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Karen Paul Holmes

Poet

Atlanta, GA 30309

Website:

www.karenpaulholmes.com

Author's Bio

Karen Paul Holmes has two poetry books: No Such Thing as Distance (Terrapin Books, 2018) and Untying the Knot (Aldrich Press, 2014). Her poems have been featured by Garrison Keillor on The Writer's Almanac and by Tracy K. Smith on The Slowdown podcast, and her work appears in many journals and anthologies. To support poets and writers, Holmes hosts a critique group in Atlanta and a Writers' Night Out in the Blue Ridge Mountains. She served as Tweetspeak Poetry's "Poet Laura" for 2022.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

The Strategic Poet (Terrapin Books, 2021)

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Constellation of Kisses (Terrapin Books, 2019)

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Stay Thirsty Poets (Stay Thirsty Books, 2019)

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The Practicing Poet (Terrapin Books, 2018)

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The Crafty Poet II (Terrapin Books, 2016)

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Circe's Lament: Anthology of Wild Women Poetry (Accents Publishing, 2016)

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Stone, River, Sky: An Anthology of Georgia Poems (Negative Capability Press, 2015)

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Weatherings (FutureCycle Press, 2015)

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American Society: What Poets See (FutureCycle Press, 2012)

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Sunrise from Blue Thunder (Glass Lyre Press, 2012)

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The Southern Poetry Anthology, Vol 5: Georgia (Texas Review Press, 2012)

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When Last on the Mountain (Holy Cow Press, 2010)

Books:

No Such Thing as Distance (Terrapin Books, 2018)

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Untying the Knot (Aldrich Press, 2014)

Journals:

Alyss

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Amarillo Bay

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American Journal of Poetry

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Anti-Heroin Chic

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Atlanta Review

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Autumn Sky Poetry Daily

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Avocet

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Blue Fifth Review

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Caesura

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Chatauqua Literary Journal

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Cortland Review

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COUNTERCLOCK

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Crab Orchard Review

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Eastern Iowa Review

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Falling Star Magazine

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Fatal Flaw

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Front Porch Review

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Glass: A Journal of Poetry

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Global Poemic: Kindred Voices on the Era of COVID-19

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Good Men Project

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Gyroscope Review

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Halfway Down the Stairs

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Iodine Poetry Journal

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Kentucky Review

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Limp Wrist

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Main Street Rag

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Midwest Quarterly

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One Art

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Origins

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The Pedestal Magazine

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Perfume River Poetry Review

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Pilgrimage

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Poem

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Prairie Schooner

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Quartet

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Referential Magazine

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San Pedro River Review

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Skive Magazine

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Sling Magazine

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Southern Women's Review

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Sow's Ear Poetry Review

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Still

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Tar River Poetry Review

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The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

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The Orchards Poetry Journal

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Tinderbox

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Town Creek Poetry

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Twelve Mile Review

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Valparaiso Poetry Review

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Verse Daily

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Verse-Virtual

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Wild Goose Poetry Review

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Your Daily Poem

Prizes won:

Finalist Lascaux Review Poetry Contest 2022

Elizabeth George Foundation Emerging Writers Grant

Named a Best Emerging Poet by Stay Thirsty Media (2016)

Watch

Karen Paul Holmes reads selected poems

Listen

Matilda Waltzing, a poem written and read by Karen Paul Holmes by Matthew Glenn Ward

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors:

Ada Limon, Linda Pastan, Thomas Lux, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Herman Melville, Edith Wharton

What I'm reading now:

War and Peace by Tolstoy , Holoholo by Barbara Hamby

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

European American

Prefers to work with:

Adults

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

Flint, MI

Michigan

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Last update: Sep 09, 2022