Poetry News:

1. — Vandals ransacked the interior of Homer Noble Farm, the summer home of the late poet Robert Frost —
2. — Every New Year’s Eve, the normally dry Coast Guard log takes on a lyrical charm —
3. — John Ashbery’s verse can be hard to understand, but the simple act of reading his latest collection, Notes From the Air, is a pleasure in itself —
4. — The theatrics of Russia’s Silver Age poets come alive in Paul Schmidt’s theatrical translations —
5. — Revisiting Cole Porter’s ‘Top’ —
6. — Landis Everson was one of the Berkeley Renaissance, an avant-garde poets’ group from the 1950s —
7. — The Blush of the New —
8. — Ken Tolson is the real-life grandson of Melvin B. Tolson, whose work as an educator, mentor and poet is highlighted in the new film The Great Debaters —

Most clicked links of last month:

1. Poet’s Choice” columnist Robert Pinsky fields questions and comments on this year in poetry
2. Since 1945, only three poems have been published by the charming grey-haired spinster who has won every US poetry prize worth winning.
3. Prize-Winning Poet Robert Hass On American Poetry, Bob Dylan, Impact of ‘The Big Lebowski’

Most popular posts of 2007:

1. Once upon a time
2. Poetry News for October 16, 2007
3. Poetry News for October 10, 2007

Poetry News:

1. — The most accomplished poetess in the English-speaking world today is Marianne Moore, a greying, mobile-faced, almost reckless spinster, born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1887 —
2. — She started by looking at the $50000 question: According to its author, what famous poem was conceived during an opium-induced dream? —
3. — Looking Back: The poet of the American Revolution —
4. — ever since, heterosexual critics have turned themselves into pretzels trying to explain why Shakespeare reserved his most passionate love lyrics (”You are my all the world”) for a member of his own sex —
5. — Haiku in English —
6. — Gloria Steinem slams govt for shunting out Taslima —

Poetry News:

1. — Since 1945, only three poems have been published by the charming grey-haired spinster who has won every US poetry prize worth winning. —
2. — Don’t expect her to ever do this again —
3. — Auckland professor named NZ Poet Laureate —
4. — Chant poems are poems which draw upon poetry’s ancient roots —
5. — Writer, critic, co-founder of The New York Review of Books and University of Kentucky alumna Elizabeth Hardwick died Sunday, Dec. 2, 2007 in Manhattan —
6. — Writers Find Haven on an Ivy Campus —
7. — Hidden poem by Wordsworth’s niece published —
8. — Contemplative education has defined this Boulder, Colo., college since it began life as the Naropa Institute in 1974 —
9. — A son returns to his parents’ home full of photos of himself – frozen moments that make him shiver —
10. — The verbal landscapes of Durham poet Tony Tost —

Poetry News:

1. — Paul Guest, a poet who teaches at West Georgia, will be in New York Wednesday to accept the prestigious $50,000 Whiting Prize and Whiting Award Winners Announced — [congrats]
2. — Indian politician and wife jailed for murder plot against Hindu poetess —
3. — Solitary Woman in a Glass House: Visual Translations of Emily Dickinson Poems —
4. — Poetry unlocks woman’s memory —
5. — She also sent poems, letters, packages saturated in perfume, a petrified alligator head, dead beetles and other items —
6. — From Old to New Media: Blog Begets Publishing House —
7. — These excerpts from Moore’s letters feature her correspondences with numerous literary figures, including Pound, Cummings, and William Carlos Williams —
8. — 13 Percent of Collection Misplaced, Survey Finds —
9. — Our findings suggest that it is in fact Democrats, not Republicans, who tend to favor the DH. In addition, we find no effect for respondents”™ proximity to American or National League teams, though older respondents were consistently more likely to oppose the rule. —

Today is my honey’s birthday. It’s celebration week.

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