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Pleased announce publication of my third chapbook, Horse Latitudes, Published by Moonstone Arts Center in Philadelphia, the 36 poems reflect upon social justice, voting rights, the war in Ukraine, and farm life. Link: https://moonstone-arts-center.square.site/product/gowdy-marjorie-horse-latitudes/430
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Marjorie Gowdy writes at home in the Blue Ridge mountains of Callaway, VA. Her poetry has been published in a number of journals, including the international Friends Journal, Artemis, Streetlight, Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Roanoke Review, Clinch River Review, Moonstone Press anthologies, and 2023 Centennial Anthology of the Poetry Society of Virginia. She has three chapbooks: Inflorescence: The Pasture at Rest, from Finishing Line Press; Cowgirl by Choice, an online microchap at origamipoetry.com, and this publication from Moonstone Press, Horse Latitudes. Her essays are included in Katrina: Mississippi Remember (2007). Life in the Blue Ridge has informed my writing for decades, including my recent poetry. Even when I lived on the Gulf Coast, I spent time with the dark sand brought down by rivers from the Appalachian Mountains. And now, finally, I am back in my native land.

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Gentle Blue Ridge Mountain sunrise.
Dutchman's breeches in one of my #gardens.
My poem, Fair Macbeth, will be published in the Poets Choice anthology, "Having Coffee, Reading Shakespeare," this year. Based upon Darling Companion's determination, despite illness, to drive me on the other side of the road across the Isle of Mull to visit Macbeth's grave on the Isle of Iona, Scotland. #Poetry
Early days.
My #poem, "For Dytyna," published in an anthology dedicated to Ukraine by Moonstone Press:
From "Accipio:"
...They wore your black/white feathers,
shared the hunt
received your gods...