2024 Poetry At Hayner: A Mosaic of Voices
Saturday, June 8, 2024 at 6:30 pm
2024 Poetry at Hayner event was curated by committee member Katie Niemi-Adams
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Poetry At Hayner Event Will Feature a Mosaic of Voices
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An Introduction To Our Featured Poets
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Steve Broidy is an emeritus professor of education at both Missouri State University and Wittenberg University. He lives with his wife Susan, a sculptor, on 3 ½ acres in Southwest Ohio. He is the author of poetry chapbooks "Necessary Deceptions," "Earth Inside Them," and editor/contributor of "From the Tower: Poetry in Honor of Conrad Balliet." His most recent book is "Rhyme and Rune" (Main Street Rag Publishing). Dr. Broidy has two children—one a chiropractor in Missouri and the other a wine importer/distributor in California. You can read his poem, "For the New Year - A Rosh Hashana reflection" at this link: Amethyst Review
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Melanie Dusseau is a human poet, professor, science fiction & fantasy fanatic, nature lover, and freelance writer. She teaches in the English Department at The University of Findlay in Ohio and is the author of a poetry collection, "The Body Tries Again," available from Word Poetry. Recent poetry is published in "Atticus Review," and her poems have appeared in various journals, including "Black Warrior Review," "Alaska Quarterly Review," "Passages North," "Wicked Alice," and "DIAGRAM." A native Toledoan, she is the winner of the first annual Ode to the Zip Code Contest, and has a poem stamped in concrete as part of The Arts Commission’s Toledo Sidewalks Project. Currently, she is working on a new poetry chapbook, a supernatural romance, and a short play about androids and ingenues. A pedagogy essay, “The Luddite Chronicles: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Robots” is forthcoming from Faculty Focus.
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Stella Mia Ling - Stella grew up in Ohio, but now splits her time between California, Ohio, Hawaii and the rest of the planet. She is founder of Wilmington Writers Collaborative, an on-going group since 2006. Stella has twice been a featured reader for Yellow Springs Winter Solstice Poetry Reading. She is a member of multiple writing groups including Wright Library Poets, Tower Poets and Ohio Writers Association. She has a small ekphrastic chapbook entitled "Paper Boat." Her work has been included in various anthologies including "From the Tower," "Rhyme and Rune," "Shadow and Stone," "Little Black Box" and in various journals including "Last Stanza," "Mock Turtle Zine." Stories have appeared in the anthologies "Metamorphosis" and "Outcasts."
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Shannon McKeehen - Shannon is a Quaker poet and professor living and working in Northwest Ohio. Her work has been featured in "Guide to Kulchur - Cleveland," "The Cedarville Review," "Anabaptist World," and other places. Both of her chapbooks "Barbra in Shadow" and "Just a Trick of the Light" will be available for purchase at the event. A portion of the proceeds will go to the Amyloidosis Foundation in memory of her late father, who is the subject of "Just a Trick of the Light." For more information on Shannon, please visit her website at www.shannonmckeehen.com or her works-in-progress poetry blog, "These Cells Are Passages," at smckeehen.blogspot.com.
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Yvonne Osborne - Yvonne is a 5th generation Michigander who grew up under the tutelage of a grandmother who loved Shakespeare, before Shakespeare was cool. After travels far and wide, and residing in Ohio for several years, she's back on an organic farm adjacent to her father's farm where she lives with her husband and Hemingway cat whose name isn't Ernest. Her poetry and short stories can be found in "Slippery Elm," "Third Coast Review," "Full of Crow," "Midwest Review," and "Great Lakes Review." Her debut novel was published April 2, 2024 and is called "Let Evening Come." Learn more about Yvonne at her website, YvonneOsborne.com and on Facebook.
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Gwen Owen - Gwen is enjoying retirement in Kettering, Ohio, after 33 years in public relations writing for the Dayton Metro Library. She is an animal lover, a woods walker, a yard putterer, a nature appreciator, a community volunteer and a journal writer who dabbles in poetry. Her writing has appeared in "Autumn Sky Poetry Daily," "Mock Turtle Zine," "Flights" and on "Conrad's Corner." Listen HERE to her poem, "Imperial Moth" on Conrad's Corner read by David Garrison.
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Amy Jo Schoonover was born in Illinois, grew up in Texas, and has lived in Ohio since she was twenty-one years old. A graduate of Wittenberg and West Virginia Universities, she taught English and creative writing for many years at Urbana University. She has held every office in the Ohio Poetry Association and served as contest chairman and president of the National Federation of State Poetry Societies. She has published in numerous journals and anthologies, and her most recent books are "Country Soup/City Bread," "The Cat Poems," and "Joan of Arc." She was named Ohio Poet of the Year in 1988 for her book, "New and Used Poems." For years she directed Ohio Poetry Day and the Ohio Poet of the Year Contest, which were often celebrated in the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. Read her poem "Light Verse" HERE.
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Karen Scott is a poet living in Columbus, Ohio. She is a member of Ohio Poetry Association (OPA), a past participant in the Women of Appalachia Project, and a proud member of the SALON writing group. Her work has been published in "Common Threads" [annual OPA members anthologies]; "Women Speak" [Women of Appalachia anthologies]; "Delirious: A Poetic Celebration of Prince" (2016); "Sun & Shadow, Wood & Stone" (2022); the inaugural issue of the "Northern Appalachia Review" (2020); "American Graveyard: Calls to end gun violence" (Read or GreenBooks); "The Dead Pets Poetry Anthology" (Transcendent Zero Press); and the Final issue of "Pudding Magazine", and "Quaranzine" published by OPAWL (https://www.opawl.org/quaranzine). “Monsters” and “Mo Leisgeul” were published on Moon Tide Press website as Poet of the Month August 2022 (https://www.moontidepress.com/august-2017). Her “Tha Mi Duilich” was made into a broadside on (https://poetrysuperhighway.com).
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Ada W. Wood - Ada's work involves romanticizing nature, the magic in all things, playing with words and their sounds, introspection and frustration, and of course the challenges of identity. When not working for Dayton Metro Library, she can be found doing nonprofit work for the queer community, playing D&D with her best friends, or resting with her fiance, MJ and their two cats, Bard and Cucumber. Ada enjoys participating at the Dayton Poetry Slam. Many of her poetry videos can be found on the Dayton Poetry Slam’s youtube channel or podcast. Listen to Ada read at DPS HERE . Connect with her on Instagram HERE.
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