Bio
Adele Kenny is the author of 25 books (poetry and nonfiction). Her poems, reviews, and articles have been published worldwide, and her poems have appeared in books and anthologies published by Crown, Tuttle, Shambhala, and McGraw-Hill. She served as associate editor of The Antiquer: Fine Art & Antiques from 2000-2005 and has been poetry editor of Tiferet Journal since 2006.
Adele is the recipient of various honors and awards, including first place in the 2021 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards, poetry fellowships from the New Jersey State Arts Council, a Merton Poetry of the Sacred Award, first place Merit Book and Henderson Awards, a Writer's Digest Poetry Award, and the 2012 International Book Award for Poetry. In 2011, she was honored with a Women of Excellence Award (Union County Commission on the Status of Women) for her achievements and volunteer work in the arts and humanities; she was named Poet Laureate of Fanwood by the Mayor and Council in March 2012. One of her poems appeared on the marquee of the Rialto West Theater in NYC as part of the 42nd Street Art Project, and her book Staffordshire Animals has been cited by Home and Garden Television (Episode COL-713). She received the 2014 Distinguished Alumni Award from Kean University, and her book A Lightness A Thirst, or Nothing at All was a finalist for the 2016 Paterson Poetry Prize.
Adele was a 2021 Rahway's Own Award winner; these awards originated in 2012 to celebrate the accomplishments of various people who were born, raised, or lived in Rahway, NJ. A few previous recipients are electrical pioneer Nikola Tesla, astronomer Carl Sagan, artist Lloyd Garrison, dancer Daphne Lee, 4-star general Al Gray, and musician Tomi Jenkins. Each recipient receives a custom-made poster (see photo above).
Founding director of the Carriage House Poetry Series (1998-present), Adele is also co-director of the Fanwood Arts Council (Kuran Arts Center, Fanwood, NJ, 1999-present). Active in readings and in private and agency sponsored workshops, she has worked as a Grants Review Panelist (New Jersey State Arts Council and the Union County Division of Cultural and Heritage Affairs), and has also been a guest poet, presenter, artist-in-residence, and workshop leader for numerous organizations, including state and county Teen Arts Festivals, the NJ State Department of Education, Symposium for the Arts, and Very Special Arts Festivals (serving the handicapped). She has been featured at poetry readings in the US, England, Ireland, and France, and has twice been a featured reader at the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.
Certified by the State of New Jersey Department of Law and Public Safety, Division of Criminal Justice, Police Training Commission, Adele taught police report writing at the John H. Stamler Police Academy in Scotch Plains, NJ (1998-2008). Her teaching background includes 20 years full-time employment as a secondary-level English teacher, creative writing specialist, and teacher of the gifted and talented. She has also taught graduate-level courses in creative writing at the College of New Rochelle (NY), satellite courses at Rockland County Community College (NY), and has worked for the Middlesex County College Division of Community Education (NJ). In addition to other volunteer work, she served as a Shade Tree Commissioner (2014 - 2023) for the Borough of Fanwood.
Adele has been a member of the Secular Franciscan Order (formerly known as the Third Order of St. Francis) for over thirty years. She was professed on June 27, 1992.
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Selected Poems in Online Journals
Verse Daily
Verse Daily
Verse Daily
Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal 1
Orenaug Mountain Poetry Journal 2
Lothlorien Poetry Journal (4 poems)
The Raven's Perch
The Raven's Perch
The Raven's Perch
SurVision
Life and Legends
The Good Men Project (1)
The Good Men Project (2)
The Good Men Project (3)
The Good Men Project (4)
Silver Birch Press
Live Journal, A Poem A Day
St. Julian Press Guest Author
Reprint Magazine
Poetry Pacific
Your Daily Poem
"Survivor"
"That Much Closer"
"The Trains"
"Of Feathers, Of Flight"
"The Innkeeper's Wife"
"If There Is Such a Thing"
Fib Review
Feast Anthology (Poem, Recipe, & Backstory, Black Lawrence Press)
Shot Glass Journal (Issue #41)
"And No One Knows"
"It Wasn't"
"No Such Thing"
Shot Glass Journal (Issue #22)
"Even When She Isn't Sure, She Is"
"What You See"
"Where the Dead are Strangers"
Shot Glass Journal (Issue #13)
"What to Expect of Heaven"
"If It Hadn’t Been"
Haiku Foundation (see #1)
Ragazine
Schuylkill Valley Journal (scroll down to third poem)
The Night Heron Barks
"Whatever Else"
Interviews
Ploughshares Interview by Matthew Thorburn
Blogtalk Radio
Blogalicious Poetry Salon Guest Poet
Inner Music Interview (with Michael T. Young)
Poets' Quarterly Interview
Interview with Diane Lockward, Schuylkill Valley Journal Online
TAPinto (Rahway, NJ) Interview by David Brighouse
Podcast Audio Interview by Tom Kranz
TAPinto (Scotch Plains/Fanwood, NJ) by Charlie Cangialosi III
College of New Rochelle/Mercy College Interview
West Caldwell Poetry Festival, Featured Poet
Cultural Daily "Poets on Craft" by Bunkong Tuon
Translations
Italian: "What Grief Comes To"
Italian: "Like I Said"
Misc.
Poets and Writers, Inc.
Haiku Foundation Registry
Amazon Author Page
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