Happy National Poetry Month (and My Birthday Month,) More about PR for Poets and PR for Poets Events!

Welcome to April! It’s National Poetry Month, as well as my birthday month, and the month of the launch of PR for Poets! Here are some spring images for you…Cherry blossoms, a blue moon….

It’s also almost time for the launch of PR for Poets! My first event, a talk at Open Books this Sunday April 8 at 4:30, was written up in CityArts (at the bottom of the page, sure, but still there!):

http://www.cityartsmagazine.com/jinkx-monsoon-ufos-in-burien-tea-with-the-duwamish-a-new-lynn-shelton-film-weird-vulgar-theatre-first-thursday-and-the-all-new-art-walk-awards/

I hope to see some of you there!

I don’t have my copies yet (they’re supposed to be on their way here tomorrow) but people have reported getting their copies today! (Edit: They’re finally here today! Here’s a picture of Sylvia posing with a box of books!) In addition, I’ll be doing a live Twitter chat April 15 6 PM PST under the hashtag #PRforPoets to answer questions about all things PR for poetry-related.

I also got a copy of the San Diego Poetry Annual 2017-2018, which features a poem by me called “After Dark, Southern California.” Other contributors include Diane Wakowski and Marge Piercy, so exciting! Here’s a shot of Sylvia posing with the anthology, along with our new pink camellias and more cherry blossoms.

As for the beginning of April, it was nice to celebrate Easter with my little brother and his wife, watch the live new version of Jesus Christ Superstar (a thumbs up, though I will always keep a special place in my heart for the original), and I’ve already written two poems, so that’s a pretty good start to April. I’m hoping my physical energy can keep up with my enthusiasm this month – I’m hoping to see some friends, do a couple of events for PR for Poets, maybe send my new poetry book out a couple of times to potential publishers, and write/submit at a good pace – all without wiping myself out. I’m ready for the long days, the warmer weather, and the few flowers in my garden – daffodils and hyacinths, the tulips aren’t up yet. April does usually cheer me up, what with my birthday at the end of the month (keeping it low-key this year, a trip up to the tulip fields) and poetry in the air. It’s been a rough little stretch of time for me here in the last year and a half, but I’m hoping the journey will start easing up a bit the rest of the year.