Writer's Center Event

The Writer's Center of Bethesda, Maryland is hosting The Capitol Hill Poetry Group for a reading and sharing of poetry craft. Get the inside scoop on the creation of poems now featured in our anthology, The Other Side of the Hill. I'm sorry to be away for this event! My high school reunion in New York is calling... for the very same date... and there are rumors I may be our class speaker for the occasion. Do not hesitate to hear my fellow poets, all brilliant at their craft. They are my poetry family, and it was a tough decision to choose my reunion over their company. Here are the details:

Kindly reserve at this link (it helps determine how many chairs and how many cookies to offer): https://writer.org/event/other-side-of-the-hill/

Cheers,
Charise

Podcast with WildStory

So delighted to be the featured poet for this episode of The WildStory podcast! My interview with Ann Wallace, who is also a poet, was a spontaneous conversation about themes and meanings of Inheritance of Flowers. Four poems from this new book are recited. 

Have a listen here (poetry segment is the first thirty minutes):

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-23-poet-charise-hoge-urban-naturalist-and/id1703650112?i=1000709686206

Cheers,
Charise

Release Day

5/5/25  https://kelsaybooks.com/products/inheritance-of-flowers

Proof

We're getting closer to the release date for Inheritance of Flowers. 

Here’s my proof (book). 

And, poof! This typewriter is worn out. 

Cheers,

Charise

How the Clues Add Up

 Three clues add up to one answer. Here is the title page of my upcoming book:

First edits of the layout are underway.
Kelsay Books estimates two months until publication. 

Inheritance of Flowers will soon become a book to hold in your hands, turn the pages, read any and all of its sixty-one poems! 

 

Spring for poetry. 

Cheers,

Charise

Clue Number Three

We're getting closer to a publication date for a new poetry collection. March 2025 is the estimated release by my publisher, Kelsay Books. Here is a sneak peek of the dedication, with a backdrop of spring's Clematis from my deck. This is actually two clues in one, given the backdrop. 

Thanks for following along with me here at mix and moss poetry! 

Warm wishes,
Charise

Clue Number Two

 

I made a promise to provide hints about an upcoming poetry collection. My photo capture of a plaque on the sidewalk of Library Way in New York City is the second clue. (If you missed the first one, it's the post dated August 29.) 

"If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people" is a quote by the writer Virginia Woolf. Intrigued?

Cheers,

Charise

Up-and-Coming Book

Some say you can jinx a project with an announcement before it's a sure thing. I'm going to take a chance and give some credence to the work that's going on behind the scenes, a new book. The photo here hints at the title. Any guesses? 

I'll sprinkle some other hints along the way, in future posts... a treasure hunt of sorts, until we're publication ready. This will be a full length collection. Thank you for being present as an imagined reader. You're in this project with me from the get-go.

Cheers,

Charise

Where We Left Off

Porto, Portugal

 

The book may be complete, but the travel resumes––

Portugal, for the first time, and Europe, for the first time since 2019.