Poetry News For April 1, 2008
Poetry News:
- — So what did Peter Mark Roget, the creator of Roget’s Thesaurus, do to handle all the pain, grief, sorrow, affliction, woe, bitterness, unhappiness and misery in a life that lasted over 90 years? —
- — Others believed poet Sylvia Plath was lead singer of pop group the Black Eyed Peas —
- — Do not panic…yet. —
- — Confusion in reading poetry, she says, is a “non-problem. I prefer to think of it as an alternative kind of knowing. It’s not one that gets a lot of credit in our culture.” —
- — It’s hitting hardest the writers who write books that you dip in and out of: poetry, cookbooks, travel guides, short stories —
- — Three Grand Prize winners will receive $100 each, plus their poems will be read to music, choreographed, costumed and danced by the Natica Angilly’s Poetic Dance Theater Company —
- — O’Hara’s personality became famous long before his poetry did —
- — From Punk Pioneer to Mother and Poet —
- — Like many of the poet’s biographers, Greenblatt is convinced that Shakespeare despised his wife —
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January responds:
Posted: April 1st, 2008 at 9:25 am →
Well, since you asked, readwritepoem.org is hosting its own NaPoWriMo, as well as the Writer’s Digest Blog.
I *heart* NPM!
Greg responds:
Posted: April 1st, 2008 at 1:45 pm →
Here’s another NaPoWriMo link:
http://www.reenhead.com/mole/2008_03_16_molearchives.php#7288610753179215562
(Maureen of Big Game Books)
Re #5 above: Widespread free distribution on the Internet may dent profits for some, but surely it can only help poets & poetry. How many poets make money from poetry books or other pubs? I welcome anything that gets my work to a wider audience. (See also my comment at the Times site linked to #5.)
Dedicated responds:
Posted: April 1st, 2008 at 9:48 pm →
If you are competitive in all things writing, visit: Lyrical Passion Poetry E-Zine. They have a haiku contest and free verse poetry contest.