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      <image:caption>Carson Cooman set Gekker’s four poems of “Chasing the Moon Down” to music for medium low voice, trumpet and piano. Fabrik Musical Publications published the score. The CD, Rising at Dawn, includes this piece and was released in 2013. “Chasing the Moon Down” is also available on Apple Music. These poems are included in Gekker’s book, In Search of Warm Breathing Things as well.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Song Cycles - “… to cast a shadow again”</image:title>
      <image:caption>Composer Eric Ewazen set Gekker’s eight poems of “… to cast a shadow again” to music for medium low voice, trumpet and piano. Well Tempered Productions released this music on the CD entitled Chamber Music of Eric Ewazen, and Keiser Productions, Inc., published of the score. From their website: “This piece was commissioned by the St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble and premiered in New York in 1992 by William Sharp, baritone, Chris Gekker, trumpet, and Colette Valentine, piano. The poetry, written by Katherine Gekker, forms a cycle in which the excitement, power and mystery of love ultimately leads to the tragic and empty loss of love. The trumpet serves as a type of Greek chorus, commenting upon and highlighting the deelpy felt and emotional words." The album is available for download on Summit Records and Apple Music. These poems also appear in Gekker’s book, In Search of Warm Breathing Things.</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Recent News - My poem, “When / Then / That,” from Delmarva Review, Vol. 13, was nominated for inclusion in Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses, 46th Edition, and republished on The Talbot Spy with my author’s note:</image:title>
      <image:caption>“When a significant relationship ends painfully, we often find ourselves rehashing the turning points, the decisions, the regrets. With the repetition of “when, then, that,” I hope to create an unsettling and even ominous litany that will evoke the human tendency to torture ourselves with unwelcome memories and afterthoughts.”</image:caption>
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      <image:title>Recent News - Explore my poetry collection, In Search of Warm Breathing Things, published by Glass Lyre Press.</image:title>
      <image:caption>Order online from Bookshop.org or Amazon. Also available from Browseabout Books, Rehoboth Beach, DE.</image:caption>
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