Poetry News For July 17, 2008
Poetry News:
- — Forgotten treasure from Brazil —
- — Eyes, and whether or not to trust them, are central to Ode to Psyche by John Keats —
- — Slain man identified as UC Riverside professor —
- — Poetry Foundation clarifies the policy on their blog comments —
- — The Poet’s Poet —
- — A 21st-century warning from a 13th-century poet —
- — Web Extra: Selected Poems by Kay Ryan —
- — Radio 4 poet criticises BBC soaps and aggressive interviewers —
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Who voted for Kay Ryan in the poll last week? Raise your hands. Who was the “suggester”? Yay Kay! I think that’s great.
“Kay Ryan, Poet Laureate” anagrams to:
Ya! A natural! Eke poetry.
A yank poetry laureate.
An okay letter aura — yep!
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