Judith Pordon
Encyclopedia
Judith Pordon is an American
poet
, writer
, and poetry editor. The central themes in her poetry are: the multicultural experience, celebration of various types of love, and contemporary social issues. Some of her more well known works include, How Will You Kiss?, Expiration, and At The Top Of The Food Chain But The Bottom Of The Line.
. Her mother Eleanor Haggett Pordon left an administrative and scientific career in chemistry
to raise her children and was Judith's principal muse.
At age five her family moved from Georgia to suburban Boston. Her high school career was completed in Concord, Massachusetts
, a few blocks from Thoreau's Walden Pond
. She graduated from New College Of California in 1978.
and social criticism. In the 1990s she lived in Hawaii
and a multicultural emphasis appeared in her work. She was befriended and mentored by Aemilia Laracuen
, artist and primary muse of poet Robert Graves
, who encouraged her to seek publication.
After writing poetry for 30 years, she began submitting her work to literary
journals. In her first year her work was published in over two dozen journals, including Chiron Review, Tulane Review, Writers Journal, Buffalo Bones, The Rockford Review, The Ledge, The Orange Willow Review, VLQ, Black Bear Review, and The American Dissident.
Poetry Anthologies such as Many Mountains Moving (on Spirituality), Comrades Anthology, and The Austin International Poetry Festival Anthology (both in 1999 and in 2001) and Uno http://www.heelstone.com/pseudo.html have published her poems.
She has also been published in dozens of poetry EZines including, The 2River View http://www.2river.org/2RView/5_3/poems/pordon01.html, Agnieskas Dowry http://asgp.org/agd-poems/hspoem7.html, Stirring http://www.sundress.net/stirring/archives/v2/e4/pordonj.htm,
Poetry Super Highwayhttp://poetrysuperhighway.com/ppa/ppa156.html, ForPoetry.com http://www.tcsn.net/jackie/Archive/jpordon.htm, Poetic Voices, Recursive Angel, ZeroZine, Facets Magazine, Southern Ocean Review http://www.book.co.nz/pordon.htm, and Verse Libre.
Her first screenplay
sHe, was completed in 1993. Her first book of poems, THE BODY SPEAKS was completed in 1999, and her second, THE LONG WAY HOME, was published in 2002.
Future works, currently in progress, include a book on creativity, several more books of poetry, an autobiography, and an amplification of her screenplay sHe into a novel.
Music Department to write lyrics
for an operatic composition,"Flourishing True"http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/judith_pordon_flourishing_true.html which was performed in the winter of 2002 at the 10th anniversary of the Brooks Center at Clemson University.
She is listed in The Who's Who
of American Women, and The Who's Who of the World.
http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/index.html which numbers over 8 million visitors, is a widely read website on
anti-war
poems, nature poetry, poems of loss and grieving, spiritual poetry, women poets, and poems in Spanish
. She has helped popularize many contemporary poets including David Shumate, Lola Haskins, Quentin Huff, Susan Dane, Bill Mohr, Scott Wiggerman, Gaston Ng, and Marilyn Krysl.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, writer
Writer
A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, and poetry editor. The central themes in her poetry are: the multicultural experience, celebration of various types of love, and contemporary social issues. Some of her more well known works include, How Will You Kiss?, Expiration, and At The Top Of The Food Chain But The Bottom Of The Line.
Life
Judith Pordon was born in Atlanta, GeorgiaGeorgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
. Her mother Eleanor Haggett Pordon left an administrative and scientific career in chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
to raise her children and was Judith's principal muse.
At age five her family moved from Georgia to suburban Boston. Her high school career was completed in Concord, Massachusetts
Concord, Massachusetts
Concord is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 17,668. Although a small town, Concord is noted for its leading roles in American history and literature.-History:...
, a few blocks from Thoreau's Walden Pond
Walden Pond
Walden Pond is a 31-metre-deep lake in Massachusetts . It is in area and around, located in Concord, Massachusetts, in the United States...
