On this week's episode of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast, which has featured interviews with poet Olivia Gatwood, artist Kari Byron, musician-poet Lisa Marie Simmons, director-animator Gaia Alari and many more, we are excited to feature three upcoming poets performing their poetry. Nicole Farmer - Why the girl? and Animals Jerome Berglund - Paint Chips Haiku Patricia Cannon - Solitary Song The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast host James Morehead reads shadow's play from his book canvas: poems. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Brittany Smail is a copyeditor and writer who helps major book publishers, corporate clients, and indie authors polish a wide range of writing, from full-length book manuscripts and poetry chapbooks to ad copy and client presentations. She holds an MFA in poetry and literary translation from San Francisco State University and a professional certificate in editing from UC Berkeley Extension. James Morehead spoke with Brittany in the latest episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast. Brittany's website : brittanysmail.com Follow Brittany on LinkedIn: @brittanysmail James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

In this weeks Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast nine poets who workshop and critique poetry recite their work. Each poem is also published on ViewlessWings.com. Featured poets: Dear Jack Kerouac by Constance Hanstedt Thirteen Stripes by Marie-Anne Poudret Release by Ryan McRee Frozen by Monique Rardin Richardson Old Man by Linda Drattell Salt Lick by Eunhee Soh First Night by Patricia J. Boyle Two Haiku and a Tanka by Marilyn J. Dykstra dissolving in the gallery by James Morehead James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

This episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast will take you on a trip to Italy, featuring two Italy-themed poems by James Morehead, each translated into Italian by Chiara Garioni. "limano" is inspired by Limano, Italy, the hometown of James' father-in-law. "torta di riso" is inspired by the delicious rice tart created every Easter by James' mother-in-law. The English version of each poem is read by James Morehead, and the Italian translation is read by James' wife Mary (first generation Italian). James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

David Wogahn, founder of AuthorImprints, discusses the challenges of launching and marketing a self-published book, with a focus on first-time authors. AuthorImprints is an award-winning, professional self-publishing services company assisting clients worldwide. They have helped more than 100 authors, businesses and other organizations launch self-publishing imprints which, in turn, has resulted in the successful publication of more than 300 books, and counting. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Three poems introduced and read by the poets are featured on this episode of the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast. The poems can also be read online: Kiboko Boy by Kelly Showker: https://viewlesswingspress.com/kiboko-boy-by-kelly-showker/ You’ll find yourself who? by Lawrence Bridges: https://viewlesswingspress.com/youll-find-yourself-who-by-lawrence-bridges/ the green line by James Morehead: https://viewlesswingspress.com/the-green-line-by-james-morehead/ James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Ruchi Acharya is Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Wingless Dreamer, a global platform for those passionate about writing, art, and design; a space where authors and artists are free to express themselves. Ruchi is an Oxford University summer graduate in English Literature. She has been a contributor to multiple journals The Pangolin Review, Muddy River Poetry, Borderless Journal, and Mulberry Literary review among 50 others. In this episode Ruchi discusses the creation of Wingless Dreamer, her poetry and reads two of her poems: https://borderlessjournal.com/2021/06/14/o-mother-o-father/ https://chasingshadowsmag.wixsite.com/magazine/post/my-dream-lighthouse Follow Ruchi Acharya on Instagram (@ruchi_acharya) and the website: ruchiacharya.com. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Poet James Morehead and composer Deon Nielsen Price discuss how they collaborated to create "gallery", a piece for baritone and piano based on Morehead's poem of the same name. The piece will be premiered in The Presidio Chapel, as part of a free series of concerts, in San Francisco on November 14, 2021. Dr. Price also talks about how she discovered a passion for performing and composition, and her approach to creating music. Read more about Don Nielsen Price: culvercrest.com/deonprice/bio.html James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

This special episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast features the winners of the Viewless Wings Scary Poetry Contest reading their selected poems. Each poem is unique. The poems are on display Oct 14-31 at the F.CO. Art Gallery for the Scary Art Show in Dublin, California. These poems will haunt you, each eerie, beautiful and timeless. Visit viewlesswings.com to learn more about these wonderful poets, and to submit your poetry for possible inclusion in a future Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast episode. The four winning poets featured in this podcast: - First Place: "Bogeyman" by Jennifer deBie (jenniferdebie.com) - Second Place: "Death March" by Jessica Sabo (@pookajunebug) - Honorable Mention: "Maggie, the pious" by Rebecca Thrush (@rebeleigh92) - Honorable Mention: "What Happened in Room 210 of the Haunted Stanley Hotel" by Morgan Liphart (morganliphart.com) The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast host James Morehead also reads his poem "ghosts of bodie, california" (published in Wingless Dreamer's anthology "The Book of Black") James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Episode cover art copyright Sawsan Wolski Submit your poetry to Viewless Wings: https://viewlesswings.submittable.com/submit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

James Morehead, Poet Laureate of Dublin, California, discusses using art as an inspiration for poetry (known as ekphrastic Poetry). James reads and discusses two of his poems, "landscape (after bert weir)" (published by Wingless Dreamer in their Spring Anthology) and "carved" (published in James' debut book "canvas: poems"). James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

