Poetry News for July 25, 2007
Poetry News:
- — Day Six: Penguin Publisher, Expert, Enliven Parker Copyright Trial —
- — the average salary in publishing remains relatively meager compared to other professions, especially for women —
- — his poems are no less for this; we must each find our own language —
- — It wasn”™t until the mid-1840s that limericks became popular —
- — The first full stop arrives at the end of line seventeen leaving us with the mouth-crammed satisfying awkwardness of the stanza end —
- — Gov. Jim Douglas and the Vermont Arts Council will hold a public ceremony honoring State Poet Ruth Stone —
- — Poetic License Exam [link good for a few days] —
- — “Beowulf” is a hyper violent and highly sexualized tale of the warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) who must slay the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover) —
This week is the 40th Anniversary of the Detroit riots in 1967. My mom was pregnant with me at the time. The National Guard made my dad close his drive-in while it was happening. And tanks were driving up Joy Road.
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