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The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

The first 5 who mention this post as they visit me at the Barnes and Noble store in Fredericksburg VA on this Saturday, April 27 beginning at 1 p.m. will receive a free gift book.

David Orr on contemporary poetry

David Orr on contemporary poetry

“Contemporary poetry isn’t witty. That’s not to say it isn’t funny; on the contrary, it can be extremely amusing, sometimes even intentionally. But for the most part, the art form today vacillates between, on one hand, decrying social and/or personal injustices and, on the other, aiming at a kind of conspicuously literary self-portraiture. This leaves little breathing room for wit, which skates above both approaches like a water strider passing over a couple of submerged hippos.”

I will be reading my ekphrastic poems at the Firnew Farm Artist Circle in Madison County VA on Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m.

I will be reading my ekphrastic poems at the Firnew Farm Artist Circle in Madison County VA on Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m.

Poets from the Poetry Society of Virginia and I will be reading our ekphrastic poems at the Firnew Farm Artist Circle in Madison County VA on Sunday April 28 at 2 p.m. Join us if you can and also view the ekphrastic art.