Spinning the Wheel of Dharma does not have a "house style". We accept submissions from anyone, in any genre, writing in any style. What we are looking for, is something out of the ordinary. Something that jumps out of the page and "grabs ya", It is our firm belief that poetry can be great regardless of ones choice of style, if the Author has talent, guts, heart, and works hard at it. Then again no matter where one submits their work there will always be a great deal of subjectivity involved, and both acceptance and rejection should equally be taken with a grain of salt. (whatever that means.). So if we choose not to publish your work, please keep writing and submitting David Weinberg Gordon Hilgers Yvonne Salam L.V. Davis Carlos Salas Mary Maslow Elysia Dick Severns Fran Carris and Charlotte, who is an honorary member. History of Our Circle In 1998 a recently married Paul Sexton moved to the historic district of Old Oak Cliff and noticed that several poets that he know from open mic readings around town also lived in the neighborhoods. The reading that he had been hosting for a few years in Arlington had just faded away and he was looking for a new gig. He had several conversations on this topic with Opalina, Tim Wood, and David Weinberg, who happened to be already having similar conversations with Jim Dolen. One day Paul walked into Suenos Sabrosos, a recently opened Ice Cream Shop In the Bishop Street Arts District. He Spoke To Rosa The Owner who also was already considering doing some type of poetry at the shop. It was a match made in Oak Cliff, if not heaven. On July 4th 1998 The first official meeting of the Oak Cliff Circle Of Poets was convened at Suenos Sabrosos. In addition to the Poets mentioned above, also in attendance were Metta' Jon Maslow, Gail Bell, and Carlos Salas. Over the last three years the Oak Cliff Circle Of Poets has met faithfully at Suenos Sabrosos every Saturday night. Members of the group have also performed several features around town at various Barnes and Noble stores and At the Yearly Deep Ellum Poetry Festival. Their innovative events have brought attention to their friendly reading, and it have even appeared in The Dallas Morning News on a few occasionsThe Oak Cliff Circle Of Poets is an ecclectic, loose knit group of poets, writers, and performance poets that meets weekly in Oak Cliff Texas. Many of it's members are well known about town, for their performances, the readings that they host, their books, where they have been published and their involvement in various writers groups and organizations.The Circle is open to (almost) anyone. The atmosphere is friendly, supportive, and often light hearted. Any poet that attends and read simi-regularly and wantsto be a memberis.Suenos Sabrosos Ice Cream Parlor is where the weekly Saturday night circles are held. This page will provide info about the OCCP, their events, their members, the things the members are up to, the history of the group, and how to find us. please email us with any questions or comments! early light. It's the mornings, when it hits me the most. Those feelings of utter despair, those feelings that I have awakened from a sound peaceful sleep into one of those Twilight Zone Episodes. One where I am living someone elses life, trapped in it, and no one will believe me, I am really someone else that should be doing something else, even now. Something cooler. ;But this could very well bea natural side effect of getting up at 3am and being on I35 heading north by 3:30. Yes, there is nothing more neurotic, more shattering to the bonds of convention ;than the feeling of driving to work, among those few other souls cursed to be awake, at 3:30am. When the visage of some bearded wonderer in the headlights might be a harbinger of death. When most of the other cars somehow seem to be my car, with me driving, in some lost time lapsed fleet When all the sights and sounds seem so much less real but have so much more impact. The cops, the drunks, the city workers, the truckers, the convenience store clerks, building security, my co workers stray dogs wondering the street, the lost and homeless, we share a common bond, the new dawns bond, the bond of wishing. Wishing to be elsewhere, doing something better. Or at the very least, poetry poet poem poems poets Dallas Fort Worth Oak Cliff Spoken word spoken art open mic poetry readings submissions submission links link slam performance poetry bukowski dharma karma beat poets updates calander listings events festivals Deep Ellum sex fun features circle corner groups group romance cat Haiku post posts host information info writing writers personal pages Texas TX DFW art arts paul jon anando metta internet district historic neighborhood new baby Buddhist the lost man Zombies Suenos Sabrosos opalina Jim Dolan Ostman peace love path Joseph Campbell myth meaning of life poet of the month chapbook chapbooks book books massey Lizard press In Our Own Words Gen x Generation x mindfullness buffy sutra WB Janelle Dubois nude freak angry happy god 1980's Irving poetry Arlington verse short meditation stars Theravada Vegitarian