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02/05/2022

Get your brain fuel; chase away those rainy day blues. Read Megha Sood at The Rainbow Project. React, Comment, and Share! Show today’s featured writer some love. #red #therainbowproject #rainbowliterary #poetry #fiction #art #stories #anthology #zine #litnag #blog #poets #writers #read #getpublished #pajamas #getyourbrainfuel #poetswearprada #meghasood #crimsom #crimsonerobe #moon #desert #dune #robe @meghasworld16 @repoocejjj #callsforsubmissions https://rainbowliterary.blogspot.com/

02/05/2022

Ron Kolm | I Am You as You Are Me

Get your brain fuel; chase away those winter blues. Read Ron Kolm at The Rainbow Project. React, Comment, and Share! Show today’s featured writer some love. #red #therainbowproject #rainbowliterary #poetry #fiction #arr #stories #anthology #zine #litnag #blog #poets #writers #read #getpublished #pajamas #getyourbrainfuel #poetswearprada #ronkolm

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I Am You as You Are Me When you said You wanted to follow me Everywhere I went For an entire day Videotaping Every movement...

10/26/2021

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07/08/2021

NONLINEAR THINKING

Wit's End

The end of the rope is long . . .

04/15/2021

DISTRACTION

The Waste of Aphorithm

I think ...

02/25/2021

DISTANCE

The Length of Aphorithm

What goes on ...

02/17/2021

MARDI GRAS

The Masks of Aphorithm

Is this Fat ...

10/17/2020

PERSPECTIVE

The View from Aphorithm

I have attained ...

10/04/2020

“The Fourth of October, T’en Souvient-il?” * Poetry * John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper - Aromatica Poetica

I thank Dr. M. Leona Godin for the honor of seeing my poem "The Fourth of October, T'en Souvient-il?" appear in Aromatica Poetica on this day (of all days).

“...brings to mind / the sweetly fragrance — tiny, tart and sticky — / pungent orange fruit of the Osage tree.” - John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper

09/05/2020

EXPECTATION

Waiting for the Aphorithm

Better to be ...

08/26/2020

Two Poems by Jack Cooper

I am so very happy to see the occasions enshrined in two cherished poems recalled in BRIEF WILDERNESS. My thanks to Editor-in-Chief Gordon Purkis and, especially, Julie Schoene, Associate Poetry editor, who chose them as "standouts."

Gladys Twilight shone on the river, love roseamid the tall grass, receding daydrew away all definitionwith it, the confusion of midnightbeneath billowed sparkle and she notfar off, presence still i…

07/13/2020

BEAUTY II

Remember the Aphorithm

Beau - ty lives ...

05/09/2020

Take Off - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Enjoy listening to Mireya Perez read from her debut novel, BACK TO ELDORADO, released this January 2020 from Floricanto Press. She is reading chapter one, titled "Take Off." Get your brain fuel. Read a new book! Show our author of day some love. React, Comment, and Share her reading with someone your love.
Have new poetry or fiction book out? Please send your recordings with your head shot and book cover to [email protected]. Fiction writers: try to keep it to about 5 minutes. Poets: one poem or 3 haikus about a page or a minute of content, maximum of 3 minutes. Minimize your introduction to your name and the title of your new book. You can mention the publisher. No thank yous at the end but you can state your name and the book title again. We look forward to hearing and sharing your reading here. This podcast is broadcast on Apple Music and Spotify, all over the world.

Mireya Perez-Bustillo reads "Take Off," chapter one of her new and debut novel "Back to Eldorado" ( Floricanto Press, 2020).

05/09/2020

Bruce Whitacre | Vert. Verlaine. Vérité.

Poetry, how I love you green. Have you had your greens today? Stop and get your brain fuel. Read Bruce Whitacre’s poem written especially for the Rainbow Project, “Vert. Verlaine. Vérité.” Enjoy, react, comment and share! Thank you Bruce E. Whitacre.
The Rainbow Project: welcomes your poetry and flash inspired by the colors of the rainbow. This week's prompt is the color Green and everything Green symbolizes: hope, nature, money, envy, youth, etc. Send your submissions to [email protected] as inline text not as attachments. Bios (75 words) and head shots welcome at time of submission, otherwise we'll request at time of acceptance.

Vert. Verlaine. Vérité. A toast to an era corked in a verdant bottle The chemical the geniuses lacked The elixir that rescued us from t...

05/04/2020

Thomas Fucaloro | One More Left

Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel. Read “One More Left” by Thomas Fucaloro. Read, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share! Happy Monday and Happy May!

The Rainbow Project: welcomes your poetry and flash inspired by the colors of the rainbow. This week's prompt is the color Green and everything Green symbolizes: hope, nature, money, envy, youth, etc. Send your submissions to [email protected] as inline text not as attachments. Bios (75 words) and head shots welcome at time of submission, otherwise we'll request at time of acceptance.

