Ron Weber

Poet

Stevensville, MI
Michigan US

Author's Bio

Ron was first published as an undergrad at Central Michigan University. He is a native of southwest Michigan where he still lives and writes in the small community of Stevensville. Author Statement: Poetry is a collaborative exercise. The reader or listener helps bring meaning to each piece. They have their own context and frames of reference. The goal of a poet is to evoke the feeling of a reality; to replicate the sense or essence of an experience. Words alone are as dumb as a box of rocks until the poet begins to place them in a carefully crafted effort to create art.

Publications & Prizes

Anthologies:
A Few Good Words (Cincinnati Writers Project, 2012)
,
2010 Edition, PSM Anthology Series (every 5 years) (The Poetry Society of Michigan, 2011)
,
"Tails" to Tell (Sleeping Cat Press, 2000)
,
Home and Other Places (New Issues Press, 1998)
Book:
Bluff View From the Twin Cities: Poems From the West Bank (Harbor House, 1993)
Journals:
Analecta
,
Catalyst
,
Peninsula Poets
,
Poet
,
Tempo
,
Voices International
Prizes won: 

1) 2010 Special Merit Award for Poetry, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts; 2)1st place & 1st Honrable Mention - 2008 International Poetry Competition,Poetry Society of Michigan; 3)Paul Elliott Memorial Poetry Prize; 4)PSM Serious Quatrain Award. Readings have included the following: Gilmore Internt'l Keyboard Festival, WNIT Public Television, Lake Michigan College, Western Michigan University, Barnes & Noble Booksellers, WSJM radio, Olympia Books-the Dogwood Fine Arts Festival, Monet's Coffee House, Flynn Art Center and Theater,& others.

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
White
Born in: 
St. Joseph
Raised in: 
St. Joseph, MI
Michigan
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Last update: Aug 27, 2012