The Poetry of Mary K O'Melveny

THE NEW VERSE NEWS - "THIRST"

February 2, 2019

 

THIRST by Mary K. O'Melveny

 

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"THIRST" was inspired by this news bulletin:

 

 

 

FOUR NO MORE DEATHS VOLUNTEERS FOUND GUILTY

OF PROVIDING LIFE-SAVING HUMANITARIAN AID

ON “TRAIL OF DEATH” IN ARIZONA DESERT —No More Deaths, January 18, 2019

1. POETRY READING OCT 19th
2. Scenes from OCTOBER 1 BOOK LAUNCH
3. Latest Book Now Available
4. About the Author
1. Biography
2. Writer's Statement
3. Copyright Notice
5. BOOKS
1. FLIGHT PATTERNS
2. RECENT BOOK REVIEWS
3. DISPATCHES FROM THE MEMORY CARE MUSEUM
4. MERGING STAR HYPOTHESES
5. A WOMAN OF A CERTAIN AGE
6. AN APPLE IN HER HAND
6. ANTHOLOGIES
1. A Collection of Jazz Poetry — Summer, 2023 Edition
2. 2017-2021
7. 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
8. PRESS
1. NEWS - CHRONOGRAM MAGAZINE
9. Publications
1. Sampling of Publications
10. Some Published Works
1. If I Were a Monarch Butterfly - Jerry Jazz Musician
2. WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF EXODUS-New Verse News
3. For Every Lost Soul - A Candle New Verse News
4. TWO POEMS FOR THE BIRDS -Jerry Jazz Musician
5. "A MONARCH BUTTERFLY POSES SOME QUESTIONS" - TheNewVerse.News
6. WHAT MUSIC CAN DO - Jerry Jazz Musician Site
7. CLOUD COVER - New Verse News
8. NEW VERSE NEWS - A Brief Geography of Goodbyes
9. PERSIMMON TREE MAGAZINE HONORS RBG
10. THE NEW VERSE NEWS - "THIRST"
11. RAYNES PRIZE 2017 - "Cease Fire"
12. Songs of Eretz - "LOOKING OUT AT 42nd STREET"
13. THE WRITE PLACE AT THE WRITE TIME - "FORECASTINGS" "WINTER WONDERS"
14. GFT PRESS - "TESTING THE LIMITS OF ART"
15. WRITING IN A WOMAN'S VOICE - "JURY NOTICE"
16. VILAS AVENUE LITERARY JOURNAL - "PRAIRIE"
17. THE WRITE PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME - "GRAVESTONES" p.20
18. FLARE-The Flagler Review - "The MYTH OF SUSIYA"
11. POEM SAMPLINGS (INDEX)
12. 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
13. Jazz Riffs
1. SWINGING ON WINGS OF FLAME - New Verse News
2. LIKE A HURRICANE
14. Pandemic Poems
1. CHRYSALIS - POEM
2. DEEP WINTER CLEANING
3. SOCIAL DISTANCING
4. NOTES FROM NOT QUITE QUARANTINE
5. HERD IMMUNITY
6. CONTAGION
15. 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
16. Space and Time
1. WHAT IS HERE
2. GOLDILOCKS AND...
3. PRESENCE IN THE ABSENCE
17. Journeys
1. FLORIDA TURNPIKES
2. BUS RIDE
3. GREEN IS A PRIMARY COLOR
4. WINTER RECONSTRUCTIONS
5. QUESTIONS ABOUT PRIMAL COLORS
18. 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
19. 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
20. Poetry Readings
1. Woodstock Poetry Society 5/13/2023
2. INQUIRING MINDS BOOKSTORE 5/6/23
3. Woodstock Poem-A-Thon 4/29/23
4. Poetry Reading October 13, 2022
5. POETRY READING - MARGE PIERCY WORKSHOP JUNE 16, 2022
6. POETRY READING NEXT YEAR'S WORDS JUNE 15, 2022
7. POETRY READING - WOODSTOCK NY April 9, 2022
8. READING AT KW - November 9, 2021
9. NEXT YEARS WORDS READING OCTOBER 2021 (ZOOM)
10. POETRY READING RADIO WKZE June 27, 2021
11. NEW YORK SOCIETY LIBRARY - 30 Days of Poetry
12. POETRY READING NEW PALTZ, NY - MARCH 29 -
13. BOUGHTON PLACE NOV. 9, 2019
14. Next Year's Words NEW PALTZ, NY 10/23/2019
15. The Anderson Salon Washington DC May 20, 2019
16. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz NY May 12, 2019
17. POETRY READING The Golden Notebook April 14, 2019
18. The Golden Notebook - January 5, 2019
19. BOOK SIGNING AND POETRY READING OF MY NEW BOOK
20. RAYNES PRIZE READING
21. NEXT YEAR'S WORDS
22. Writing Gals: Reading, Discussion & Open Mike
23. Inquiring Minds Bookstore, New Paltz March29. 2020
24. POETRY READING MAY 13th
21. WORKSHOPS
1. WRITING WORKSHOP AT LIFESPRING SPRING 22023
2. WRITER'S WORKSHOP AT LIFESPRING Fall 2022
22. BOOK STORE
23. ANNOUNCING NEW BOOK!
24. MUSINGS
25. CONTACT