Last week I had the pleasure of working with Forest Woods Media to publish poet Judith R. Robinson’s The Painted Poem. It’s an extraordinary book of paintings (mostly by the author) set out side-by-side with Robinson’s poems. The reader is treated to a lively journey, both visual and poetic. It’s a handsome art book rendered on the highest quality paper.
To tease you with a single poem from the book, I did a video reading of her poem, Pity Her with it’s painting. My hope was to to capture the experience of actually viewing a page from the book and letting both works drift into the mind. Give it a view:
More gorgeous images and poems by Judith Robinson are waiting for you in The Painted Poem.
Coming Up
January 5, , 2026, at 7:00 pm at the Writer’s Center, Cafe Muse will present poets Henry Crawford and Greg McBride. The Writer’s Center is at 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD or join online through Zoom. There will be a brief open mic for live participants at the Writer’s Center. Register at: https://sites.google.com/view/cafe-muse-events/home. There will be an open Mic.
January 11, 2026, 5:00 pm. poet Bonnie Naradzay will be featured at My Dead Aunt’s, 5132 Baltimore Avenue, Hyattsville.
Sunday, January 11, 2026, 4:00 pm, Bird in Hand will celebrate the anthology Best of American Poetry's final issue.
Sunday, February 8, 2026, 2:00 pm, Bonnie Naradzay will be reading from her book, Invited to the Feast in conversation with David Keplinger, at the Writers Center in Bethesda. Registration page: https://writer.org/bonnie-naradzay/
Thursday, March 5, 2026, 7-8:30 pm, Bonnie Naradzay will be fearured at DI-Verse in Gaithersburg (Casey Community Center).
Thursday, May 22, 2025, 6: 17 pm, Hiram Larew will be featured in Zoom from Churchton, Maryland. Zoom Link: https://unm.zoom.us/j/97811727313, Meeting ID: 978 1172 7313, Passcode: 766406.
Have a reading or event coming up? Let me know and I’ll pass it along. And as always, feel free to email me with questions or comments at henrycrawfordpoetry@gmail.com. Use the subject “Coming Up” Stay creative!
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Beautifully interpreted, Henry. The poem, the painting, and the music take me to another, lush and glowing place… the way only Art can.
THE PAINTED POEM is a Masterwork, and we are so proud to present Judith Robinson's gifts to the world. Henry;s reading matched the tenderness found there. An added pleasure.