** Less Th ONE WEEK before entry deadline for the WRITE PRIZE! ***

• ABLE MUSE WRITE PRIZE (Poetry & Fiction) - $500 prize apiece & publication
  Judges: H.L. Hix - poetry; Eugenia Kim - fiction
  Deadline: February 15, 2015
  Read the guidelines & ENTER now!

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If you’re in or near Austin, TX, Jan 25, you could use an afternoon of poetry reading, sponsored by Able Muse Press! ---

Our lineup at the mic includes:

1. D.R. GOODMAN (headliner) -- winner of Able Muse Write Prize for Poetry 2013, reading from her new book Greed: A Confession (Dec 2014, finalist 2013 Able Muse Book Award).
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Cummings isolates and connects words to strip them of their immediate meanings in order to open them to more possibilities. This is the method by which Cummings diverts the reader from foregone conclusions toward a new way of thinking.
Consider: a conscientious object-or (S1L3.)
The poet sets the scene for this poem with a paucity of words, by use of a dash to connect two ideas. The first idea that comes to the reader might be that Olaf is a conscientious objector. But,...

Congratulations to the six nominees -- X.J. Kennedy, A.E. Stallings, Stephen Kampa, Gail Tyson, Tamas Dobozy and Barbara Haas here.

...Alex

Chelse is on Poetry Daily today, here, with a poem from her collection, Vellum, from Able Muse Press. (After today, the link will be here.)

Congratulations, Chelsea!

Cheers,
...Alex