Category Archives: Poetry

Poetry Archive

  • Ready, get-set, start writing! As you may or may not know, November is the National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short. November 1st marks the date when many writers take upon the challenge of writing a minimum of 50,000 words (approximately 175 pages) of original work in just one month.

    NaNoWriMo is Upon Us!

    Posted on November 2, 2011 | No Comments
    Ready, get-set, start writing! As you may or may not know, November is the National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo for short. November 1st marks the date when many writers take upon the challenge of writing a minimum of 50,000 words (approximately 175 pages) of original work in just one month.

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  • Poetry in NJ can be hard to find, and if you're truly seeking to become involved, it takes some creative investigating.

    Navigating the New Jersey Poetry Scene

    Posted on October 26, 2011 | 2 Comments
    Poetry in NJ can be hard to find, and if you're truly seeking to become involved, it takes some creative investigating.

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  • Poetry has become somewhat lost as a commonly practiced art. A poet is just a musician without a tune these days, and most well-known poets are locked up in the ivory towers of higher education. But like Norman Rosen, who put aside his lawyer hat to pick up a paintbrush, Annmarie Lockhart, editor-in-chief of Vox Poetica, has put aside her medical writer hat to pick up her pen. The website she manages has become a showcase for poetic practice both in and out of N.J., and acts as a wellspring to both whet the palate, and wet the feet.

    Carrying the Voices of N.J. Poetry

    Posted on October 19, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Poetry has become somewhat lost as a commonly practiced art. A poet is just a musician without a tune these days, and most well-known poets are locked up in the ivory towers of higher education. But like Norman Rosen, who put aside his lawyer hat to pick up a paintbrush, Annmarie Lockhart, editor-in-chief of Vox Poetica, has put aside her medical writer hat to pick up her pen. The website she manages has become a showcase for poetic practice both in and out of N.J., and acts as a wellspring to both whet the palate, and wet the feet.

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  • Cobblestone Village at Mountain Creek was revamped at the beginning of this summer to offer an assortment of cool new events, the most recent being a Hardcore Spoken Word show on Oct. 7th put together by Jason Vochal, a writer and performer from Vernon, N.J. This is the second show that Jason has planned at this venue featuring 'spoken word,' and both have been pretty successful, considering that this place is pretty far out of the way for a really specific scene and limited space.

    Poetry Gets Brutal at Hardcore Spoken Word

    Posted on October 12, 2011 | No Comments
    Cobblestone Village at Mountain Creek was revamped at the beginning of this summer to offer an assortment of cool new events, the most recent being a Hardcore Spoken Word show on Oct. 7th put together by Jason Vochal, a writer and performer from Vernon, N.J. This is the second show that Jason has planned at this venue featuring 'spoken word,' and both have been pretty successful, considering that this place is pretty far out of the way for a really specific scene and limited space.

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  • Open the door and walk into The Shepherd and the Knucklehead in Haledon, N.J., and you'll usually find a cramped, dimly lit collection of people chatting and nursing one of the several craft beers available on tap. You'll have a little difficulty navigating your way to the bar, despite its proximity to the door – it's a pretty small space – and it might be hard to read the white board that lists the night's microbrews, especially when you're being jostled by all the other bar-goers due to the limited room available (which should soon change with the bar's anticipated expansion). On this particular Sunday evening, however, walking in is unusually easy, since everyone has taken a seat and turned their attention to the one microphone and speaker set up by the bookcase full of board games and cards.

    Poetry, Beer, and the Duality of Man

    Posted on October 5, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Open the door and walk into The Shepherd and the Knucklehead in Haledon, N.J., and you'll usually find a cramped, dimly lit collection of people chatting and nursing one of the several craft beers available on tap. You'll have a little difficulty navigating your way to the bar, despite its proximity to the door – it's a pretty small space – and it might be hard to read the white board that lists the night's microbrews, especially when you're being jostled by all the other bar-goers due to the limited room available (which should soon change with the bar's anticipated expansion). On this particular Sunday evening, however, walking in is unusually easy, since everyone has taken a seat and turned their attention to the one microphone and speaker set up by the bookcase full of board games and cards.

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