Dane’s Poem Links
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“The Ukelele” is Finalist in Atlanta Review 2011 Contest
My poem The Ukelele was a finalist for the Atlanta Review's 2011 International Poetry Competition, appearing in the Fall 2010 edition. It is a poem about family and memory, inspired by a conversation I had with the poet Robert Sward. The Ukulele I was talking about family with Robert over lunch, how I had
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FIST, PALM, HAND appears in New Anthology
A poem about my mother’s first stroke appears in the new anthology entitled When Last On The Mountain: The View from Writers over Fifty, a beautiful collection of poetry and prose…worth buying. You can read the poem here: Fist, Palm, Hand Your hand opens and closes and open and closes. If it were always a fist
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Three Poems in The RED WHEELBARROW
Ken Weisner's beautiful 2010 edition of The Red Wheelbarrow includes three poems of mine, available from DeAnza College: Prince of Disks; A Taste of Light; What It Means To Be A Hero Prince of Disks Across the small wooden table between us I spread the Tarot cards she has chosen randomly from the pile,
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HOW THERAPISTS DANCE in The SUN Magazine, February 2011
My favorite magazine of writing, The SUN, just published another poem of mine called How Therapists Dance in their February 2011 edition. It's a great edition focusing on social justice issues. This poem hints at learning to dance with culture, privilege, isolation, and belonging. Check out the full listing of my SUN Magazine contributions at:
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Two Poems in Porter Gulch Review 2010
I love Cabrillo Colleg's Porter Gulch Review, a quintessential Santa Cruz poetry magazine. This is the 25th Anniversary issue, which includes two poems of mine on pages 110 and 111: Signs, and, Turning Fifty. The link below will take you to the on-line edition: http://www.cabrillo.edu/publications/portergulch/PGR%202010.pdf Turning Fifty There were omens as I traveled— a
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“Enlightenment Is A Bitch” blogged again!
Just like with my poem The Jeweled Net of Indra, it seems like Enlightenment Is A Bitch is developing a life of its own in the ethers….just showed up as Riehlife's Poem of the Day (billed as Village Wisdom for the 21st Century). I love these connections….. You can view it at: http://www.riehlife.com/2010/04/03/riehlife-poem-of-the-day-enlightenment-is-a-bitch-by-dane-cervine/
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The Art of Therapy appears in Raleigh Review
Students of Dorianne Laux started a new journal called The Raleigh Review….some great selections, including ones by Dorianne, and Joseph Millar. You can check out the journal at: The Raleigh Review My poem, The Art of Therapy, appeared in the first edition: The Art of Therapy On the opposite wall in my office, I
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Poetry & Poets in Rags posts “Enlightenment…..”
Another nice mention of Enlightenment Is A Bitch, this time at Poetry and Poets in Rags….. http://poetryandpoetsinrags.blogspot.com/2010/03/great-regulars-enlightenment-is-bitch.html
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THE SECRET LIFE OF OTHERS appears in Poets & Artists
Didi Menendez' innovative on-line journal entitled POETS & ARTISTS includes a poem of mine in its June 2010 edition, entitled The Secret Life of Others. View POETS & ARTISTS on-line at : www.poetsandartists.com The Secret Lives of Others Your daughter calls from a Utah jail outside Flaming Gorge, so of course you go. Fly
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“Enlightenment Is A Bitch” appears in March 2010 of The SUN
You can go on-line to The SUN magazine's March 2010 edition to view my new poem Enlightenment Is A Bitch, which seemed to hit a chord with alot of folks….have received alot of email about it and seen it pop up on a couple other blogs and sites. Here's the link: http://www.thesunmagazine.org/issues/411/enlightenment_is_a_bitch And here's a