Before Your Quiet Eyes

It’s the first Wednesday of the month. That means Ground and Sky Poetry Group will be meeting at the store in person at 6 pm. Social distancing and maske required. On Wednesday November 11, at 7 pm, Just Poets will be having a hybrid gathering, that is there will be some in person seating, as well as, an ability to participate electronically. Please check with Just Poets, either via FB or e-mail, prior to arriving for in person participation and for the electronic link. The featured reader for this event will be Grace Lynch, followed by an open mic. Social distancing will be followed for seating arrangements and masks will be required if attending the meeting in person. Hope everyone enjoys this beautiful day!

Just read about the loss of one of the poets, Sea Be, who read at the store. So sad, my condolences to his family!! He will be sorely missed! Here are a few pictures of him at the store.

Last week I received and read Redactions Issue 24 Tribute to William Heyen, editor Tom Holmes (Bill turns 80 this Sunday, 11/1/2020). Bill and several of the contributors Kitty Jospé, Karla Linn Merrifield, Colleen Powderly, and John Roche are members of the group Just Poets which has readings here at the store, in person and via electronic meetings. The image of Bill was taken by another Just Poet, Roy Hartwell Bent. There are also other Rochester familiars Grant Holcomb a...nd Ralph Black, as well as, others who have a Rochester/Brockport connection, but who currently live elsewhere including Tom and his collaborator for this publication, Richard Deming. Copies of this publication can be obtained by visiting www.etsy.com/shop/redactionspoetry, or writing a check for $15 made out to Tom Holmes and sent to Redactions 182 Nantucket Dr. Apt. Uc Clarksville TN 37040, or check out the web site at www.redactions.com. See more

So today’s banned book is J. D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye.

So, I s as I’d was going to do multiple posts today. Here is my second one. Last Sunday, 9/27/20, began banned books week. This week I will be posting my homage to Banned Books-I meant to do one a day, but life got in the way till now. So I am catching with several images, one for each dss as y that I have missed, and today’s. I had several pictures for Sunday to introduce the week including a mask, a cup and the Bible-yes it is a banned book; Monday would have been Jay Asher’s Thirteen Reasons Why; Tuesday Margaret Atwood’s, Handmaid’s Tale; and today’s Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.

I’m going to have a couple of posts today. The first is the unveiling of my new office curtains. Thanks to their creator, Karen Faris! Im sitting in their presence as I write this-ahhhh!

Just added the next phase of art-curtains to the store. Thank you Karen Faris, for all of your work! And Dorothy M. Wilkins for being the model in the right side panel!! The curtains look wonderful!!

Typically, except for last year, this would be a day for setting up for the Rochester Antiquarian Book Fair. This year the sale was cancelled to protect our customers from the health concerns currently facing our country. So, instead of choosing, packing, and unpacking books for the Fair, I decided to take some pictures of Before Your Quiet Eyes in its current configuration. Yes, I am continuing to rearrange books and the store as time goes on to make it, hopefully, more user friendly. Please take my visually tour of the store and if you have questions please feel free to contact me.

In Memory of September 11, 2001! A print by Joseph Inverso, 9-11, United We Pray.

Looking for something to do this Labor Day weekend, why not create a new poem, dust off an old one, or ... The timeline for the end of submissions to Poems Inspired by the Movies is quickly coming to a close, the deadline is September 30th. Please see below. Also please feel free to share this post! Call for Submissions: Poems Inspired by the Movies Deadline September 30th... How have movies shaped your imagination, made you dream or disturbed your sleep? From cartoons to the classics of decades past to ground-breaking movies of recent years, what role do movies have in our culture? From Birth of a Nation to Black Panther, how have movies perpetuated or broken stereotypes? What about the great themeslove, death, justice, identity? As Covid accelerates the flight from public to private watching, how is our movie experience changing? Describe your movie heroes, anti-heroes or ordinary folk Write poems that leave behind the indelible image, the same as a rare film, to celebrate this art form. For me, it was their faces on the screen, twenty feet high: an acre of tender real estate between the sweep of Gene Tierney’s lashes and the arch of her narrow, expressive brow in Laura. Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, his eyes by turns wild, knowing, or brimming with hope. James Dean’s amazing eyebrows fully animated with inner turmoil! Marylyn Monroe’s neat little nose, perched above lips that trembled, or sneered, or were ready to be kissed...sometimes all at once. Send poems and cover letter to [email protected] for possible inclusion in a new anthology of poetry about the movies. Follow guidelines for blind submissions below. GUIDELINES SUBMISSION PERIOD: August 1st to September 30th , 2020. Decisions returned to authors in November. Expected publication January 2021. Contributors receive one free copy. COVER LETTER: In your email include your name, all contact information, title of each poem and a 60-word bio. Previously published poems will be considered, just be sure to state your poem’s publication information so that we can include it in our acknowledgements. BLIND SUBMISSION: Submit up to three (3) poems in a single doc. or docx. attachment with NO identifying information on the poems themselves. SUBJECT LINE: Submission: poems inspired by movies Good luck. Send your best workwe can’t wait to read it! Jennifer Maloney & Bart White, editors MOVING IMAGES: poetry inspired by cinema Before Your Quiet Eyes Publications, Holograph Series Rochester, New York

