Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — How Jim Morrison Died —
2. — The Pirahã, Everett wrote, have no numbers, no fixed color terms, no perfect tense, no deep memory, no tradition of art or drawing, and no words for “all,” “each,” “every,” “most,” or “few” —
3. — We’re poets, so this was an amazingly stressful situation for us —
4. — Actress Katrice Monee Headd has more than the usual nervousness about her upcoming portrayal of poet Nikki Giovanni. —
5. — At 26, the youngest poet to be shortlisted for Forward Prize —
6. — The 3rd Annual Printers’ Ball is scheduled for Friday, July 20, at the Zhou B. Art Center in the heart of Chicago‘ Bridgeport neighborhood —
7. — Should peotry [sic] be outlawed? —
8. — Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish returned to Haifa Sunday night and read his poems in front of hundreds of cheering fans —
9. — Shapiro’s poems are levitations, magical and incantatory, or they are physics experiments that are also dreams —
10. — Linda Fiorentino Will Produce, May Star in Russian Poet Biopic —

“I’ve seen the miracles of God with my own eyes,” Yang said. “I did a lot of bluffing, also.”

In just a generation or so it has spread throughout much of the English-speaking world [link found here thank you]

What’s the difference between a blues musician and a jazz musician?

A blues musician knows 3 chords and plays in front of a thousand people and a jazz musician knows a thousand chords and plays in front of 3 people.

[Rimshot.]