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New Collection by Nettie Farris: The Wendy Bird Poems

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A new collection by Nettie Farris has been released from Dancing Girl Press. The Wendy Bird Poems continues the short-line style we saw in Communion (Accents Publishing, 2013). Here are some comments about the chapbook by Jeremy Paden and Katerina Stoykova-Klemer:

Indeed! I simply adore these slender poems. Farris knows how to spin and craft and shape the smallest of poems, how to turn the word as on lathe to shave away all that is unnecessary. It is not that she has grown accustomed to the diminished size, it is that she works with the tension between what is said and unsaid, with the tiniest of head nod and wink, and in the smallest of spaces she lays bare great psychological drama that opens up into insight. Do not think because the line is minimal and the poem short that you can skim across the surface of these words.

-Jeremy Paden,
Author of ruina montium
(Broadstone Books, 2016)

The Wendy Bird Poems is a truly unique book, and Nettie Farris is a truly unique poet. The collection encompasses a tender love story, so delicate, that it needs to be told not in sentences, not in words even, but in syllables. The content is distilled to such an extent that we need to be aware of the importance and the weight of every sound. Nettie Farris gives us a huge gift with this book – not only does she present a new kind of poetry, but also she teaches us to read in a new way, to see poems anew. Dear reader, enjoy this work, read it slowly and multiple times. These poems will teach you about sound, lineation, intention.

-Katerina Stoykova-Klemer,
Senior Editor/Founder Accents Publishing

Nettie’s book is currently available at the Dancing Girl Press & Studio website.

Communicating with a Fat Crayon: Nettie Farris on Lexington Poetry Month, Miscommunication, and Contemporary Poetry

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Let’s talk about Fat Crayons!

Fat Crayons by Nettie FarrisYou’re a jewel!

The manuscript was produced largely during Lexington Poetry month. (I’ve produced 2 chapbooks and 1 full-length manuscript over the course of 3 Lexington Poetry Months!)

I began writing the Fat Crayon poems after I’d been writing sonnets, so they have the sonnet form embedded in them, even though they are prose. I consider them prose sonnets. I’m still using this form now, after several years, after several other series of poems have spun off. Sometimes I wonder if I will ever use a line break again, but of course the line breaks came back for The Wendy Bird Poems, so I’m not sure what I’m worried about. Maybe it’s because I feel that prose is underrated in the same way that chapbooks are underrated.   Continue reading →

“she prepares a romantic dinner” by Yordanka Beleva

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Accents-published poet Nettie Farris reads “She prepares a romantic dinner” by Yordanka Beleva. This poem was translated by Katerina Stoykova-Klemer.

Clip from the North American Premiere of The Season of Delicate Hunger: Anthology of Contemporary Bulgarian Poetry (Accents Publishing) at the Morris book shop. The reading took place on Saturday, January 24, 2014.

Nettie Farris LexPoMo 2015Nettie Farris is the author of Communion (Accents Publishing, 2013) and—most recently—Fat Crayons (Finishing Line Press 2015). According to her 2015 LexPoMo bio, Nettie spends her spare time writing poems, practicing yoga, attending mass, praying the rosary, and, like Alice, going to tea parties.

Yordanka Beleva was born on June 20th, 1977 in Tervel. She holds a degree in Bulgarian philology and library management from Kontantin Preslavsky University of Shumen. She is the author of three poetry books, most recently Her (2012), as well as a collection of stories. Yordanka has received various awards for her poetry, including first place in the Veselin Hanchev National Contest. She lives and writes in Sofia.

Holler 92: DaMaris Hill, Nettie Farris, The Woodsheep

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The 92nd Holler Poets Series will feature readings from DaMaris Hill and Nettie Farris accompanied by music from The Woodsheep.

DaMaris Hill is an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing and African American and Africana Studies at the University of Kentucky. Her latest poetry collection, \ Vi-zə-bəl \ \ Teks-chərs \ (Visible Textures) (Mammoth Publications, 2015) are inspired by GPS technology and deal with the space in Kansas of a 2013 highway that was, in 1854, an Indian reservation.

Nettie Farris LexPoMo 2015Nettie Farris is the author of Communion (Accents Publishing, 2013) and—most recently—Fat Crayons (Finishing Line Press 2015). According to her 2015 LexPoMo bio, Nettie spends her spare time writing poems, practicing yoga, attending mass, praying the rosary, and, like Alice, going to tea parties.

