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FLP POETRY BOOK OF THE DAY: I Can Wonder Anything by Terence Degnan
PREORDER NOW: https://www.finishinglinepress.com/product/i-can-wonder-anything-by-terence-degnan/
Terence Degnan is the author of two previous books of poetry. His work has appeared widely in anthologies and literary journals. His spoken word album, BC, was adapted for the stage in New York City, where he lives with his wife, Melanie, and daughter, Lola, who is the originator of the turn of phrase, I Can Wonder Anything.
Poet Bob Holman says of Terence Degnan’s work, “What a delight to read Terence Degnan! It’s like reading the World. No, it’s like the World is reading to you.” Poet Laureate of Rhode Island, Tina Cane, writes of Degnan’s new book, “Terence Degnan is the real thing–a streetwise philosopher whose poems ring with music, rough wisdom, and wry humor. Degnan strikes such a fine balance between grit and grace, it kind of hurts. It’s the good kind of hurt you should run out and read. Playwright Erin Courtney writes, “Great poetry has a sense of humor, a deep love of the world, and an in-the-moment-go-for-broke understanding of mortality. Terence Degnan’s poetry fulfills all of these delirious requirements. The language crackles, sparks and flies when you read it out loud.” Terence Degnan’s third Book, I Can Wonder Anything, will be published by Finishing Line Press in 2023 & is available for preorder now.
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Terence Degnan is the real thing–a streetwise philosopher whose poems ring with music, rough wisdom, and wry humor. They don’t “guardrail” or snowflake with us;” and there’s “no need to doctorate around.” The speaker here–“born with eyes too wide/ sworn to an Irish secrecy”–is both emphatic and questioning, professing to “regret almost everyone,” while asserting “in me is born a great empathy.” Indeed. Degnan strikes such a fine balance between grit and grace, it kind of hurts. It’s the good kind of hurt you should run out and read.
–Tina Cane, “Poet Laureate of Rhode Island”, author of Body of Work and Year of The Murder Hornet
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theotherpages · 3 years
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2021 Podcasts, Part 1
A reminder that all of the articles from this year’s poetry series are available as a podcast. Search on “Steve Spanoudis” to find all the episodes on iTunes, Anchor, Breaker, Spotify, Google Podcasts, RadioPublic and PocketCast. If you like the articles, please share.
Here are direct links to individual episodes on Anchor.fm:
1. Denise Levertov - The Room
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-01---Denise-Levertov-etm13r
2. Molly Peacock - The Flaw
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-02---Molly-Peacock-ettvmq
3. Terence Degnan - the yes no
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-03-Terence-Degnan-eu2bvk
4. Vassar Miller - Without Ceremony - article by Nelson Howard Miller
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-03-Vassar-Miller-eu49ut
5. Ladan Osman - The Key
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-05-Ladan-Osman-eu5vmv
6. Pat Mora - Currandera
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-06-Pat-Mora-eu65og
7. Maria Nazos - Waitress in a Small Town Seaside Tavern
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-07-Maria-Nazos-eubgl1
8. Hayden Carruth - The Ravine - article by Nelson Howard Miller
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-08-Hayden-Carruth-eublto
9. Eaven Borland - Becoming Anne Bradstreet
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-09-Eavan-Borland-eucpuc
10. Tishani Doshi - The Day We Went to the Sea
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-10-Tishani-Doshi-eul1fc
11. Yolanda Wisher - sonnet w/ cooking lexicon
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-11-Yolanda-Wisher-eun0hl
The full text of all articles is available at The Other Pages mirrors
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Part of the fun of going to poetry events is that sometimes the poets tell you a truth in a way that didn't exist before that moment but your gut tells you it's always been there, inside of you, inside of everyone else. It's truly humbling to hear poetry so far beyond my skill. Perhaps I'll never be as good as some of those I hear but there's only one way to find out. - - - Photo taken at the Voices of Poetry event at the Cornelia Street Cafe. Check out the poets from the event on Monday: Keisha-Gaye Anderson @keishagayeanderson Terence Degnan www.terencedegnan.com Candace Wiley www.twhpoetry.org/profile/candacewiley Anton Yakovlev www.therightsfactory.com/authors/anton-yakovlev Neil Silberblatt www.womr.org/meet-our-djs/neil-silberblatt - - - #poetry #livepoetry #writersofinstagram #poetsofinstagram #femalepoet #nyc #poetrymonth #goals #voicesofpoetry #poets #poetrycommunity #writingcommunity #motivation #inspired (at Cornelia Street Cafe)
