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Tara A. Elliott
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Poet, Teacher, Executive Director of Eastern Shore Writers Association, Host of Thursdays with ESWA Writing Zoomcast, Chair of Bay to Ocean Writers Conference
October 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
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July 29, 2025 at 9:06 AM
You won’t want to miss the stunning debut poetry collection from the incredible Cassandra Whitaker! Join us for the launch on 7/29! bsky.app/profile/cass...
July 15, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Thrilled to find a home for the lead poem of my manuscript Whorl. Thanks to editor Adam Vines and the Birmingham Poetry Review editorial team for the publication!
June 7, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Excited to give the Poetry Day Keynote on Sunday, May 18th LIVE at Manor Mill! If you’re in the Baltimore/DC/Annapolis area there are still a few seats remaining.

Register for Poetry Day at manor-mill.com/poetryday
May 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hope to see you in Wilmington on Saturday! Excited to share my poems alongside stellar poets David Little and David Kozinski at the mansion!
April 22, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Excited to share the stage with writing friends Brent Lewis, Kenton Kilgore, Beth Dulin and Joyce Maust! Hope you can join us live at Queen Anne’s County Centre for the Arts in Centreville, Maryland on Saturday, April 12th from 7-9 pm EST!

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April 8, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Thanks to all for the fabulous birthday wishes! Had a blast rocking out the open mic at the BTO After Party at QACAC for 55! Much thanks to all for the happy wishes! 💕
March 15, 2025 at 5:23 AM
Thanks ESWA for the privilege of chairing the Bay to Ocean Conference since 2018. It has been an honor to work with so many speakers whom I’ll continue to work with on Thursday’s with ESWA as Executive Director.

The conference is in great hands with Faith Addair & Ron Sauder taking up the charge.
March 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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February 11, 2025 at 11:54 PM
IDIC: "Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations. Symbolizing the elements that create truth and beauty." --Spock
February 10, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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January 4, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Happy new year!
January 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Lucille Clifton, always.
December 30, 2024 at 3:12 PM
Happy holidays from the land of the flu!

My son is lying low with Rudolph’s red nose, boxes of tissues, & Robitussin and has asked for no pictures from the mamarazzi this year. 🤣

Happy holidays to all!
December 26, 2024 at 4:02 AM
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Thrilled to share a beautiful new poem by Alfredo Aguilar featured on Zócalo Public Square!

Take a moment to read it here: www.zocalopublicsquare.org/alfredo-agui...
A Garden Creates the Need for a Gardener by Alfredo Aguilar | Poetry
The ringing inside the body of a pianoLong after my fingers have lifted from the keys A groove of tire tracks on a white road of snow     I
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December 22, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Loved seeing the process of Octavio’s fantastic poem unfolding in this essay for Poetry Daily.
Octavio Quintanilla on “Fig of Unfolding”
I must trust my process and my intuition. I must listen to sound and image and venture into roads the draft also clears for me, paths that, more than likely, I did not have the vision to see from the ...
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December 24, 2024 at 6:04 AM
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December 13, 2024 at 5:39 AM
Thanks so much to editor Lisa Lewis and the editorial team of The Cimarron Review for publishing “Valentine” in the latest issue! 💕
December 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM