Gary Rose, artist, and Monika Rose, poet, had a reception on Friday, October 14, from 2-7 PM, for an art show, ekphrasis workshop, and poetry reading/signing at the open house reception at Mountain Ranch Community Center in the darling community of Mountain Ranch! Art show and reception occurred 2:00 P.M. through 7 PM – [...]
River by the Glass , A Collection of Poems by Monika Rose
Released, April 2011- 212 pages, 85 poems, photography by Tuolumne County talent Ron Pickup
River photography includes Tuolumne River, Clavey River, Stanislaus River, and more….
Publisher, GlenHill Productions, Soulsbyville
Purchase on this site. $21.95, add shipping and tax: [...]
Preparing Your Poetry or Other Manuscript for Publication © Monika Rose April 2011
A few tips from Monika Rose, Editor – monikarosewriter.com
These are not conclusive…many more things to think about abound, but these are a few….
Manzanita Writers Press manzapress.com
1. Saving your [...]
Welcome to the web site of Monika Rose, Poet, Author, Editor
Contact Monika at mrosemanza@jps.net
Founding editor: Manzanita Writers Press
New Poetry collection released : River by the Glass
Here are what other poets and writers say about River by the Glass:
Pattiann [...]
One of the most interesting things I ever found was a tiny harmonica on a chain at Tuolumne Meadows, embedded in the sand bank, close to the Tuolumne bridge that traverses the Tuolumne River. The one-inch harmonica lying in the sand, attached to a tiny chain, sported four tiny reed holes. I tested the sound, a resounding and high-pitched tweedle–which [...]
Here is how Monika Rose converted a free verse poem to a Sonnet form — see the poem titled “Father” below the sonnet titled “Fish”, which was transformed from the free verse form.
Conversion to an English Sonnet (time: 2 hours)
Start with a situation and a statement of a condition, situation, or event [...]
INTRODUCTION
I first published Monika Rose’s poetry in the Mindprint Review, a literary journal of regional and international writing and art published back in the late 1980s. And even then, I was taken with her whimsical wit and metaphysical humor in poems such as “Carp” and “Eye.” Today, she has evolved these skills into the [...]
Yeats and the Sculpture of Self: A Critical Essay
— By Monika Rose
W.B. Yeats’ progress as a writer was shaped by deliberate plans of self-improvement and exploration, especially as it pertained to his development of craft. His “passion for making and remaking himself led him to revise his early work…to conform to a [...]
Here are what other poets and writers say about River by the Glass:
Pattiann Rogers, poet, says:
The poems in River By the Glass are rich with the details of the earth moving moment by moment from death to life, from life to death. Monika Rose understands the union of these transformations and records [...]
River by the Glass is ready to ship! Monika Rose wants you to sip and dip in! It’s your glass and you can cry if you want to. But you won’t cry ~ most of the poems will make you see aspects of life once again, from your own buried memories. Bring up those [...]
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