Poetry News For October 3, 2009

This poem draft of “The Reanimation of Ted Williams’ Frozen Head has gotten a lot of traffic from people searching for Ted Williams Frozen Head or Ted Williams Frozen Head jokes etc.

Then I noticed this in my RSS feed of the (newly reanimated itself) Weekly World News: According to a new book, Ted Williams’ frozen head was abused by facility staff!. So I guess the author has been stirring up publicity. It’s not a fake article: Chicago Sun Times

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Dear Weekly World News;

Which of these headlines is more Weekly World Newsish?

Yours: According to a new book, Ted Williams’ frozen head was abused by facility staff!

The Chicago Sun Times: Ted Williams’ frozen head used for batting practice, says new book

I’m glad you’re back but you can do better! The Chicago Sun Times kicked your butt! You can do it!

• — This poem by one Tom Clark descended on me from the heavens, like an omen presented by some ancient Greek god or goddess. Well actually, I saw it on the sidebar of Tampa outfielder Fernando Perez’s recent essay for the Poetry Foundation. [when I was on hiatus pitchers and poets chose one of the poems from my baseball poem chapbook -- pdf -- as poem of the week thank you] —
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• — The life of a poet in New York means recognizing the important appellations and knowing when to take the (grant) money and run. DANIEL NESTER recalls life before leaving—
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• — Real Bird will work to bring poetry to life. —
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• — A RECLUSIVE Poole poet who died alone has been mourned across the globe by an online community now fighting to preserve her legacy.. —
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• — The 2009 Ig Nobels. —
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• — When Your Writing Sucks. —
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• — Handicapping the Nobel Prizes. —
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• — obscure poets: suzette haden elgin. —
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• — Teenage Plath writing & artwork acquired by the Lilly Library. —
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• — Some know him for his poetry, or his translations of poetry, or his work against the Vietnam War, or the audacious literary magazine. —
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• — Committee to host 75th birthday celebration for literary giant …. —
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• — What we wiseacres need to heed, though, is probably this rule: Ask not what you can do for this book, only what it can do for you.. —
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• — Cerise Press is a new international online literary journal. —
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• — a significant portion of a feature article on Craigslist (Gary Wolf’s “Why Craigslist is Such a Mess”) was given over to the poetry that has become part of the warp and woof of what is now the world’s largest classified section.. —
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• — Learning to love poetry again. —
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• — The first image gives you the size differences in each decimal place and the second image groups the poem in detail so that it is readable.. —
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