Tuesday, July 26, 2022

Carolyn Martin's Praise for My Newest Chapbook

 













An ocean of thanks to the sublime poet/editor Carolyn Martin who wrote this early praise for my newest chapbook, which can be preordered through August 26:

What is so striking about Linda Ferguson’s Not Me: Poems About Other Women, are the startling imaginative leaps the poet makes throughout these persona poems. Whether she is writing about historical figures, literary characters, or fictional women, Ferguson’s intention is clear: “It’s not the house/I won’t leave./It’s the forest of my imagining.” She fills this forest not only with unique voices and stories, but with language  that gives readers pause and invites them to savor each line. When she proclaims, “... this is the way things are for everybody:/art and motion, ecstasy, ovation, encore!” these words describe the way this collection is for us: one that will continue to engage our imaginations with its artful motion and ecstasy. 

 

– Carolyn Martin, poetry editor of Kosmos Quarterly: journal for global transformation 


 


Saturday, July 23, 2022

July 26 Verseweavers Virtual Reading!

 


I'm happy to be among the prize-winning poets at the Verseweavers virtual reading on Tuesday, July 26 at 7 pm! Please join us by registering here.


Thursday, July 14, 2022

Knock Knock

 



The moment I've waiting for: My Bluebird uniform has arrived, and I can't wait to wear it to school, smiling, with my two front teeth missing. 

The only hitch is Bluebirds have to go door to door selling candy, too. I like eating it (especially the mints), but selling it, no thank you.

My family comes to the rescue. My soft-hearted dad takes the candy to the office and sells it to his workmates. Then my grandmother, who has a sweet tooth, buys several boxes for herself and stacks them on top of her refrigerator where they'll be close at hand.

Today, in 2022, I'm faced with trying to meet another selling quota. Not candy this time, but poetry. I have two new books this year, and my publishers, understandably, would like me to promote them.

So consider this post a light knock on your door. My newest chapbook, Not Me: Poems About Other Women, is available for preorder until August 26 and can be ordered here

My award-winning chapbook, Of the Forest, was also released in February and can be ordered here

Here's some praise for both books:

Not Me: Poems About Other Women

Through a prism of voices, both real and imaginary, we gain new understanding of women's lives in a world that is not always made for them. At once subversive and strong, Ferguson's imaginative language both heightens and deepens our awareness of ourselves and others. Diane Averill, author of Beautiful Obstacles.

Of the Forest

Though she tells us this is a 'simple suburban story,' every poem in this collection is a jewel, obscured by a diaphanous curtain of imagination, beckoning us to look behind. –Judith Armatta, author of Twilight of Impunity.