Weary History
From Blake’s “America a Prophecy” to the vicissitudes of history, this hyper-illuminated hybrid responds to the sedition of January 6, 2021: Weary History on Meta/ Phor(e) /Play
Michael Dickel
I am a poet, digital artist, editor of The BeZine (TheBeZine.com), co-publisher of Is a Rose Press (with gary lundy—IsARosePress.com), and educator. I am retired from the English Department at David Yellin Academic College of Education, Jerusalem, Israel. Finishing Line Press (FinishingLinePress.com) published my most recent poetry collection, Nothing Remembers (2019).
The BeZine December 2020, Vol. 7, Issue 4—Life of the Spirit and Activism
Originally posted on The BeZine:
Untitled IVG Jamie Dedes Introduction What a year 2020 has been: global pandemic, international instabilities, U.S. election turmoil. So much. We here at The BeZine have suffered a personal loss, as well, with the passing of G Jamie Dedes, our Founding Editor and…
In Memoriam: Jamie Dedes, Founding Editor
Originally posted on The BeZine:
Jamie Dedes, z”l.May her memory be for a blessing. We received this note November 8, 2020. We lost our beloved founding editor and editor-in-chief emerita on 06 November of this year. We all will miss her. She was a loving, caring, and creative…
The BeZine’s Virtual 2020 100TPC Event—Poetry, Music, Art for Peace, Sustainability, Social Justice
Originally posted on The BeZine:
The BeZine’s Live 100TPC Event(Asynchronous) Poetry, Music, ArtforPeace, Sustainability, Social Justice Poetry. It’s better than war! —Michael RothenbergCo-founder of 100,000 Poets (and friends) for Change Welcome to the 2020 Virtual (Aschronous) Live Event Dedicated to Jamie DedesEditor Emerita It is time once again…
All Africa Poetry Symposium in Celebration of 100 Thousand Poets for Change 10-Year Anniversary
Originally posted on The BeZine:
Saturday, 26 September 2020 at: 3 PM (Jerusalem, Kenya 2 PM (Botswana, Egypt, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) 1 PM (Nigeria) 12 Noon (Sierra Leone) 8 AM (US-East Coast) You are welcome to attend and we look forward to presenting an exciting, dynamic and…
The BeZine 100TPC 2021 Banner Contest Winners
Originally posted on The BeZine:
It’s our pleasure and privilege to announce the winners of the 2021 Banner Contest for The BeZine 100TPC! The competition was fierce and our outside judge had a difficult time deciding, as all of the entries we received showed talent and great merit.…
SUNNYSIDE UP: Meditation on “The BeZine” from the edge eternity!
Originally posted on The BeZine:
One Lifetime After Another one day, you’ll see, i’ll come back to hobnob with ravens, to fly with the crows at the moment of apple blossoms and the scent of magnolia ~ look for me winging among the white geese in their practical…
The BeZine 100TPC 2021 Banner Contest!
Originally posted on The BeZine:
Are you artistically inclined? Do you believe in raising awareness about important issues like Peace, Environmental Sustainability and Social Justice? Would you like a chance to display your visual arts talent to a global audience for a whole year? Could you use an…
An Excerpt from Daniel DeFoe
…it was a most surprising thing to see those streets which were usually so thronged now grown desolate… —Daniel DeFoe, A Journal of the Plague Year (read an excerpt on Meta/ Phor(e) /Play
Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: gary lundy
Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: gary lundy Wombwell Rainbow Interviews: gary lundy — Read on thewombwellrainbow.com/2020/03/27/wombwell-rainbow-interviews-gary-lundy/
At the Beginning of a Pandemic … your next Wednesday Writing Prompt, hosted this week by Michael Dickel — THE POET BY DAY
“…the ailing body points to culture, pain points to philosophy, language points to consciousness, and all point to what is still to be learned about our fragility, our mortality, and how to live a meaningful life.” Ann Jurecic, Illness as Narrative (Composition, Literacy, and Culture), p. 131 […] Read […]
Then Strains to Follow
Then Strains to Follow, Michael Dickel’s 2012 online chapbook—read online, download as eBook, PDF, or stand-alone APP. Check it out—it’s free!
The BeZine, Vol. 6, Issue 3, September 2019, Social Justice
Originally posted on The BeZine:
Social Justice as the world burns and wars rage Global protest actions on the Climate Crisis have been scheduled for September, as fires rage from the Arctic to the Amazon [1]. Potential conflicts in the Middle East seem on the verge of flaring…
Death is a tribe
“Death is a tribe,” five poem from Linda Chown on Meta/ Phor(e) /Play accompanied by four digital artworks by Michael Dickel. Check out their work…
HaEtz HaChaim
A poem, Kiddush on the Solstice, and digital landscapes, HaEtz HaChaim 1–7, from Michael Dickel on Meta/ Phor(e) /Play.
Mama Africa is the Republik’ of Poetry (Brave Voices Poetry Journal 65)
Originally posted on timeofthepoetrepublic:
Mother Africa survived the trauma of clanging chains of captivity during SLAVE TRADE , shackles of colonialism and winced from beatings of hard bolt nut clenched fists of apartheid. Children and grandchildren of Mother Africa watched helplessly her sorrowful dance to the acoustics of…
Somewhere a Whirring Fan
“Somewhere, a whirring fan
in an open window spins
possibilities into threads.”
—a poem from Nothing Remembers, by Michael Dickel, forthcoming from Finishing Line Press.
Poet by Day: Review & Interview of Nothing Remembers
From The Poet by Day by Jamie Dedes— The memories of living fall around the lives once lived, leave a hole in the pumice. The emptiness fills with words – narrative and song. That is why I write with rain drops on your windows as the train speeds […]
Meta/ Phor(e) /Play 