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Poetry News:

— The sonnet is a frequently misunderstood form with an enduring appeal. Fancy having a crack at your own ‘little song’? —

— it also cements her reputation as the greatest poet of her generation —

— This sense of freedom is produced by Ashbery’s diction (no American poet has had a larger, more diverse vocabulary, [...]

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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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Poetry News:

— This poem was written by thirteen-year-old Helen Keller (1880-1968) who, only six years before, was “a wild little creature” —

— new small press alert —

— Byron, Shelley and Miss Havisham —

— MLB Poetry Previews: Boston Red Sox —

— Romantic, Surrealist, clear-as-glass, impenetrable charlatan: Ashbery has been called all of these —

— new lit [...]

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Poetry News:

— Written in English, the collection gathers 25 Latino poets from across the country and gives each a hefty eight to 10 pages to showcase their work —

— Houses at Night: An interview with John Ashbery —

— Might not be safe for work nor good taste …but I am easily amused —

— Ó Searcaigh [...]

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Poetry News:

— A Penis-shortening Device Described by the 13th Century Poet Rumi —

— Saginaw, Mich., might be sagging but we can admire it for producing poet and teacher Theodore Roethke, and for preserving his boyhood home —

— Books news: Earliest “Howl” tape uncovered at Reed —

— Brooklyn-based poet Tom Sleigh has won the $100,000 US [...]

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Poetry News:

— Vandals ransacked the interior of Homer Noble Farm, the summer home of the late poet Robert Frost —

— Every New Year’s Eve, the normally dry Coast Guard log takes on a lyrical charm —

— John Ashbery’s verse can be hard to understand, but the simple act of reading his latest collection, Notes From [...]

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Poetry News:

— War Has Stopped European Letters and Art; But After Peace Old Forms Will Be Inadequate to Express New and Tremendous Experiences Says Arthur Bullard - By Joyce Kilmer. —

— Freelance writer and Navy veteran Jeff Hess is starting a writers group specifically for those who have served in the military [cool, Jeff]—

— Beat [...]

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Poetry News:

— Spent 22 Years Collecting 15,000 Similes; Frank J. Wilstach’s Ardent and Relentless Hunt for This Elusive Figure of Speech Results in a Remarkable Collection - By Joyce Kilmer [book is at Google books] —

— The Totality of Causes: Li-Young Lee and Tina Chang in Conversation —

— “Jennifer L. Knox is pure magic.” —

— [...]

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Poetry News:

— Our Rich Authors Make Cheap Literature; Ida M. Tarbell Laments Tendency of Some of Our Modern Writers to Sacrifice Their Independence and Self-Respect for the Sake of High Prices By Joyce Kilmer —

— Controversial Bangladeshi feminist writer Taslima Nasreen has been flown out of the Indian city of Calcutta after violent protests by [...]

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Poetry News:

— Legendary songstress Joni Mitchell returns with new music, art, ballet —

— For Yankees, Squirrel‘ Visit May Be Omen (a Bad One) —

— An innovative programme at a pioneering prison helps long-stayers to write - and perform - their own poems —

— Members of the artists’ collective “Voina” set the table for a funeral [...]

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Poetry News:

— MtvU, the subsidiary of MTV Networks that is broadcast only on college campuses, will announce today that it has selected its first poet laureate —

— a poem that considers explicitly the relation between old ways and new generations —

— Meet the many famous poets of modern America —

— The area is best known, [...]

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Poetry News:

— A parting of the ways in poetry —

— On March 2, 1952, Guest was named Michigan’s first poet laureate —

— Waldman is pleased that Walter Salles will direct the movie version —

— Millay was a national celebrity, and her readings would outdraw Robert Frost‘ —

— The Wounded Angel, 1903, by Amanda Auchter (congrats [...]

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Poetry News:

— Let’s do it, let’s fall in luff [link via Avoiding the Muse thank you] —

— Here’s a tortoise shell that reminds the poet of a soldier’s helmet and which leads me to a pet hate: computer games —

— A two-century jinx on a potential literary goldmine held true today —

— Galway Kinnell has [...]

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Poetry News:

Indian poetry ‘bomber’ jolts US —

“I think maybe he was just trying to save poetry from me” —

Everything in the Beginning —

Stiles stars in Sylvia Plath story —

Poetic justice for Houstonian —

Top honors given in 25th annual Eagle-Tribune/Robert Frost Foundation Spring Poetry Contest [congrats Jan] —

Thanks to Simon [...]

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