How Winter
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Poetry Benefit
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APRIL 26th at Z Place Gallery.
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Patrick O'Neill, Teacher and Poet At his blog, Frank J Hutton reviews Pat's work and presents the following video of Pat recorded during a local reading. |
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Patrick O'Neill At Tacconelli's |
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Pat In Hurley |
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March Street Press
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$15.00 USD March Street Press 3413 Wilshire Greensboro NC marchstreetpress.com rbixby@earthlink.net ISBN 1-59661-155-3 87 pages |
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Redux My niece, daughter of my sister, the botanist, swings into my office, announces she has just re-engaged her ex-fiancé—her third shot. I say, Whoopee, another Extreme Home Makeover show! I toss my hat at the ceiling— watch her snag it just inches before it hits the floor. I say, Don’t you weary of reassembling the poor guy? She slaps my hat on my head, says, If the second time around is better, like the song says, the third must be best. With the same guy? It’s not the same guy. I’m renovating him in time segments—little by little. So each time you get a hold of him the less remodeling you have to do? That’s right. But in the interims he must do a lot of damage to what you tacked on. Some, she says. But there are things that I set in concrete that stay intact. You ever think of investing in something you don’t have to rebuild? She rolls her eyes at me, says, We’re talking about men—not houses. There aren’t any like that on the market. No, I say. Those are a special breed. They’re not for sale. We call them—bachelors. |
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Spring Born in Pontiac, Michigan, Patrick O’Neill grew up and attended high school in Waterford, Michigan, received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, taught English for a few years at Comstock High School—then moved to Ironwood in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula where he teaches college writing and literature courses and writes poems, stories, and plays. |
Reviews Patrick O’Neill’s verse with its wonderfully “everyman” characters brings so-called “common folks” to a literary immortality that demands his inclusion in the pantheon of old and new great poets. Del Reitz
Patrick O’Neill observes the details and interactions of nature and human nature and in his poetry shares his unsparing insights. Like well-written short stories, the best poems have real people, conflicts, and revelations that delight the reader with resolving surprise. Diane Montz
In Patrick O’Neill’s poetry, inner monologues and outer dialogues fold into episodes—vignettes of everyday living. He sprinkles his poems with gentle treatments of the wisdom of animals, the revelations of plants. His poetry is a veritable Kaleidoscope of highly interesting slices of life. His empathic style touches the reader’s heart-felt spirits while his offbeat wit and subtle irony produce provocative revelations. Tom Bruneau |
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Services I do readings and conduct creative writing (prose and poetry) and poetry workshops. I’ve read and conducted workshops at colleges, high schools, art galleries, festivals, libraries—and for book clubs, writing associations, and other organizations and groups. I’m open to whatever will enable me to share my writing and my writing experiences and insights with as many people as I can. I also serve as a consultant for (work individually with) serious writers of
poetry and short fiction. Contact:
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