I've been so busy working on chapbooks and worrying about live events (more on that another day) that I've fallen quite behind on the online galleries' submission queue. I was shocked to discover today that the Poetry 6 gallery had gone over 1000 pages!
The Poetry 7 gallery is now open and all new online poetry publications will be placed there. :-)
August 14, 2011
August 4, 2011
CD review: "Little Waves" by Glass Audrey
Glass Audrey vocalist Meganne Stepka featured at a Poet's Haven event in 2009. Since then, I've tried to catch as many of her performances as possible. (In other words, yes, I am a fan.) Now at last, she and partner Michael Roberts have completed Glass Audrey's first full length album!In the past I have described Glass Audrey's sound as like Sarah McLachlan doing vocals for Pearl Jam. I hereby retract that statement. The complex lyrics and musical styling is much more akin to "Boys for Pele" era Tori Amos, with hints of influence from Siouxie and the Banshees, Heart, The Pretenders, and The Cure. Each track takes the listener on an emotional journey, an auditory rollercoaster ride.
The one and only negative thing I can say about this album is that a few of the tracks use too much echo on the vocals. Meganne's voice is well suited to a raw, unfiltered sound, and the studio effects layered over her voice end up covering the nuances one hears in her live performances.
All said, the album gets my highest recommendation. But don't just take my word for it, listen to it yourself on Glass Audrey's Bandcamp page and then order the full album download:
http://music.glassaudrey.com
July 27, 2011
DRAGON INC. team hosting 24-hour poetry marathon fundraiser event!
The event will be broadcast on Ustream, so poets performing here will be seen and heard by folks all over the planet (and possibly beyond). There will also be a big screen and computer set up so that poets not able to attend the show in person can perform live via Skype!
Performers of all types are welcome. If you would like to play music*, stage a play, or do an interpretive dance, time is available. (* Due to licensing restrictions, music performed must be original or in public domain.)
To reserve a time-slot, contact AKeem Jamal Rollins (Dragon Inc.'s coach). (There's a contact form on the Dragon Inc. website, if you are unable to contact AKeem via Facebook.)
http://www.DragonIncSlam.com
Event page on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=120150718079534
(Huge thanks and apologies to Scott Woods for allowing us to steal his fundraising idea.)
(And because I know someone will ask, I am assisting the Dragon Inc. team at this event, being their tech-guy. This is not a Poet's Haven event.)
July 15, 2011
I've been interviewed!
Check it out, Tanisha Herrin interviewed me for the Akron Poetry Examiner:
http://www.examiner.com/poetry-in-akron/interview-with-vertigo-xi-an-xavier-and-the-poet-s-haven
:-)
http://www.examiner.com/poetry-in-akron/interview-with-vertigo-xi-an-xavier-and-the-poet-s-haven
:-)
June 30, 2011
New Chapbooks
More that I keep forgetting to post here on the blog: The Poet's Haven released two new chapbooks this month!
Andrew Tobias Line's "Street Corner Poetry" launched on June 10th at his Deep Cleveland feature!
Jeff Kosiba's "Seasons of Discontent: Spring & Summer" was released at the June 18th Saturday Night With The Poet's Haven event in Cleveland!
Andrew's book was rushed to print as he is part of Cleveland's Dragon Inc. slam team and will be doing some heavy promotion and fund-raising leading up to the team's trip to National Poetry Slam. We now resume our normal bimonthly release schedule. :-)
These books can be purchased at several independent bookstores around north-east Ohio (and if you are interested in carrying Poet's Haven chapbooks at your retail establishment, dealer inquiries are welcome), purchased at any live Poet's Haven event, or ordered online.
Andrew's book was rushed to print as he is part of Cleveland's Dragon Inc. slam team and will be doing some heavy promotion and fund-raising leading up to the team's trip to National Poetry Slam. We now resume our normal bimonthly release schedule. :-)
These books can be purchased at several independent bookstores around north-east Ohio (and if you are interested in carrying Poet's Haven chapbooks at your retail establishment, dealer inquiries are welcome), purchased at any live Poet's Haven event, or ordered online.
June 29, 2011
July First Friday - CHALK THE WALK & POETRY TO THE PEOPLE
It's time for Canton First Friday's CHALK THE WALK event, and this year we're taking part in a big way! We will again be assembling a street team to cover the walkways with short poems, and we also want poem submissions for the street team to use!
For info on submitting poems:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166382496761460
For info on joining our street team:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185174014869063
Then, we're taking a month off from the normal open-mic and slam event and instead bringing POETRY TO THE PEOPLE! Poets will be performing all over the downtown arts district, out amid the crowd of people! The goal is to let folks who wouldn't normally come to a poetry event hear how awesome performance poetry is (and hopefully get some of those people to check out some poetry events in the future). Poetry performances will start at 6:00, and will conclude with members of DRAGON INC. (who will be sending Cleveland's team to National Poetry Slam) performing on "THE POET'S HAVEN STAGE" (YES!) from 9:00 to 10:00!
Here's the schedule of performing poets:
I hope to see everyone there!
For info on submitting poems:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=166382496761460
For info on joining our street team:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=185174014869063
Then, we're taking a month off from the normal open-mic and slam event and instead bringing POETRY TO THE PEOPLE! Poets will be performing all over the downtown arts district, out amid the crowd of people! The goal is to let folks who wouldn't normally come to a poetry event hear how awesome performance poetry is (and hopefully get some of those people to check out some poetry events in the future). Poetry performances will start at 6:00, and will conclude with members of DRAGON INC. (who will be sending Cleveland's team to National Poetry Slam) performing on "THE POET'S HAVEN STAGE" (YES!) from 9:00 to 10:00!
