Joanne Leva
@joanneleva.bsky.social
An advocate for creative writing and community service, founder and executive director of the Montgomery County (PA) Poet Laureate Program, and author of two poetry collections, Eve Heads Back (2020) and Eve Would Know (2017) published by Kelsay Books.
I carry praise for Julie Maloney, founder/director of www.WomenReadingAloud.org, author of A Matter of Chance (She Writes Press) and Private Landscape (Arseya Publishing).
I carry joy. I carry gratitude and awe. What do you carry? #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
I carry joy. I carry gratitude and awe. What do you carry? #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
November 2, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I carry praise for Julie Maloney, founder/director of www.WomenReadingAloud.org, author of A Matter of Chance (She Writes Press) and Private Landscape (Arseya Publishing).
I carry joy. I carry gratitude and awe. What do you carry? #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
I carry joy. I carry gratitude and awe. What do you carry? #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
Calling all Keystone Poets Anthology lovers! This is what happens when the best of the best celebrate poetry and read their work at Indian Valley Public Library🍁Praise Pennsylvania State University Press and editors Marjorie Maddox Hafer and Jerry Wemple #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
October 5, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Calling all Keystone Poets Anthology lovers! This is what happens when the best of the best celebrate poetry and read their work at Indian Valley Public Library🍁Praise Pennsylvania State University Press and editors Marjorie Maddox Hafer and Jerry Wemple #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup
Dodge Poet and faculty member of Murphy Writing of Stockton University, storyteller, literary citizen, and good friend, Luray Gross shared from “With This Body” & “Lift” #RaggedSkyPress Thank you for inviting us to question and reclaim our words at #IVAF #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup ✍🏼
September 7, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Dodge Poet and faculty member of Murphy Writing of Stockton University, storyteller, literary citizen, and good friend, Luray Gross shared from “With This Body” & “Lift” #RaggedSkyPress Thank you for inviting us to question and reclaim our words at #IVAF #ForgottenVoices #poetrygroup ✍🏼
Many thanks to poet Kathleen Lutz Mulholland for taking part in both the poetry reading (which was amazing) and the conversation (imagine an outing with Walt Whitman) #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup Indian Valley Public Library #myhappyplace ✍🏼
August 3, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Many thanks to poet Kathleen Lutz Mulholland for taking part in both the poetry reading (which was amazing) and the conversation (imagine an outing with Walt Whitman) #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup Indian Valley Public Library #myhappyplace ✍🏼
Sage advice🦉
beloved, let me teach you how to make friends, no matter what age or life stage you’re in:
1. leave your house, go places
2. be kind and curious about those you meet
3. frequent those places often
4. express interest in hanging out again with those you connect with
5. keep going
1. leave your house, go places
2. be kind and curious about those you meet
3. frequent those places often
4. express interest in hanging out again with those you connect with
5. keep going
August 3, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Sage advice🦉
#Booksky Highlights 📚
#ResistanceRoots
Today in history, 1960: Harper Lee publishes her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Noted for its treatment of a child’s awakening to racism in the South, the book won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was an immediate success, eventually selling more than 40 million copies.
Today in history, 1960: Harper Lee publishes her first novel, To Kill a Mockingbird. Noted for its treatment of a child’s awakening to racism in the South, the book won the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. It was an immediate success, eventually selling more than 40 million copies.
July 12, 2025 at 3:41 AM
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So grateful to poet, Joseph A. Chelius, for sharing his new poetry collection, Playing Fields (Kelsay Books, 2025), at the Indian Valley Public Library #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup as we reflected on the (seemingly) ordinarily things in our lives that we are thankful for #WearingMyFathersMitt
July 6, 2025 at 4:43 AM
So grateful to poet, Joseph A. Chelius, for sharing his new poetry collection, Playing Fields (Kelsay Books, 2025), at the Indian Valley Public Library #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup as we reflected on the (seemingly) ordinarily things in our lives that we are thankful for #WearingMyFathersMitt
⛱️☀️⛵️ @georgesseurat.bsky.social
Beloit, WI revitalized its waterfront and chose this way to celebrate it: by bringing to life Georges Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte."
June 26, 2025 at 3:12 AM
⛱️☀️⛵️ @georgesseurat.bsky.social
“There are no good words for an ending…” to quote #evanwang in his poem, Graduation Day, but we sure had fun trying! 📸#NationalYouthPoetLaureate “Look at you!”
