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James C. Morehead

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James Morehead is Poet Laureate of Dublin, California and has published several collections of poetry including "canvas”, "portraits of red and gray", and "The Plague Doctor." James' poem "tethered" was transformed into an award-winning hand drawn animated short film, "dissolving in the gallery" was set to music for baritone and piano, and his poems have appeared on NPR, SF Chronicle's Total SF, Ignatian Literary Magazine, Cathexis Northwest Press, Beyond Words Magazine, Citron Review, Prometheus Dreaming, 2nd Place - Oprelle Oxbow Poetry Contest 2022, and others. He also hosts the Viewless Wings Poetry Podcast which features interviews with poets and artists.

"James Morehead's imagery is vivid, spare and elemental, and it is consistently ch
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James C. Morehead I was introduced to writing poetry by a creative writing teacher in high school. I had always enjoyed writing (and was a shy, voracious bookworm) but …moreI was introduced to writing poetry by a creative writing teacher in high school. I had always enjoyed writing (and was a shy, voracious bookworm) but hadn’t experimented with poetry. I had the typical high school student’s impression of poetry: boring, hard to understand, and worst of all nerdy. But that teacher was the spark, and during the section on poetic forms I discovered the extraordinary power of poetry: the ability to capture emotion, sound, and movement in a few carefully crafted words. Reading E.E. Cummings, more than any other poet, taught me the design language of poetry.

I'm usually inspired by powerful images. "tethered", which brings a bell buoy to life, was inspired during a Pacific Ocean stroll. Seeing a solitary buoy floating in the distance I thought what it would be like to be that buoy, floating year after year, through every season, protecting ships. That was the spark - the challenge is to turn that spark into poetry.(less)
James C. Morehead I'm planning to read as much poetry as I can. Books by Billy Collins, A.E. Stallings, Threa Almontaser, Forrest Gander and Gregory Pardlo are all on m…moreI'm planning to read as much poetry as I can. Books by Billy Collins, A.E. Stallings, Threa Almontaser, Forrest Gander and Gregory Pardlo are all on my nightstand. The wonderful thing about poetry is you can jump from book to book and read poems in any order.(less)
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“sipping tea in samarkand
a nestled perch
on concrete stilts
an eerie cove
in shadows glow
from sunlight seeping
patterned walls
open air a warmer breeze
so strangely whispers
this hidden space
on kneeling mats and
wooden slats
a simple teacup held in place”
James C. Morehead, Canvas

“sipping tea in samarkand
a nestled perch
on concrete stilts
an eerie cove
in shadows glow
from sunlight seeping
patterned walls
open air a warmer breeze
so strangely whispers
this hidden space
on kneeling mats and
wooden slats
a simple teacup held in place”
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