Two new poems of mine have appeared in a new anthology, released in November, 2013, entitled The Best of the Final Friday Reading Series, 2012-2013. The collection is edited by Jonathan K. Rice and M. Scott Douglass, and published by Main Street Rag Publishing Company in Charlotte, NC. Their website is www.MainStreetRag.com.
The book collects poems from the poetry open mic and featured reading at Vin Master in Charlotte, NC. I have two poems included. They are, "When Drowning," and "Ode to a Sunny, Back-lawn Terrace in Charlotte in November."
An excerpt follows:
When drowning,
it is
important
to
tread
water.
...
Check out my poems and this book full of good poetry. Go to Main Street Rag (above) and purchase/request your copy today!
--Nicholas Patti
Charlotte, NC
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Open Letter to the Editor
Open Letter to The Charlotte Observer (unpublished in the paper):
It is with sadness but not regret that I note the passing of Nelson Mandela, South African revolutionary turned president turned elder statesman for the world.
Like President Obama, my first serious political involvement was in the anti-apartheid movement. In my case, I chaired the Southern African Awareness Committee (SoAAC) as an undergraduate at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) in 1989 and 1990, during the global divestment effort.
Unlike President Obama, however, I took a more circuitous route through adulthood. I became a poet. My most recent publication is in the NC anthology, The Best of the Final Friday Reading Series, which just came out in November, 2013, in Charlotte.
Nelson Mandela serves as an inspiration and ideal, now, for all of us, not only for presidents and leaders the world over. I commend your coverage.
--Nicholas Patti
Charlotte, NC
It is with sadness but not regret that I note the passing of Nelson Mandela, South African revolutionary turned president turned elder statesman for the world.
Like President Obama, my first serious political involvement was in the anti-apartheid movement. In my case, I chaired the Southern African Awareness Committee (SoAAC) as an undergraduate at the University of Rochester (Rochester, NY) in 1989 and 1990, during the global divestment effort.
Unlike President Obama, however, I took a more circuitous route through adulthood. I became a poet. My most recent publication is in the NC anthology, The Best of the Final Friday Reading Series, which just came out in November, 2013, in Charlotte.
Nelson Mandela serves as an inspiration and ideal, now, for all of us, not only for presidents and leaders the world over. I commend your coverage.
--Nicholas Patti
Charlotte, NC
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