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LindaAnn LoSchiavo on Turning Caregiving into Creative Expression

Congratulations to all the contributors for all their creative works.

In appreciation for all the support, we are offering a special discount. Just go to ProlificPulse.com and scroll down. On December 4-10 there will also be a .99 Kindle countdown deal!

We had a fantastic afternoon of poetry in dedication to the release of “Perihelion” by Roberta Batorsky. Check out this video:

Perihelion

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We gathered together on Tuesday night to celebrate prolific poetry. I thought I would share this event. There are some announcements included and more.

A Celebration of “Prolific Poets of 2025” #poetrylovers #poetry

We gathered together to celebrate many of the poetry books published in 2025 by Prolific Pulse Press LLC If you see a book or books you would like, the links follow each presenter below or go to https://www.prolificpulse.com/ Be sure to sign up for our mailing list! https://dashboard.mailerlite.com/forms/1262629/142795590456050886/share

Roberta Batorsky is a Biology teacher and freelance science writer. Her poetry reflects her interest in people, their lived experiences and science. She lives in NJ with her husband and has 2 children and 2 grandchildren. she writes with empathy, knowledge and humor and has been published in Heron Clan, Fine Lines, NJ Bards, Delaware Valley Poets and other collections. This is her first book. https://www.prolificpulse.com/robertabatorsky #poetrycollection #poetsofnewjersey #perihelion

Loralee Clark is a writer who grew up learning a love for nature and her place in it, in Maine. She resides in Virginia now as a writer and artist, with two awesome kids and a loving husband. She writes poetry and non-fiction. Myth is her love language. https://www.prolificpulse.com/loraleeclark #myth #poetsofvirginia #solemnity #rites

Zaneta V. Johns is a world-class author of three poetry collections and What Matters Journal. She has co-authored five international bestselling collaborative books and co-edited three poetry anthologies. Johns is an editor of Fine Lines Journal and Women Speakers Association Poet Laureate. Johns resides in Colorado, USA. https://www.prolificpulse.com/zan-johns #poetlaureate #coloradopoets #colorado #awardwinningpoet #poetryeditor

Melissa Lemay lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, with her children and cats. She writes about God, addiction, trauma, healing, motherhood, and many other things. She enjoys spending time with family, drinking good coffee, and being outdoors. She loves animals. Her poem, “Ephemeral,” was chosen as Poetic Publication of the Year for 2023 at Spillwords Press; she was Author of the Month for July 2024 and Author of the Year for 2024. Find her at melissalemay.wordpress, collaborature.blogspot, and at dVerse Poets Pub. https://www.prolificpulse.com/melissalemay #rengay #pennsylvaniapoets #poetrycollection #collaboration #humor

LindaAnn LoSchiavo is a dramatist, writer, and poet. A native New Yorker, LoSchiavo has received nominations for the Pushcart Prize, Rhysling Award, Best of the Net, the IPPY Award, CLMP’s Firecracker Award, Balcones Poetry Prize, and Dwarf Stars. She is a member of Science Fiction Poetry Assoc., The British Fantasy Society, and The Dramatists Guild. She has won Two Awards for Cancer Courts My Mother. https://www.prolificpulse.com/lindaannloschiavo #cancer #grief #caregiving #parentchildrelationship #newyorkpoets #awardwinningpoet

Never until recently did Ken Tomaro consider writing poetry. Not when he slid from the womb. Not when he felt the first tingle of teen hormones. Not after he got married, divorced, moved to another city, lost a couple jobs, moved back. It just sort of happened. Ken Tomaro, self-proclaimed poet laureate of the Cleveland sewer system, has been writing poetry for a few short years. He’s not famous, rich, recognized or read in schools across America. He has been published in several literary journals, done a couple podcasts, started the YouTube channel, Screaming Down the Poetic Highway, and that’s pretty damn impressive. Ken Tomaro.com https://www.prolificpulse.com/kentomaro #poetry #lifesterms #contemporary #ohiopoets

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It’s time to announce the nominees for the Pushcart Prize to be considered for publication by The Pushcart Press.

All of the nominees were published in Social Possibilites

This years nominees and their poem titles are:

Rita Anderson for “Waiting Room”

Roberta Batorsky for “Pashtun Sanwich”

Loralee Clark for “When Capitalism Says”

Michael Ingram for “My Mother and My Father”

Ivan Salazar for “A Future of Possibilities”

Munmun Samanta for “Life After Ruins”

Congratulations to these well-deserved nominees and thank you to Zaneta V. Johns for helping with the decision making process.

In case you missed it- Here’s the video of the Book Launch for Social Possibiliities

It’s been a bit, but here I am ready to work on those thankfuls. Each day I begin, end, interrupt with thankfuls, but it’s time for me to report in!

There are so, so many things to list and I am just jumping in and letting it roll. A couple of weeks ago I met with a local friend who is also a publisher and she brought me a beautiful bouquet of flowers in a glass milk jug. It’s still brightening my day, when it should be dead.

Daughter has been very busy with her barista job and loving it more and more every day. She has so much fun, but takes her work seriously. They do have a sort of motto to have fun while they work. She’s working the Christmas parade crew and is going to get all decked out in a cute apron from her holiday attire at Joann’s. She’ll have all kinds of necklaces, headgear, and more. I can’t wait to take a picture.

We are enjoying the hiatus of tax season. Sweetheart still works steady, but not so much the overtime. He enjoys being able to read more as he is an avid reader of financial books.

Next week, I have cataract surgery #1 and I look forward to seeing better. Maybe my blinkers will get a rest and I can eventually drive at night without the light issue. And I am grateful for audio options if I need to rest my eyes. My reader is loaded all the time, anyways. Thankful for free books? Yes, please.

Tomorrow would be my sister Paula’s 75th birthday. I will celebrate it with her in spirit and believe she will be in the know. I am grateful for the time we had together on earth and that I can call on her now. I am grateful for my adopted sisters of which I have quite a few.

Each day, it’s important to stop and breathe, to take in what’s around us. It’s important to reset. May you have those moments of peace.

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TToT -the Wakefield Doctrine-

What a wonderful time we had discussing this and that and, oh yeah, writing and poetry. Juntu Ahjee is as much a friend as an artist in his own right. It’s been four years since our last talk and a lot of changes have happened. Just sit back and listen in on this fun interview. When you’re done, go check out Ahjee’s books. There’s not a one I have not fallen in love with. Give it a shot. https://www.amazon.com/Kindle-Store-Juntu-Ahjee/s?rh=n%3A133140011%2Cp_27%3AJuntu%2BAhjee

Poet & Writer Talk with Juntu Ahjee – Podcast

“Relish The Good” by Joni Caggiano A setting suntugs at the seamsof my life like anangry seamstress. Time fades,as scars risefrom a cruel rapewhen I was eighteen. Hope peeks earnestas burnt red skiesflirt with memoriesof a lost childhood. Freedom as hair flieson a rusty bike downan unpaved road tocash in pennies for candy. Gasps from subtlelack of my heart’snormal […]

“Relish The Good” by Joni Caggiano