Insane poets Guild Barnes and Noble Cafe publish published local publishing Carney Tom Author Inkdeep Lotuseaters spinning the wheel rant modern literature literary Wood Thais punk scene mithra temple dallas morning news article voice vocal section directions contact help associations alliance bookings tour touring space saturday car visit rosa Weinberg arcanum personal page pages read friends edit editor loud weekly monthly monday better best quality jeremy bob red Bishop whats new update updates free places place klyndel profiles web weekly location organization venue venues photos pauls bio guide live IPG style genre patricia ice cream parlor OCCP poetry play jaycee park ring zine ezine, e zine join Paul Sexton index city anthology aegisegyptus forbiddon knowledge.This is slowly developing into a page highlighting in detail members of the Oak Cliff Circle Of Poets and showcasing their work. The membership is always changing and evolving over the years and some members we see only occasionally, but they are all still OCCP! Following is an incomplete list of some of their names. hopefully all will have pages of their own soon. Meanwhile enjoy the poetry of the poet who have pages so far! hte play of light upon darkness, the millionfold underlying reaasons for insanity, treatment for death, mythological motifs, pornography, satanic ritual, aliandemensional overlords, local physicians list, buddha, buddhist recovery addiction treatment nude models, what to get for mothersday, christmas, halloween, birthday,the history of the world babylon harappa culture hindu culture free mason illuminati, santa. (Underlined names below are links)freaking sleeping area-Below is the email link to submit your poetry or short writings. You can either paste them into the body of an email (probably best) or attach a word doc if you are so inclined Thank you very much! black fort worth poet trees massey clebo opalina metta jon neal ostman jim dolan paul sexton jeremy inkdeep blog freaks poets metroplex poetry updates calander lucky's lucky dog cafe bordeers books half price noble barnes dpc art arts festival summer fall tilton patricia golden gordon hilgers peace no war dick severens carlos paloma anando mothers poetry children ice cream kid's kids kid

photos pauls bio guide live IPG style genre patricia ice cream parlor OCCP poetry play jaycee park ring zine ezine, e zine join Paul Sexton index city anthology aegisegyptus forbiddon knowledge.This is slowly developing into a page highlighting in detail members of the Oak Cliff Circle Of Poets and showcasing their work. The membership is always changing and evolving over the years and some members we see only occasionally, but they are all still OCCP! Following is an incomplete list of some of their names. hopefully all will have pages of their own soon. Meanwhile enjoy the poetry of the poet who have pages so far! hte play of light upon darkness, the millionfold underlying reaasons for insanity, treatment for death, mythological motifs, pornography, satanic ritual, aliandemensional overlords, local physicians list, buddha, buddhist recovery addiction treatment nude models, what to get for mothersday, christmas, halloween, birthday,the history of the world babylon harappa culture hindu culture free mason illuminati, santa. (Underlined names below are links)freaking sleeping


come visit the oak cliff circle of poets on a saturday night. Oak Cliff texas is a suburb of dallas texas. the oak cliff open mic has been around since july 4th 1989. that makes it the longest running open mike poetry reading in the dallas fort worth texas metroplex area. its near downtown dallas and open to all comers. accessable from i30 and i35, in the bishop street arts district. list od metroplez poetry readings. poets poems fun open live performance calander events. check out the circle, dallas's longes running oldest open mic. poet poets poem poems poetry verse fiction theme nights, submissions, lists beat poets, poet of the month special features. spoken word cd, waiting by the watersdhed chapbook chapbooks dallaspoets.com inkdeep.com lotuseaters.net beginner dallas deep ellum dallasslams slam control community team organization. death life india dharma karma

Paperbacks Plus: Dallas Poets & Writers Index 2003
... Garret Poet's Workshop Tom Geddie -- has published eleven poetry chapbooks in the
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Paperbacks Plus Calendar Archives (incomplete)
... his new poetry chapbook HOW THE BLACKBIRD Paperbacks Plus 6115 La Vista, in East
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... and the English Language, 2002 Finalist, Dallas Poetry Society Annual ... Lyric Poetry
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For poets and poetry, April is the kindest month
... Beyond Dallas, the Wings Press of San Antonio has added three volumes so far this
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Bio
... a Literary/Visual Arts Magazine, Dallas View, Unlikely ... 2 pieces included in a national
poetry anthology "In ... Paul has published 7 chapbooks with Genuine Lizard ...