One More Left The garlic-stuffed olive sighs hellfire as the jar holds the ocean marinating. The garlicky-green ocean r...

05/03/2020

Patricia Carragon | Shades of Green

The Rainbow Project: welcomes your poetry and flash inspired by the colors of the rainbow. This week's prompt is the color Green and everything Green symbolizes: hope, nature, money, envy, youth, etc. Send your submissions to [email protected]

Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel. Read 3 haiku by Patricia Carragon inspired by green, nature,. and Lorca. The first haiku is dedicated to Evie Ivy. Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Write your own poem and submit.

(for Evie Ivy) shades of green in the sunlight my tree knows Lorca Urban Haiku and More (Fierc...

05/03/2020

Music is an Anodyne - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy Sunday! Carrie Magness Radna reads her poem “Music is an anodyne” from her debut chapbook, "Conversations with dead composers at Carnegie Hall" (Flutter Press: 2019). This poem first appeared in "First Literary Review-East" in March 2019. (Thank you, Cindy Sostchen-Hochman and Karen Neuberg) Please submit your audio poems to [email protected] with your head shot and book cover..

Carrie Magness Radna read her poem “Music is an anodyne” from her debut chapbook, Conversations with dead composers at Carnegie Hall (Flutter Press: 2019). This poem first appeared in First Literary Review-East in March 2019.

05/02/2020

Green Rain

Did you know that some of our titles are available as free reads on issuu.com and their app? Follow the link https://www.issuu.com/pradapoet/docs/greenrainbymaryorovan to read Green Rain by Mary Orovan (2008). Enjoy! Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel. Read a book.

GREEN RAIN Poems by Mary Orovan ISBN 978-0-9817678-5-7 Poets Wear Prada, December 2008 (soft cover/saddle-stitch/20 pp.) $8.00 (+ $1.50 S&H)

05/02/2020

Lushberries - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Mary Orovan reads her poem "Lushberries" from her chapbook "Green Rain" (2008). How many colors does she mention?
What are they? How does this poem make your feel? What senses does her poem trigger? Have you had your poetry today?
Get your brain fuel. Get inspired and write a poem for the Rainbow Project. Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share.
Have a wonderful Saturday!

Mary Orovan reads her poem "Lushberries" from her chapbook "Green Rain" (Poets Wear Prada, 2008).

05/01/2020

Meowku Meditations - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

The last day of April and National Poetry Month was yesterday but we are continuing to bring you poetry and flash each day. Here are some cat-inspired medications by Patricia Carragon, Want to be included? Please send in your sound tracks with an image of your book and or yourself. No COVID-19 or politics please. Keep your tracks to 1 minute or 1 page please.

Patricia Carragon reads three haiku from MEOWKU (Poets Wear Prada, 2019)

04/30/2020

TALISMAN

Periapt Aphorithm

Cede con- fu- sion ...

04/30/2020

A No Heat Space - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy Thursday! It's Day 30 of National Poetry Month, and today we are celebration with Cyndi Dawson, Recal lNew York in the eighties and the downtown club and drug scenes and punk rock.as Cyndi performs her poem "A No Heat Space" from her debut poetry chapbook OUTSIDE GIRL (2010), Please show our poet of the day some love. Have you had your poetry today. Get your brain fuel. Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Happy National Poetry Month!.

Cyndi Dawson performs her poem "A No Heat Space" from her debut poetry chapbook OUTSIDE GIRL (Poets Wear Prada, 2010), documenting the eighties New York downtown club and drug scenes and punk rock.

04/29/2020

Flight: North Dakota - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy Day 29 of National Poetry Month! It's Wednesday and we are celebrating with Robert Gibbons. Have you had your poetry today? Listen up as he reads his poem "Flight: North Dakota" from his most recent collection, his chapbook FLIGHT (2019), and get yourself some brain fuel. Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Show our poet of the day some love.

Robert Anthony Gibbons reads his poem "Flight: North Dakota" from his chapbook FLIGHT (Poets Wear Prada, 2019).

04/28/2020

John on the Chrysler - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy Day 28 of National Poetry Month! Today we bring you Laura Vookles aka LV who is reading the title poem from her chapbook "John on the Chrysler" (2007). Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel..Take a poem a day. Happy Tuesday and Happy National Poetry Month, everyone!

Laura Vookles aka LV reads the title poem of her debut chapbook, "John on the Chrysler" (Poets Wear Prada, 2007)

04/27/2020

After the Math - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

It's Day 27 of National Poetry Month, and today we are celebrating with Alex O. Bleecker. He's reading his poem "After the Math" from his debut chapbook, FOUND IN A CORD (2006). Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel.Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Happy National Poetry Month and Happy Monday!.

Alex O. Bleecker reads "After the Math" from his debut poetry chapbook, FOUND IN A CORD (Poets Wear Prada, 2006).

