pd lyons poetry

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

morgan's good news

www.louisvillereview.org

On Thu, 7/14/11, Louisville Review <LouisvilleReview@spalding.edu> wrote:

From: Louisville Review <LouisvilleReview@spalding.edu>
Subject: your poem in TLR
To: "mandplyons@yahoo.com" <mandplyons@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, July 14, 2011, 6:16 PM

Hello, Morgan,

We are delighted to publish your poems “Spring Day of Nature, ” “At the Beach” and “Magic” in the Fall 2011 issue of The Louisville Review!

Attached to this email is a contract that we will need you—or your parent/guardian if you are under 18—to sign and return to us. You can either fax it or mail it; address and fax number are below. We will also need a brief biographical statement of a few sentences. You can simply send that via email.

Please let me know if you have any further questions. We are pleased to publish such fine work!

Ellyn Lichvar
Assistant Managing Editor
The Louisville Review/Fleur-de-Lis Press
851 South 4th Street
Louisville, KY 40203
Phone: 502.585.9911 ext. 2777
Fax: 502.992.2409
www.louisvillereview.org

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

pd lyons poetry project 4.5.11

The Lover Of Wisdom

He helped in the kitchen
while she was away.
   One night he was worried about the wine
her father noticed, told him
not to worry
they said it was the best place they’d been to
that they were glad to be here.
besides it was the second bottle they’d ordered.

It was then he grabbed her father’s hand, said
Are you my friend? Are you!
The towering man with black mustache
in a well-worn greasy apron said
Always. I am your friend always!
   It was evening when she came back.
He was sorting pots from the green house
packing them into the jeep
parked at the top of the driveway
when they pulled in
BMW convertible dark blue w/ tan leather
   He did not want to meet her friends.
Afraid they’d hear the beating of his heart
he stayed on the other side of the jeep
pretending to be too busy
waiting for her to come to him.
But after their long good-byes,
she didn’t.
He walked around saw her walking
down the hill with her bags
he thought – she has not come back at all then.
   Shortly later she came back.
Sat with him on the grass
her black hair veiling them
as hunched together head to head
he opened what she gave him
wrapped in white tissues
a ball of crystal inside a ball of alabaster.
I missed you so much he said.
Are you brave enough to let me shave you? she said. Let me! I want to!.
He had not shaved since she left
and her creamy skin could not abide a whiskered face.

Caribu & Sister Stones published by Lapwing Press Belfast

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PD Lyons newest book Caribu & Sister Stones published by Lapwing Press Belfast click for preview
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the miracle is not to walk on water but to walk on earth -- Zen master Lin Chi

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new poetry project- link to video invitation.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sjr-7VXnUgs

new poetry project- link to video invitation.
asking help with video reading of my work. includes links to find my poems, asking people to feel free to read them into a video of their own making, you don't have to be in the video, just hoping people will read and reply to youtube acct.
will be posting poems here as well for you to pick from. can be ones that have already been done or whatever. hoping people will contribute n have some fun. thanks in advance for any time you spend on this.
the silly nervous poet on the video clip -
hope my writing is better than my speaking...........
PS: you don't even have to read out loud if you don't want to, maybe just stream the words across n do a video interpretation?
all i ask is that you use word for word the poem(s) a written and maybe mention where you found them?

accepted by corner club press

accepted by the corner club press

Dear PD Lyons,
I am pleased to inform you that your poem “Canada” has been selected for publication in the The Corner Club Press. Congratulations! Our third issue will be published on July 15^th, 2011. We encourage you to continue to submit your work to our magazine for future issues. Please send a brief bio to include with your work.
The Corner Club Press is a downloadable non-profit magazine in PDF format. We ask for first publication rights and the right to include your pieces in our future archives. We have nonexclusive rights to your pieces and ask that you let us either display, copy, publish, print, or distribute your work. We WILL NOT sell your work. Once you are published with us, you are free to do as you want with your work, and all rights will revert back to you in three months. The three month period will start the day of publication. If you decide to republish your piece elsewhere, please cite us as the publication and include our web address.
Thank you,

Daphne Maysonet

Poetry Editor

Thank you! please check out their excellent site here:

http://www.thecornerclubpress.com/