Entries by Bethany

Sally Albiso Poetry Book Award

July 7, 2023 /9 Comments/in , /by

My poetry manuscript — The Pear Tree: Elegy for a Farm — has won the 2023 Sally Albiso Poetry Award from MoonPath Press. I’m feeling stunned and honored and — even after a week has gone by — a bit disbelieving. I’ve shared here some of my process in cobbling this book together, but just […]

The Lexicon

June 5, 2023 /3 Comments/in , /by

Lexicon: “the vocabulary of a person, language, or branch of knowledge” A lexicon can be vast, but it can also be narrow and exact. Horse people have a lexicon. Dock-workers have a lexicon. Waitresses have a lexicon. My first assignment in the poetry class I’m teaching is to list 25 words relating to a subject. […]

Upcoming Poetry Class

May 17, 2023 /3 Comments/in , /by

I am teaching a poetry class — a project a LONG time in the works, by the way — and deserving of some fanfare. The class begins Friday, May 26 — two classes, sort of — one on-ground, 3:30-5:00 (at my house; there are a couple seats left), and one on-line, 11:30-1:00 (plenty of room). […]