December 10th, 2015 by admin
Earlier today I saw a CBS News piece on actor Mandy Patinkin as he went to a beach on a Greek island as refugees came ashore. He went to, as he said "connect with reality" and meet these people as they fled conflicts in the Middle-East. Patinkin said "fear is the poison of our lives." Our humanity...
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December 10th, 2015 by admin
I just saw Trump's disgusting and abusive portrayal of a disabled person. Having just published Leroy Moore's book Black Kripple Delivers Poetry & Lyrics I realize how much Leroy has affected me. Leroy has the same speech and physical patterns that Trump caricatured but the great difference between...
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November 13th, 2015 by admin
PARADE
Some are big-boned, some are egret-thin.
For every tall one, there's another squat and dumpy.
Most are brunettes, a few blondes, now and then, a red-head.
Many noses are up, many chins are down.
Some chatter constantly. Others remain silent.
Morose, happy, solitary, cringing to the crowd,
there's...
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November 13th, 2015 by admin
Seen by the eye of faith
the cherry blossoms
are always about to fall.
It is a rare privilege to be born
as a human being,
as we happen to be.
If we do not achieve
enlightenment in this life,
when do we expect to achieve it?
—Echu...
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October 5th, 2015 by admin
The Art of Healing
by Gail Rudd Entrekin and Charles Entrekin
Gail and Charles are well known to Poetic Matrix Press. We have published two books by Gail and one by Charles. In this volume they alternate pieces exploring the very trying journey through Charles' cancer. Charles writes confronting this...
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October 5th, 2015 by admin
"He who works with his hands
is a laborer
He who works with his hands and his head
is a craftsman
He who works with his hands his head and his heart
is an artist."
...
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September 26th, 2015 by admin
Folks,
Poetic Matrix Press will have a table at the coming Watershed event in Berkeley this Saturday Sept 26th and we invite all of you who will be in the area to stop by and say hello. All of the proceeds from all book sales will be donated to Sandy Stillwell and Dennis who lost their home in the...
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August 27th, 2015 by admin
Hurricane Katrina 10th Anniversary
AS ONE MAN SAT IN AN EVACUATION
CENTER IN BATON ROUGE
he could not stop watching
the images of hurt and
crying children on TV.
Known as Grandpa Grady
the elderly man in his
River Ridge neighborhood
was sickened by the images,
was saying “ya’ll get those...
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August 27th, 2015 by admin
If you have attended to the news lately you know this is the 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina that so devastated New Orleans and the gulf region. In 2010 our press had the opportunity to recognize Katrina's 5th anniversary by publishing Lyn Lifshin's book of thoughtful personal poems, Katrina,...
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August 20th, 2015 by admin
Star Trek Season 3: Ep. 5. Arthur H Singer
Is There In Truth No Beauty
The glory of creation is in its infinite diversity.
And in the ways our differences combine to create meaning and beauty....
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