Sally Ashton is a poet, writer, Editor-in-Chief of the DMQ Review, San José State University professor emerita, lecturer, blogger, and workshop presenter who has taught over 100 workshops. She was appointed the second Santa Clara County Poet Laureate, 2011-2013. She has collaborated with both visual artists and musicians. She is Assistant Editor of They Said: A Multi-Genre Anthology of Contemporary Collaborative Writing, Black Lawrence Press, 2018. Her work is included in many anthologies. Listening to Mars, her fifth book of poetry, was just released.
Find more information on Sally, visit his website:
https://sallyashton.com/
As always, we’ll also include the live Prompt Lines for responses to our weekly prompt. A Zoom link will be provided in the chat window during the show before that segment begins.
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This Week’s Prompt:
Write a haiku sequence that talks about love without mentioning it by name.
Next Week’s Prompt:
Revise a poem that you wrote a long time ago by radically shifting its perspective.
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0:00 Welcome
1:20 Alixa Brobbey, “Cocoa Ghazal”
6:55 Featured Guest: Sally Ashton
1:18:40 Prompt Lines
2:18:25 Sciku, Next Week’s Prompt & Guest
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