Pnews, May 2025

 

1. Scattershots, my lighter verse collection (Cyberwit, April 2025), is now available. For details, see under PUBLICATIONS; for samples, check the POETRY tab.

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2. Many thanks to Iris Art Studio in Poquoson for inviting me back for another solo reading! May 17, 2025, from 1-3. 501 Wythe Creek Rd #100, Poquoson, VA 23662.

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3. Thanks to all who joined me on Facebook at the PSV Poem Sharing site this April. In honor of National Poetry Month, we once again took on the task of drafting new poems daily. (All of mine are still in pretty rough shape, but there are a number I’m expecting to profitably revisit!)

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4. The annual awards ceremony for the PSV poetry contests is coming up on Sunday, June 1st, at the downtown Richmond Library, from 1-4 pm. I’ll be there!

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5. Virginia Voices is hosting a couple of podcasts devoted to persona poems. On June 18, I’ll be leading a generative workshop. On July 23, there’ll be an open mic. More details as soon as the flyer is ready!

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6. I had a poem in the April edition of Verse-Virtual. Here’s a link: https://www.verse-virtual.org/2025/April/kannemeyer-derek-2025-april.html

Pnews, March, 2025

1. My new chapbook of monologues and tales, FOUND VOICES, was published on February 8 by Clare Songbirds. It's available from all the usual retailers, but why not order directly from the publisher? Just $9.99! Here's the link to the author page:   https://www.claresongbirdspub.com/featured-authors/derek-kannemeyer/

2. I've been writing up a storm, and have just begun  circulating a new full-length poetry MS called The Language of Belief. A lighter verse collection called Scattershots has also just been taken by Cyberwit. Due out in April!

3. I was a featured reader on the Virginia Voices podcast on March 12. Thanks to the co-hosts, Steve Bucher and Cathy Hailey, and to Terry Cox-Joseph, who shared the hour with me. Here's a link to the hour-long event: https://us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/pqia2Vqu8y_s6w0HyKwxVcfCl8Kto6QMPtZNHyx9vKwNzQplYGtLFU4Wi0x-e_d2beT4DoZgxsc4Inms.kEG0jRQsbtJYaia6?accessLevel=meeting&canPlayFromShare=true&from=share_recording_detail&continueMode=true&componentName=rec-play&originRequestUrl=https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Frec%2Fshare%2FLTnipeELUR2Uz9_sLWRc9jltPhjcfMW4AxQu0nxZya2Tv9X_sR9vMjY47MKdH7kG.CtYpe7JK_lN_5c8b

4. A long video interview recorded in February or March of 2024 has just surfaced. I'll add a link at thePraise & Press tab. (Drop down at PUBLICATIONS.)