[Janice D. Soderling]

I want to give a huge shout-out for all the work that Nic Sebastian is doing at Poetry Storehouse. You will remember Nic's "Very Like a Whale" with interviews of many who were already our friend http://verylikeawhale.wordpress.com/...-paul-stevens/ (and Kate of Umbrella, Christine of Autumn Sky both clickable from Paul's page and both lamented zines) and other editors who may have been first introduced to us by Nic.

Poetry Storehouse is a treasure house. It is an amazing experience to have written a poem and then find a new dimension added to it by hearing it in someone else's voice or with the addition of sound, illustration, music or a combination of these.

I was just knocked off my block to have some of my poems get this mind expanding treatment. I never thought that any poem of my own would give me goose bumps, so it has to be the presentation that did it. Some of these poems first appeared here in the workshop, so I'm linking to them with thanks to all who commented when they were first posted. I will always remember, for instance, that Susan McLean gave a helping hand with the title of "Fissures".

http://vimeo.com/102311147

http://vimeo.com/102507297

http://poetrystorehouse.com/2014/07/...derling-poems/

Thanks are due, in addition to Nic and Poetry Storehouse, to Othneil Smith http://about.me/othnielsmith and Marie Craven http://pixieguts.com/ , Dementio 13 http://dementio13.com/ and Eric Satie .

I have discovered many, many friends (some Eratospherians, some not) at The Poetry Storehouse (via Vimeo), for instance, Eratospherian and Soundzine (much missed zine) editor Charles Musser http://poetrystorehouse.com/2014/06/...r-poems/#smith

It's a big Po-world out there. Just click around and have a ball.

[Nausheen Eusuf]

What a cool concept! Congrats, Janice -- I enjoyed the readings and video of your poems. I'm also clicking around and discovering lots of other good stuff. Thanks for letting us know about this.

Nausheen

[ross hamilton hill]

enjoyed 'fissures', watched another one with naked girls frolicking in the surf, didn't pay much attention to the poem!

[Catherine Chandler]

Janice,

Congratulations on this amazing audiovisual presentation of your poem!

[Martin Elster]

That’s great, Janice! Congrats!
I enjoyed the Erik Satie music in “April is the Cruelest Month for Poets.”

[Jean L. Kreiling]

Finally took the time to listen to some of this. Congratulations, Janice! "Fissures" in particular is just brilliant.