In New York, erasure poem by Barbara Eknoian

IN NEW YORK
by Barbara Eknoian
(based on a passage from Chapter 7 in The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy)

those grand museums,
libraries, plays, concerts
beckoned me with promises.
When I couldn’t sleep,
when the noise of traffic rose up,
I tried to jog to Brooklyn,
but only made it to the Bowery,
where I stepped over bums
who slept in vestibules of lamp shops.
And, in the darkness, surprised myself
by entering the flower district,
trucks unloading  fragrant cargoes
of orchids,  lilies and roses.
At its best, New York,
a city of accidental epiphanies.

In New York, erasure poem by Barbara Eknoian

IN NEW YORK
by Barbara Eknoian
(based on a passage from Chapter 7 in The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy)

those grand museums,
libraries, plays, concerts
beckoned me with promises.
When I couldn’t sleep,
when the noise of traffic rose up,
I tried to jog to Brooklyn,
but only made it to the Bowery,
where I stepped over bums
who slept in vestibules of lamp shops.
And, in the darkness, surprised myself
by entering the flower district,
trucks unloading  fragrant cargoes
of orchids,  lilies and roses.
At its best, New York,
a city of accidental epiphanies.

This Is…, Erasure Poem by Daniel Romo

We just received our second erasure poetry submission — created at erasures.wavebooks.com — by Daniel Romo, whose poetry appears in the Silver Birch Press Summer Anthology and in Romancing Gravity, his new poetry collection from Silver Birch Press. Romo’s source material is The Land of Little Rain by Mary Austin (find the text here), a series of interrelated lyrical essays about the American Southwest first published in 1903.

THIS IS…
Erasure poem by Daniel Romo

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:  Daniel Romo is the author of the poetry collections When Kerosene’s Involved (Black Coffee Press, 2013) and Romancing Gravity (Silver Birch Press, 2013). His poetry and photography can be found in the Los Angeles Review, Gargoyle, MiPOesias, Yemassee, Hobart, and elsewhere. He holds an MFA from Queens University of Charlotte and teaches creative writing. He lives in Long Beach, California. More of his writing can be found at danielromo.net.

3rd Annual Geist Erasure Poetry Contest

GEIST, a literary magazine based in Canada, has announced its 3rd Annual Erasure Poetry Contest, specifics below.

First Prize: the Geist Erasure Trophy and $600

Second Prize: $250

Third Prize: $150

All win­ning entries will be pub­lished in Geist and on geist.com.

DEADLINE: August 31, 2013

Entry Fee: $20 (Includes a one-year subscription to Geist, Canada’s favourite literary magazine. International entrants will receive a digital subscription. All additional entries are $5.)

Find out more at geist.com.