04/26/2020

The Subway Joker - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy Sunday! It's Day 26 of National Poetry Month, today we're listening to Austin Alexis read "The Subway Joker" from his debut chapbook, "Lovers and Drag Queens" (Poets Wear Prada, 2007, 2014). Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Have you had your poetry today? Stop and get your brain fuel.
Get energized with a poem. Wishing you all a wonderful day and a Happy National Poetry Month!

Austin Alexis reads "The Subway Joker" from his debut chapbook, "Lovers and Drag Queens" (Poets Wear Prada, 2007, 2014)

04/25/2020

Family Life - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

It's Day 25 of National Poetry Month, and today we are celebrating with poet Jason Morphew.. Jason is reading "Family Life" from his chapbook "What to Deflect when You Are Deflecting" (2017), a collection of poems on fatherhood. Have your had your poetry today? Stop and get your brain. Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment and Share. Happy National Poetry Month!

Poet Jason Morphew reads "Family Life" from his chapbook "What to Deflect when You Are Deflecting" (Poets Wear Prada, 2017), a collection of poems on fatherhood.

04/23/2020

Almost Drowning - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

HAPPY NPM! Day 23 and we continue our month-long celebration of poets and their poetry with a poem by Dan Simpson. Dan reads his "Almost Drowning" from his debut poetry collection SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (2014) Have you had your poetry today? Take a moment to get your brain fuel. Re-energize with poetry. Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share.

Dan Simpson reads his poem "Almost Drowning" from his debut poetry collection SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND (Poets Wear Prada, 2014)

04/21/2020

Detailed Still - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

It's Tuesday and Day 21 of National Poetry Month. Today we are sharing a poem by Karen Neuberg, the title poem from her debut poetry chapbook (Poets Wear Prada, 2009). Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel. Energize your day.Happy National Poetry Month!

Karen Neuberg reads the title poem from her chapbook Detailed Still (Poets Wear Prada,(2009).

04/20/2020

Dancing Song for my Daughter - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

It's Monday and Day 20 of National Poetry Month. Today we are sharing a poem by Daniela Gioseffi, "Dancing Song for my Daughter" from her poetry collections WAGING BEAUTY: As the Polar Bear Dreams of Ice (Poets Wear Prada, 2017). Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel. Energize your day.Happy National Poetry Month!

Lifetime activist and American Book Award-winning author, founder/editor of Eco-Poetry.org, Daniela Gioseffi reads her poem "Dancing Song for my Daughter" from her poetry collections WAGING BEAUTY: As the Polar Bear Dreams of Ice (Poets Wear Prada...

04/19/2020

Afternoon Moon - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

it's Sunday and sunny in Hoboken, and it's Day 19 of National Poetry Month. Today we're shaing a poem by George Held, "Afternoon Moon" from his his first chapbook of poems about the moon, PHASED (2008). Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Have you had your poetry today. Get you brain fuel. Happy Sunday afternoon and Happy National Poetry Month.

George Held reads "Afternoon Moon" from "Phased," his chapbook of poems, etc. about the moon published 2008 by Poets Wear Prada.

04/18/2020

Green Rain

Did you know that several of our books are available to read in their entirety for free on ISSUU,com, Use this share link to access GREEN RAIN by Mary Orovan. You can also download the free ISSUU app to your phone. and turn your phone into a library.

GREEN RAIN Poems by Mary Orovan ISBN 978-0-9817678-5-7 Poets Wear Prada, December 2008 (soft cover/saddle-stitch/20 pp.) $8.00 (+ $1.50 S&H)

04/18/2020

Homesick - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy National Poetry Month! It's Day 18. and we are continuing our month-long celebration with a reading by Brant Lyon of his poem "Homesick" from his debut chapbook and ours, YOUR INFIDEL EYES, first published in 2006, with an expanded 10th-anniversary edition released in 2016. Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. Have you had your poetry today? Get your brain fuel.

Brant Lyon reads "Homesick" from his debut chapbook "Your Infidel Eyes" (Poets Wear Prada, 2006)

04/17/2020

The Slip - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy National Poetry Month! Have you had your poetry today. Get your brain fuel. Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. It's Day 17, and today we are sharing a poem by Michael Montlack, the title poem from his chapbook THE SLIP (2009). Happy Birthday, Michael!

Michael Montlack reads the title poem of his chapbook THE SLIP (Poets Wear Prada, 2009).

04/17/2020

The Slip - Poets Wear Prada's Podcast

Happy National Poetry Month! Have you had your poetry today. Get your brain fuel. Listen, Enjoy, React, Comment, and Share. It's Day 17, and today we are sharing a poem by Michael Montlack, the title poem from his chapbook THE SLIP (2009)

Michael Montlack reads the title poem of his chapbook THE SLIP (Poets Wear Prada, 2009).