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09-01-10 - "Desire" published in "Many Hands."

08-12-10 - "Luminous Dream" is published by FutureCycle Press. The link for publication information on the FutureCycle Press webpage regarding the book is: http://www.futurecycle.org/LuminousDream.aspx. The link for orders on CreateSpace is: https://www.createspace.com/3473004. Copies of "Luminous Dream" are also listed as being available for purchase on Amazon.com, as well as with other online booksellers. The book retails at $14.95.

07-30-10 - Native West Press, of Prescott, AZ, accepts "The Geese" for their forthcoming anthology, entitled What's Nature Got to Do with Me?: Staying Wildly Sane in a Mad World. The estimated publication date is October 2011.

06-27-10 - The book-length manuscript "Luminous Dream" is chosen as a finalist for the 2010 FutureCycle Poetry Book Prize. "Luminous Dream," a collection of fifty-one love poems, to be published by FutureCycle Press, may be issued sometime over the course of the summer.

06-18-10 - "After Having Stacked the Cord the Day Before" and "The Language of Our Hands" are accepted for publication in the Summer 2010 issue of "River Poets Journal," due in September.

06-02-10 - Where the River Goes: The Nature Tradition in English-Language Haiku, forthcoming from Snapshot Press (Ormskirk, UK), possibly in November 2010, published by John Barlow and co-edited with Allan Burns, is scheduled to include several haiku by Wally Swist.

06-01-10 - "Guardian Angel" published in "Many Hands."

05-25-10 - Elainie Lillios, Assistant Professor of Music (Composition), at Bowling Green State University, announces that the haiku, from The Silence Between Us: The Selected Haiku (Decatur, IL: Brooks Books, 2005), which also serves as the title for the collection, with the first line "illuminating" (page 103), the inspiration for a composition for English horn, bassoon, and electronics, entitled Fireflies, is scheduled to premiere on June 22, 2010 at Oklahoma University (Norman, OK) at the International Double Reed Society Conference, as well as to be performed at other venues. Please reference the website of Professor Lillios at http://www.elillios.com for further details.

04-01-10- SPD (Small Press Distribution), of Berkeley, CA, announces its "Top 100+ List of Best-Sellers of 20th Century Poetry" ("Bestselling Backstock") for April 2010 Poetry Month, of which The New Life (West Hartford, CT: Plinth Books, 1998) was listed as #33.

03-30-10 - John Barlow, editor and publisher of Snapshot Press (United Kingdom), announces the winners and runners-up whose work will be included in the "2011 Haiku Calendar," which will be ready in July 2010. "mourning dove" will be the featured haiku for the month of April 2011 and "farther into it" was chosen as a runner-up to be published elsewhere in the caldendar. For any other queries please contact Snapshot Press at info@snapshotpress.co.uk, or by post at: Snapshot Press, Orchard House, High Lane, Ormskirk, L40 7SL, UK.

02-18-10 - "Lady Jane's Miscellany," published by San Francisco Bay Press, accepts "Ode to Elizabeth Park" and "The Shower" for the online extension of their inaugural edition, which readers can now visit at
http://sanfranciscobaypress.com/ladyjanesmiscellany-online-extended-edit.... The home page for "Lady Jane's Miscellany" can be accessed at http://sanfranciscobaypress.com/ladyjanesmiscellany. The parent home page, referencing San Francisco Bay Press, can be found at http://sanfranciscobaypress.com/.

02-15-10- "EarthSpeak" accepts poems by Wally Swist for both online publication and in an EBook edition for their March 2010 issue.

02-12-10 - "The Basilica Review" accepts "Backlit in a Wash of Light" for publication in the Spring/Summer 2010 issue.

02-02-10 - "Spiritus: A Journal of Christian Spirituality," published by The Johns Hopkins University Press, accepts "Leaving" for publication in the April 2010 issue.

