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‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ and Literary Citizenship

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Laura Boggess

‘Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs’ by Laura Boggess shows us how to be a literary citizen in our own little corner of the world. Meet Amy Pinkleberry.

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Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs—It’s Here!

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Lyrical and whimsical writer Laura Boggess brings us a sweetly inspiring story of one woman’s quest to put her life back together. Poetry plays a part. But not before a book gets delivered to the wrong house on a windy, impossible day.

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Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs

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Lyrical and whimsical writer Laura Boggess brings us a sweetly inspiring story of one woman’s quest to put her life back together. Poetry plays a part. But not before a book gets delivered to the wrong house on a windy, impossible day.

Neruda’s Memoirs

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Intimate yet restrained, Doallas’s poems are like love notes that bear grief, struggle, and history—laced with delightful surprises of wit and hope. Words About Neruda’s Memoirs “A prescient, elegant meal for the soul, not to be missed.” —Jenne R. Andrews, author of Reunion “Maureen E. Doallas was inspired to write by tending and grieving her […]

Neruda’s Memoirs, endorsed by Oprah Best Summer Reads author Deborah Henry

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Winner of “Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems”

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We have a winner in our giveaway of

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Talking with Maureen Doallas about “Neruda’s Memoirs”

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An interview with poet Maureen Doallas, about her background and poetic history, going into the publishing of her first book ‘Neruda’s Memoirs.’

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Diane Walker Reads Title Poem “Neruda’s memoirs”

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Diane Walker, a friend of poet Maureen Doallas, reads the title poem from Maureen’s recently published Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems. (Diane created the video, too.)

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“Neruda’s Memoirs” by Maureen Doallas

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Maureen Doallas is a regular participant in our poetry jams on Twitter, and the author of blog Writing Without Paper. Her online eye ranges over a vast array of art, poetry and culture, and she freely shares what she she finds with the rest of us. T.S. Poetry Press has just published (“just” as in […]

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Neruda’s Memoirs, Sneak Preview

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We’ve got a cover for Maureen E. Doallas’s upcoming poetry collection, Neruda’s Memoirs. And here’s an excerpt of the title poem (Neruda’s Memoirs 🙂 ) … 2 Neruda said the closest thing to poetry is a loaf of bread or a ceramic dish or a piece of wood lovingly carved. So he poured his words […]

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Poetry and Healing: “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess

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The novella “Waiting for Neruda’s Memoirs” by Laura Boggess tells a story of a woman haunted by voices and healed through the power of poetry.

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“Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems” by Maureen Doallas

By Glynn Young 6 Comments

You know how it can be with expectations. You wait and wait and wait for something, and then when it comes, you feel slightly deflated, because the expectation was bigger than the reality. That didn’t happen with Neruda’s Memoirs: Poems by Maureen Doallas. In fact, just the opposite happened. The reality exceeded my expectations, and […]

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Maureen Doallas

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Author of Neruda’s Memoirs, Maureen Doallas supports Tweetspeak Poetry because it makes poetry reading and writing fun.

Poet-a-Day: Meet Maureen E. Doallas

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Penmon Lighthouse Anglesey Beach Quiet Sea Meditation Poem

What if you want to match a physical sensation to a poetic form? Maureen E. Doallas shows you how, in this pantoum from ‘How to Write a Form Poem.’

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Poet Laura: National Poetry Month

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Purple, white and yellow blooms

As Spring blooms, Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, is finding floral and poetic awakening in the garden just in time for National Poetry Month.

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Poet Laura: Chocolate Saves Mardi Gras

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Tweetspeak’s Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, spends Mardi Gras without power but offers up a chocolate sonnet after a gift from her chocolate patron.

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Poet Laura: Poultry Poetry—Feeding Grapes and Reading Sonnets to Chickens

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Water Droplets on grapes

This month, our intrepid Poet Laura visits chickens on a chilly day, bearing delicious grapes and heartfelt sonnets.

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Poet Laura: The Generosity of the Earth

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As we leave 2020, our Poet Laura reflects on the generosity of the earth to her inhabitants, and considers ways to give back to the earth. Earth poetry included!

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Poet Laura: The Generosity of a Poem

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Can a poem be generous? Our Poet Laura, Laura Boggess, considers the generosity of gifting a poem, whether crafted or curated, to another.

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Poet Laura: A Dedication to Whimsy, From Your New Poet Laura

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Meet Laura Boggess, our newest Poet Laura and the first “Laura” Poet Laura and get a glimpse of her dedication to whimsy.

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