July 2009 PresentMagazine.com Poets-in-Residence
Celebrating the Written Word
PresentMagazine.com poets-in-residence Iris Appelquist, Bob Savino, Maria Boyd, and Joshua Rizer return with a new poem for July. Each will contribute one poem per month for the remainder of 2009 in this new series celebrating the written word.
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Seller Beware
My Perspective
Matt Purdy tries to sell his 1969 Plymouth 340 Formula S Barracuda through online sites, encounters some eager (read: dubious) buyers, and responds to their generous offer and unorthodox transaction proposals (read: scam) via email.
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Stonewall
My Perspective
The Stonewall Riots occurred nearly a full decade before I was born. And, having grown up in a small, conservative, Missouri town, it was almost another 20 years before I even heard about the events that took place that fateful night in 1969.
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Is Stonewall Just Old History?
Equal Rights - LGBT
Forty years ago, June 28, 1969, a group of street people and drag queens in Greenwich Village enacted the “Bunker Hill” moment of the movement for equal rights for transgender, lesbian, gay male, and questioning people in the US.
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Presenting: Linda Rodriguez, Heart's Migration
Words Worth: Poetry
Linda Rodriguez, local poet and member of the Latino Writers Collective, recently published a new collection of poems, Heart's Migration. Two poems from the collection are featured on Garrison Keillor's The Writers Almanac. Rodriguez shares two other poems from the book and answers questions about her latest work.
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Words Worth: Robert G. Fisher
Poems for Special Occasions
After I began to write and publish poems, I got requests to write them for special occasions. Below are two that I wrote to be read at outdoor weddings. I did the third for a church retreat at an outdoor campground.
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Something Salty in the Candy Aisle
My Perspective
Writer of funny, socially observant stories Matt Purdy offers witty commentary about being published in PresentMagazine.com in this meta-post.
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Dent Removal
On Creativity
I have had this fantasy where the things that I do not like about my face are dents, hit and runs from day to day monotony. Were I to push back against life, I could pop them out like plastic car bumpers.
The idea is that there is an internal pressure, a personal atmosphere, and an external one.
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Steady State A-hole
My Perspective
Most of us are a-holes every now and then. Like when we are driving. Or waiting in line. Or maybe when we are tired or sick. This is why the Conditional A-hole theory still dominates scientific thought in this area of study.
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Take Your Shot: Roy Inman, KC Symphony in Flint Hills
Featured Photography
Take Your Shot - featured photographs each week from local photographers in an ongoing gallery. Send us your best shot! Please email image to present@presentmagazine.com for consideration.
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Accidental Fraud
My Perspective
I like live local music. It is both louder and more intimate than large concerts. And cheaper. And quirkier. And the nature of live music in small venues provides extra benefits, little amenities you might not anticipate.
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Take Your Shot: Eric L. Bowers
Featured Photography
Take Your Shot - featured photographs each week from local photographers in an ongoing gallery. Send us your best shot! Please email image to present@presentmagazine.com for consideration.
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The Fisherman
What Do You Need?
Artist Steven Curtis shared this story with us at PresentMagazine.com. We loved it enough to pass it on. Be careful of what you (or others) wish for.
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Words Worth: Iris Appelquist
Poetry
A poem by Iris Appelquist, written in response to Dan Christensen’s paintings that explore the possibilities of color, paint, and pictorial space. Christensen's paintings, currently on display at the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, serve as the inspiration for The Color of Words, a poetry reading at the Kemper on Saturday, June 13, 5:30 PM that features several area poets.
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Take Your Shot: Joshua Rizer
Featured Photography
Take Your Shot - featured photographs each week from local photographers in an ongoing gallery. Send us your best shot! Please email image to present@presentmagazine.com for consideration.
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