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Francis DiClemente

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in Rome, NY, The United States

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Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction

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Francis DiClemente is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who lives in Syracuse, New York. He is the author of multiple poetry collections, most recently Poecabulary (independently published, 2025) and The Truth I Must Invent (Poets Choice, 2023).

His full-length stage play, Beyond the Glass, inspired by the Edward Hopper painting Nighthawks, was produced by a regional theater in Las Vegas, Nevada, in 2017.

He received a bachelor’s degree in communications/journalism from St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, and earned a master of arts in film and video from American University in Washington, DC. His blog can be found at https://francisdiclemente.com/. ...more

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	Poecabulary 3.33 avg rating — 30 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Truth I Must Invent: Poems 4.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Outward Arrangements: Poems 3.45 avg rating — 22 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dreaming of Lemon Trees: Selected Poems 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	In Pursuit of Infinity 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Birthday Photos

Following up on my last post, I wanted to share some photos of Colin from his birthday celebrations, which stretched from last Thursday (2/26) until Saturday evening (2/28). These are just unedited shots taken with my shoddy iPhone 8. But I wanted to save them here so I can find them in the future.

I hope everyone has a great week ahead.

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My Losing Season: A Memoir

by Pat Conroy

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The Brave

by Nicholas Evans

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Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town

by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author)

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Francis DiClemente wrote a new blog post Birthday Photos Following up on my last post, I wanted to share some photos of Colin from his birthday celebrations, which stretched from last Thursday (2/26) until S Read more of this blog post »
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Francis DiClemente made a comment in the group Advanced Copies for Review & Book Giveaways — Giveaway: Poecabulary poetry book topic " Hello. I am running a Goodreads giveaway for my new minimalistic poetry collection entitled Poecabulary. https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/sh... I can ...more "
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Francis DiClemente made a comment in the group Authors & Reviewers — Looking for indie books to review! topic " Hi Maria and Readers, I am seeking reviews of my new minimalistic poetry collection entitled Poecabulary. Here is the description: Poecabulary is a minim ...more "
Jun 07, 2025 07:49PM
Francis DiClemente made a comment on 365 Days Later " Thank you, Sandy. Indeed, every day is a blessing. I hope you are doing well and your writing is going well. "
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Francis DiClemente rated a book it was amazing Lost Moon Summer by Stu Lisson	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Rich in detail, vivid scenes, and naturalistic dialogue, Lost Moon Summer captures protagonist Sammy Walters’ youthful memories from the late 1950s. Fans of "A Christmas Story," "Dandelion Wine" by Ray Bradbury, and the film "Meatballs" with Bill Mur ...more
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Francis’s Quotes

“At lunchtime I bought a huge orange
The size of it made us all laugh.
I peeled it and shared it with Robert and Dave—
They got quarters and I had a half.

And that orange it made me so happy,
As ordinary things often do
Just lately. The shopping. A walk in the park
This is peace and contentment. It's new.

The rest of the day was quite easy.
I did all my jobs on my list
And enjoyed them and had some time over.
I love you. I'm glad I exist.”
― Wendy Cope, Serious Concerns

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¡ POETRY ! — 22554 members — last activity Mar 04, 2026 01:17PM
No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read No pretensions: just poetry. Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!) Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here. ~~~ "Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg “God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin “If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall “Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak “Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic “Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert “Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg. ~~~~~ Amy King, Moderator Amy King is the recipient of the 2015 Winner of the WNBA Award (Women’s National Book Association). Her latest collection, The Missing Museum, is a winner of the 2015 Tarpaulin Sky Book Prize. She serves on the executive board of VIDA: Women in Literary Arts and is co-editing with Heidi Lynn Staples the anthology, Big Energy Poets of the Anthropocene: When Ecopoets Think Climate Change. She is also co-editing the anthology, Bettering American Poetry 2015, and is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at SUNY Nassau Community College. ...more

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message 4: by Francis

Nov 12, 2012 04:53PM

My poetry collection Vestiges, published by Alabaster Leaves Publishing, is now available for sale on Amazon.com.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0615...

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message 3: by Francis

Sep 19, 2012 06:03PM

This is a follow-up to a previous blog post, but it may interest some book lovers.

http://francisdiclemente.wordpress.co...

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message 2: by Francis

Apr 17, 2011 05:00PM

Thanks a lot Cristi!

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message 1: by Cristi

Apr 17, 2011 04:16PM