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womenwritebloom · 7 years
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Looking forward to featuring for @poets.settlement next Thurs, May 11th @ 8pm! Come join us! Visit @poets.settlement on FB to join event & to sign up for their open mic. https://www.facebook.com/events/325472427869321/ #Repost @poets.settlement with @repostapp ・・・ POETS SETTLEMENT READING/POETRY SERIES SEASON 3 Thursday, May 11th, 2017 / 8PM Featured Poet: Juliet P. Howard​ Breuckelen Colony Bar & Grill, 274 4th Avenue, Bklyn, NY 11215 Host for the evening: Terence Degnan​ Door: No cover WELCOME to Season 3 @ Poets Settlement. We have a whole new season of incredible poets and we've moved the day of our event from Tuesday to Thursday. Ricardo Thomas Manuel Hernandez​, founder of Poets Settlement, & poets/writers Shafina Ahmed​ Terence Degnan​ & Samantha Vacca​ are co-hosting/co-curating the series. for further event info, Poet Bio , additional info, online Open Mic Sign up at https://www.facebook.com/events/325472427869321/ June Featured Poet: Jennifer Fitzgerald #poetrylovers #poem #poet #poems #poetic #poetry #poetry247 #poetrynyc #poetryflow #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #nyc #nycpoets #nycpoetry #nycpoetrylife #brooklynlove #brooklyn #free #brooklynpoems #poetryisnotdead #poetrydope #openmic #spokenword (at Brooklyn Colony - Breuckelen Colony)
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almost5q · 10 years
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  BIO: Terence Degnan is a poet in Brooklyn. He sometimes edits books of poems for Sock Monkey Press. He released a solo spoken-word album with producer Kirk Salopek in 2006, and worked with DJ Triple B and his two brothers (also poets) Sean and Casey Degnan on a second poetry-based album in 2008. A second book of poems by Terence, entitled “Still Something Rattles,” will be released in 2014 by Sock Monkey Press. He currently hosts a storytelling series entitled “How to Build a Fire” at Open Source Gallery in Brooklyn on every last Thursday of the month. He lives in Park Slope with his wife and daughter.
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brooklynpoets · 11 years
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Terence Degnan fistbump
Studio 10, Bushwick
Jack Wilson @jackwilsonmc
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theotherpages · 3 years
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30 Essays on The Best Words in the Best Order, 2021 Edition
We did it. Thirty articles in just over 30 days, on many different aspects of poetry, from themes and contrasts to structure, meter, and rhyme, to metaphors and patterns, to breaking things down and building them back up, from expansive views to introspection. I hope you had a chance to enjoy at least some of the articles. If you didn’t, just a reminder that all 30 are archived on https://facebook.com/theotherpages and https://theotherpages.tumblr.com. I will comment that more of you may be Facebook users, but Tumbler is way better at indexing and presenting than Facebook. The Other Pages is also beautifully presented on Tumblr.
Sincere thanks to Kashiana Singh and Nelson Howard Miller for their help. We were without the services of Bob and Robin this year. Nelson actually did his articles while recovering from Covid, and Kashiana while moving across the country and participating in her amazing stream of other events.
The podcasts were a new experience for me, though Kashiana had done it before. They are archived on https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis.
For the record, while tallies continue, we will probably finish up with over 12,000 reads this year, and over 1,200 reactions and comments on Facebook. The most read article featured Maria Nazos and a poem about domestic abuse. Second place was a poem by Ladan Osman on a child’s perspective of racial disparities. Third place was Kashiana’s commentary on Laila Chatti.
This year’s pieces also focused more heavily on contemporary poets. This was educational and highly enjoyable for me, including the opportunity to listen to, meet, talk with, and even get to know some of the poets featured. Please note that the “other” Kashiana, Kashiana Sharma, does not exist. She is one of the virtual residents of The Republic of Dreams.
Yes, we’ll probably do this again next year (“Yay! We’re being renewed for another season!”), but I think I’ll need to draft some additional editorial help.If you’d like to volunteer, let me know.
