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Magical, Moving Virgilio Book Launches!: About 150 people gathered together the last weekend of National Poetry ... bit.ly/JsI3Tv 9:39 AM May 9th via twitterfeed
Fans Gather To Celebrate Late Camden Poet Nick Virgilio « CBS Philly http://cbsloc.al/JYNvj3#Philadelphia#Vietnam vets#VFW#military families 11:59 AM Apr 30th via Tweet Button
Fans Gather To Celebrate Late Camden Poet Nick Virgilio « CBS Philly http://cbsloc.al/JYNvj3#haiku#poetry#Camden#NJ 11:55 AM Apr 30th via Tweet Button
Haiku Hits the Streets of D.C.: At 8 a.m. on Saturday, April 14th, I met Lee Giesecke of the Towpath haiku group... bit.ly/IMRwzQ 1:29 PM Apr 18th via twitterfeed
wordswimmer "We all have that essence. You have an essence in you--and we let that shine through us." - Nick Virgilio, haiku poet tinyurl.com/7ob4fvu 6:30 AM Apr 12th via web Retweeted by TurtleLightNews
“Nick Virgilio: A Life in Haiku” is Available!: After a busy winter of editing and designing, negotiating rights... bit.ly/HoBodE 1:24 PM Mar 30th via twitterfeed
Haiku Society of America to have booth at 100th Ch. Blossom Fest. in D.C. Please stop by or, even better, volunteer to help. 4/14/'12 #haiku 7:13 AM Mar 2nd via web
And the winner of the TLP 2012 Haiku Chapbook Contest is . . . Graham High's "The Window That Closes." turtlelightpress.com/2012-tlp-haiku… 7:03 AM Mar 2nd via web
HI Merrill! Love the haiga you've posted here...Rick @MerrillGonzales 5:39 PM Feb 4th via web
Nick Virgilio Book Update and more . . .: As we approach the heart of winter, Raffael de Gruttola has finished e... bit.ly/xAPSwP 1:19 PM Jan 19th via twitterfeed
Happy Holidays from Turtle Light Press #constantcontact conta.cc/s6PQ7v 8:02 AM Dec 16th, 2011 via Constant Contact
TLP 2012 Chapbook Contest is Underway…: We want to thank all of the poets who entered the 2012 TLP Haiku Chapboo... bit.ly/sTAB6u 1:46 PM Dec 2nd, 2011 via twitterfeed
Just finished first edit of a new collection of Nick Virgilio haiku we'll publish this spring...incredible poems! 10:25 AM Dec 1st, 2011 via web
Got the Monday Morning Blues: I had the Monday morning blues, especially following the need to return to work fo... bit.ly/sjW5qf 6:11 PM Nov 28th, 2011 via twitterfeed
New blog post: Got the Monday Morning Blues turtlelightpress.com/2011/11/got-th… 5:33 PM Nov 28th, 2011 via TLP Blog
Our New Arlington, VA Neighborhood – Paintings: Over the past two months, my family and I have been busy settlin... bit.ly/vPrpZD 7:26 PM Nov 3rd, 2011 via twitterfeed
New blog post: Our New Arlington, VA Neighborhood - Paintings turtlelightpress.com/2011/11/our-ne… 7:07 PM Nov 3rd, 2011 via TLP Blog
A Talk on Selecting Our First Chapbook Winner: With our 2012 TLP Haiku Chapbook Contest deadline fast approachin... bit.ly/vXglcc 8:53 AM Oct 26th, 2011 via twitterfeed
New blog post: A Talk on Selecting a Chapbook Winner turtlelightpress.com/2011/10/a-talk… 8:46 AM Oct 26th, 2011 via TLP Blog
Autumn Newsletter from Turtle Light Press conta.cc/r6qxNn #constantcontact 7:33 AM Oct 7th, 2011 via Constant Contact

Name Rick Black
Location Arlington, VA
Web http://www.turtle...
Bio Rick Black, poet, book artist, founder/editor of Turtle Light Press. Talks/workshops on reporting in Israel, Hebrew poetry and haiku. Fond of gardening & chess.