Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — Posts will be sporadic —
2. — the percentage of women vs. men being published in literary journals discussions at the Poetry Foundation’s blog —
3. — As we expected, our article on Miss Eliza Cook has drawn upon us the fierce wrath of a fair lady, who has written us a trenchant note, in which she declares that Miss Cook is a great poetess. Now, we by no means wished to convey the idea that ladies cannot write poetry. We believe and know the contrary to be the fact. —
4. — Nasreen has been in exile since 1994 when Islamic fundamentalists issued a fatwa - death order - on her —
5. — Sex, death and foxes —
6. — The sound of music amok in the mind —
7. — Acclaimed poet Ruth Stone, 92, shows no signs of slowing down —
8. — Poetry unsettles complacency —
9. — Syllabus search engine — good for teachers and autodidacts —
10. — Adventures in Poetry — BBC Radio 4 —
11. — U of A pioneers micro-publishing —
12. — It is estimated that between five and ten per cent of known books are currently in print, and twenty per cent—those produced between the beginning of print, in the fifteenth century, and 1923—are out of copyright —

I have some diagrams up at the online mag DIAGRAM, which as you probably have guessed, is fresh.

Top 3 most popular links for October 2007 (as far as Feedburner is concerned):

More to the point, they seem to fill a gap left increasingly by magazines, which rarely publish this type of material anymore

The early letters of the future poet laureate reveal many of his lifelong obsessions, from furry animals to the occult, mostly in a financially anxious form

Three Reasons Why We Don’t Read Poetry

I had no idea that you could get tonsillitis even though you have had your tonsils out. There’s some tonsily stuff down your throat I guess. So the “ear” problem has been figured out. What a crappy year hahahaha. Good news is that I am going to Vermont over the holidays, so I get to visit my folks in their … new accommodations, my new niece, PLUS my sister will be there for sure and hopefully my 2 older brothers will drive in from Michigan. So for the first time in a very very long time, all 5 kids + my parents will be all together. Fingers crossed.

In other news, I’m ready to retire haha. (I started working when I was about 7 — after school during the week and on Saturdays.) I think I’m getting sick of it hahaha. (I’m just tired.)