Here's the schedule of performing poets:
- 6:00 - BEN BARTMAN - at the Rubber Duckie (corner of 5th and Cleveland Ave.)
- 6:20 - HERE BE DRAGONS (Jennifer Cline & John Cezanne) - at 4th and Cleveland (across from the Buzzbin Stage)
- 7:00 - CHRISTINA BROOKS - outside Second April Gallerie (324 Cleveland Ave.)
- 7:20 - STEVE BRIGHTMAN - at the Rhino (corner of 4th and Cleveland Ave.)
- 7:40 - CARLA THOMPSON & JACOB KING - at the Shutterbug (the mosquito, corner of 5th and Cleveland Ave.)
- 8:20 - ARIJA LEE - outside Arcadia Grill (Court Ave., the parking lot behind Second April)
- 8:40 - KONKRETE ROSE - at the Saxophone (corner of 3rd and Market Ave.)
- 9:00 - DRAGON INC. (with AKeem Rollins, Andrew Line, Caira Lee) - The Poet's Haven Stage (at 3rd and Court Ave.)
I hope to see everyone there!
May 7, 2011
"Getting There" by Jacob King
I'm falling into a trap of not updating this blog. I seem to post status updates on Facebook when I have something to announce, but forget to come over here and post it.
The first book in The Poet's Haven Chapbook Series was released last month! "Getting There" by Jacob King can be picked up at Backlist Books in Massillon, the Citizen X / BRsquare offices in Canton, Mac's Backs Books on Coventry in Cleveland Heights, and Visible Voice Books in Tremont! You can also get a copy from me at any Poet's Haven event or any other poetry event you see me at. For those not located in the north-east Ohio area, you can also order a copy online from The Poet's Haven.
The first book in The Poet's Haven Chapbook Series was released last month! "Getting There" by Jacob King can be picked up at Backlist Books in Massillon, the Citizen X / BRsquare offices in Canton, Mac's Backs Books on Coventry in Cleveland Heights, and Visible Voice Books in Tremont! You can also get a copy from me at any Poet's Haven event or any other poetry event you see me at. For those not located in the north-east Ohio area, you can also order a copy online from The Poet's Haven.
March 21, 2011
Galleries OPEN to submissions...
I know I never posted a follow-up about the server move, but FYI: everything's moved and the galleries are open to submissions. Just in case you were wondering...
February 25, 2011
Galleries Closed to Submissions During Server Move
While the big changes I'd hope to complete in time for the server move are not complete, the move has to happen now. (Otherwise, I have to pay for another year at the old server, which I'd really rather not have to do.) The PoetsHaven.com galleries will be closed to submissions while the move is completed. The galleries will be open to submissions on the new server, however it may take up to 48 hours for everyone's ISPs to update their DNS info. If you wish to submit work to the galleries and are not able to do so, please come back in a day or two.
(If I don't close the galleries on the old server and that's the version of the site you are seeing, your submissions will be lost. This way, no submissions get lost during the transition from the old server to the new.)
Good things are in store at the new server. I am promised unlimited (within reason) bandwidth, and as such will be able to do things like hour-long podcast episodes (instead of half-hour episodes) and the upcoming ebook releases without worrying about data transfer limits. I am also continuing to work on upgrades to the galleries, but what I am trying to do there has proven to be a major undertaking somewhat beyond my self-taught PHP programming skills. It'll get done someday, I just have to figure out how to get certain functions to work the way I want.
(If I don't close the galleries on the old server and that's the version of the site you are seeing, your submissions will be lost. This way, no submissions get lost during the transition from the old server to the new.)
Good things are in store at the new server. I am promised unlimited (within reason) bandwidth, and as such will be able to do things like hour-long podcast episodes (instead of half-hour episodes) and the upcoming ebook releases without worrying about data transfer limits. I am also continuing to work on upgrades to the galleries, but what I am trying to do there has proven to be a major undertaking somewhat beyond my self-taught PHP programming skills. It'll get done someday, I just have to figure out how to get certain functions to work the way I want.
February 3, 2011
Vertigo guest emcee at Snoetry - 1 AM to 5 AM Saturday night / Sunday morning
As the subject says, I will be guest emcee at Snoetry in Elyria, OH from 1 AM to 5 AM Saturday night / Sunday morning. If you haven't heard, Snoetry is a 150-hour poetry reading staged by John Burroughs and Dianne Borsenik that's set to claim the world record for longest poetry event in modern times. The event is happening NOW, and can be viewed live at Ustream!
So, I have four hours to fill and some nifty technology that allows me to hook my cell phone up to the event's sound equipment. Anyone want to read by phone? Send me an e-mail or a private message if you're interested. Let me know how long you would like to read for (15 to 30 minutes), who you are if I don't already know you, and what your phone number is. I'll put a schedule together and let you know what time to expect the call. :-)
So, I have four hours to fill and some nifty technology that allows me to hook my cell phone up to the event's sound equipment. Anyone want to read by phone? Send me an e-mail or a private message if you're interested. Let me know how long you would like to read for (15 to 30 minutes), who you are if I don't already know you, and what your phone number is. I'll put a schedule together and let you know what time to expect the call. :-)
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