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By Jennifer Wheelock
Jennifer Wheelock’s collaborative book of poetry, written with Cathy Carlisi and Beth Gylys, was published by Kelsay Books in 2022. Her poems have appeared in many anthologies and journals, including Atlanta Review, Chattahoochee Review, Diagram, Five Points Journal, Flycatcher, Inflectionist Review, Los Angeles Review, Muse, Post Road, Lake Effect, and River Styx. She and her spouse, Kat, split their time between Los Angeles and Mexico City.
10/16 / Poetry Reading and Conversation with visiting poet-in-residence Lisa Rhoades & local poet Yael Valencia Aldana / The BBar at The Betsy-South Beach, Miami Beach, FL / Live and Live-Streamed on Instagram Live/Facebook Live at @swwimmiami / 7-8:30 pm EST / Free
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SWWIM Chats
Contributor Megan Merchant speaks with SWWIM Every Day Co-Founder and Editor-in-Chief Catherine Esposito Prescott.
“The reader can participate in the experience of the poem and not just sit back and witness it…” MM
Megan Merchant’s most recent book is Hortensia, in Winter, winner of the New American Poetry Prize (New American Press, 2024).
Prompts:
Write a poem about desire (or another vast emotion). Describe it with specific details, images, and/or objects.
Write a poem that begins with a term or an expression in a different language.
Write a palindrome poem.
Suggested reading:
“Longing” by Eve Grubin
”Amorous Affliction/L'Affano Amoroso” by Paolina Secco-Suardo Grismondi, translated from the Italian by Alani Rosa Hicks-Bartlett
”Long Distance” by Yosra Bouslama