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The Poetry Society of Virginia (Fredericksburg area membership) and Germanna Community College present An Evening of Poetry. When: April 25, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Germanna community College – Fredericksburg Campus (10000 Germanna Pt. Dr., Fredericksburg, VA 22408 in the Sealy Auditorium of the Workforce and Tech Building What: Three to-be-named published poets will read and answer questions from the audience for the first hour followed by an open mic opportunity. Event info here https://www.pw.org/literary_events/an_evening_of_poetry And here https://www.facebook.com/events/625148217922290/

The Poetry Society of Virginia (Fredericksburg area membership) and Germanna Community College present An Evening of Poetry. When: April 25, 2019 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Where: Germanna community College - Fredericksburg Campus (10000 Germanna Pt. Dr., Fredericksburg, VA 22408 in the Sealy Auditorium of the Workforce and Tech Building What: Three to-be-named published poets will read and answer questions from the audience for the first hour followed by an open mic opportunity.  Event info here https://www.pw.org/literary_events/an_evening_of_poetry And here https://www.facebook.com/events/625148217922290/

Along with my Rebecca Lard Award-winning poem "First and Last," five other of my poems will be included in a Special Feature of the Spring 2019 issue of Poetry Quarterly . Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers for your belief in and support for my work.

Along with my Rebecca Lard Award-winning poem “First and Last,” five other of my poems will be included in a Special Feature of the Spring 2019 issue of  Poetry Quarterly . Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers for your belief in and support for my work.

The Ideate Review  has accepted 2 of my poems for publication in their upcoming issue #3. Both “The Exile of Brotherhood” and “Shadows of Ancestors” are from an unpublished collection ( Outcast Winter ) that speaks in the voice of an exile from the Syrian Civil War. Thank you Editor Jimin Lee.

The Official Announcement of  the 2018 Rebecca Lard Award for my poem “First and Last”

The Official Announcement of  the 2018 Rebecca Lard Award for my poem "First and Last"

The Winter 2019 issue of the Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review contains 5 of my poems and a profile of me along with other fine art and literature. Thank you Editor Amy Payne. This is the third time FLAR has published my work. "Cliffside Village" and "Caesar Rages Against his Fall" are from an unpublished collection inspired by Arthur Rimbaud, and the latter also by the #MeToo Movement. "Exile in Fragments" is from another unpublished collection that imagines  an exile from the Syrian civil war. "Inquisitions" comments on our Age of Outrage and Uncivil Discourse, while "Dragon Teeth Mountain - Second Extract" sets a more contemplative mood and shows my long admiration for Chinese poetry (read in translation). You will soon be able to purchase a had copy of the Review HERE  but can read a copy now on Issuu .

The  Winter 2019 issue of the  Fredericksburg Literary & Art Review contains 5 of my poems and a profile of me along with other fine art and literature. Thank you Editor Amy Payne. This is the third time FLAR has published my work. “Cliffside Village” and “Caesar Rages Against his Fall” are from an unpublished collection inspired by Arthur Rimbaud, and the latter also by the #MeToo Movement. “Exile in Fragments” is from another unpublished collection that imagines  an exile from the Syrian civil war. “Inquisitions” comments on our Age of Outrage and Uncivil Discourse, while “Dragon Teeth Mountain – Second Extract” sets a more contemplative mood and shows my long admiration for Chinese poetry (read in translation). You will soon be able to purchase a had copy of the Review  HERE  but can read a copy now on  Issuu .

Gravel Magazine  has accepted two of my poems for publication: “Birth Season” is from an unpublished collection inspired by Arthur Rimbaud. “The Art of Disharmony” derives from experiencing two category 3 hurricanes while living in Pensacola. This is the third time that Gravel has published my poetry and I am grateful to the editors. 

Gravel Magazine  has accepted two of my poems for publication: "Birth Season" is from an unpublished collection inspired by Arthur Rimbaud. "The Art of Disharmony" derives from experiencing two category 3 hurricanes while living in Pensacola. This is the third time that Gravel has published my poetry and I am grateful to the editors.

Poetry Quarterly will also publish my poem "The Honey of Miracles" in their Winter 2019 issue.

Poetry Quarterly will also publish my poem “The Honey of Miracles” in their Winter 2019 issue.

I am one of the local authors profiled in this feature of the Free Lance Star .

I am one of the local authors profiled in this feature of the Free Lance Star .

