Poetry News For September 29, 2008

Poetry News:

1. — Much closer to home, Wingard also doesn’t know who puts the shells on H.D.’s grave; he guesses it can only be fans who know her work —
2. — ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Iliad’ are giving up new secrets about the ancient world —
3. — There is a long tradition of poems written in response to paintings —
4. — Manchester University’s John Rylands Library will be digitising much of its renowned collection of medieval manuscripts, including parts of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales —
5. — When asked for advice on how the city can heal and progress in the wake of scandal, the city’s poet laureate Naomi Long Madgett, responded with a poem [sidebar] —
6. — Seeking the next N.H. poet laureate —

The lit mag reviews at New Pages are fresh. Isn’t it nice of them to keep publishing that? Why don’t you buy ‘em a beer?

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I used to get HD an AE mixed up haha. When I was writing that Ted Williams Frozen Head poem I kept thinking/writing Ted Hughes instead of Ted Williams too.

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My hand hurts, so I am taking a break. I have news scheduled for tomorrow, though and an appt in the pain clinic today so maybe that will help.