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Sandy McIntosh
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Author of twelve volumes of poetry, a Chinese cookbook, and three computer software programs.

https://sandymcintosh.info
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“All this saluting, it's really a joke,” my friend Ovideo Fernando Gustavo Midence Peverel whispered to me.

Excerpt from Oviedo, Escape From the Fat Farm

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There's a strong interplay between prose and poetry, with many works seamlessly merging their unique qualities and defying easy categorization.

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December 13, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reposted by Sandy McIntosh
Poetry allows you to step into the mind of the poet or the subject of the poem.

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December 12, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The "what if?" line of questioning allows poets to create metaphors and personification, transforming ordinary subjects into something extraordinary and emotionally resonant.

By asking "what if?", they invite readers to look at the familiar with fresh eyes.

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December 12, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Reposted by Sandy McIntosh
Risk is the key to becoming a poet, Mary Mackey and Susan Terris

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December 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
“All this saluting, it's really a joke,” my friend Ovideo Fernando Gustavo Midence Peverel whispered to me.

Excerpt from Oviedo, Escape From the Fat Farm

www.amazon.com/Escape-Fat-F...

#EscapeFromTheFatFarm
December 11, 2025 at 12:46 PM
The "listening ear" of poetry with Anne Caston

Anne Caston speaks with poet and creative writing professor Michael Collier

www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3Gt...

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December 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
December 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
“His confusion begins with his bemused revelation that he has (maybe) two mothers, and continues through various other doublings.”

-Laurel Blossom, American Book Review

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December 10, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Poetry inspires creativity and encourages us to think outside the box.

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December 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Two Bookstores and Two Capote Intrusions

“When I was eleven, I was yanked out of my progressive grammar school and sent into exile up the Hudson River to a military school.”

Read on: marshhawkpress.org/sandy-mcinto...

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December 7, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Whether to call them prose-poems with a strong plot or short stories is unimportant: McIntosh is a consummate story-teller with a gift for the rhythms of poetry and prose and le mot juste."

–Tom Fink

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December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Thoughts on Waley’s Genji | Literary Translation
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December 5, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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Mon., December 22nd 6:00 - 7:30 PM ET

JON CURLEY, BURT KIMMELMAN, Elena Alexander, & Cheryl Pallant: Poetry Reading to Exorcise the Year and Greet the Ending of It. 11th Street Bar, 510 East 11th Street, New York, New York 10009.

INFORMATION: 11thstbar.com

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11th St. Bar - East Village, New York, NY
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December 5, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Attending a poetry reading offers a variety of benefits for the listener, ranging from deeper appreciation of the art form to personal and communal well-being.

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December 5, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Sat. December 13th. 5:00 PM ET

SUE LANDERS and Michael Gottlieb read from their work.

Segue Reading Series at Artists Space, 11 Cortlandt Alley, New York City.

Live-streamed.

INFORMATION→ www.seguefoundation.com/reading-series

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SEGUE READING SERIES — Segue Foundation
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December 5, 2025 at 12:40 AM