FAREWELL PHILLY MUSELETTER
Poetry is taking me to New York City, so this is my last Museletter. I began the first Philadelphia-area Museletter (April 2000) with a quote by Sharon Olds that beautifully sums up why I do poetry: “To the poet, the human community is like the community of birds to a bird, singing to each other. Love is one of the reasons we are singing to one another, love of language itself, love of sound, love of singing itself, and love of the other birds.” A song of thanks goes to, in addition to my About Poetry Guides, Bob Holman and Margy Snyder, the following members of the local flock (in alpha order) for contributing to my Museletter ventures, by way of poetry venue, calendar, and/or conversation:

• American Poetry Review
• Nathalie Anderson
• Asian Arts Initiative
• Alicia Askenase of Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center
• Mitch Beaver
• Michele Belluomini and Michèle Gendron of The Monday Poets at The Free Library of Philadelphia
• Ketan Ben Caesar
• Kyle Conner, Greg Fuchs, and Frank Sherlock of Highwire Reading Series and Poetry at La Tazza
• CA Conrad
• Barb Daniels
• Eileen D’Angelo of Mad Poets Society
• Kim DeAngelo of PMS Open Reading Series at The Point
• Greg Djanikian
• Lawrence Fisher
• Richard Frey and Jeff Loo of NOTcoffeehouse Poetry and Performance Series
• Giovanni’s Room
• Leonard Gontarek and Mark Sarro of The Voice at HMV
• Randy Gross of the Heavyword Society in Harrisburg
• Robin Hiteshew of Laughing Hermit Series
• Betti Kahn
• Patrick Kelly
• Kelly Writers House
• Kevyn Knox of The (Almost) Uptown Poetry Cartel in Harrisburg
• Peter Krok of
• Lynn Levin of The Drexel Online Journal
• Dan Maguire
• Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
• Peter Murphy
• Daniel M. Nester of Painted Bride Quarterly
• Painted Bride Art Center and Kevin O’Neill of Day of the Poet
• Aaren Yeatts Perry
• Philadelphia Art Alliance
• Philadelphia Shambhala Center
• Stephanie Renee of Inkspot, VERGE, and Poetry at The Point of Destination Café
• Don Riggs
• Robin’s Bookstore
• Bob Small of Poets & Prophets
• Dave Steel
• Michael Steffen of Riverside Poetry Series
• Linda Stehling and Sandra Turner Barnes of The Calvacade of Poetry in South Jersey
• Lamont B. Steptoe
• Ron P. Swegman
• Temple Gallery Poets and Writers Series
• J.C. Todd
• Bill VanBuskirk
• Rocky Wilson

Marj Hahne