January 2nd, 2018 by admin
Poetic Matrix Press'
20th Anniversary Authors' Anthology
246 pages, Price $20.00, available from Small Press Distribution (SPD) www.spdbooks.org
With material from our 60 books and 45 authors (including new pieces from many) this is a true reflection of So Many Voices that we have had the privilege...
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Tags: Anne Whitehouse, Ashley Pinkerton, Brandon Cesmat, Diana Festa, Francisco X. Alarcón, Gail Entrekin, J.P. Linstroth, James Downs, Joe O'Connell, John Peterson, Joseph Zacardi, Leroy Moore, Lyn Lifshin, Tomás Gayton, Kim Shuck,  Shadab Zeest Hashmi, Patricia Nelson, Joseph Miloach, Arthur W. Campbell, Mun Duk-su, Peter Gibson Friesen, Hassan El-Tayyab, Joan Michelson, Grace Marie Grafton, Yearn Hong Choi, Rayn Roberts, Chris Olander, Molly Weller, Charles Entrekin, Sandra Lee Stillwell, Joel Netsky, Ruth Rosenthal, Bonnie Joanna Gisel,  Peter and Donna Thomas, Reverend James Fox, Alex Landon, Elaine Halleck
Posted in: Poets Comment into the World
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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Tags: Katrina, Lyn Lifshin, Quote
Posted in: Uncategorized, Forever Journal
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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Tags: Lyn Lifshin, Poetry, Press Notes
Posted in: Uncategorized, Poets Comment into the World
April 5th, 2015 by admin
Excepts from MALALA by Lyn Lifshin published by Poetic Matrix Press
Pakistani Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Noble Peace Prize for 2014 along with Indian child advocate Kailash Satyarthi.
LIKE CHILDREN TRAILING GLORY
Malala, still playing with dolls,
believed she could change the
world, cure cancer,...
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Tags: Lyn Lifshin, poems, Poetry
Posted in: Uncategorized, Forever Journal
March 4th, 2014 by admin
Malala
Lyn Lifshin
New from Poetic Matrix Press
Available on our website
ON THAT DAY
the teenagers 
chattered with their 
teachers as the school 
bus rattled along the 
country road. They 
just finished a term 
paper and broke out 
singing a Pashton 
song. That music must 
have been the last 
thing...
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Tags: Lyn Lifshin, poems
Posted in: Uncategorized, Forever Journal
August 14th, 2013 by admin
In Malala's Spring Dream
the pond is a 
dark blossom 
unfolding. If she 
were to move to 
the window in the 
dream, there 
would be white 
lilies thru blinds, 
suspended 
instead of a 
moon.
Fog lips on roots
and willows 
filtering into 
dreams of swans. 
The light polishing 
water, connecting 
what...
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Tags: Lyn Lifshin, poems
Posted in: Uncategorized, Forever Journal