This summer, I had the extraordinary opportunity to spend June as artist in residence at the Shoals Marine Laboratory on Appledore Island, one of the Isles of Shoals off the coast of Maine and New Hampshire. As the first poet they’d had in the position, I spent many hours wandering the sea-washed granite outcrops, peering …
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This summer, I was interviewed about my chapbook Water Street by New England Public Radio’s Karen Brown for her summer literary series. Summer Fiction: ‘Water Street’ by Naila Moreira “Naila Moreira is a science and environmental journalist who also writes poems. Her new book of poetry, “Water Street,” is immersed in the natural world. She …
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A brief review of Water Street appeared in the Daily Hampshire Gazette yesterday: http://www.gazettenet.com/Book-Bag-10943529 It appears alongside a review for new poetry by the talented area poet Michael Miller.
What struck me most about poet Ross Gay, during a Q&A at Smith College this afternoon, was his response to many questions: a huge smile, a pause, and then a thoughtful “I don’t know.” When people asked his intentions in any particular poem, and stated what they themselves had taken from it, he often answered, …
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A poem from my forthcoming chapbook, Water Street. It also appeared in the Naugatuck River Review. For the frogs – love their pale little alien selves. Just the poem this time for easier reading. Published in the Naugatuck River Review issue 16. #poem #poetry #animalpoems #naila_fin A photo posted by Naila Moreira (@naila_fin) on Nov …
I have a new chapbook of poems coming out from Finishing Line Press. Very exciting! The collection is called Water Street and explores the tension between freedom and domesticity. I spoke more about the book in this interview. Of the book, poet Doug Anderson, author of The Moon Reflected Fire, Horse Medicine and other books, …
Thrilled to have three poems included in this anthology of writers from the Pioneer Valley – the place the New York Times called “arguably the most author-saturated, book-cherishing, literature-celebrating place in the nation.”
New poem in The Cape Rock, issue 43 no. 2. A photo posted by Naila Moreira (@naila_fin) on Mar 27, 2016 at 10:36am PDT View larger here or on Instagram
“Pirene is the name of a fountain or spring in Greek mythology … it was said to be a favorite watering hole of Pegasus, sacred to the Muses. Poets would travel there to drink and receive inspiration.” #poetry #poem #naila_fin A photo posted by Naila Moreira (@naila_fin) on Feb 13, 2016 at 7:11pm PST in …
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