01-26-10 - Three poems ("Bloodroot Open Before Trillium," "Sacred Fire," and "Take Two") accepted for publication in "Foliate Oak," a journal issued from the University of Arkansas, Monticello.

01-17-10 - Screening of "In Praise of the Earth: The Poetry of Wally Swist" in the Distinguished Lecture Series, Lenox Library, Lenox, Massachusetts, hosted by Jeremy Yudkin, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda and Wally Swist, and a reading of new and recent work by Wally Swist.

12-20-09 - Editor Ellen Wade Beals announces the publication of the anthology, "Solace in So Many Words," to be issued by Hourglass Books sometime in 2010. The anthology will include a poem by Wally Swist, entitled "March Wind."

12-15-09 - "Double Rainbow" published in "FutureCycle Poetry" (Print Version) (Online Version: September 2009).

12-02-09 - "Rats in the Barn" and "To Psyche" accepted for Publication for the Winter issue (14.2) of "2River View."

12-01-09 - "Ode to Squash Soup" published in "Many Hands."

11-19-09 - Screening of "In Praise of the Earth: The Poetry of Wally Swist" at Wintonbury Library, Bloomfield, CT, followed by a Q&A with filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda and Wally Swist, and a reading of new and recent work by Wally Swist.

11-13-09 - Selected as one of ten finalists (out of 440 entries) for the 2009 Richard Snyder Publication Prize (The Ashland Poetry Press) for the full-length manuscript "Huang Po and the Dimensions of Love."

11-12-09 - Publication of "The Friendship of Two New England Poets, Robert Frost and Robert Francis: A Lecture Presented at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire," a scholarly monograph (Lewiston, NY: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2009, 88pp.).

11-01-09 - "My Friends, the Bees" published in "The Literary Bohemian" (esky Krumlov, Czech Republic).

10-24-09 - Screening of "In Praise of the Earth: The Poetry of Wally Swist" at Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke, Massachusetts.

10-15-09 - "Gift" published in "The Light in Ordinary Things" (Berkeley: Fearless Books, 2009).

10-02-09 - Reading of the poem "Taking It Back with Me" at the 20th Anniversary of Western Massachusetts Recycling, sponsored by the Massachusetts DEP, Springfield, Massachusetts. The reading opened the program that featured keynote speaker Senator Stan Roserberg, and was followed by speakers Congressman Richard Neal and Springfield Mayor Dominic Sarno.

09-01-09 - "Moving the Woodpile" published in "Many Hands."

08-09-09 - Solo Reading at the William Cullen Bryant Homestead, Cummington, Massachusetts, sponsored by The Trustees of Reservations (TTOR).

07-24-09 - "Kitchen Table" published in the column "Hear a Poet, There a Poet" in "The Daily Hampshire Gazette."

07-07-09 - "Poetry a la Carte" Live Broadcast Interview and Reading airs with Host Daisy Mathias on WMUA (91.1 FM).

06-30-09 - "Sharp-shinned Hawk" published in "Appalachia."

06-25-09 - (Thursday) Wally Swist reading selections from Mount Toby Poems 6 p.m. at Julia De Burgos Park in Willimantic, Connecticut (corner Jackson St. & Terry Ave.)

06-07-09 - A Canadian distributor of short biographical documentary and educational films will distribute In Praise of the Earth worldwide.

06-01-09 - "Hummingbird and Star" published in "Many Hands."

05-04-09 - The New Life makes Small Press Distribution's Poetry Best-sellers top 20 list.

04-26-09 - Benefit Screening of "In Praise of the Earth" for Clara Gardner at the Pleasant Street Theater, 27 Pleasant Street, Northampton, Massachusetts, with Emmy nominee-filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda, at 6:00 p.m.

04-24-09 - "Mount Toby Poems" published by Timberline Press, of Fulton, Missouri, in a letterpress limited edition (35 pages, flat spine, hand-sewn in wraps). Master fine printer Clarence Wolfshohl marks the closing of Timberline Press with the publication of this volume after his prestigious thirty-four year publishing history.

