By Elizabeth Gracen: It's a new year at the Flapper Press Poetry Café, where we continue to feature the work of poets from around the globe. It is an honor to share their work and learn more about their lives, influences, and love of poetry. This week, we are honored to feature the work of poet Martha Ellen Johnson.   Martha Ellen Johnson Martha Ellen Johnson is a retired social worker living on the Oregon coast. She has an MFA from Portland State University. Her poems and prose are...

By Elizabeth Gracen: The Flapper Press Poetry Café features the work of poets from around the globe. It is an honor to share their work and learn more about their lives, influences, and love of poetry. This week, we are honored to feature the work of poet Bartholomew Barker.   Bartholomew Barker - Photo by: Renee Staticage Bartholomew Barker is one of the organizers of Living Poetry , a collection of poets and poetry lovers in the Triangle region of North Carolina. His first poetry...

By Elizabeth Gracen: In our continuing Celebrating Drag series, we highlight and support the unique performance-art tradition of female impersonation and the wide variety of creative expressions throughout history that fall under the category of "drag performance." This week, we feature House of Fawcett: Dripping in Talent—A Visual Poem , the latest cinematic short film from Carter Bowden Films featuring the incomparable Mylique E. Fawcett. "Mylique E. Fawcett is the walkin' piece of art,...