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Joanne the Poet - The Poetry of Joanne M. Clarkson

Apr

22

Poetry Book Launch – Believing the Body

Hear the story of how the book was created and all the people the poems honor. Joanne will read selected poems. Believing the Body, published by Gribble Press in Spokane,…Read More »

Joanne the Poet - Believing the Body book launch - Lunch & Poetry event

Apr

20

New Poetry Book Arrives – Believing the Body

Announcing the arrival of my chapbook, Believing the Body, published by Gribble Press in Spokane! It contains 24 poems and was beautifully designed and edited by artist-poet Iris Gribble-Neal. The…Read More »

Believing the Body - Joanne M. Clarkson

Apr

06

Garbage Can Scrap Time

More than twenty years ago, when I worked for a library system in Illinois, we were required to attend a ‘time management’ workshop.  Nobody was looking forward to it expecting…Read More »

Mar

29

Poetry Does Matter

  This past week three things reminded me how much poetry matters and that we must never doubt the time we spend with our words.   While I was visiting…Read More »