Change of time for November Coffee with the Poets and Writers, Hayesville, NC, we will now meet at 10:00 AM, the third Wed.of the month, at Moss Memorial Library, Hayesville, NC

Please note that Coffee with the Poets and Writers (CWPW) has a change of time, starting in November, at the Moss Memorial Library venue, 26 Anderson Street, Hayesville, NC, 28904.  We will meet on Wednesday, November 18th at 10:00 AM, so as not to conflict with another writing group.

Old Mountain Press accepting submissions for anthology

Old Mountain Press (OMP) is accepting submissions for They Stood Alone from
PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTORS ONLY OR SOMEONE RECOMMENDED BY A PREVIOUS CONTRIBUTOR. 

Each contributor whose work will appear in this anthology can recommend ONE person to submit to this anthology. Someone whose work you would like to see included with yours–maybe right beside yours:-).




See http://www.oldmp.com/anthology/theystoodalone.htm here you will also find guidelines and the link to an online submission form.

View camera ready copy of all submissions accepted so far at http://www.oldmp.com/anthology/review/stoodalone.pdf

NOTE: As always this anthology may fill up before the close out date so don’t procrastinate.

They Stood Alone’s  THEME: Nature


OMP willl accept submissions until 12:00 15 November OR when I have at least 90 to 100 pages (includes table of content and authors’ bios 75 words or preferably less please) of quality poems and short shorts WHICHEVER COMES FIRST. 

If you wish to be considered for inclusion in this anthology, do not procrastinate. Get your work in now! Since this is a very wide topic, I expect the anthology to fill up well before the close out date.

There is no reading fee, no entry fee, and no requirement for a contributor to purchase this anthology. As always, contributors will be able to purchase copies at a reduced rate.

Old Mountain Press is owned by Tom Davis, a member of NCWN-West, and a supporter of WNC writers. 

Reminder: Coffee with the Poets and Writers to meet at 10:30 AM, Wed., October 21, 2015, at Moss Memorial Library, Hayesville, NC

Please remember that Coffee with the Poets and Writers (CWPW) has a change of venue to Moss Memorial Library, 26 Anderson Street, Hayesville, NC, 28904.  We also have a changed CWPW) from the second Wednesday of each month to the third Wednesday.

Joan Howard, well-published poet, is our featured NCWN West member this month.

Don't forget Open Mic after Joan's reading. Bring a  couple of poems or short, 1500 word, prose piece.

Tell your friends about CWPW and join us next week at the library in Hayesville, NC.

Fellow members, please send us one of your poems or short pieces that speak to you of Autumn!

Photo by Joan Ellen Gage

Fellow members, let's have some fun and share one of your poems or short pieces that speak to us of this glorious season!

Meanwhile, here is a link to the Poetry Foundation with a selection of poems for Autumn. Enjoy!
 
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/article/178167?gclid=CK_O-L3QtcgCFQiPaQodikIMiQ

Poem from fellow NCWN-West poet, Kathleen A. Stilwell

Here is a poem from fellow NCWN-West poet, Kathleen A. Stilwell.

Streams of Silence


A river of words flows silently
Submerged in a cavern of questions
Resting like bone fragments
On the sand beneath the flow
How did I get older than the president?
A decade evaporated
Like sea foam in the valleys
Hanging in the air like memories.

No longer ripe with potential
Now only ripe with hope
For a long enough life
To be useful
Create memories
Preserve memories
Capture sunlight
Save the monarch
Feel the waves and particles.


Silent river, whispered phrases.
Scratching across the pages
Fragments and glimpses
Uprooted plans,
ambitions discarded
Aborted missions,
connections unplugged.


Now it seems I'm listening,
simply listening
For the song of the forest,
the chorus from the woods.

http://graceplays.blogspot.com/2015/09/streams-of-silence.html

This is part of a recent project entitled Affair with a Forest--Streams of Silence in honor of trees. A Print copy is available here