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Poetry News:

— Unfortunately, poetry in general has a bad reputation —

— new lit mag alert —

— The Griffin Poetry Prize Announces the 2008 Canadian and International Shortlist —

— She did say, though, that her interest in cryptography, the study of coded writing, influenced her poems, along with her love of puzzles —

— Never has so [...]

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No news tomorrow but please enjoy this preview of the forthcoming Huang Xiang exhibit at the downtown Nashville public library. [more about the exhibit]
The photos are courtesy of Paul and Jill, who I sort of know through local Shambhala training (though the circumstances with my health & situation with my parents has made it hard [...]

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Poetry News:

In an age when writing that isn’t downright naive tends to have been plunged in the acid bath of irony… —

Can visual poetry appeal to connoisseurs of art as well as the masses and thereby create a market for itself? —

Vietnam recognises jailed poets —

Poets & Writers Magazine selected Blue-Tail [...]

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Poetry News:

Cold Mountain Review releases fall issue —

The Poetry Foundation is smarting over “The Moneyed Muse,” a 6,000-word profile by Dana Goodyear —

Three People Reportedly Jailed for Organizing Literary Event —

Modigliani’s languid Anna Akhmatova —

Write Porn, Forge Art, Buy $1,200 Wine: Money Tips From Authors —

A sign of spring: baseball [...]

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Poetry News:

Asahi Haikuist Network —

45 Writers from 22 Countries Receive Hellman/Hammett Grants —

The Poets.org Poetcast: a retrospective on the life and work of Muriel Rukeyser, including historical recordings and reflections from her former student, Sharon Olds [link goes to MP3 file & it is not safe for work] —

‘Othello’ off the British [...]

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Poetry News:

Dryden sets up a cast of symbolic figures to express the folly and wrongdoing of an old year and the hopes of a new —

Poetry is hard work, and it should be, says professor —

Lexington poet clearly earns spot at front of pack —

Poetry is thought to be an elite art, [...]

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Poetry News:

Giovanni keeps it light this time —

Garrison Keillor’s bookstore opens its doors in St. Paul, Minn. —

Workers Dig Up Grave Mystery In Dickinson’s History —

Because many Language poets and prose poets measure their work in units of the sentence, they”™ve had much to fight about —

I won a humor contest [...]

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Sorry this is late…not much computing time this weekend at home because of a lot of lightning storms.

The clash is between what you might call the technorati and the literati (requires bug me not)
Three Burmese youths on trial for writing a poem
She‘ taken the timeless poetry of Shakespeare and set it to original jazz, funk [...]

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Hallmark Writers Get Advice from Poet Laureate
The Zen poet of Mill Valley
William Blake and ‘The Grave’ (requires bug me not)
“Night Run” By Lynn Emanuel
I believe in poetry as a way of surviving….

Tags: human rights, Poetry, Poetry News

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Karla Elling and Sheilah Britton give terminally ill patients at the Mayo Clinic Hospital an unforgettable gift: Their life, captured in poetry (requires bugmenot)
A poem on the range
Haiku poet revealed worlds within the art of few words
David Harsent has two magnificent cats
Court Sentences Human Rights Activist

Tags: David Harsent, haiku, human rights, Karla Elling, literature, Nick [...]

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