Poetry Quarterly has selected my poem, "First and Last," as their  2018 Rebecca Lard Award Winner.  I am honored for this selection. "First and Last" is from an unpublished collection,  Dark Fathers,  about my relationship with my father, which as is often the case was for a long time a problematic one. This poem describes the time when he and I began to reconcile, which always involves forgiveness on both sides. That catharsis and reconciliation began after his major heart attack, which he thankfully survived for another 23 years, a time that allowed us to become loving friends as well as father and son. But in the time of the poem, that was unknown as was his very survival. Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers and the Poetry Quarterly team for this high honor. You will soon be able to purchase copies of the issue from their  bookstore . The parent of PQ, Prolific Press, also published my collection,  Final Inventory , last October, and you can purchas...

Poetry Quarterly has selected my poem, “First and Last,” as their  2018 Rebecca Lard Award Winner.  I am honored for this selection. “First and Last” is from an unpublished collection,  Dark Fathers,  about my relationship with my father, which as is often the case was for a long time a problematic one. This poem describes the time when he and I began to reconcile, which always involves forgiveness on both sides. That catharsis and reconciliation began after his major heart attack, which he thankfully survived for another 23 years, a time that allowed us to become loving friends as well as father and son. But in the time of the poem, that was unknown as was his very survival. Thank you Editor Glenn Lyvers and the Poetry Quarterly team for this high honor.  You will soon be able to purchase copies of the issue from their  bookstore . The parent of PQ, Prolific Press, also published my collection,  Final Inventory , last October, ...

Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine  Issue #10 is out featuring four of my poems. You can read it  HERE . I am most grateful to the editors for choosing to prominently place all four at the end of their issue.

Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine Issue #10 is out with four of my poems. You can read it HERE . I am most grateful to the editors for choosing to prominently place all four at the end of their issue.

You can read my poem “The Orphan” on The Big Window s website now.

You can read my poem "The Orphan" on The Big Window s website now.

Thank you to the Free Lance Star for highlighting local Fredericksburg area authors (including me) and to Rick Pullen for facilitating this article.

Thank you to Free Lance Star for highlighting local Fredericksburg area authors (including me) and to Rick Pullen for facilitating this article.

Thank you Light: A Journal of Photography and Poetry for accepting my poem “Fecundity” for publication mid-March in their “Labor” issue. 

“When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, the society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate.” (Thoughts in Solitude, Thomas Merton)

"When society is made up of men who know no interior solitude it can no longer be held together by love: and consequently it is held together by a violent and abusive authority. But when men are violently deprived of the solitude and freedom which are their due, the society in which they live becomes putrid, it festers with servility, resentment and hate.” (Thoughts in Solitude, Thomas Merton).

‘I want you to live forward, but see backward’: a theoretical astrophysicist’s manifesto – https://aeon.co/videos/i-want-you-to-live-forward-but-see-backward-a-theoretical-astrophysicists-manifesto

‘I want you to live forward, but see backward’: a theoretical astrophysicist’s manifesto – https://aeon.co/videos/i-want-you-to-live-forward-but-see-backward-a-theoretical-astrophysicists-manifesto

Four of my poetry books are still available on Amazon/Kindle for free. act quickly.

Four of my poetry books are still available on Amazon/Kindle for free. act quickly.

Thank you editors Jeff and Jason at  Sky Island Journal  for accepting 2 of my poems for publication on April 13, 2019.  They write: “Dark Sector Lab, South Pole, March 2014” and “Smith” transport and challenge us in ways that poetry seldom does. The deeper truths within these poems create a gravity that our hearts simply cannot escape. Quiet intimacy, articulate grace, and careful concision are the calling cards of these pieces. Your imagery is elegant, and your craft is airtight. Like all great art, these poems are gifts that keep giving; we discover more about them, and ourselves, with every reading. They create a complicated view of our own humanity, and we are beyond excited to share them with the world. 

Thank you editors Jeff and Jason at  Sky Island Journal  for accepting 2 of my poems for publication on April 13, 2019. They write: "Dark Sector Lab, South Pole, March 2014" and "Smith" transport and challenge us in ways that poetry seldom does. The deeper truths within these poems create a gravity that our hearts simply cannot escape. Quiet intimacy, articulate grace, and careful concision are the calling cards of these pieces. Your imagery is elegant, and your craft is airtight. Like all great art, these poems are gifts that keep giving; we discover more about them, and ourselves, with every reading. They create a complicated view of our own humanity, and we are beyond excited to share them with the world.

From February 3 through February 7, three of my chapbooks will be available FREE  from Amazon in Kindle format. All I ask if that you give them a read and review them on Amazon and Goodreads. My Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/davidanthonysam My Goodreads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/dasam

From February 3 through February 7, three of my chapbooks will be available FREE  from Amazon in Kindle format. All I ask if that you give them a read and review them on Amazon and Goodreads. My Amazon Author Page: amazon.com/author/davidanthonysam My Goodreads Author Page: https://www.goodreads.com/dasam