. She graduated from New College Of California in 1978.
Poetry
Her early poems, in the 1970s and 1980s explored various themes including contact with nature,and social criticism. In the 1990s she lived in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and a multicultural emphasis appeared in her work. She was befriended and mentored by Aemilia Laracuen
Aemilia Laracuen
Aemilia Laracuen was an American artist and muse of poet Robert GravesAemilia Laracuen inspired many of Graves’s love poemsand was also the illustrator of one of his best-knownpoetry anthologies, Love Respelt....
, artist and primary muse of poet Robert Graves
Robert Graves
Robert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
, who encouraged her to seek publication.
After writing poetry for 30 years, she began submitting her work to literary
journals. In her first year her work was published in over two dozen journals, including Chiron Review, Tulane Review, Writers Journal, Buffalo Bones, The Rockford Review, The Ledge, The Orange Willow Review, VLQ, Black Bear Review, and The American Dissident.
Poetry Anthologies such as Many Mountains Moving (on Spirituality), Comrades Anthology, and The Austin International Poetry Festival Anthology (both in 1999 and in 2001) and Uno http://www.heelstone.com/pseudo.html have published her poems.
She has also been published in dozens of poetry EZines including, The 2River View http://www.2river.org/2RView/5_3/poems/pordon01.html, Agnieskas Dowry http://asgp.org/agd-poems/hspoem7.html, Stirring http://www.sundress.net/stirring/archives/v2/e4/pordonj.htm,
Poetry Super Highwayhttp://poetrysuperhighway.com/ppa/ppa156.html, ForPoetry.com http://www.tcsn.net/jackie/Archive/jpordon.htm, Poetic Voices, Recursive Angel, ZeroZine, Facets Magazine, Southern Ocean Review http://www.book.co.nz/pordon.htm, and Verse Libre.
Her first screenplay
Screenplay
A screenplay or script is a written work that is made especially for a film or television program. Screenplays can be original works or adaptations from existing pieces of writing. In them, the movement, actions, expression, and dialogues of the characters are also narrated...
sHe, was completed in 1993. Her first book of poems, THE BODY SPEAKS was completed in 1999, and her second, THE LONG WAY HOME, was published in 2002.
Future works, currently in progress, include a book on creativity, several more books of poetry, an autobiography, and an amplification of her screenplay sHe into a novel.
Commissions and recognition
In 2001 she was commissioned by Andrew Levinhttp://people.clemson.edu/~alevin/ of Clemson UniversityClemson University
Clemson University is an American public, coeducational, land-grant, sea-grant, research university located in Clemson, South Carolina, United States....
Music Department to write lyrics
Lyrics
Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The writer of lyrics is a lyricist or lyrist. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of...
for an operatic composition,"Flourishing True"http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/judith_pordon_flourishing_true.html which was performed in the winter of 2002 at the 10th anniversary of the Brooks Center at Clemson University.
She is listed in The Who's Who
Who's Who
Who's Who is the title of a number of reference publications, generally containing concise biographical information on a particular group of people...
of American Women, and The Who's Who of the World.
Poetry editor
Since 2001 she has been the editor of an [online international poetry anthology]http://judithpordon.tripod.com/poetry/index.html which numbers over 8 million visitors, is a widely read website on
anti-war
Anti-war
An anti-war movement is a social movement, usually in opposition to a particular nation's decision to start or carry on an armed conflict, unconditional of a maybe-existing just cause. The term can also refer to pacifism, which is the opposition to all use of military force during conflicts. Many...
poems, nature poetry, poems of loss and grieving, spiritual poetry, women poets, and poems in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
. She has helped popularize many contemporary poets including David Shumate, Lola Haskins, Quentin Huff, Susan Dane, Bill Mohr, Scott Wiggerman, Gaston Ng, and Marilyn Krysl.