https://www.amazon.com/Failures-Finest-Moment-Brian-Remmen/dp/1090355696/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=brian+van+remmen&qid=1628184016&sr=8-1 Sealey Challenge #5 I'd be remiss if I didn't include Brian Van Remmen in my list of chapbooks. BVR has been a good friend and instrumental in advising me on my poetry. When you check out this book, you will see a level of diction and formatting which will allow your eyes to glide … Continue reading “Failure’s Finest Moment” by Brian Van Remmen
Tobias: The Musical
Country Boy (poem)
Photo by Bruno Salvadori on Pexels.com Tapping in his Tony LamasWiggling in his WranglersStimulating in his StetsonThe wind propels himTwisting and spinningAs the guitar strumsHe is a centrifugeDefying gravityNever succumbingTo earthly limitationsThis cowboy soarsGrabbing his belt buckleAs if launching himselfInto the atmospherePropelled in alignmentEmbraced by acousticsBorn in the USAStature of theColossus of RhodesLove child of … Continue reading Country Boy (poem)
Asymptote (concrete poem)
-Jack M. Freedman (Jacob Moses) Published in POST(paper) (2016)
“Warcries” by Nicole S. Goodwin
https://www.amazon.com/Warcries-Nicole-S-Goodwin/dp/1536919071 Sealey Challenge #4 Nicole S. Goodwin is an incredibly talented poet and performance artist. I've had the pleasure of watching her perform her body positive series, Ain't I a Woman. I was taken especially by the vulnerability of her words as a black woman and as a war veteran. Check it out!
Wizard of Willow (poem)
I am the evergreenWizard of WillowLeaving offeringsWithin her woods Our roots are hereSharing chalicesIn this dimensionOf the wild unknown She is whereOur tree of lifeSinks into theGround by the pond Our hero of one Thousand branchesOur peacock's tail Ambassador of light Harboring treasuresIn a cauldronFrom ash to skin to goldAlchemy of her eye I am the illustratorOf … Continue reading Wizard of Willow (poem)
“The Everything Bagel” by Scottt Raven
The Everything Bagel https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y4L8TNJ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_glt_fabc_4RYA6MJBBWX9R5STP4B3 Sealey Challenge #3
Fan Photos of “Seance”
Fan photo from antifolk badass and one of my favorite singer/songwriters, Phoebe Blue Seance fan photo from my good friend, Citrona Westley. Fan photo from fellow poet, James Dean Rivera. Photo by fellow poet and actor, Michael Zaiontz. Seance put in the spotlight by Tom Hickey Seance placement by Tom Hickey Seance fan photo from … Continue reading Fan Photos of “Seance”
Furballs
Taki (1996-2006) Gryffindor Samantha (2005-2017) RavenclawFreddy (2015-present) SlytherinGrady (2014-present) Hufflepuff
The Sealey Challenge
The Sealey Challenge is inspired by Nicole Sealey and her vision to have people share in the love of poetry and recommend the works of other poets. In this vein, I have begun to make a list of poets worth recommending along with a blurb/anecdote. I am fortunate to know as many poets as I … Continue reading The Sealey Challenge
Jacob R. Moses 