Poetry News For December 19, 2007

Poetry News:

— The most accomplished poetess in the English-speaking world today is Marianne Moore, a greying, mobile-faced, almost reckless spinster, born in St. Louis, Mo. in 1887 —

— She started by looking at the $50000 question: According to its author, what famous poem was conceived during an opium-induced dream? —

— Looking Back: The poet of the American Revolution —

— ever since, heterosexual critics have turned themselves into pretzels trying to explain why Shakespeare reserved his most passionate love lyrics (”You are my all the world”) for a member of his own sex —

— Haiku in English —

— Gloria Steinem slams govt for shunting out Taslima —

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Erik France:

I’m loving the addition of historical bits — the piece on Marianne Moore is priceless . . . “almost reckless spinster” . . . “Poetess” . . . “Hibernian” — yes, language really shifts a little over time . . .

Cheers from snowy Detroit . . .

December 19th, 2007 at 2:04 pm