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Member Profiles
... His poetry has appeared in many literary journals including The Dallas Review, Jack ... Alan
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Finishing Line Press Chapbooks
... Finishing Line Press Chapbooks Providing a Place for Today's Poets since 1998, ... to
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Spinning The Wheel Of Dharma
... It Is a great place to post poetry, as well as ... on the corner of Preston & Beltline
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the-hold.com - an ezine of contemporary writing/july 2001
... Poetry Cafe, Inc and Dallas Slams Inc. ... previous issue | columnists/rants | poetry/prose/art ... interviews
| GRAFITTI | spoken hold chapbooks | current events ...
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triggerhappy
... been cited by National Public Radio (NPR), Time Magazine, The Dallas Morning News ... She
is also the author of two poetry chapbooks: Waiter, There's a Shaman in My ...
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About Poetry - Poetry Currents (News updates from our Museletter ...
... Poetic Brew in San Diego 1.6.2003; Orange County Readings 1.6.2003; Beyond Baroque
to ... 5.25.2002; Every First Friday in Houston 5.25.2002; Real Dallas Poetry in a ...
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Texas Poetry Calendar
... 7:00pm Café Libro open mike(Austin). 7:00pm Gulf Coast Readings (Houston). ... 8:00pm
Poetry Night (Houston). ... 8:45pm Red Room at Club Clearview (Dallas). ...
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Tom Mayo's Links: Poetry & Arts
... The Writer's Garrett | WordSpace | Dallas Poets & ... Centre (Áras na Scríbhneoirí)
poetry resources. Readings: Listening Booth (fabulous sampling) | Atlantic ...
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Press Release \ 2002 \ 12 Reading
... Feast Reading The Dallas Poets Community concludes its 2002 Poetry Readings series
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Fairmont Hotels, Close By Search, The Fairmont Dallas: Closest ...
... and chess abound at this coffee shop, located in a bohemian section of Dallas. ... offer
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LINKS
... Houston. Wheel of Dharma: Information and updates on Dallas/Fort Worth
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... Covered in Dallas Morning News. * Performed at Poetry Readings for Half
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.:.4 Luv of Poetry.:.
... Bring your acoustic, bring your poetry, bring yourself ... Art Contemporary (The MAC),
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Poetry Video Links
... Voice and Pen '97, based in Dallas, is a festival devoted to new media
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Dallas Poets --- 2002 Events
... TUESDAY A Love Supreme at Insomnia Cafe One of Dallas' longest-running open mics.
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DALLAS AREA SCHEDULE OF POETRY EVENTS
... SATURDAY, MARCH 1ST: OPEN MIC POETRY, hosted by the one-and-only PAUL
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Dallas & Fort Worth Metroplex
... 8:30-10am. , Bohemian dreams Open mic & Drum Jam: Expressions of art & poetry
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Daily Epiphany - Saturday, November 04, 2000, Open mic
... Poetry? In Dallas? This is the city of the Cowboys, the money city, the culture
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¡Ballabajoomba Slam!
... January 19, Saturday: Dallas Poetry Slam, at the Lotus Cup ... Please come if you want
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Open Mic Night with the Cyber Poets
... Russ truly enjoys writing and is open to learning ... often expresses herself creatively
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... Poetry Slams, Open Mic, Poetry Events Guide picks. ... Austin Poetry Calendar A
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.:.4 Luv of Poetry.:.
... Poetry, spoken word, open-mic music. ... Bring your acoustic, bring your poetry, bring
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Southern Fried Poetry Slam 2000
... Bout 2 - Knoxville vs. Dallas vs. West Palm Beach vs. Matt Flumerfelt vs. ... 11:00pm,
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Open Mic at the Darkroom
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