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Bryant Park Reading Room Photo Gallery

Bryant Park Reading Room Photo Gallery

The Bryant Park Reading Room hosts emerging and established poets through the summer with evening readings. On Sept 5th, 2017, a crowd gathered to sit under the park’s trees and listen to... Read More
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Weekly Poetry Spotlight

Weekly Poetry Spotlight

“Night” By: Joseph O. Legaspi –   When in love I melt into yellow, blend in with every light to become the most luminous apparition.   You’ve come disguised, hair... Read More
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National Poetry Month! Killing a Chicken

National Poetry Month! Killing a Chicken

Today for National Poetry Month, I selected a poem from Joseph O. Legaspi’s poetry book IMAGO. Please share your thoughts on this poem below. Killing A Chicken by Joseph O. Legaspi Don’t forget... Read More
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“Your Mother Wears a House Dress” by Joseph O. Legaspi in Poetry Magazine

“Your Mother Wears a House Dress” by Joseph O. Legaspi in Poetry Magazine

CavanKerry Press author Joseph O. Legaspi is featured in the December 2016 issue of Poetry Magazine.   Read Joseph O. Legaspi’s “Your Mother Wears a House Dress” poem in Poetry Magazine below. If your houseis... Read More
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Imago available through UST Press in Manila!

Imago available through UST Press in Manila!

Congrats to Joseph O. Legaspi on the UST Press (Manila) publication of his collection Imago!   LATEST RELEASE:Imago by Joseph O. LegaspiPhp 350.00 (please send order inquiries to ustph.info@gmail.com) —————— IMAGO is a... Read More
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CavanKerry Poets at Massachusetts Poetry Festival

CavanKerry Poets at Massachusetts Poetry Festival

January Gill O’Neil Kevin Carey Dawn Potter and Teresa Carson January Gill O’Neil and Joseph Legaspi And congrats to CKP poet January Gill O’Neil, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival,... Read More
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Joseph O. Legaspi in Poets and Writers

Joseph O. Legaspi in Poets and Writers

"Gradually, I’ve found my footing as a poet in Queens, the literary underdog borough, the one noted for being the most ethnically diverse." For the full article, visit Poet and Writers... Read More
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This week: AWP Conference in Boston (and CKP will be there!)

This week: AWP Conference in Boston (and CKP will be there!)

CavanKerry Press will be at the AWP Bookfair from Wednesday, March 6th through Saturday March 9th. Stop by tables V1 & V2 and say hello to Publisher Joan Cusack Handler, Associate Publisher Teresa... Read More
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Poet’s Spotlight: Joseph O. Legaspi on “Imagined Love Poem to My Mother from My Father”

Poet’s Spotlight: Joseph O. Legaspi on “Imagined Love Poem to My Mother from My Father”

Joseph O. Legaspi Imagined Love Poem to My Mother from My Father was a rare gift, conceived almost magically—it wrote itself.  Inspired by Yusef Komunyakaa’s My Father’s Love Letters, I pondered how I... Read More
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