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Karen Paul Holmes

Poet

Atlanta, GA

Georgia US

Website:

www.karenpaulholmes.com

Author's Bio

Karen Paul Holmes won the Lascaux Review Poetry Prize in 2023. She 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, and her work appears in many journals and anthologies. To support poets and writers, Holmes has hosted a critique group in Atlanta since 2010. She served as Tweetspeak Poetry's "Poet Laura" for 2022. Also a freelance writer, she teaches creative writing at various venues, including the John C. Campbell Folk school in North Carolina.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:

The Power of the Feminine I Vol 1 (ThreshPress Midwest, 2024)

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Women Speak, Vol 9 (Sheila-Na-Gig Editions, 2024)

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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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Amethyst Review

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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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MasticadoresUSA

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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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Silver Birch Press

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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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Speckled Trout 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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Tiferet: A Journal of Spiritual Literature

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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:

Winner Lascaux Review Poetry Contest 2023

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: Mar 07, 2024