The Raucous King is not afraid He's planning a Pandemic Ball, a gathering of all, to bow before her golden braid The Raucous King is not afraid of his eager, pallid daughter, the maiden known as Breathless Death-- Himself flattering-- The Raucous King is not afraid He's planning a Pandemic Ball, a gathering... Copyright 2020 Joan Dobbie
Bio:
Joan Dobbie cohosts the River Road Reading Series (RRRS) now on ZOOM. She has a U of O Creative Writing MFA, lots of publications, several books, chapbooks etc. Her latest is The Language of Stone, Uttered Chaos Press,. Oct. 2019. Her poem “When Your Man’s a Drunk” took first prize in the 2020 OPA Spring contest Traditional form category. She’ll be joining Erica Goss and Emmett Wheatfall conducting a Zoom writing workshop on July 26 4:30-6:00pm Find the River Road Reading Series on Facebook or at www.riverroadreadings.blogspot.com.
Donation Appeal:
Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web site work by poets and artists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will find these works relevant, comforting and inspiring as we all cope with the economic and health-related fallout.
As you view the work on this site each day, we would like to encourage you to donate to the Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC). Their mission “ is to feed our neighbors in need by providing dignified access to supplemental groceries. AFAC is seeing a record number of families due to the COVID-19 pandemic as families who never thought they would ever be in need are now showing up at our doors for much needed food.” And, in keeping with our hunger-focused efforts, you may also want to visit the Poetry X Hunger website where poems by many poets are posted and are being used by anti-hunger organizations.”
Throughout June and July, we will be presenting on this web site work by poets and artists responding to the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope you will find these works relevant, comforting and inspiring as we all cope with the economic and health-related fallout.
Please consider donating to AFAC. If you do, let us know which poet or artist inspired you so we can send you a personal thank you.
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