Poetry News For October 2, 2009
Posts will be long and frabjous until I get caught up. — Jilly
- — Poetry Noir – Robert Polito on the intersection of Hollywood and God. [mp3] —
- — Lord Byron’s dig at William ‘Turdsworth’ —
- — Poetry: ‘Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious: A Book Report’ —
- — Round Two Runner-Up: Poetry At Six —
- — The most difficult poetry assignment I ever envisioned is to write a 10-line poem about neutrinos with alternating lines containing a metaphor and a gerund. Here are Jennifer Karmin’s & my, Bernadette Mayer’s groundbreaking neutrino poems —
- — Best American Poetry 2009 —
- — Northwestern Backs Its Press, Plans to Move Journal Online —
- — The Little Poet of Laugh-In Has Died: Henry Gibson, Age 72 —
- — Jean Valentine and Harryette Mullen Receive Major Poetry Awards —
- — Scary Music Is Scarier With Your Eyes Shut —
- — Celebrating Nash’s Legacy in North Hampton —
- — In honour of the Notting Hill carnival, let’s take a look at the sounds and shapes of a Dada poem —
- — How to Read Poetry and Why People Don’t —
- — Writing how-to poems is, actually, a useful exercize in quite deliberately beckoning the imagination. —
- — Seven Kitchens Press reprints Christina Pacosz’s Notes from the Red Zone —
- — Bookslut – Jean Valentine Interviewing Kate Greenstreet —
- — Robert Frank’s Elevator Girl Sees Herself Years Later —
- — Mezzo Cammin —
- — Poetry corner – The Bathers of the Ladies’ Pond
from mirror.co.uk – Life & Style – Carol Ann Duffy’s Poetry Corner — - — The Blood-Jet Writing hour With Rachel Cruz – Join Rachelle as she talks to Dorianne Laux —
- — Dionne Brand, a Governor General’s Award-winning writer, has been named Toronto’s poet laureate. —
- — Ruth knocked out —
- — Carl Sandburg Writing Residency —
- — Steve Fellner on Accessibility in Poetry —
Byron’s comments about “Turdsworth” were typical of the man. His barbs were clever, though and well thought out….just a hint or three of venom..
I’m more of a Keats gal myself.