Preview reading of the soon to be released These New Orbs (poetry)

 Last week I did a reading at The First & Last Word Poetry Series with MP Carver and Lawrence Kessenich. I read exclusively from These New Orbs---which deals with spirit orbs, celestial beings, ghosts, losses, or anything round. MP and Lawrence knocked it out of the park, and I'm kind of proud of how the book came out 

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The First & Last Word Poetry Series

May 19th, 2026 Hosted by Harris Gardner and Steve Glines Readers: M.P. Carver Timothy Gager Lawrence Kessenich Bios: M.P. Carver is a poet and visual artist from Salem, MA. She is Director of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, teaches at Salem State University, and co-founded the journal Molecule: a tiny lit mag. Her most recent chapbook is Hard Up, from Lily Poetry Books. More on her website: mpcarver.com Timothy Gager is the author of 20 books of fiction and poetry, which includes his fourth novel, Shadows of the Seen, and his most recent collection of poetry, Almost Bluing for X-Tra Whiteness. He has had over 1000 works of fiction and poetry published and his work also has been nominated for a Massachusetts Book Award, The Best of the Web, and The Best Small Fictions Anthology. Lawrence Kessenich won Strokestown International Poetry prize in Ireland in 2010 His poetry has appeared in the Sewanee Review, Atlanta Review, Poetry Ireland Review, and many other magazines. He has published five books of poetry, three novels, short stories, essays, and has had short plays performed at many drama festivals.