Linda Eve Diamond's Blog

Hello friends!

I'm closing up this blog and moving many of the poems shared here over to my main Website, www.LindaEveDiamond.com.

If the links on the poetry page aren't all live yet, please check back soon.

Additional content will find its way to the website, too, at some point.  :)

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Let's celebrate POETRY!  April is National Poetry Month, a world-wide literary event, established by the National Academy of American Poets in 1996. Read about National Poetry Month at www.Poets.org: About the Celebration.

This year's poster, shown below, can be ordered for free here and downloaded as an interactive pdf, with each image linked to a poem, here. (The PDF version is also linked from the poster image below.)  

A related lesson plan offers classroom activities around the poster...

LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD! Enter the BlackBerry Peach Prizes for Poetry: Spoken and Heard, a new contest by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS) that honors the artistry of both page and stage!

Enter 4 poems in both text and audio formats.  All styles of performance poetry are welcome, including traditional-style readings and slam. Whatever your style, let the poetry of your voice come through!

WINNERS RECEIVE:

Cash Prizes - $1,000, $500, $250Opportunity to Perform - at the NF...

Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanza (and Happy Festivus, too)!

The photo below is of our menorah and holiday tree, from the first night of Hanukkah and Christmas Eve. (Find more holiday photos on the blog here and on my photo page here.)

HOLIDAY POEM: Click here for my holiday poem, "After Christmas" (a fun little post-script to "The 12 Days of Christmas" poem)! :)

From our home to yours, HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

With warmest wishes for peace, love and a joyful new year,

Linda Eve Diamond & J...

Florida State Poets Association (FSPA) offers annual contests and the opportunity for members to choose themes and sponsor them. I chose theme: LISTENING.

Here are the winners, selected by contest judge, Nancy Breen:

1st Place: "Chopin Op. 9 No 3 in B Major"
by Crystie Cook (Utah)

2nd Place: "Truly Hearing and Being Heard"
by Jeani M. Piclesimer (Kentucky)

3rd Place: "Bird Watching"
by Kiabab Plateau (Utah)

1st Honorable Mention: "Blood Memory"
by NL Cook (Minnesota)

2nd HM "Who Says Redemption i...

In the following poem, "Reflections," the second half of the poem is an exact reflection the of the first, word for word, line by line, changing meaning a bit as it reflects. When I wrote this, the diamond shape was incidental, but a clever friend assumed that I was playing on my name and pointed out that it's a concrete poem of a Diamond reflecting. What started out as a little bit of a game became more meaningful after that was pointed out to me, making me wonder whether I may have been awa...

I wrote a little "Reflections" poem and entered it into the Florida State Poet's Association Annual Awards in the "Jane Opel Memorial Award" category. The poem was honored with a Certificate of Merit.

The idea behind the poem is that the second half is an exact reflection the of the first, word for word, line by line, changing a bit as it reflects. When I wrote this, the diamond shape was incidental, but a clever friend assumed that I was playing on my name and pointed out that it's a concrete...

Here's a dash of "Autumn Splash" to welcome in this colorful season.

This is one of four photos that I entered in a "Color Splash" art show at the Flagler County Art League, which includes paintings, mixed media collages, paper mache, stained glass and photographs.

This was my first time entering photographs into an art show and seeing them hung in a gallery, so it was fun to see them on display among the array of colorful artworks. I was also surprised and delighted to find that my "Autumn Sp...

I wrote earlier about the mysterious book sculptor of Edinburgh, Scotland, who has been anonymously gifting extraordinary book sculptures "in support of libraries, books, words and ideas" since 2011. Last spring, she announced that she would be creating her final sculpture and invited submissions of paper butterflies to be included. She received butterflies from book lovers worldwide, from ages 8 to 80.

I posted about the artist, her sculptures, and her call for butterflies here: In Support...