Poetry News:

1. — Opening Day in the Motor City —
2. — These 2 links might not be safe for work: UNM’s director of creative writing said she will resign because her colleague has not been punished for posing in sexually explicit photos with students. and more here —
3. — The sheer aesthetic appeal of the poem, to which critics have paid too little attention and given too little credit, transcends, time and time again —
4. — A poet hits with an ear for music —
5. — Documentary records life of poet Stanley Kunitz —
6. — Daniil Kharms’ miniatures might well be required reading for anyone out to revolutionize literature —
7. — Meet the 2008 Guggenheim Fellows in Poetry —

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This great poets list has only one woman. About right, too

the 100 best last lines from novels

Poetry should have punch. It should jab, it should undercut, clinch in the corners and consider in hard times the head butt

Poetry News:

1. — Poets’ Opportunities Greater than Ever Before; Arthur Guiterman Tells How to Make a Living Out of Verse and Gives a List of Don’ts for Aspiring Poets ;- Advises Writing on Topical Themes By Joyce Kilmer. —
2. — Defending the M.F.A. [link good for a few days] —
3. — Mr. Wilson’s work was less effective in two vocal pieces, “Four Short Poems of Louis Zukofsky” and “Lotus Dam,” based on a poem by Les Murray —
4. — Just in time for Thanksgiving, hear delectable poems from Stanley Kunitz, W.S. Merwin, Yusef Komunyakaa, Galway Kinnell, and Philip Levine —
5. — He won the 2005 Lannan Literary Poetry Fellowship and has made presentations at more than 300 national conferences, universities and prisons —
6. — NEA May Funnel Addtional Funding to Artist Colonies —

I hope these weren’t some of the toys I sent. But a high probability that, yeah. My condolences. How can somebody suicide-vest-bomb a bunch of little kids? I won’t be sending any more stuff to hand out to the kids over in Iraq (after these school supplies are sent) I don’t think. (My family member is OK.)

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I have some poetry up at the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature. These poems are formal poems, including a dactylic poem that made electricity come out of my forehead when I was trying to write it, haha. I don’t think I’ll be writing any more dactylic poems anytime soon. So go read my poems and the other poet’s poems & be sure to not miss Dale Wisely’s poems because his poems just kill me.

Thank you for the invitation.