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BARDO NEWS: What Leibniz Never Learned; Paula’s “three minutes” of fame; Niamh’s new FB page; an opportunity for women poets … and more

Life happens – as you all know too well, I’m sure – and what little time I am able to spend online in this moment is largely dedicated to our collabrative blog, “Into the Bardo,” where lots of exciting things are happening. I’ll be back here within the next two weeks. Meanwhile, this reblog of “Bardo News” provides an overview of events, including some in which you might want to participate. Hope to see you there. Poem on … P.S.: It’s not for women only.

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sllwomanreverseVia contributing poet and good friend to Bardo, Myra Schneider for Second Light Network of Women Poets: AN INVITATION TO WOMEN POETS TO SUBMIT TO A MAJOR NEW ANTHOLOGY FUNDED BY THE ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND and open to contributions from any women anywhere in the world …

The Second Light Network of Women Poets have recently received Arts Council funding to bring out an anthology of poetry by women poets. It will be calledWings of Glass. The book will focus on ambitious writing and be published next autumn 2014 and launched at the Second Light Festival in central London in late November. The editors are Penelope Shuttle, Myra Schneider and Dilys Wood. Submissions will be accepted between 15th November and 15th January. Please see full details for submitting : www.secondlightlive.co.uk

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Life is a beautiful ride …

“The bicycle, the bicycle surely, should always be the vehicle of novelists and poets.” Christopher Morley (1890 – 1957), American journalist, novelist, essayist and poet, Parnassus on Wheels

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Back in a few days.

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These Poetry Cats Meow!

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If you haven’t met Simon’s Cat before, check him out HERE.

This post is sponsored by Gypsy (The Cat’s Meow)…

Gypsy, the Columbus Avenue Beat Poet Days
Dig the cool cat: from her Columbus Avenue Beat poet days She was a Howl. (So, okay, I know that’s corny.)

Simon’s Cat courtesy of Simon’s Cat; Gypsy courtesy of Karen Fayeth, ©  2013, All rights reserved

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“To This Day” … for the bullied and beautiful …

It’s been too long since we had a little Shane. Shane Koysczan, that is. He came to our attention at the Winter Olympics in Canada in 2010, where he delivered his poem We Are More and was introduced to the world. Prior to that, in 2000, he became the first Canadian to win the Individual Championship title at the National Poetry Slam. I don’t follow slam closely, but I think he is probably the premier slam poet. If I ever catch my breath and shake this tank of 02, I want to be him. I want to deliver my words with his kind of passion and intelligence.

The victim of bullying himself, he wrote To This Day, which went viral on YouTube after he presented it at TED. Imagine! A poem with almost a million views since it was published in March of this year. All of Shane Koysczan’s poems are marked by the same acute vision, precise language, and depth of emotion. You can find many of them on YouTube. Help yourself.  Meanwhile …

Warning: you may find some of his word-play a bit raw.

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. . . and thus we begin another week . . .