Our Zoom Readings will be recorded and shown on our website
Our Zoom Readings will be recorded and shown on our website
J. v.j.(Vinnie) Calone, formalist poet.
Winner 1st place P.P.A. Poetry contest 2023
Studied under Lewis Turco author, The New Book of Forms. BA SUNY Oswego '95.
Submission Editor at THE SCENE thescene.life poetry/art zine (June 2023- )
Major work to be released: The Old Wooden Bench and other poems,
slotted to be released Summer 2024.
You can reach Vin directly @ jeweliasdad@aol.com and thescene.life
Bernard Hicks, also known as Bsolid the Poet, is a returning feature at Poetry Street after way too long an absence.
Bernard is a Bronx-born citizen and proudly Harlem-reared from the age of two. He has been featured in many Long Island poetry venues.
“I will say my poetic nature comes from a form of nurture as I was an avid reader of books from my household shelves, a church gospel song singer, and a rap aficionado. Art from me in my household was appreciated and encouraged and I looked for ways to be creative. For that, I thank my parents for allowing me to think and write in tune with the colors of a fluorescent rainbow.”
Bernard likes to think of poetry as a gift of humanity, the soul of our nature, and the language of the arts. He hopes that as you listen to his writings, you digest them, and let the words nourish your thoughts.