Poetry News:
— Scratching poems on cell floors, or making ink from the brick powder of the walls, Burmese writers have managed to continue writing despite imprisonment and censorship —
— Haiku Poet Documented Life in Japanese Camps —
— To write vital poems, Notley has said, “it’s necessary to maintain a state of disobedience against … everything.” [...]
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Poetry News:
Bradstreet wrote about the difficulty of pursuing art in the Puritan community where she lived —
There are Plathites out there that are very sensitive about Sylvia being made fun of in any way —
Seattle Poetry Festival Steps Up [probably not safe for work] —
Kathleen Peirce is one of nine poets [...]
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Poetry News:
I locked myself in my bedroom, dug way down, and wrote an even more bitter poem —
Without rhythm, verse is lifeless —
Police hunt for Didsbury scrawler —
Bradstreet’s popular and academic image is as deceptively complex and deep as her couplets —
This month’s shortlisted poets have tackled difficult subjects with [...]
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Oxford Updates Its Collection of American Poems
For his latest project, he has adapted the work of Du Fu, a poet from the Tang Dynasty
Why writers never reveal how many books their buddies have sold
Poetry fights illiteracy among Yemeni women
We have an abiding affection for dactyls, strophes and dithyrambs
Tags: Anne Bradstreet, bookscan, Dylan, literacy, Poetry, Poetry [...]
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Kim Addonizio is blogging at the Poetry Foundation this week
Paper erodes, tablets are smashed
A Bibliophile’s Worst Nightmare
How Betjeman learned to boogie
point and counterpoint
The tradition of poetry as a way of being mean is an ancient one
Tags: Anne Bradstreet, John Betjeman, Kim Addonizio, Mary Ruefle, MFA, Poems, Poetry, Poetry News, poets, Writing and poetry
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