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Apr 13
2 min

[4/3/22]

I haven’t written a new poem in a while. Here’s one born this morning, an early birthday poem, perhaps a gift to myself. I'm turning 82....

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Penny Harter

Mar 21
1 min

[2/23/22]

A video of last night's Poetry of Hope reading is now available, so if you couldn't make it, go now. And if you want to see it again,...

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Penny Harter

Mar 21
1 min

[2/24/22]

So pleased that Visual-Verse has included my poem in their February anthology, written to the lovely butterfly picture. Happy to see...

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Penny Harter

Mar 20
1 min

[3[12[22]

So pleased to share that my poem "For the New Year" opens the poetry section in Snapdragon Journal's new issue. I agreed to not share...

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Penny Harter

Mar 20
1 min

[3/13/22]

[3/13/22] Finally another new poem, this one inspired by the quotation Tom Clausen posted this morning, quoting Michael Finkel about...

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Penny Harter

Mar 20
1 min

[3/16/22]

I'm grateful to Marietta McGregor for including a poem of mine in this week's Haiku Dialogue column at the Haiku Foundation. . . . HAIKU...

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Penny Harter

Mar 20
1 min

[3/20/22] Spring Equinox

Happy to share that my poem “Thin Places” appears in the Spring issue of Canary*. Thanks to Gail Entrekin for accepting my work.! Please...

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Penny Harter

Feb 2
1 min

[2/2/22]

Thanks to James Crews for calling my attention to a line by Rilke, No feeling is final, in his commentary this morning after sharing Ada...

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Penny Harter

Feb 2
1 min

[1/27/22]

Today, we're on the cusp of intense cold and a possible major winter storm, tomorrow night into Saturday---or not. Models are all over...

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Penny Harter

Jan 11
2 min

[1/11/22]

During my first residency at VCCA (January 2011), I discovered the magical serendipity of that wonderful place. On a bookshelf in my...

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Penny Harter

Jan 9
1 min

[1/9/22]

This morning I'm sharing a January poem from my collection The Resonance Around Us (Mountains and Rivers Press, 2013.) I wrote it at...

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Penny Harter

Jan 9
1 min

[1/10/22]

This morning I’m happy to share that my poem “The Solitary Birch” is in the January issue of “Verse-Virtual”. It was inspired by the ...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
1 min

Wonderful Reading Upcoming

POETRY OF HOPE FEATURED ZOOM READING! Please join us on Thursday, January 27, 2022 at 7pm Central for a special evening of hope-inspired...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
2 min

[12/31/21]

Wishing a Very Happy New Year to all my Facebook friends and family! Here's the poem I wrote on January 1st last year, and I'm sharing it...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
1 min

[12/28/21]

I'm pleased to share that one of my haiku was again included in this week's Haiku Dialogue, this time on the theme of "impermanence."...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
1 min

[12/22/21]

Once again, I'm grateful to have a haiku among those selected for this week's theme "black holes" on Haiku Dialogue / Ad Astra. Thanks to...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
1 min

[12/19/21]

And after posting my poem from Lizard Light earlier, later this morning, a new poem has arrived, also born from the encounter with the...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
1 min

[12/19/21]

Just watched a wonderful short film honoring Barry Lopez whose work I have always revered. That got me thinking about the Earth-affirming...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
2 min

[12/17/21]

[12/17/21] When I woke this morning, a week before Christmas Eve (and on my late husband’s birthday), I found myself feeling nostalgic...

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Penny Harter

Jan 4
1 min

[12/16/21]

Happy to share that again a haiku of mine is both featured and commented upon in this week's Haiku Dialogue. Thank you, Alex Fyffe, for...

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