When I hear good news about one of the poets I admire, I’m always excited to share it. And when I read intelligent commentary on the state of poetry today, I’m also excited to share it. Hickory’s own, and truly one of my mentors in poetry, Tim Peeler, was recently invited to read his work … Read more
Here is what award-winning poet and teacher, Sandra Beasley, said of Eye of the Beholder: In EYE OF THE BEHOLDER, Scott Owens explores the shaping of partnership, singing the body in all its passioned curvatures. Absence proves as intoxicating as presence; in one standout sequence, “This moon knows how I feel, / to be held … Read more
I have posted a new essay on my blog this morning at www.scottowensmuings.com. It’s all about what I do to “get poetry to the people” and touches on local efforts like Poetry Hickory, Writer’s Night Out, The Art of Poetry at the Hickory Museum of Art, and the “Musings” column as well as larger things … Read more
The new issue of Wild Goose Poetry Review just went live with outstanding work by Tim Peeler, Phebe Davidson, Al Ortolani, Larry Schug, Jim Zola, Karen Douglass, and many more. There is a strong Hickory, NC, contingent in this issue, including not only Peeler but also Monday Night Writers Kelly DeMaegd, Akacia Robinson, Patricia Deaton, … Read more
Time to re-post this as it has fallen off the front page of my website. The discount is still valid. My new book of poems, Eye of the Beholder, is now available for pre-order through Main Street Rag’s new online bookstore. Here is a link that will take you to their listing for the book … Read more
Another of my favorite online journals is Luciole Press. Editor, Karen Bowles, published poems of mine in 2008 and 2010 before having to cut back on her work for a while to deal with some personal health issues. She recently started up again with a retro issue that includes two of my poems from 2008, … Read more
Now that my son has managed to change the banner on this website, it seems appropriate to give a shout out to those who created the cover art for the books you see. The covers of three of the titles in the banner were from photos by my friend and Catawba Valley Community College colleague, … Read more
Here is a poem that was published in another of my favorite online places, Vox Poetica, back in 2011. It was a little different then. Here is the link to its appearance in Annmarie Lockhart’s lovely daily poem blog. To Be Like Poems There is something about the way a poem sits on a page … Read more
Yesterday I posted a few links to poems of mine and interviews of me that have been in the wonderful online journal Pirene’s Fountain over the last few years. I mentioned that their next issue, due out in October, will be their last online issue. Two of my poems and a review of my upcoming … Read more
Here is a link to two poems of mine, “Thirteen Ways of Direction” and “Thirteen Ways of Wonder”, published in this April’s issue of Pirene’s Fountain, one of my favorite online journals. Ami Kaye, Lark Timmons, and the other editors there do a great job. They have used my work quite a bit, including an … Read more
