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Poetry News:
- Eleanor Lerman’s poems have sociological savvy, philosophical rue, historical recognition and vernacular resilience [link courtesy of the page] —
- Writers establish literary press based in Rome [Georgia] [the U.S. state] [not the country of Georgia] [nor the capital of Italy] —
- Adam Mickiewicz, the national poet of Poland, was born in Kaldceuskaje Zavossõe Zaosiye —
- Meet my neighbors
[thanks to KingstonSprings.org for the link]— - This exquisite facsimile of the herbarium Emily Dickinson arranged as an adolescent will delight readers and gardeners alike —
- a bunch of NYT poetry book reviews —
Harpur Palate has taken *part* of one of my sonnet sequences for publication. 
I’ve gotten a very thorough drubbing this year as far as poetry rejections go. So except for my “Horton Hears a Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf” couplet that won that humor contest, this is my first good publication news since February. Ah, well. I still like my dactylic pantoum about the lottery. I’ll keep trying to find a home for it for a little while more.
Did you know the guy who invented the spring-loaded mousetrap also invented the first automatic, portable, machine gun? Death and efficiency, eh? Someone needs to write an essay on that! (His son founded the ARRL — I’m a lifetime member — so that is how I stumbled on that bit of trivia.)
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Russell Ragsdale responds:
Posted: December 10th, 2006 at 6:39 am →
Never give up, Jilly! Keep your dreams and keep crossing the street for your appointment with destiny. You will find your dreams somewhere on that other street.
myshkin2 responds:
Posted: December 10th, 2006 at 7:23 am →
Great that you link to this article abt Adam Mickiewicz, probably the greatest Polish poet, and his great Polish epic, Pan Tadeusz. Just so happens that I recently completed a new translation (all three hundred pages of his alexandrine couplets!) available as a free PDF download from HarrowGate Press:
http://www.harrowgatepress.com/pan.pdf
Anne responds:
Posted: December 10th, 2006 at 6:49 pm →
Congratulations on the acceptance! Somehow it seems like the ones at the end of the year are the most fun. Maybe because you’ve already made a mental list of “well, here’s how this year went” and then you get to revise it to be better.
Scott Holstad responds:
Posted: December 13th, 2006 at 8:27 pm →
Hey, congrats on the great publication acceptance! Wonderful news.