El Niño has wreaked havoc on the tobacco crops in Nicaragua and Honduras, the store owner says. Soon, the pair are talking about the big tobacco news of the week. The customer responds with a smile, regaling the retailer with anecdotes about how his son is tearing up the local Little League. Setting aside a box of cigars, the tobacco store owner greets the customer effusively and asks him how the family is doing. “Sound, Symbolism & Meter: Utah Poetry.The glass doors open to admit a middle-aged man in a business suit. SLUG Magazine (interview): Call, Tyson.City Weekly (interview): “Poem in a Ball–Provo Poetry connects the Utah Valley community to verse, one quarter at a time” (2016).KSL Interview (video interview/feature): “‘Poemball machine’ showcases local poets at Provo cafe” (2016).The Daily Herald (interview): “Poemball machine provides pops of poetry to Provo” (2016).“Provo poet finds inspiration in the Tribune.” The Cricket. “Provo writer waxes poetic with words from Salt Lake Tribune stories.” (April 30, 2014). “Three new area coordinators bring new ideas to the 2019 Utah Arts Festival” (June 19, 2019) Salt Lake City Weekly (online interview): Renshaw, Scott.“Utah Arts Festival 2019: What’s the new vibe for the 43rd edition? Many new faces, events at all venues” (June 6, 2019) “Utah Arts Festival 2019: For literary arts’ 25th year, a new name – Wordfest – signals wider path in creative expression” (June 17, 2019) “Read Local Sunday: Trish Hopkinson.” (August 20, 2017).“Trish Hopkinson: Attending to Poetry.” (April 8, 2019) Sundress Academy for the Arts: SAFTAcast: “Episode 58: Trish Hopkinson!” (August 17, 2016).15 Bytes: Utah’s Art Magazine “Episode 13: Trish Hopkinson and Jennifer Tonge at READ LOCAL” (April 21, 2019).Inspired: A Community Poetry Writing Experience, Rock Canyon Poets, volumes 1 – 5, 2015 – 2019.Orogeny, Rock Canyon Poets, volumes 1 – 5, 2015 – 2019.Pieced Into Treetops, SLCC Community Writing Center, 2013. Originally published by Tinderbox (December 2017) Bibliography Getting ink on your abdomen: the half-archĪnd brain. Hazily in chirping forest, or at a tattoo parlor When you answered: your name, the year, but didn’t Your shoulder against your eyelids, wantingĪfter. Into the road: collision of machine & boy, Originally published by The Penn Review (February 6, 2019) What happens is, when the head gets jolted,ģ) You don’t remember the actual accident. You ask, Will I ever be able to smell again? Taste-sensitivity and don’t have to worryĪbout asphyxiation, b.o., or soured milk. To turn off gas appliances don’t eat expired foods The loss of smell is minor-not like sight Respond differently when they can’t smell. You carefully on the table, directs the motion To shift the crystals of your inner ear, as he positions The ENT says, It might take a few treatments In addition, Hopkinson curates Poetry Happens, a monthly feature on KRCL’s RadioACTive for which she announces poetry events and opportunities in Utah. Provo Poetry and Rock Canyon Poets have been featured on KSL, KRCL, 15 Bytes, Slug Magazine, The Daily Herald, and City Weekly among others. She co-founded Provo Poetry in 2015 to feature Utah poets in Poemball vending machines with three permanent locations in Provo and Salt Lake City. Hopkinson is one of two alternating literary arts program coordinators for the Utah Arts Festival, co-founder and director of Rock Canyon Poets since 2014, a regional poetry group with over 50 members, annual members retreat, monthly reading series, and two anthologies published annually since 2014: Orogeny, a collection of Rock Canyon Poets work and Inspired, a collection from the community poetry writing workshop she teaches every year with support from Utah Humanities. Hopkinson has presented workshops and webinars for The International Women’s Writing Guild and Finding the Writer Within and has participated in panels for the Utah Poetry Festival and the Utah State Poetry Society. Her website includes hundreds of interviews with literary magazines, journals, and presses with a focus of sharing information on how to write, publish, or participate in the larger poetry community. She has received poetry awards from the Utah State Poetry Society and the Utah Arts Festival, and her poetry website/blog has been featured by WordPress Discover and listed in Writer’s Digest’s 101 Best Websites for Writers. Her poetry has been published in several lit mags and journals, including Tinderbox, Glass Poetry Press, and The Penn Review her third chapbook Footnote was published by Lithic Press in 2017, and her most recent e-chapbook Almost Famous was published by Yavanika Press in 2019. She received a BS from UVU in English in 2013 and works as a product director for a local software company. She was born in Missouri in 1972 and has resided in Utah County since childhood. Trish Hopkinson is a poet, blogger, and advocate for the literary arts.
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