2010 FIRSTS

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First Poem Read:
first page of "The Present Day" by Ernesto Priego


First Poetry Collection Read:
(SOME OF THE) BEST LESBIAN POETRY by Amanda Laughtland (Teeny Tiny)


First Poetry Book (and Book!) Bought:
OPEN CLOSED OPEN by Yehuda Amichai


First Prose-on-Poetry Book Bought (and Read):
POEMCRAZY: FREEING YOUR LIFE WITH WORDS by Susan G. Wooldridge


First Prose on Poetry Written
"Afterward: An Afterword" as Afterword for a poet's forthcoming collection (I don't mention which poet/book as I don't know if the news is public)


First Poem-ic Experience Viz a Movie:
INVICTUS: Nelson Mandela (played by Morgan Freeman) recites "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley. How it resonates.


First Poetry Editing Project:
An issue on Poet-Editors for and forthcoming from Ekleksographia


As a Poetry Publisher (viz Meritage Press), First Book Released:
AUTOPSY TURVY, collaborative poems by Thomas Fink and Maya Diablo Mason (details are forthcoming)


As a Poetry Publisher, First Books Sold:
OPERA: POEMS 1981-2002 by Barry Schwabsky
STAGE PRESENCE: CONVERSATIONS WITH FILIPINO AMERICAN PERFORMING ARTISTS, Ed. Theodore S. Gonzalves


First Poetry Books Received as Gifts:
FRACTUS CORPUS by Ric Carfagna
LOVE POEMS by Karl Marx
SINCE by James Stotts
REMAINDERS FOR THE EARTH: POEMS by James Stotts
(SOME OF THE) BEST LESBIAN POETRY by Amanda Laughtland
THE OTHER BLUEBOOK: ON THE HIGH SEAS OF DISCOVERY "as told to Reme Grefalda" by Quill Berenkoff (not a poetry book, though a quick skim shows it includes poems!). This is a series of stories about working as a legal assistant; poet-publisher Reme Grefalda has worked as such. I haven't read it yet but it includes a hilarious poem "Lackeyship: An Honorable Profession" makes me want to pick up another copy as a present for The Hubby, Esq -- the poem begins

There once was a Lackey named Marjorie
Whose main expertise was Discovery.
She went after documents
Like a tourist for monuments.
For her, overtime was recovery.

First Poetry Manuscript Being Worked On:
[also the Last 2009 Poetry Manuscript Worked On]
THE THORN ROSARY (forthcoming soon from Marsh Hawk Press)


First Poem Written:
As of January 5, still a non-event (I'm such a slacker...)