The Poetry of Mary K O'Melveny

POEM SAMPLINGS (INDEX)

 

 

MENU OF TOPICAL POEMS

 

 

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POEMS OF PROTEST

 

 

International Women's Day 2021 - A List Poem

 

A January Murmeration

 

This Is Not A Gun

 

Sanctuary

 

Coffee House

 

 

 

 PANDEMIC POEMS

 

 

Chrysalis – Poem

 

Deep Winter Cleaning

 

Social Distancing

 

Notes From Not Quite Quarantine

 

Herd Imunity

 

Contagion

 

 

NEAREST AND DEAREST

 

 

Transitions: A Haiku

 

Grocery Shopping With My Wife On A Windy January Day

 

Ode To Pearl The Cat

 

Learning To Draw

 

 

 

SPACE AND TIME 

 

 

What Is Here

 

Goldilocks And…

 

Presence In The Absence

 

 

JOURNEYS

 

 

Florida Turnpikes

 

Bus Ride

 

Green Is A Primary Color

 

Winter Reconstructions

 

Questions About Primal Colors

 

 

ON NATURE

 

 

Woodstock Christmas Eve 2016

 

Piano Man

 

Natural Wonder

 

Thirteen Ways Of Looking At A Cherry Tree

 

Prairie Song

 

Jungle King Accoustics

 

Walking The Bush

 

African Sunsets

 

To Be Blessed

 

Murmerations

 

Wild Things II

 

 

WAR AND PEACE

 

Ceasefire

 

Hot Flashes

 

Testing The Limits Of Art

 

Kindness

 

In Memoriam For Memorials

 

Snow Frieze

 

 

1. WRITING WORKSHOP AT LIFESPRING
2. ANNOUNCING MY NEW BOOK!
3. About the Author
1. Biography
2. Writer's Statement
3. Copyright Notice
4. AWARDS
1. The Poet's Billow-Bermuda Triangle Awards
2. WRITER'S DIGEST AWARD 2022
3. PANGAEA PRIZE FINALIST 2020
4. 2020 Anthology Magazine Poetry Prize. Special Commendation.
5. FIRST PLACE - Poems of Political Protest 2020 Contest
6. Stephen A DiBiase Poetry Contest March 2020 - Honorable Mention
7. Winning Writers Finalist - May 2020
8. WINNER of 2019 SLIPPERY ELM PRIZE Prize in Poetry
9. FINALIST - 2018 RAYNES PRIZE
10. Tom Howard / Margaret Reid Poetry 2017 - Honorable Mention
11. 2017 RAYNES PRIZE
12. Pat Neilson Poetry Award
13. PANGAEA PRIZE FINALIST
5. BOOKS
1. NEWS - CHRONOGRAM MAGAZINE
2. DISPATCHES FROM THE MEMORY CARE MUSEUM
3. MERGING STAR HYPOTHESES
4. A WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE
5. AN APPLE IN HER HAND
6. ANTHOLOGIES
1. 2017-2021
7. Publications
1. Sampling of Publications
8. Some Published Works
1. If I Were a Monarch Butterfly - Jerry Jazz Musician
2. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF EXODUS-New Verse News
3. TWO POEMS FOR THE BIRDS -Jerry Jazz Musician
4. "A MONARCH BUTTERFLY POSES SOME QUESTIONS" - TheNewVerse.News
5. WHAT MUSIC CAN DO - Jerry Jazz Musician Site
6. CLOUD COVER - New Verse News
7. NEW VERSE NEWS - A Brief Geography of Goodbyes
8. PERSIMMON TREE MAGAZINE HONORS RBG
9. THE NEW VERSE NEWS - "THIRST"
10. RAYNES PRIZE 2017 - "Cease Fire"
11. Songs of Eretz - "LOOKING OUT AT 42nd STREET"
12. THE WRITE PLACE AT THE WRITE TIME - "FORECASTINGS" "WINTER WONDERS"
13. GFT PRESS - "TESTING THE LIMITS OF ART"
14. WRITING IN A WOMAN'S VOICE - "JURY NOTICE"
15. VILAS AVENUE LITERARY JOURNAL - "PRAIRIE"
16. THE WRITE PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME - "GRAVESTONES" p.20
17. FLARE-The Flagler Review - "The MYTH OF SUSIYA"
9. POEM SAMPLINGS (INDEX)
10. Poems of Protest
1. INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2021: A LIST POEM
2. A JANUARY MURMERATION
3. THIS IS NOT A GUN
4. SANCTUARY
5. COFFEE HOUSE
11. Pandemic Poems
1. CHRYSALIS - POEM
2. DEEP WINTER CLEANING
3. SOCIAL DISTANCING
4. NOTES FROM NOT QUITE QUARANTINE
5. HERD IMMUNITY
6. CONTAGION
12. Nearest & Dearest
1. TRANSITIONS: A HAIKU
2. GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY WIFE ON A WINDY JANUARY DAY
3. ODE TO PEARL THE CAT
4. LEARNING TO DRAW
13. Space and Time
1. WHAT IS HERE
2. GOLDILOCKS AND...
3. PRESENCE IN THE ABSENCE
14. Journeys
1. FLORIDA TURNPIKES
2. BUS RIDE
3. GREEN IS A PRIMARY COLOR
4. WINTER RECONSTRUCTIONS
5. QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIMAL COLORS
15. On Nature
1. HOW TO WRITE A WOODPECKER POEM
2. WOODSTOCK CHRISTMAS EVE 2016
3. PIANO MAN
4. NATURAL WONDER
5. THIRTEEN WAYS OF LOOKING AT A CHERRY TREE
6. PRAIRIE SONG
7. JUNGLE KING ACOUSTICS
8. WALKING THE BUSH
9. AFRICAN SUNSETS
10. TO BE BLESSED
11. MURMURATIONS
12. WILD THINGS II
16. War and Peace
1. CEASE FIRE
2. HOT FLASHES
3. TESTING THE LIMITS OF ART
4. KINDNESS
5. IN MEMORIAM FOR MEMORIALS
6. SNOW FRIEZE
17. Poetry Readings
1. Poetry Reading October 13, 2022
2. POETRY READING - MARGE PIERCY WORKSHOP JUNE 16, 2022
3. POETRY READING NEXT YEAR'S WORDS JUNE 15, 2022
4. POETRY READING - WOODSTOCK NY April 9, 2022
5. READING AT KW - November 9, 2021
6. NEXT YEARS WORDS READING OCTOBER 2021 (ZOOM)
7. POETRY READING RADIO WKZE June 27, 2021
8. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY - 30 Days of Poetry
9. POETRY READING NEW PALTZ, NY - MARCH 29 -
10. BOUGHTON PLACE NOV. 9, 2019
11. Next Year's Words NEW PALTZ, NY 10/23/2019
12. The Anderson Salon Washington DC May 20, 2019
13. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz NY May 12, 2019
14. POETRY READING The Golden Notebook April 14, 2019
15. The Golden Notebook - January 5, 2019
16. BOOK SIGNING AND POETRY READING OF MY NEW BOOK
17. RAYNES PRIZE READING
18. NEXT YEAR'S WORDS
19. Writing Gals: Reading, Discussion & Open Mike
20. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz March29. 2020
18. WORKSHOPS
1. WRITER'S WORKSHOP AT LIFESPRING Fall 2022
19. BOOK STORE
20. MUSINGS
21. CONTACT