Natalie Solmer-Writing +Art

New poem from my forthcoming debut, published in The Meadow, published @tmccnevada https://www.tmcc.edu/meadow

I will be facilitating a Visual Poetry Workshop on September 28th at the annual Gathering of Writers, put on by Indiana Writers Center @indianawriters

I was recently on the Poetry on Brick Street ‘s “Off The Bricks” podcast to talk about The Indianapolis Review and how we choose what we choose to publish! I thought this would be really weird to articulate and talk about, but apparently I had a lot to say, like how because I am horticulture…

Very excited to have this important poem from my forthcoming book, Water Castle, published in Mom Egg Review. https://merliterary.com/2024/04/08/announcing-mer-vol-22-2024-ages-stages-issue/ (excuse my handwriting-there was a line missing- somehow I missed that in the proof! Lol)

Another excerpt:

I won this award last summer and didn’t post it, but realized that I should because it is very important to me. I put A LOT of effort into teaching my courses at Ivy Tech, and I was extremely proud to win this award! NOTE-Not all the classes I teach are online, but I do…

Very happy to announce that my first book of poetry, which I have been working on for ten years, will be published in the fall with Kelsay Books. The book is named Water Castle, and here is a working cover. The artwork is my own, as is the photo of the St. Joseph River in…

I’m enjoying reading the latest Harbor Review, where I have a piece of my visual art published called, “City Garden.” This is a mixed media piece created with acrylics, markers, and hand cut collage. I first had the idea for this from a dream I had, and I made it on the back of an…

Many thinks to editor David Dodd Lee for believing in this poem of mine which deals with the aftermath of the sudden loss of my stepfather. I was very happy to be included in this beautiful issue of The Glacier.

I published a few of Katrina Roberts’ enigmatic, beautiful, imaginative visual poems in The Indianapolis Review, and I was honored to write a review of her book of visual poems, Likeness, for the magazine, RHINO.

So excited & grateful to be in this issue of Puerto del Sol, my poem opening a very cool folio on Touch. This poem is based on a real & intense visitation dream I had of my maternal grandma 3 years ago. I was pretty terrified, sick, & fighting off Covid (this is before the…

My manuscript was one of 15 finalists (out of over 430 manuscripts)for the 42 Miles Press Poetry Award, out of Indiana University South Bend ❤️ I’m getting closer to publishing my first book…finally. And I was thrilled to see that I am in the company of some incredible poets!