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If you folks didn't know, TTB's Indar, known in real life as Linda Christenson, is a Minnesota celebrity.  She has, for fifty years, been the sculptor in residence at the Minnesota State Fair. The Dairy Industry has historically been a large part of Minnesota's economy, and has had a large presence ...

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Former TTB Featured Poet Marc Woodward hosts radio show -- TONIGHT! 6pm - great music and wintery poems for this first show of December. Join Marc and Friends while your wine is mulling, peacock roasting, crabs hissing in their bowl, etc. =AZUWKyYF2eHDyA74rM0dfwL1LjOqBwzXVVxf8P219NYWtcbjWLFb_TIZfn8D...

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Greetings TTB'ers, I have recently been consumed by questions for which I have no answers. So I am seeking responses so I can start trying to understand things better. So here we go. Please post to this thread below your responses. 1. Other poetry sites. Do you participate at other poetry sites? How...

I was mightily impressed with a preface Eric wrote for its wisdom, as well as insight into Eric's view of poetry and spirituality. I am taking the liberty of setting it out here for your benefit. Preface to Speaking Through the Opening, Allowing Your Life to be Your Poem , by Eric Ashford, Palabras ...

Meet Eric Ashford    https://pbs.twimg.com/profile_images/452507561380429824/SE7hJq2Y_400x400.jpeg Eric Ashford is a poet and mystic who believes that poetry is an authentic spiritual path in its own right. Writing poetry is contemplative, healing, and a way of self-realization. He would also say t...

Poetry Reading Selections: The Boar Beyond the garden boundary, past the halo of the terrace lights, the undergrowth is shaking to the soft grunts of a cinghiale. I can’t see him but I know he’s there. Along the night-sweat lane near the house with the rusted vines big white dogs are sounding off, ...

Shaking The Persimmon Tree published today!   Marc Woodward's latest book is now in print!   Published by Sea Crow Press from Cape Cod,USA.  https://i0.wp.com/seacrowpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/ecover-bowker-persimmon.jpg?resize=486%2C776&ssl=1 Searching, songful poems.  -Helen Ivory, edit...

The Tangled Branch's first Guest Poet:   MARC WOODWARD             https://i0.wp.com/seacrowpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Marc-Woodward.jpg?resize=400%2C405&ssl=1 Poet, author, musician, all-around good guy.  Marc is the author of the recently released Shaking the Persimmon Tree, (Sea Crow P...