04-20-09 - "The Tide" and "The Locomotive" published in "Lalitamba," Number. 3.

04-07-09 - Reading at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment at 7:00 p.m.

04-03-09 - Distinguished as a Finalist in the Summer Literary Seminars (SLS)-2009 Unified Fiction and Poetry Contest.

04-01-09 - "In Praise of the Earth: The Poetry of Wally Swist" (WildArts, 2008) is registered with and listed on IMBd (The Internet Movie Database).

03-27-09 - A selection of poems published in the 30th Anniversary Issue of "Puckerbrush Review."

03-25-09 - Reading and Screening at UConn Co-op Bookstore in Storrs, Connecticut at 4:00 p.m.

03-23-09 - "Cinnamon Sticks" accepted for publication in "Alimentum: The Literature of Food."

03-21-09 - "Queen Anne's Lace" published in "Ruminate: A Magazine of Faith in Literature and Art."

03-15-09 - "Finding the Names of the Wildflowers Gone Past" accepted for publication in "Angel Face."

03-09-09 - "Poetry a la Carte" Live Broadcast Interview and Reading airs with Host Daisy Mathias on WMUA (91.1 FM).

03-01-09 - "Huang Po and the Dimensions of Love" published in "Many Hands."

02-27-09 - A Reading by Poets Living in New England (Creative Session), Ballroom B, Hyatt Regency, 40th Anniversary Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA) Convention in Boston from 4:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

02-12-09 - Reading in Green Street Cafe Poetry Series, with Susan Gage Tyler, 64 Green Street, Northampton, Massachusetts at 7:00 p.m.

02-05-09 - First Amherst Screening of "In Praise of the Earth," with Emmy nominee-filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda, at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 525 South Pleasant Street at 7:00 p.m.

02-02-09 - "Writer's Voice" Broadcast Interview and Reading airs with Host Francesca Rheannon on WMUA (91.1 FM).

01-30-09 - "Snow Geese" published in "Appalachia."

12-01-08 - "Visiting Jack Gilbert at Fort Juniper" published in "Many Hands."

10-12-08 - Premiere Screening of "In Praise of the Earth," with Emmy nominee-filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda, at the West Hartford Art League, Red Schoolhouse Building, 37 Buena Vista Road, West Hartford, Connecticut at 7:00 p.m.

09-22-08 - Wally Swist and six other regional poets to read from their works at the upcoming Northeast Modern Language Association Conference. NeMLA 2009 Convention: February 26-March 1; Boston, MA at the Boston Hyatt. Additional details forthcoming.

09-10-08 - Featured Reading at Wesleyan University Bookstore in Middletown, Connecticut at 7:00 p.m.

09-01-08 - "After Having Stacked the Cord the Day Before" in Many Hands

06-01-08 - "Zebras" in Many Hands

04-16-08 - Art Nights at the West Hartford Art League - 7 p.m., "In Praise of the Earth" at the Clubhouse Gallery (Right click and save a copy of the poster to your desktop.) 37 Buena Vista Rd, West Hartford Connecticut -|- (860) 521-3732 www.whal.org

04-01-08 - "In Praise of the Earth: The Poetry of Wally Swist" (WildArts, 2008), a short biographical documentary film released from Emmy nominee filmmaker Elizabeth Wilda.

03-30-08 - "The Fire," "Snow Geese" (in an earlier version), and "What Remains" published in "Puckerbrush Review."

03-01-08 - "The Locomotive" in Many Hands---------Downloadable in a pre-publication Adobe PDF file here. (Right click and "save as" to your desktop.)

01-30-08 - "In the Silence" published in "Appalachia."

01-01-08 - "To Psyche" published as a broadside by Drive-By Poets.

12-03-07 - "The New Life" in Many Hands

12-01-07 - "Small Miracles" published in "From the Other World: Poems in Memory of James Wright" (Lost Hills Books, 2008).