James Morehead, Poet Laureate of Dublin, California, reads and discusses his poem "That time I was left for dead downstage" (Read the poem Prometheus Dreaming: https://www.prometheusdreaming.com/that-time-i-was-left-for-dead-downstage). James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Lisa Marie Simmons is a Boulder Colorado native, singer/songwriter, essayist, and published poet currently based in Italy. She recently joined the Grammy award-winning artists signed to the American label Ropeadope Records who released her poetic/musical album NoteSpeak in March 2020, which received a four-star review from the iconic Downbeat magazine. The American debut of NoteSpeak was at the Zee Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder Colorado in September 2017. She was invited to be a speaker and performer at the 70th Conference on World Affairs at the University of Colorado in April 2018. In November 2019, she presented NoteSpeak in Italy, Austria, and Prague. In January 2020, she presented NoteSpeak in India on the Jaipur Music Stage. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Follow Lisa Marie Simmons on Twitter (@hippietend) and Instagram (@lisa_mariesimmons), and on the web: lisamariesimmons.com  https://henryhargreaves.com/no-seconds https://linktr.ee/LisaMarieSimmons --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Bianca Amira Zanella is the Poet-in-Residence at Phoenix Books Rutland and host of an international monthly open mic. Her poems have most recently appeared in The Artful Mind, The Rutland Herald, The Mountain Troubadour, and The Reverie. In 2020, Bianca founded The Paper Poet, now offering healing poetic experiences to anyone experiencing suffering and continues to perform around the United States and, virtually, abroad. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Bianca Amira Zanella's website: https://www.thepaperpoet.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Ryan McRee is a writer, dramaturg, and theatre director based in San Jose and Los Angeles. He graduated from USC in 2017 with a double major in Theatre and Narrative Studies, and while his focus is primarily in drama, he continues to explore screenwriting and poetry writing. He works for the Critical Studies department at the USC School of Dramatic Arts as a Course Assistant and prides himself as an educator as well as a working artist. Ryan discusses the art and technique of reciting poetry. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Follow Ryan McRee on LinkedIn. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

This episode breaks down the critical importance and value of hiring a copyeditor to review your manuscript. The difference between a copyeditor and an editor is summarized. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Brittany Smail, the copyeditor (editor, writer) mentioned in this episode, can be reached at: https://www.brittanysmail.com/.  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

The poem "today?” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Regina Harris Baiocchi is an author, poet and educator. Her music has been performed by Detroit Symphony, Chicago Symphony, US Army Band, Seattle Philharmonic, Southeast Symphony orchestras and other internationally-acclaimed artists. Regina has written orchestral music, libretto and one-act opera, hand drum concerto, marimba concerto, ballet, chamber music, liturgical and secular music, vocal and instrumental music. Her poetry and prose appear in Chicago Tribune Magazine, AIM Magazine, ESI Anthology, Technology News and Gwendolyn Brooks and Working Writers. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Follow Regina Harris Baiocchi on Twitter (@HaikuFest) and on the website reginaharrisbaiocchi.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Olivia Gatwood is an internationally recognized poet and author of “Life of the Party” and “New American Best Friend”. Her poetry performances and workshops held at over two-hundred schools and universities, and videos online, have reached millions of viewers. Olivia has also worked as a Title IX Compliant educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. Olivia discusses how she crafted a collection of poems into a complex, multi-threaded narrative in her book "Life of the Party", how she developed the skills to command a stage, how she approaches the craft of writing poetry and how poetic devices are infused into her upcoming first novel. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Olivia Gatwood's books "Life of the Party" and "New American Best Friend" are on-sale now. Follow Olivia Gatwood on Twitter (@oliviagatwood) and Instagram (@oliviagatwood), and on the website oliviagatwood.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

On this episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast I continue the journey I took to self-publish my first book "canvas". In this episode I discuss the importance of a manuscript and the role of storyboarding your manuscript early in the process. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Morgan Liphart is an accomplished poet and author of "Barefoot & Running". Morgan discusses how she approaches poems that are rich in imagery and very personal, how she manages the inevitable rejections as a writer on the road to successful publishing, and her experience as a self-published author. Morgan also reads the poem "The Current Scene of my Childhood Home" from her book and discusses the backstory of the poem. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Morgan Liphart's debut book Barefoot & Running is on-sale now. Follow Morgan Liphart on Instagram (@mliphart) and on the website: morganliphart.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

The poem "stages” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired. "stages" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

On this episode of The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast I have a very special guest, none other than Mythbusters and Crash Test World star Kari Byron. Kari is also an incredible artist and sculptor who has mastered the explosive technique of black powder to create her paintings. I spoke with Kari about the black powder technique, how she approached creating the cover art for my book “canvas” using black powder, and the cool project she’s been working on recently. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. You can see Kari's black powder technique in action here: https://youtu.be/tvq-2tv2AYI. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Follow Kari Byron on Twitter (@KariByron) and Instagram (@therealkaribyron). Learn more about Kari's latest project, EXPLR, here: https://explr-media.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

The poem "routine” from James Morehead's book canvas is featured. James reads the poem and then goes behind the scenes on how the poem was created and inspired. "routine" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

The Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast takes you behind-the-scenes with animator-director Gaia Alari, discussing how she turned the poem "tethered” from James Morehead's book canvas into a traditional, hand drawn animated short film. James reads the poem and then interviews Gaia Alari. "routine" is from James Morehead's debut book, on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Learn more about animator Gaia Alari here: http://www.gaiaalari.com/. The animated short film for "tethered" can be viewed here: https://youtu.be/n4l6vTDK4yE.  Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. Follow Gaia Alari on Instagram (@gaiaesthermaria). --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support

Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast host James Morehead starts a series of episodes on the journey he took to self-publish his first book canvas. Self-publishing can be overwhelming at first. Hopefully this series helps make your journey a bit easier. James Morehead's debut book canvas is on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/canvasamazon. Follow James Morehead on Twitter (@dublinranch) and Instagram (@viewlesswings), and on the website viewlesswings.com. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/viewlesswings/support