#Julia Vinograd

[dk-thrive]

A blank page is a place to list the creation we weren't given. A shopping list of eternity where we're never too sick to swallow fresh blueberries and where the dance never ends. A blank page is a paper bird to fold up and fly. I can't change anything but I am a poet and if I can't trust God I must speak for the world and my friends. Want more. Want so much more. Test each day and night for ripeness like a melon at the market. You're crucified on the hands of a clock, pull out those nails. I'm throwing you a rope of words. Hold on.

— Julia Vinograd, White I Write Poetry (Poetic Outlaws, March 14, 2023) (via Alive on All Channels)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Karen Mathison Schmidt (American, born 1957) Edgewood Memory, 2012 oil on Gessoboard 24 x 24 inches Private collection Artist statement: 'I’m an artist living in the farm country of north Louisiana, along with my husband, our three cats and seven (yeah, 7!) dogs. I love to paint everything (including the walls in our house) and find constant inspiration in my daily life: dogs, cats, cows, horses, trees, fields, ponds and bayous, morning light, afternoon light ... you get the idea. My work is greatly inspired by the style of America’s Golden Age of Illustration, particularly the work of Howard Pyle, N. C. Wyeth, Maxfield Parrish, Jessie Wilcox Smith, Elizabeth Shippen Green and others. I’ve been painting my whole life, and I have sold my work to patrons all over the USA, Canada, the UK and Europe.” 

- Karen Mathison Schmidt

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A blank page is a place to list the creation we weren't given. A shopping list of eternity where we're never too sick to swallow fresh blueberries and where the dance never ends. A blank page is a paper bird to fold up and fly. I can't change anything but I am a poet and if I can't trust God I must speak for the world and my friends. Want more. Want so much more. Test each day and night for ripeness like a melon at the market. You're crucified on the hands of a clock, pull out those nails. I'm throwing you a rope of words. Hold on. - Julia Vinograd

[poetic outlaws]

[havingapoemwithyou]

ginsberg by Julia Vinograd

[cutiewithawakenedheart]

"You must feel loved when you read this."

----Julia Vinograd

[asuncame]

Ginsberg by Julia Vinograd

[jimhair]

From Wikipedia: “Julia Shalett Vinograd (December 11, 1943 – December 5, 2018) was a poet. She is well known as "The Bubble Lady" to the Telegraph Avenue community of Berkeley, California, a moniker she gained from blowing bubbles at the People's Park demonstrations in 1969. Vinograd was awarded a Pushcart Prize for her poem, "For The Young Men Who Died of AIDS," and in 1985 won an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation. The City of Berkeley, California, awarded her a Poetry Lifetime Achievement Award. On June 5, 2004, Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates declared that day to be "Julia Vinograd Day," for representing the spirit of Berkeley: "She gives us a voice when ours vanishes. She gives voice to the homeless, the street performers, the merchant, the coffee drinker, friends and foes alike, and her words, like a sharp knife, cut deep into the truth. She describes us as full of life, and love, and heartache. She makes us honest. We, the eccentric, the lonely, the broken are given a voice."She has been called Berkeley unofficial "poet laureate".” Julia Vinograd at the “Battle of People’s Park” Mural, Berkeley, July 2002 🇺🇦💔🌎💔🌏💔🌍💔🇺🇦 #earth #human #family #america #berkeley #park #peoplesparkberkeley #dream #writer #social #documentary #poet #portrait #photography @hasselblad #hasselblad #camera #mediumformat #fuji @fujifilm_northamerica #film #photography #filmisnotdead #istillshootfilm #pdx #portland #nw #northwest #leftcoast #oregon #streetphotography #ishootfujifilm @hasselbladculture @hasselbladfilmgallery @peoplesparkberkeley 02073107 Fuji NPS160 Hasselblad 500c 120mm Makro-Planar https://www.instagram.com/p/CpLTwNovwIM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[evilkitten3]

ok so my hometown actually has a separate page for notable people, yeesh. uh, i'm assuming we're being asked about people who were born there? assuming that, i'm not sure which of these is the most famous, so take your pick:

ben affleck

andy samberg (and the other two lonely island guys)

sasha velour

peter buck

john and tom fogerty

phil lesh

lil b

david brower

margaret melhase

c.j. anderson

chick hafey

julie heldman

eddie house

billy martin

bob melvin

terrell roberts

amani toomer

lenni brenner

frank chin

ursula k. le guin

julia vinograd

albert scott crossfield

sam shankland

probably ben affleck of ursula k. le guin are the most famous here. i'm leaning towards affleck tho

[the-horizomtal-poet]

Come hear my buddy Steve Arntson play Mozart, Chopin and Schubert to raise money for the Steckel Legal Fund to protect my mom Julie's care. Saturday, October 5, 2-5 PM, at the Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley, CA 94707.

An unscrupulous fiduciary got control of the Steckel Family Trust and refused to move my parents, who both had Alzheimer's, to a higher level of care when they needed it. My Dad died of a possibly preventable accident, and now the fiduciary is trying to prevent my mother from seeing doctors. The concert is pay-what-you-can, and every dollar buys you a raffle ticket for prizes, including a seminude painting of me in my 40s by Deborah Vinograd; a necklace hand-beaded by Julia Vinograd; and a copy of my debut fiction collection GHOSTS AND OCEANS.

[emotionalorphan]

Two Poems By Julia Vinograd

[dk-thrive]

I’m throwing you a rope of words. Hold on.

— Julia Vinograd, from "Why I Write Poetry" in When Even the Sky Hurts (‎Zeitgeist Press, January 1, 2010) (via Alive on All Channels)

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

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A blank page is a place to list the creation we weren't given. A shopping list of eternity where we're never too sick to swallow fresh blueberries and where the dance never ends. A blank page is a paper bird to fold up and fly. I can't change anything but I am a poet and if I can't trust God I must speak for the world and my friends. Want more. Want so much more. Test each day and night for ripeness like a melon at the market. You're crucified on the hands of a clock, pull out those nails. I'm throwing you a rope of words. Hold on. - Julia Vinograd

[poetic outlaws]

[thegirlsread]

What is your favorite poem?

this is such a difficult question but i’m going with Ginsberg by Julia Vinograd. it’s the one that immediately came to mind and has had a hold on me ever since i first read it. it really stuck with me

[the-horizontal-poet]

Can't wait to read with fellow Zeitgeist authors living and dead at the Beat Museum, 340 Broadway, SF, CA 94133 on Friday, May 3 at 7 PM. I'll read work by Julia Vinograd and by me. See you in North Beach!

[wheredoalltheducksgo]

“poetry doesn’t really speak to me” ok, then try reading:

"Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath

“The Years” by Alex Dimitrov

“Fuck Your Lecture on Craft, My People Are Dying” by Noor Hindi

“What the Living Do” by Marie Howe (dedicated to her younger brother John, who died from AIDS-related complications)

“Love after love“ by Derek Walcott 

“Crude Conversations with Boys Who Fake Laughter Often” by Warsan Shire

“Ginsberg” by Julia Vinograd

“Unsolicited Advice to Adolescent Girls with Crooked Teeth and Pink Hair” by Jeanann Verlee

“Fossilizing Trauma” by Blythe Baird

[woundgallery]

JULIA VINOGRAD

[litterae-ignotae]

I don’t have a home and I live there all the time.

Downhill, Julia Vinograd