June 15, 2025 at 6:36 PM
“There are no good words for an ending…” to quote #evanwang in his poem, Graduation Day, but we sure had fun trying! 📸#NationalYouthPoetLaureate “Look at you!”
Our #shootingstar #evanwang reading his poem, Graduation Day 🎓 #NationalYouthPoetLaureate
#Congratulations, Evan! #UpperMerionHighSchool #2025
#Congratulations, Evan! #UpperMerionHighSchool #2025
June 10, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Our #shootingstar #evanwang reading his poem, Graduation Day 🎓 #NationalYouthPoetLaureate
#Congratulations, Evan! #UpperMerionHighSchool #2025
#Congratulations, Evan! #UpperMerionHighSchool #2025
T-minus 7 days…✍🏼
We’re grateful for everyone who sends us a manuscript because reading manuscripts is the ideal Sunday night. We can’t wait to fall in love with a new chap!
Only ONE WEEK left to submit for our Summer Chapbook Open Reading Period! All the details are on our website, bullcitypress.com ✨
The reading period ends June 15; we want to read your poetry chapbooks and flash fiction/creative nonfiction manuscripts!
BCP loves y'all ❤️
The reading period ends June 15; we want to read your poetry chapbooks and flash fiction/creative nonfiction manuscripts!
BCP loves y'all ❤️
June 9, 2025 at 1:25 AM
T-minus 7 days…✍🏼
Please join us for an evening of Radical Love for our National *Youth* Poet Laureate #evanwang Montgomery County Poet Laureate - MCPL at Eclipse Center for Creative Community on Saturday, June 14, at 7pm. This event is hosted by #mcypl #TinaRambergMichael and #mcpls Chad Frame Liz Gray 🥳
June 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Please join us for an evening of Radical Love for our National *Youth* Poet Laureate #evanwang Montgomery County Poet Laureate - MCPL at Eclipse Center for Creative Community on Saturday, June 14, at 7pm. This event is hosted by #mcypl #TinaRambergMichael and #mcpls Chad Frame Liz Gray 🥳
Note to self: Sign up for this *free* course! ✍🏼
Here is the official Harvard University website!
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000
The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
www.harvard.edu
Here is their # if you'd like to speak to someone there!!
+1 617-495-1000
The link to the Free Government courses is ...
pll.harvard.edu/subject/gove...
May 24, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Note to self: Sign up for this *free* course! ✍🏼
Count it all joy! My favorite place at Indian Valley Public Library with Courtney K. Bambrick & Peter M. Baroth ✍🏼 Praise for World Without (Bottlecap Press) and Lost Autographs (Moonstone Press) 💌 #poetry #stories #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup
May 4, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Count it all joy! My favorite place at Indian Valley Public Library with Courtney K. Bambrick & Peter M. Baroth ✍🏼 Praise for World Without (Bottlecap Press) and Lost Autographs (Moonstone Press) 💌 #poetry #stories #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup
Congratulations to Evan Wang, the inaugural Youth Montgomery County (PA) Poet Laureate, *now* The National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States! 🇺🇸 #hiphiphooray (mostly hip) www.youthlaureate.org/
May 3, 2025 at 4:49 AM
Congratulations to Evan Wang, the inaugural Youth Montgomery County (PA) Poet Laureate, *now* The National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States! 🇺🇸 #hiphiphooray (mostly hip) www.youthlaureate.org/
So true 🐈
When you live with a cat for long enough you learn to notice different kinds of silence. Right now my cat is being quiet in a way that tells me he's just committed some manner of atrocity that I'm yet to discover
May 2, 2025 at 12:32 AM
So true 🐈
Happy 🌎 Day! 🕊️
April 23, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Happy 🌎 Day! 🕊️
Totally agree! 🕊️
Sure, I go to the library for books, but also sometimes I go just to exist in a space that's welcoming, organized, comfortable, judgement-free, and run by knowledgeable, helpful, passionate people, because that energy is straight up medicinal.
April 11, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Totally agree! 🕊️
Ethel Rackin’s new book, In Time (THE WORD WORKS, 2025), is a celebration of life’s most noteworthy days. Recovered dailies are just one of the many gems within this captivating collection! #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup at The Indian Valley Public Library #NationalPoetryMonth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
April 6, 2025 at 11:46 PM
Ethel Rackin’s new book, In Time (THE WORD WORKS, 2025), is a celebration of life’s most noteworthy days. Recovered dailies are just one of the many gems within this captivating collection! #forgottenvoices #poetrygroup at The Indian Valley Public Library #NationalPoetryMonth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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