Poetry News for September 17, 2007

Poetry News:

— Then there was a whole slew of psychological tests and all they could discover was that memorizing poetry helps you to memorize poetry —

— Creatures: Heart Medicine For Humans —

— Q&A: Poet Kevin Young —

— Patter up: Verse that covers all the bases —

— 2007 Georgia Literary Festival —

— Drunkards, hypocrites and ne’er-do-wells ” that’s how poet Edgar Lee Masters portrayed many of the dearly departed —

— Among those subsidizing expenses for the event are Marilyn Nelson, the former Connecticut poet laureate, and Howard Zinn —

— For college teachers, September is the month of returning to work, often with mingled feelings of eagerness and dread —

Happy (US) Constitution Day. Poor, old, brilliant, shat-upon-as-of-late United States Constitution. Take a quiz.

YOUR SCORE IS: 41 OUT OF 50 ON THE CONSTITUTION FACTS EXPERT QUIZ #1!
YOUR CONSTITUTION I.Q. IS: CONSTITUTION WHIZ KID

Neener neener.

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4 comments

Robert:

Ha! I got 41 out of 50 too.

September 17th, 2007 at 1:49 pm

Jessica:

I got a 36, which classifies me as a “patriot.” Not sure I like that. Thirty six is only omne point over the average score. Oh, my attorney father and grandfather are rolling in their graves. I am humiliated.

September 17th, 2007 at 7:17 pm

Lyle Daggett:

I got 43, which is apparently in the “whiz kid” class, according to the test. I blame trickily worded questions for not getting more of the answers. (Shifty-eyed grin…_

September 17th, 2007 at 10:49 pm

Jilly Dybka:

But just think Jessica. Who is going to willingly take a Constitution quiz haha? I don’t think that average score = average Americans.

Robert & Lyle, I bow before you.