Here’s a reminder to submit a poem or three for an anthology about poems inspired by the movies. From Jennifer Maloney: I just want to say thank you to all who have submitted to Moving Images: Poetry Inspired by Cinema, and to encourage poets who haven’t yet to please do! Deadline is 9/30/2020. Send your best poetry about the movies to [email protected]. We have seen some STUNNING work already, and we look forward to reading yours!... GUIDELINES SUBMISSION PERIOD: August 1st to September 30th , 2020. Decisions returned to authors in November. Expected publication in January 2021. Contributors will receive one free copy. BLIND SUBMISSION: Submit up to three (3) poems in a single doc. or docx. attachment with NO identifying information on the poems themselves. COVER LETTER: In your email include your name, all contact information, title of each poem and a 60-word bio. Previously published poems will be considered, just be sure to include your poem’s publication information so that we can include it in our acknowledgements. SUBJECT LINE: Submission: poems inspired by movies That’s it. Good luck. Send us your best workwe can’t wait to read it! Jennifer Maloney & Bart White, editors MOVING IMAGES: poetry inspired by cinema

1st Wednesday of the month! Means it’s time for poetry group Ground and Sky to meet at Before Your Quiet Eyes, socially distancing and face masks required, tonight at 6 pm!! Hope to see you here!

I recently received the following Call for Submissions. I would encourage anyone interested in writing poems about movies, to submit 1-3 poems for consideration in this endeavor. Ken Call For Submissions: Poems Inspired By The Movies... From Saturday morning cartoons to the great movies of decades past, how have the movies shaped you? What scene moved you to tears, or inspired you to go back out into the world, determined to change it? What movie made you dream or disturbed your sleep? For me, it was their faces on the screen, twenty feet high: an acre of tender real estate between the sweep of Gene Tierney’s lashes and the arch of her narrow, expressive brow in Laura. Gene Wilder in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, his eyes by turns wild, knowing, or brimming with hope. James Dean’s amazing eyebrows fully animated with inner turmoil! Marylyn Monroe’s neat little nose, perched above lips that trembled, or sneered, or were ready to be kissed...sometimes all at once. Send us poems saturated with color or in classic black and white; show us the grand panorama or close us in a dreary room. Give us heroes, anti-heroes or ordinary folk. We want poems that leave behind the indelible image, the same as a rare film; poems with a quality of wonder, drama, or stillness that celebrates this art form. Send your movie poetry to [email protected] for possible inclusion in a new anthology of poetry about the movies. Deadline is September 30th. Please note the guidelines for blind submissions below. Send us your best workwe can’t wait to read it! Jennifer Maloney and Bart White, editors MOVING IMAGES: poetry inspired by cinema GUIDELINES SUBMISSION PERIOD: August 1st to September 30th , 2020. Decisions returned to authors in November. Expected publication in January 2021. BLIND SUBMISSION: Submit up to three (3) poems in a single doc. or docx. attachment with no identifying information on the poems themselves. In a cover letter email include your name, all contact information, title of each poem and a 60-word bio. Subject line Submission: poems inspired by movies

Two pieces of good news, at least I think they are!! One is the store Before Your Quiet Eyes has officially re-openedThe hours for the store will be as they were previously, Wednesday through Saturday, inclusive, 11am till 6 pm. The store has gone through a massive transformation, and I hope you come in to see the changes. Please be aware that I am requiring face masks, and I am requesting everyone use the hand sanitizer that is outside the door to the store prior to e...ntering the store. Thank you for your anticipated compliance. The other piece of news is that the second book, Once For The Broken Hearted, in the Before Your Quiet Eyes Holograph series is now completed and available. Thank you to Adam Sinesiou, the author, William Heyen, the cover artist, and Nate Pritts for your willingness to work with me and making this book become a reality. Copies of the book are available here at the store and on Amazon, but the signed, limited edition, with a poem in holograph is only available at the store. Look forward to seeing all of you! Please stay healthy and safe!

My pick for the day, Lies! Lies! Lies! A College Journal Of John Gardner published by The University of Rochester Libraries 1999. Ps. I may have posted this before, but I thought it was appropriate for today.

Today’s book is a recent, 2020, publication by Mammoth Books, Vehicles, by William Heyen. The cover art for this publication was done by David Delaney and titled Heading Home. I received copies at the store today!!

My Memorial Day offering, an original piece of art from Wirld War 2, dated August 16, 1945 Firenze(Florence), Italy. In memory of those who have served and are no longer with us.