Francine Rubin

Scribbles, Pirouettes, and Miscellany

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For Labor Day, here is a poem I wrote about labor (page 129).

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Francine Rubin | Milk Poem 15 - Milk Carton Press

Francine Rubin is the author of the poetry chapbooks 'If You're Talking to Me: Commuter Poems'(dancing girl press), 'City Songs' (Blue Lyra Press), and 'Geometries' (Finishing Line Press). She is online at francinerubin.tumblr.com.

A breastfeeding poem/print for breastfeeding month.

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A few recent-ish poems

Afterbirth

Anodyne

Expecting

Solar Eclipse Dream

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Francine Rubin Pandemic Insomnia I don’t want to miss anything. Tiny scrap of news. Slightest virus symptom. Family on video chat, not yet embraceable. Husband asleep. Baby in the next room m…

Couldn’t sleep and wrote a poem about it.

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I am honored that my chapbook If You’re Talking to Me: Commuter Poems (dancing girl press) is featured on the Mass Poetry homepage.

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I am excited to announce that dancing girl press has published my poetry chapbook If You’re Talking to Me: Commuter Poems.  

I have been a fan of dancing girl press since I read Jacqueline Lyons’ gorgeous chapbook Lost Colony.  I am honored that dancing girl press, which has published many poets whose work I admire and love, has published my poems.  

You can learn more, read a sample poem, and purchase my chapbook here.  

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A few fern prints.  

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Here are a few solar plate etchings that I have created.  The first is the gardens of Real Alcazar in Sevilla, Spain.  The bottom right is Jeronimos Monastery in Lisbon, Portugal.  The bottom left is the Torre del Oro in Sevilla.

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Here’s a tiny pamphlet book that I stitched from a collage of monotypes that I printed.  Now to write some micro poems...

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I have developed a whole new appreciation for books as beautifully crafted objects. I have been taking bookbinding workshops at Mass Art and the Cambridge Center for Adult Education in an effort to learn more about how books are put together. 

I have created a few books! Here are a few pictures of a double-sided accordion book that I made with some of my monotype prints.

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by Francine Rubin Like whale bones, icicle skeletons, ship of light, stone of ocean spray basin of sky cradling organs human and musical, the silver hollows, the singing from throats, the depths of…

Happy first day of winter!  Here’s a wintry poem. 

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My print will be included in “Under Pressure: Summer Printmaking Exhibition” at the Cambridge Center for Adult Education!  

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Some woodcut prints I made in class.  

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Transcript: President Obama on What Books Mean to Him

Michiko Kakutani, our chief book critic, met with Mr. Obama to discuss the books and writers that have influenced his life and presidency.

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CITY SONGS Published: September 19th, 2016 Within: Delphi Series Vol. 3 ISBN-13: 978-0692761878 ISBN-10: 069276187X Francine Rubin is the author of the poetry chapbook Geometries (Finishing Line Pr…

My poetry chapbook City Songs is now available from Blue Lyra Press!  It appears alongside beautiful chapbooks by poets Aaron Bauer and Meghan Sterling.  3 chapbooks in 1 volume!

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My poem “Urban Winter Birds” first appeared  One Sentence Poems and will also soon appear in my chapbook City Songs (Blue Lyra Press, September 2016).  Here is a screenprint version of “Urban Winter Birds” that I made by creating an emulsion screen.  The poem itself is hand-written.