A catalog of this year’s episodes is included below. If you’ve liked any of this, please SHARE on your favorite social media platform.
--Steve Spanoudis.
1. Denise Levertov - The Room
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-01---Denise-Levertov-etm13r
2. Molly Peacock - The Flaw
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-02---Molly-Peacock-ettvmq
3. Terence Degnan - the yes no
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-03-Terence-Degnan-eu2bvk
4. Vassar Miller - Without Ceremony - article by Nelson Howard Miller
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-03-Vassar-Miller-eu49ut
5. Ladan Osman - The Key
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-05-Ladan-Osman-eu5vmv
6. Pat Mora - Curandera
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-06-Pat-Mora-eu65og
7. Maria Nazos - Waitress in a Small Town Seaside Tavern
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-07-Maria-Nazos-eubgl1
8. Hayden Carruth - The Ravine - article by Nelson Howard Miller
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-08-Hayden-Carruth-eublto
9. Eaven Borland - Becoming Anne Bradstreet
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-09-Eavan-Borland-eucpuc
10. Tishani Doshi - The Day We Went to the Sea
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-10-Tishani-Doshi-eul1fc
11. Yolanda Wisher - sonnet w/ cooking lexicon
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-11-Yolanda-Wisher-eun0hl
12. Laila Chatti - Deluge - article by Kashiana Singh
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-12-Leila-Chatti-eun4c5
13. Tina Cane - Some Kinds of Fire
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-01---Tina-Cane--Anna-Akhmatova-euriuc
14. Richard Blanco - La Florida Room
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-14---Richard-Blanco-eutlfj
15. Michael Hamburger - Grape and Nut Letter - article by Nelson Howard Miller
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-15-Michael-Hamburger-euv861
16. Ted Kooser - In the Basement of the Goodwill Store
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-16---Ted-Kooser-ev0jd3
17. Keorapetse William Kgositsile - Anguish Longer Than Sorrow
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-17-Keorapetse-William-Kgositsile-ev40s
18. Melissa Balmain - Love Poem
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-18-Melissa-Balmain-ev653a
19. Kazim Ali - The Voice of Sheila Chandra - article by Kashiana Singh
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-19-The-gleaming-work-of-Kazim-Ali---The-Voice-of-Sheila-Chandra-ev7kld
20. Nora Dauenhauer - Amelia’s FIrst Ski Run
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-20-Nora-Marks-Dauenhauer-ev8fum
21. Vona Groarke - Still Life in Marble
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-21-Vona-Groarke-evaoi4
22. Kashiana Sharma (f) - The View from Above
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-22-Kashiana-Sharma-fictional-evek5o
23. Fred Marchant - This is What the Mind Does
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-23-Fred-Marchant-evism2
24. Michael Torres - Because My Brother Knows Why They Call Them “County Blues,” but Won’t Tell Me Why
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-24-Michael-Torres-evlgs6
25. Khaled Mattawa - Bedtime Reading for the Unborn Child
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-25-Khaled-Mattawa-evn34c
26. Rita Dove - Dusting
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-26---Rita-Dove-evpoaa
27. Rainer Maria Rilke - Go to the limits of your longing - article by Kashiana Singh
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/20201-NPM-27---JoJo-Rabbit-and-Rainer-Maria-Rilke-e100ihe
28. Naomi Shihab Nye - You are Your Own State Department
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-28-Naomi-Shihab-Nye-e104bk7
29. Yonatan Berg - Unity
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-29-Yonatan-Berg-e106cpl
30. Jane Hirshfield - Three Foxes by the Edge of the Field at Twilight
https://anchor.fm/steve-spanoudis/episodes/2021-NPM-30-Jane-Hirshfield-e106jed
The full text of all articles is available at The Other Pages mirrors
on Facebook: https://facebook.com/theotherpages
And Tumblr: https://theotherpages.tumblr.com
(scroll down for content on either page)
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brooklynpoets · 11 years
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Queen, Degnan, Le Fraga
Studio 10, Bushwick
Jason Koo @brooklynpoets
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brooklynpoets · 11 years
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Degnan go real hard
Studio 10, Bushwick
Jason Koo @brooklynpoets
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Degnan go hard
Studio 10, Bushwick
Jason Koo @brooklynpoets
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