturday evening and I had plans to go out, I could not move from my seat as the documentary film “Every Minute Counts” shared the stories…
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
As I was waking up, I was thinking that he was dead. He had died before Christmas, and he had died alone in Queens, in a home. I wondered why there had been no funeral, why I had no memory of one. I thought of his friends and wondered why I couldn’t remember any…
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
It came up again in yoga class this morning. There it was, the thought that I couldn’t do the next pose, which was Warrior III. After all, I was old enough to pass on this pose. The fear that my knee wouldn’t hold out, that the clicking I hear and feel when bending it these…
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
I often don’t know when I’m afraid.
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
On Tuesday January 10th I will be featured at Well-RED, a monthly reading series in San Jose, which is a collaboration between Poetry Center San Jose and Works/San Jose. Works/San Jose is a gallery space, and I very much look forward to be surrounded by art! I will be reading with the fine writer…
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
What were you born to do? Remind yourself in the most loving and encouraging way you possibly can. (10 minutes)
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
This evening, the melody to “Winter in America” by Gil Scott-Heron began to play in my head. I found a version on YouTube and I’ve been playing it and listening more intently than I ever have to the lyrics, some of which follow: “Yeah, and the people know, people know it’s Winter in America And…
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
Glenn Ingersoll and I will be reading our poetry (plus a surprise) tomorrow at Expressions Gallery in Berkeley. Hosted by Marty Williams and BAWP. Sun, November 13, 3:00pm – 4:30pm Expressions Gallery, 2035 Ashby Ave, Berkeley, CA 94703, United States (map) A monthly literary reading series featuring Bay Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants and other…
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This is the front cover of my poetry chapbook How It Happens, Nomadic Press (2018). If you’d like to order a copy, send me a message through this site, and I’ll be happy to oblige!
I hope you can join me and Glenn Ingersoll at Expressions Gallery in Berkeley on Sunday November 13th. There will be an open mic; contact ms.marty.will@gmail.com if you are interested in reading. Here are the details: The Bay Area Writing Project & Expressions Gallery present poets Joyce Young and Glenn Ingersoll November 13, 2016 – 3:00-4:30…
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Joyce E. Young 