Meadows Foundation presents New Jersey Poets
By: Evelyn Maron

Charles Johnson and Diane Lockward will be the featured poets at the annual Meadows Foundation presentation of New Jersey Poets.  Both have published several volumes of poetry, appeared in poetry journals and have presented readings throughout the state.  This event will be held at 2PM at Tulipwood, 1165 Hamilton Street, Somerset, NJ on Saturday, November 7, 2009. Reservations can be made by calling 732-560-1977.  The admission fee is $10 and light refreshments will be served at which time there will be an opportunity to meet the poets and purchase their books.

Mr. Johnson’s third poetry collection, Smoke Signals, is forthcoming. He was a first-place winner of the 1998 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award.  A two-time Pushcart Prize nominee, he received a 2007 Paterson Award for Literary Excellence for his book Sam’s Place. 

Diane Lockward is the author of What Feeds Us, which received the Quentin R. Howard Poetry Prize.  Her poem “Linguine” was featured on Garrison Keillor’s “The Writer’s Almanac” newletter on February 20, 2009 and others in his book, “Good Poems for Hard Times. In May 2009 she was named “Poet Laureate” of West Caldwell. Her poetry  has been nominated for several Pushcart Prizes.  She has been featured in a number of festivals, including the Dodge Poetry Festival.