{"product_id":"what-i-ask","title":"What I Ask","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"NL\" style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-ansi-language: NL;\"\u003eMarjorie \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoorhead\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003ewrites from a river valley, surrounded by mountains and four season change, at the border of NH\/VT.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eShe found a voice in poetry after surviving AIDS in its early years, and becoming a mother. Much of her work addresses survival, environment, relationship, and appreciation of the everyday.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eShe is author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eEvery Small Breeze\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e (Kelsay Books 2023), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003ethe chapbooks \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eSurvival:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eTrees, Tides, Song\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e (Finishing Line Press, 2019), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eSurvival Part 2: Trees, Birds, Ocean,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eBees \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e(Duck Lake Books, 2020), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eIn My Locket\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e (Finishing Line Press 2024).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eHer poems have appeared in journals including \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eAmethyst Review, Tiny Seed Literary, Moist Poetry Journal, Bloodroot Literary, Sheila-Na-Gig, Porter House Review, Poeming Pigeon, Verse-Virtual, What Rough Beast, A River Sings, The Poet’s Touchstone, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eand others. Her poems are included in a large number of anthologies, including those that benefit environmental, women’s, Covid first-responder, and refugee aid organizations. She is proud to have a poem included in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eThe Wonder of Small Things, Poems of Peace \u0026amp; Renewal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e (James Crews, ed. 2023). She has had poems nominated for Pushcart Prize, and Best of the Net.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: justify; mso-hyphenate: auto;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eMarjorie’s local poetry group is 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003csup\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eth\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003eFriday Poets, a small group that has been meeting twice a month for years. In summer of 2019 Marjorie enjoyed a workshop at Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown MA, during their poetry week, thanks to a tuition scholarship from Indolent Books. She has attended many readings and workshops online with some amazing and inspiring poets, thanks to zoom. Love of family, daily walks in each season, tai chi practice, and poetry community are the things that feed her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background: white; mso-font-kerning: 0pt;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePaperback: 88 pages\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Kelsay Books (May 29, 2024)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Kelsay Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43220578369598,"sku":"mqg1787286979289","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/0075\/8846\/files\/what-i-ask_1.jpg?v=1787286985","url":"https:\/\/urbanglamboutique.shop\/products\/what-i-ask","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}