Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — A poet has been forced to launch his new collection in the street after a bookstore cancelled the event because of a campaign by Christian activists. —
2. — Cocktails and prostate jokes —
3. — For the first time on the iPhone, poetry fans can make their own poems —
4. — Contrary to the popular myth, we don’t all have a book in us and pretending otherwise devalues great writing —
5. — Never one to waste words, he gets mileage out of each of these possibilities in this chapbook’s mixture of short essays, poems, and prose poem —
6. — Despite the promising subject, the poems do not quite work —
7. — Harjo, the University’s only Joseph Russo Endowed Professor, said her resignation was a result of the administration’s decision to retain associate professor Lisa Chavez. —

Poetry News:

1. — Prison court sentences blogger to 20 years, poet to two years —
2. — In “Ballistics,” the poet continues his vein of poetry that holds one-sided, intimate conversations with the reader —
3. — Child’s Garden of Hip-Hop (for Mom to Love, Too) —
4. — In his new collection of poems, Warhorses, Yusef Komunyakaa explores familiar themes with idiosyncratic grace and musical intensity. —
5. — Poetry Roundup —
6. — Harjo, Cazimero win $50,000 USA Fellowship grants —
7. — Wordplay with Peter Culley & Ezra Pound [MP3] —
8. — A Guilty Conscience for her Time —
9. — Poem of the week: In the Trenches —

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.

Poetry News:

1. — Susan Howe whispers the netherworld [mp3] —
2. — Violet de Cristoforo, 90; California haiku poet survived WWII internment camps —
3. — This poem is as sexy as a soft-porn script —
4. — This very special baseball program of SELECTED SHORTS includes stories, memoirs, and poems that celebrate the national game [mp3] —
5. — how the structure of language reveals things about the mechanics of our minds —
6. — The words that time forgot —

Clever crows are caught on camera