"Twenty-six boots cross the plaza"
What Does Lorca Own?
by Kate Kingston

"The broom's whisper"
Lunatic
by Kate Kingston

"I speak Portuguese, then a phrase of Italian."
Neruda
by Kate Kingston

"Inches away from the frozen stars"
The Island Within
by Richard Blanco

"Did you listen for her footsteps"
Matilde
by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

"A storm shaking the boughs"
Sappho Today
by Nancy Shiffrin

"To praise the grandeur of these dappled days"
Walking with Gerard Manly Hopkins on an Autumn Day
by Mary Jo Balistreri

"They wait in the shadows for a prophet"
For Adrienne Rich
by Ed Bennett

"One night as he slept, I ran out like the tide"
Annabel Lee Speaks From The Sepulchre
by Katherine Lansing Davis

"Behind the course tug of your words"
Peel
by Chris Wesley

"She might have wished for a different metaphor"
A Valediction
by Julianne Carlile

I Ate the Cosmos for Breakfast
by Melissa Studdard
Reviewed by Ed Bennett

Pleasure Boat Studio: A Literary Press
is pleased to announce the publication of
House of Burnt Offerings
by Judith Skillman

A trio of tasty cocktails for your next poetry salon

At Isla Negra, Neruda liked to entertain and prepare his favourite cocktail
The 'Coquetelon'
from the bar of Pablo Neruda
collected by Sharmagne Leland-St. John

In honour of Edgar Allan Poe
The Corpse Reviver #2
from the bar of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

"The bitters are excellent for your liver, the gin is bad for you. They balance each other." Orson Welles 1947
Negroni Cocktail
from the bar of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

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The creamy filling of these deviled eggs gets a crispy bite from perfectly cooked bacon.
Deviled Eggs with Bacon
from the kitchen of Sharmagne Leland-St. John

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