About the author: Susanna Peremartoni graduated in Miskolc and Budapest. From the age of 23, she lived in Darmstadt, Germany, as a ceramic assistant. She has exhibited in Helsinki and Vienna. She published her first volume in 2016 with Black Eagle Publisher (Budapest). In 2018 she produced a Hungarian and English recording of a jazz poetry CD at Origó Studio. The Hungarian CD is available at the Rózsavölgyi Music Store, the Wave Record Store and at the Plate Maker. The English version of the CD is sold in two locations in Vancouver, Canada (Beatstreets Records, Neptoon Records). As of September 2020, she has been a member of the new generation of beat poets with the National Beat Poetry Foundation, Inc.
Poetry on the Breeze
Indirection by Susanna Peremartoni
About the author: Full name Peremartoni Nagy Zsuzsanna. Susanna Peremartoni graduated in Miskolc and Budapest. From the age of 23, she lived in Darmstadt, Germany, as a ceramic assistant. She has exhibited in Helsinki and Vienna. She published her first volume in 2016 with Black Eagle Publisher (Budapest). In 2018 she produced a Hungarian and …
The Fire: A Poem by Cynthia Sharp and Timothy Shay
[Note from Cynthia Sharp and Timothy Shay: “The Fire is our response to the forest fires that devour the Cascadia region in the overly hot summers resulting from climate change. It’s submitted exclusively to The Miramichi Reader with permission from both authors.”] What was the name of the blaze that warmed you burned you …
Lisbon Morning by Susanna Peremartoni
About the author: Full name Peremartoni Nagy Zsuzsanna. Susanna Peremartoni graduated in Miskolc and Budapest. From the age of 23, she lived in Darmstadt, Germany, as a ceramic assistant. She has exhibited in Helsinki and Vienna. She published her first volume in 2016 with Black Eagle Publisher (Budapest). In 2018 she produced a Hungarian and …
New Poetry from Cynthia Sharp: The Temple of Trees & In An Evergreen Altar
Author and poet Cynthia Sharp has submitted two of her newest poems, “The Temple of Trees” and “In an Evergreen Altar” written to Jilly Watson’s painting Sanctuary (see below) for a book they are collaborating on in future. They make their debut here in The Miramichi Reader. The Temple of Trees Tangerine path opens to the universe, empyrean resin …
Waiting by Susanna Peremartoni
Susanna Peremartoni graduated in Miskolc and Budapest. From the age of 23 she lived in Darmstad, Germany, as a ceramic assistant. She has exhibited in Helsinki and Vienna. She published her first volume in 2016 with Black Eagle Publisher (Budapest). In 2018 she produced a Hungarian and English recording of a jazz poetry CD at …
WAR MUSKET GRASS Bay of Fundy/Herbes, simulacres de mousquets (Baie de Fundy) by Donna Allard
Donna Allard is a member of the League of Poets Canada & an International Beat Poet Laureate, Canada 2019-2020 Ms Allard resides in a 1909 farmstead down a long dirt road in Aldouane NB. She has spent her life seeking, observing nature, people, universal energy & it’s silence. Donna also loves to photograph nature in …
misophonic movements of the week by Mala Rai
[Editor’s note: “Misophonia is a disorder in which certain sounds trigger emotional or physiological responses that some might perceive as unreasonable given the circumstance. Those who have misophonia might describe it as when a sound “drives you crazy.” Their reactions can range from anger and annoyance to panic and the need to flee. The disorder is …
New Poetry From Deborah Banks
While Crossing the Field Today in November’s fading garden a female cardinal surprises us, that bright beak amongst the bossy jays: a coral and flax stab of restrained light in the midst of rowdy blue baubles. Then the walk through the gold saturated field where the wind has teased the drowsy grasses into sloppy tufts, …
A Poem by Mala Rai
tofino sunrise, 7am————————— last night i couldn’t sleep / a march storm rankled ashore / soldering doubt neck deepharmonies echoed in the void / i tried to sing along in my head / an aural polaroidtangled torso writhing in the sea / bequeathing treasure and secrets / anchored to me kicking to the surface / …
Two Poems by Denis Robillard
In 2018, his full collection of poems called Ask The River was published by Black Moss Press. He is also an avid photographer and traveller.