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[7/5/20]
Here’s a poem from today’s ride. These almost daily drives are my escapes from the drone of the television with its constant barrage of...
Penny Harter
Jul 5, 20201 min read
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[7/3/20]
These pandemic days I find myself having almost too much time to reminisce, to enter the random flashes that have found niches in the...
Penny Harter
Jul 5, 20201 min read
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Pandemic poems digest 6/12/20 - 5/18/20
[6/12/20]: I have always loved whale songs. Today's poem, written last night, led me back to them. I'm glad to be writing new work...
Penny Harter
Jun 12, 202015 min read
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My old blog can still be accessed here: please visit https://penhart.wordpress.com....
I was able to import my old blog to this new blog, which is great. Also, some of the posts from my old blog continue below. However, if...
Penny Harter
May 13, 20201 min read
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Two Poems up in the May 2020 Issue of Verse-Virtual
Happy to share two poems in the May issue of Verse-Virtual, both from previous books. Please visit the site and enjoy all the poems in...
Penny Harter
May 1, 20201 min read
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My New Book Coming Soon
Front and Back Covers of My New Book Front Cover of New Book I’m so pleased to share that my new book, A Prayer the Body Makes, will be...
Penny Harter
Apr 30, 20201 min read
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Three Poems Just Published in Verse-Virtual
I’m so pleased to share that three of my recent poems are featured in the current issue of Verse-Virtual (at a new url for the journal)....
Penny Harter
Jan 3, 20201 min read
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Long Time No Posts
I’ve completely lost track of time. The last time I posted here was in 2017! I guess I got caught up in all sorts of other life things. I...
Penny Harter
Jan 3, 20201 min read
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Happy to Share Two Haibun up at CHO
I’m delighted to share that I have two haibun up at CHO (Contemporary Haibun Online) along with many other fine haibun poets. Thanks so...
Penny Harter
Oct 5, 20171 min read
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Haibun Posted at Rattle today, 6/2/17
Thanks to *Rattle* for posting my haibun “Night Howls” today. Many a night during the years Bill and I lived in Santa Fe, we were...
Penny Harter
Jun 2, 20171 min read
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Three Sonnets Published in the May Issue of Verse-Virtual
I’m a month late to the “sonnet-themed issue, so I’m so pleased that three sonnets of mine capturing childhood memories are posted in the...
Penny Harter
Apr 30, 20171 min read
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“Into the Lake” published at Silver Birch Press
Happy to share that my poem “Into the Lake” is featured this morning at Silver Birch Press: https://silverbirchpress.wordpress.com/2017/0...
Penny Harter
Apr 27, 20171 min read
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Poem just out in Stories of Music Volume 2 Anthology
I’m thrilled to introduce you to a beautiful anthology in which I’m proud to have a poem. The poem “Dream Time” from my collection Turtle...
Penny Harter
Jan 18, 20171 min read
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Poem Up at November Verse-Virtual
Thanks to *Verse-Virtual* for including this poem in the November issue for their “My America” theme. It’s always an honor to be among so...
Penny Harter
Oct 31, 20161 min read
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Two Poems Published in September issue of *Visual Arts Collective*
I’m delighted to share that two poems of mine , “Into the Lake” and “Undone,” from my new manuscript *Measuring the Distance,* are in the...
Penny Harter
Sep 9, 20161 min read
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Another Poem in Verse-Virtual
Happy to share that the title poem from one of my earlier collections, “Grandmother’s Milk,” (Singular Speech Press,1995; now o/p)...
Penny Harter
Sep 2, 20161 min read
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Poem published in Summer 2016 issue of Snapdragon Journal
I’m happy to share that “A Fixed Point,” a poem from my most recent collection, The Resonance Around Us, has been published in the Summer...
Penny Harter
Aug 9, 20161 min read
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New poem up at Verse-Virtual
Thanks to Firestone Feinberg and Verse-Virtual for selecting my poem “Two Children on the Seaside Rocks” for the June issue. It’s based...
Penny Harter
May 31, 20161 min read
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Poem Published in Beautiful New Anthology
I’m delighted to announce that my poem “Some Nights” appears in the anthology Earth & Eros, edited by Lorraine Anderson with photographs...
Penny Harter
Dec 17, 20151 min read
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Poem Posted at *The Quotable*
Happy to share that my poem “Measuring the Distance” (title poem of my new collection) appears in the most recent issue of The Quotable....
Penny Harter
Oct 7, 20151 min read
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