Poetry News For November 19, 2008
Poetry News:
- — Marvell’s great poem manages to be serious and light, epic and personal, as aware of the pleasures of the flesh as the transience of life —
- — Jared Smith comes to read and interview! – Nov 16,2008
from Jane Crown’s Poetry Radio — - — What do John Milton and the elephant Babar have in common? —
- — The magpie who came to stay: Artist Frieda Hughes has an unexpected house guest to her dream garden —
- — This custom of composing verses jointly, with mysterious reverberations between them, surely lies behind the collaborative sequence in the first book, which has two titles, aligned together, because it has two authors —
- — A public arts project in St. Paul, Minn., inscribes poems on neighborhood sidewalks. —
- — St. Louis poet Donald Finkel inspired dozens of poets —
I still have a few days of pre-scheduled blog posts. After that I am finished for a while. I try to do right by poetry, poets, but I don’t have any energy left right now. Uuuuuuunnnnnnnnnngggggg.
I have a week and a half of medical tests scheduled at VUMC next month & I’ve ordered those dorky anti-gravity pants. I don’t care if I look like an idiot. 
Take care, have a great Thanksgiving, and I shall return.
I like the new layout a lot.
Good luck, Jilly!
You’ve redecorated! I like it.
Enjoy your time off. Take care of yourself.
Hey, I just LOVE your new site design!!! Really nice.
I’m sorry you’re lacking energy. I’m sending good vibes your way.
Love the new look! Best wishes for your health and general well-being.
Wow, great new design! Good luck with the tests, Jilly, and Happy Thanksgiving!
Good luck, Jilly. And Happy Thanksgiving!
You take care too, Jilly, and have good turkey days.
And I also really like the new design for the blog.
Haven’t been here for a while. I, too, like the design. Be well.
-Diane Martin
Thanks. The cool thing with Wordpress is you just have to pretty much push a button for a new look haha.
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