Marjorie Pezzoli, a Poet, Teaching Artist, and Silk Painter for 25+ years. She loves how imagery inspires her writings. She is a Sea Changes: ACT founding team member, Compassionate Arts San Diego contributor with her silk painting and poetry. The Electric Womb/Crayon/Blender are passion projects that she and Deborah Ramos facilitate. www.TheElectricWomb.com

Her work has been featured in "The Best of Silk Painting" & "The Fine Art of Painting on Silk"
by Diane Tuckman & Jan Janus. Her work has graced the runway for Fashion Show fundraisers. Marjorie has been a proud member of the San Diego Silk Guild since 2010. Her silks have been in museum shops and boutiques over the years.

Marjorie enjoys teaching adults & children. She obtained an Associate’s Degree from The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, and Teaching Artist Certificate from Arts for Learning, San Diego.

During lockdown she was a weekly contributor to The Poet’s Tree weekly series produced by Gill Sotu forThe Old Globe Arts Engagement. Marjorie participated in the live final, at The Old Globe Plaza. The complete series can be found on Youtube. The Poet's Tree Finale - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnVuG7zj6dM

Her poems have been featured in anthologies, publications, and exhibitions.
2019
          Palabra:Open Mic "Two Worlds Within & Beyond Myself'- "Fighting Death"                                             "If Not" - "Last Goodbye" - "Dark Matter"                                

          San Diego Poetry Annual: 2019-2020 "Salida"

2020
          F* Isolation: Tribute to the COVID-19 Experience "Time Above the Clouds"
          "Sweet Times Awaiting" - "Thoughts of Self"2021
          Tea-Ku: Poems about Tea "Earl Grey alchemy" - "Circle of delight"

2021
          Tea-Ku: Poems about Tea "Earl Grey alchemy" - "Circle of delight"
          San Diego Poetry Annual: 2021-2022 "Sky Brush"

2022          

          So Say We All VAMP Storyteller "Can You Stay 10 Minutes Longer?"
          This about the last two weeks I took care of my Father

2023

           The Taste of Sunlight - SolCal Haiku Study Group Anthology 4 Haiku
           The Asahi Haikuist Network
           Under the Basho Personal Best - Monoku
           Cold Moon Journal - Monoku "lead should surround stain glass not childrn"
           Heterodox Haiku, Issue 4: Winter 2023
           SetuMag.com- August, through December - SilkPainting/Poetry/Prose
           Setu Interview: Art & Poetry https://youtu.be/ZVKesV4THpg?si=SwO939Ubljtj7aNl
           The Electric Womb Art and Poetry Exhibition, Writers Ink Inspiration Gallery
                   July - September, silk painting/poetry
           Haiku Summer Girl - Allyson Whipple Newsletter, 3 Haiku
           Fractured by Cattails - Haiku Society of America's Anthology
           Poetry Pea Podcast S6E18, July Journal 1:23
            Heterodox Haiku Journal - Seven Deadly Sins, Issue 3

                                "top down / learning to shift / windows fog over"
            Heterodox Haiku Journal - Headnotes, Issue 4 "Summer Fest"
            Failed Haiku Journal of English Senryu, June Issue 9
            The Pan Haiku Review Inaugural Issue, May - Doustich "Blue Bayou"
            Dadakuku.com, May 13th, 29th
            Fivefleas.blogspot.com, April 12

Collaborative Works - Split Sequence Haiku with Jerome Berglund
            Lothlorien Poetry Journal Volume 25

            Scarlet Dragonfly Journal, August 20

Collaborative Works - Tan-Renga with Christina Chin

            Periwinkle Pelican - 5 Haiga/Photography

            Mad Swirl - Feb Tan-Renga/Haiga with Christina Chin -"Rat Mummy"

            The Taste of Sunlight - SolCal Haiku Study Group Anthology 2

            Autumn Wind Chapbook Collection by Matthew Defibaugh, November Issue

            Fireflies Light, pages 63-65 October Issue Tan-Renga (Tanka/Photography)

            ourbesthaiga.blogspot.com, July 7th, August 20, August 28

2024

            King River Press - Folk-Ku Journal Issue 2, two remembrance haiku
            SetuMag.com - January, February, March, April, May, June
            Charlotte Digregorio Writer’s Blog - February 14th: Love theme haiku
            The Wombwell Rainbow - January 21, "Steeplechase"
            Dadakuku.com - February 24th, May 21, July 20

            The Starbeck Orion - March "Elderberry Wine" 

            Pikers Press - April "Them Bones, "Ice Flow" May "Strawberry Wind"

                                   June "Threshold", July "Otherness-Sameness-Saneness

            Poetry Pea 2:24,  

            Hexterodox Haiku Cutting Letters: English Interpretations of the 20 Traditional                                              Japanese Kireji   - 3 haiku Nari, Shi, Zu/Su style 

            Hauling the Tide - Haiku Society of America's Anthology 

            The Starbeck Orion - Issue 5 Anthology #1, "Golden Mist" Silk Painting and Poem 

            Pan Haiku Review: Call of the Page Summer Issue #3 -

                                              "Tardigrade Teachings" Ten Word Story      

Collaborative Works with Jerome Berglund  

          miniMag - February miniSplit Sequence Haiku 

          Synchronized Chaos - April Split Sequence Haiku 

          The Starbeck Orion - March Split Sequence Haiku 

          D.O.R. Issue 6 - March Hare Split Sequence Haiku 

Collaborative Works with Christina Chin                                            

          The Starbeck Orion - March 4 Tan-Renga  

          SetuMag.com - Tan-Renga (Tanka/Concrete Poems) with Christina Chin

          Mad Swirl - April Tan-Renga/Haiga with Christina Chin -"Bat Nuts"

Marjorie started a weekly a Substack email newsletter, July 2023 https://thecosmicgumballmachine.substack.com 

Gumballs are different flavors of haiku, visual poetry, sci-fi short stories,

and other quick fun reads to start your week.

Her artwork & observations inspire her writings. Marjorie looks for words

that are worth more than a thousand images. Her writings deal with

grief, hope, and the wonders of the Universe.