A Thousand Shades of Green

Smatterings of Cerulean

This episode is a celebration of “Smatterings of Cerulean”, a collection of short poems by our host, Susan Richardson, accompanied by the photographs of Ken Whytock, published by Dark Winter Press.  Susan is joined on this episode by a few of her friends and favourite writers, Suzanne Craig-Whytock, Lawrence Moore, Doreen Duffy, Peter Lilly, Karen Pierce Gonzalez, Mo Schoenfeld and Steve Denehan.  You can buy “Smatterings of Cerulean” links below. 
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Season 4 Finale

In this Epic Finale Episode, Susan reads work from all fourteen Season 4 Featured Writers: Eilin De Paor, Doreen Duffy, Mary Earnshaw, Vikki C, Julie Stevens, Vitor Vicente, Patricia M. Osborne, Eileen Carney Hulme, Merril D. Smith, Robert Frede Kenter, Fidel Hogan Walsh, Hiram Larew, Christopher Butt and Lucy Heuschen.  

Lucy Heuschen

Lucy Heuschen is a Pushcart Prize-nominated poet, born in London and living in the Rheinland, Germany. Lucy's work appears in journals such as Dream Catcher, Lighthouse, Obsessed With Pipework, The High Window, Green Ink, Skylight 47, The Storms and Ink Sweat & Tears among others, and in anthologies from Black Bough, Sídhe Press, New Contexts and Yaffle. She was commended in the Poetry Society's Stanza Competition 2024 and shortlisted for Ink Sweat And Tears’ “Pick of the Month” for October 2024. Lucy is part of Wave 2 of The Broken Spine’s “Untamed” anthology series. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks: We Wear The Crown (Hedgehog Poetry Press, 2022) and Loggerheads (The Broken Spine, 2024).
A Thousand Shades of Green special episode featuring Loggerheads
BlueSky: @PetiteCreature1.bsky.social
Website: http://www.lucyheuschen.co.uk

Christopher Butt

Originally from Corner Brook Newfoundland and Labrador, Christopher Butt is a retired member of the Canadian Forces navigating his way to a life of being a writer. His genres include Science Fiction, Fantasy, weird fiction and the occasional humorous piece. 
 His first collection of short stories, “In the Lair of the Kraken” was published in January 2024. He is currently working on his second collection.
Christopher lives in St. Catharines with his wife, Angela. You can find his work on his Wattpad page under the name “Buttster” and on Darkwinterlit.ca

Hiram Larew

Patchy Way, Larew’s sixth collection, was published in 2023 by CyberWit Press.  As founder of Poetry X Hunger, he is bringing a world of poets to the anti-hunger cause.  www.HiramLarewPoetry.com and www.PoetryXHunger.com

Fidel Hogan Walsh

Fidel’s words have been performed, published & shared wildly. 
A limited edition of ‘Words on Water, nature-inspired poems produced for National Heritage week 2023 (Friends of Castle lake Catchment). Is the perfect marriage between poetry, nature & science.
She has two full collections ‘Living with Love’ & ‘Time’ (‘Time’ was named in the top 10 non-fiction of 2020 by Dublin City Libraries). Her short stories can be found in ‘Thrice Remembered – An Anthology of Cavan Writings’.
Collaborations that Inspire is a series of Fidel’s poems paired with various artists.

Robert Frede Kenter

Robert Frede Kenter is a multiple Pushcart-nominated poet,  a BOTN nominee, a writer of experimental prose, a performer, an editor, a visual artist, a multiple grant recipient, book designer & EIC/Publisher of Ice Floe Press (www.icefloepress.net). Books include FATHER TECTONIC (forthcoming, Ethel Zine Press, 2025), & hybrid collections, EDEN (2021), & Audacity of Form (Ice Floe Press, 2019). Robert’s in many anthologies incl. Shine #1 (2024 publ. by Samantha Terrell), Kireji /Cutting Words (Nun Prophet Press, 2024), After Hours: Beat Culture Made New (Broken Spine Press, 2024).  The Book of Penteract (Penteract Press, 2022), Seeing in Tongues (Steel Incisors, 2023), Reformatting the Pain Scale (Olney Books, 2023), Glisk and Glimmer (Sidhe Press, 2023), Deep Time #1 (Black Bough Press, 2021),  & numerous Fevers Of The Mind anthologies incl.: The Chelsea Underground (2023) for John Cale, Warhol & the Factory. Recent journals: Cable Street, Harpy Hybrid, Storms Journal, Cutbow Q, Street Cake,  Feral, Erato, Setu, WatchYrHead, Visual Verse, & others. Robert contributed poetry to the recent 40th anniversary exhibition for the band, Bronski Beat (UK).   

Merril D. Smith

Merril D. Smith lives in southern New Jersey near the Delaware River. Her work has been published widely in poetry journals and anthologies, including Black Bough Poetry, Acropolis, Feral, Sidhe Press, Anti-Heroin Chic, The Storms, Fevers of the Mind, Gleam, Humana Obscura, and Nightingale and Sparrow. She holds a Ph.D. in American history from Temple University in Philadelphia and is the author/editor of numerous books on gender, sexuality, and history. Her full-length poetry collection, River Ghosts (Nightingale & Sparrow Press) was Black Bough Poetry’s December 2022 Book of the Month.  
Twitter/X: @merril_mds  
Instagram: mdsmithnj  
https://merrildsmith.org/
 

Eileen Carney Hulme

Eileen Carney Hulme is inspired by the big skies and deserted beaches near her home in Findhorn in the north east of Scotland.
Over 25 years as well as 4 books she has had hundreds of poems published in magazines, anthologies and ezines.
She has been a winner, runner up or commended in numerous poetry competitions including The Crimson Spine Competition, The Cupid’s Arrow Competition, The Brian Nisbet Poetry Award, The Federation of Writers Scotland Competition and The Scottish Association of Writers Write up North Competition.  She has read at many poetry events and her work has been set to music, most notably a score was completed by Dr Mark Keane musical director of multi award winning Tribal Chamber Choir and performed at Cork City Hall. Eileen has also been a poet in residence in a gallery where she offered ekphrastic workshops.

Patricia M. Osborne

Patricia M. Osborne is married with three grown-up children and six grandchildren. She was born in Liverpool but now lives in West Sussex. In February 2019, she graduated with an MA in Creative Writing via the University of Brighton. She is a novelist, poet, and short story writer. When she's not working on her own writing, she enjoys sharing her knowledge and acts as a mentor to fellow writers.  In 2017 she was a Poet in Residence at a local Victorian Park in Crawley and her poetry was exhibited throughout the park. In 2019 her poetry was on display at Crawley Museum.  Patricia has had numerous poems and short stories published in various literary magazines and anthologies. You can find her books here..