CATCHING UP: THE LATEST

 What’s Up in May & June?

https://tapoetexpress.blogspot.com/- A brand new poetry-related blog only just taking shape.

What a joyous collaboration with poet Hiram Larew and musician (harmonica) Cliff Bernier! This link is to a video with Hiram and I reading a selection of poems (10) from across Hiram’s five poetry collections, with Cliff augmenting the readings with his haunting Harmonica.

We hope you enjoy it as much as we did. We’re grateful to the folks who offered feedback and to those whose images we used on the project.

https://www.poetryxhunger.com/create/poem-by-t-a-niles- A poetic expression dedicated to Hiram and his Poetry X Hunger initiative.

Hundreds of poets from across the globe are featured on the Poetry X Hunger website so at least on the website there is plenty to consume and digest.

I’m looking forward to chatting with Brian Tawanda (AKA Towanda Ryan) of The Sailors Review (takes a moment to load, so please be patient)- the publication born of VaChikepe and The 100 Sailors- and to

Brian Tawanda

having our interview, along with at least one poetic expression, in their June issue (Issue no. 59).

Started contributing to C. C. Arshagra’s THROV (TheHumanRoomOpenVoice) and working with C. C. to advance this

long-term, paradigm-creating, Living Art project. He’s done so much practically alone- although he’ll tell you his friends have been truly helpful, and it’s such a worthwhile vision that I can’t help but lend a hand where I can. My first “artistic” contribution as a free speech individual (C.C.’s term) can be viewed here. It touches on the Roe v. Wade Supreme Court situation.

T. A. Featured Readings

Poetry Street on the Road on May 28, 2pm EDT (12pm MDT, 11am P) directed and hosted by Chip Williford & Magge Bloomfield (check her out on SpoFest at 26:38 of this video), two accomplished poets, at the Riverhead Free Library in Riverhead, NY. This will be a hybrid (in-person & Zoom) event at a venue where some truly gifted poets reside and visit. It will also be historic for me as my first ever featured reading of my poetic expressions- a far cry from delivering academic conference papers or teaching tennis!

And if Rick doesn’t change his mind, I’ll be at Cobalt Poets on June 14, 7:30pm PDT (8:30 MDT, 10:30 EDT). Cobalt Poets (every Tue. Night) is only one exit on

Rick Lupert’s Poetry Super Highway (PSH) but there’s very little you can’t find on this stop. Cobalt is probably as diverse an open mic venue as you can find and worthy of a drop-in regardless of who is featured. Gotta tell ya, Patricia Smith who featured on 5/10 dang near gave me high blood pressure! Here’s a link to that event.

Well, that's most of what's happening with me on the poetry scene. Looking forward to hearing what's up with you on whatever scene you're surfing.