11-02-07 - Luna Press Reading at Jamaica Way Books and Gifts, 676 Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts at 8:00 p.m. Luna Press celebrates its 32nd year of producing the Grandmother of all Goddess calendars – the 2008 Luna Calendar. A touchstone and an icon of the women’s spirituality movement, the Lunar Calendar is unlike traditional calendars based on the Gregorian grid of the seven-day week. This year continues the long tradition of combining beauty with a wealth of information...the lunar months in all their glory with original artwork and juried poems. The '08 edition features fresh work from 26 artists, poets, and writers, full astronomical and astrological data, the lunar year-at-a-glance, complete instructions, and an excellent bibliography. Each month is depicted as an elliptical spiral of 28 moons, each in its distinct phase and position in apogee or perigee from the earth. Aside from being just beautiful, this calendar is an education--and a true 'lunatic' inspiration." Editor Nancy Passmore will host and read in addition to calendar poets Sarah Fuhro, Ada Sepulveda (Spanish), Richard Cambridge and Wally Swist.

11-01-07 - "Pause" (an earlier version of "In the Silence") published in "Common Ground Review."

09-03-07 - "Walking Stick" in Many Hands

08-30-07 - "Among Fireflies" published in The 2008 Lunar Calendar (Boston: Luna Press, 2007).

08-01-07 - "Juncos" and "What Is Familiar" published in "Puckerbrush Review."

07-05-07 - Photographic Exhibit at the Burnett Gallery at the Jones Library, 43 Amity Street, Amherst, Massachusetts. Ten poems regarding birds hung among several dozen photographs of birds taken by Van De Graaff. The exhibit lasts for the entire month of July.

06-01-07 - "Ode To Open Meadow" in Many Hands

05-01-07 - "Breaking Open Garlic" published and reprinted in "Common Ground Review."

04-15-07 - Presentation, Reading, and Discussion, with photographer John Van De Graaff, at Central Connecticut State College, New Britain, Connecticut co-sponsored by the Biology and English Departments.

03-30-07 - "A Deeper Quiet, Then Silence" published and reprinted in "Redbud."

03-01-07 - "The Way Up the Mountain" published in Many Hands

01-15-07 - "Breaking Open Garlic," "If It Is Meant to Be," "Kingdom of Heaven," and "Mystery" published both online and later in the print journal "Arabesques Review."

12-01-06 - "The Angel" published in Many Hands

11-18-06 - Presentation, Reading, and Discussion, with photographer John Van De Graaff, at the Hitchcock Center for the Environment, 525 South Pleasant Street, Amherst, Massachusetts at 7:00 p.m.

11-15-06 - "Poetry a la Carte" Live Broadcast Interview and Reading airs with Host Daisy Mathias on WMUA (91.1 FM).

11-07-06 - Poetry Panelist in "Write Angles Conference #21" sponsored by the National Writer's Union at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

11-01-06 - "Kingdom of Heaven" published in "Common Ground Review."

09-30-06 - "A Sprig of Wild Roses" published in "Puckerbrush Review" (Constance Hunting Memorial Issue).

09-01-06 - "Mystery" published in Many Hands

07-01-06 - "The Annunciation" published in the online journal "The Apple Valley Review."

06-01-06 - "Among Fireflies" published in Many Hands

05-01-06 - "A Deeper Quiet, Then Silence" published in "Common Ground Review."

04-15-06 - Featured reading sponsored by the English Department at Western New England College in honor of National Poetry Month.

03-30-06 - "Living in the Moment" published in "New England Watershed Magazine."

03-15-06 - "Threshold" published in "Angel Face."

03-01-06 - "Mount Toby, Spring Thaw" published in "Many Hands."

01-30-06 - "The Annunciation," "Fort Juniper, Midsummer," "Juncos," "March Wind," "Mnemosyne," and "A Sprig of Wild Roses" published in "Sahara: A Journal of New England Poetry."

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