The Woodsheep bandcamp album coverThe Woodsheep are Andrew Preston and Austin Tackett. Hailing from Morehead, Kentucky, The Woodsheep “aim to highlight the diversity, creativity, and storytelling that abound in their ever-evolving eastern Kentucky home by shoring up their own roots” (source).

Open mic sign-ups start at 6:45. Also, don’t forget the cold, hard cash for books, albums, and donations into the Holler Bucket.

Along with the announcement of the 92nd Holler Poets Series reading, Eric Scott Sutherland announced that the 100th show would be the last monthly installment of the series.

Facebook Event page.

When: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 @ 8pm
Where: Al’s Bar
601 N. Limestone
Lexington, KY 40508
(859) 309-2901

Accents Publishing Best of the Net Nominations

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Accents Publishing is happy to announce our recent nominations for the Best of the Net.  Poems were selected from the Lexington Poetry Month Writing Challenge 2015.

  • “Murder my Machismo” by Alex Simand
    • Alex Simand tells himself he is a writer daily, though he works full time as an engineer in San Francisco. His work has appeared in Mud Season Review, Red Fez, Ash & Bones, among others. He is currently working on his MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. Alex writes about love, hate, cultural otherness, and fantasies between strangers. His left brain and his right brain are warring factions.
  • “the maternity ward” by Serena Devi
    • Serena Devi is in the SCAPA Literary Arts program at Lafayette High School. She dyes her hair a lot and watches too much reality TV.
  • “wreck: a noun” by Jeremy Paden
    • Jeremy Paden is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky. His poems and translations have appeared in various journals and anthologies. He is the author of Broken Tulips, a chapbook of poems.
  • “I Saw the Frank in Hank and Then  I Set Him Free” by Nettie Farris
    • Nettie Farris is the author of Communion, from Accents Publishing. Her chapbook, Fat Crayons, is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press. In her spare time, she writes poems, practices yoga, attends mass, prays the rosary, and, like Alice, goes to tea parties.
  • “Just Before” by Whitney Baker
  • “What I Think When You are the shoulder I Lean On” by Eduardo Ballestero
    • Eduardo Ballestero was born in San Carlos, Costa Rica and grew up in Kentucky. He has a BA in English from the University of Kentucky and lives and works in Lexington. He is at work on a collection of persona poems.

Bigger Than They Appear Reading summary (Part 2)

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In 2012, the Lexington Public Library recorded and produced a reading held at the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning. This event featured readings from Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems.

For the full list of videos, click here.

The poets were asked to read one of their poems as well as someone else’s. Below are the poets, the time stamp where they appear in the video, and the poems they read. Katerina Stoykova-Klemer is the emcee between poets.

“Birthday” by Nettie Farris

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1.

n
bakes
a cake

2.

n
arranges
candles
in
the shape
of an s

3.

n
grants
a
special
wish

4.

n
swishes
her
skirt

–Nettie Farris,
Communion
Accents Publishing

Nettie FarrisNettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.

“Incognito” by Nettie Farris

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Communion1.

n
wears
a hat

2.

n
wears
a wig

3.

n
wears
a
feathered
mask
with
ribbons
in
her hair

–Nettie Farris,
Communion
Accents Publishing

Nettie FarrisNettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.

“Desire” by Nettie Farris

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Communion

1.

n
wants
a
red
bal-
loon

2.

n
wants
a
shiny
red
bal-
loon

3.

n
wants
a
shiny
red
bal-
loon
in
the
shape
of
an s

–Nettie Farris,
Communion
Accents Publishing

Nettie FarrisNettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.

“Winter Harvest” by Nettie Farris

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Bigger Than They Appear

A field remembers:

every spade,
potato, fungus,
and famine
sows its own
little mound
of sorrow;

the grazing of the cows
and the plowman,

leaving.

–Nettie Farris,
Bigger Than They Appear:
Anthology of Very Short Poems
Accents Publishing

More from Nettie Farris:

Nettie FarrisNettie Farris teaches writing as an adjunct instructor, roams the grounds of Mount Saint Francis Nature Sanctuary with her dog, and hikes the Millennium Trail at Bernheim Forest. Her work has appeared in the anthologies The Dark Woods I Cross: An Anthology of Contemporary Louisville Women Poets and Bigger Than They Appear: Anthology of Very Short Poems. She lives in Floyds Knobs, Indiana with her husband and three sons.