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Adrienne Rich

Poetry News:

1. — Her early writing is set in a structured style with familiar rhyming schemes, yet its tone foreshadows her charged works to come —
2. — Consistencies Found In Synaesthesia: Letter ‘A’ Is Red For Many; ‘V’ Is Purple —
3. — Poet Giovanni honored with historic marker —
4. — Poems not only rhymed but the syllables of each line were exactly calculated; to make matters trickier, there were tonal patterns as well, dictated by the pitch accents of the language. —
5. — Though he is best known for his medicine–related poems, Peter Pereira successfully exploits his devotion to anagrams and other word games in poems that celebrate the malleabality and surprises possible in language —
6. — Twas the year 2008, when the world’s worst poet got his day - a little late —
7. — The true legacy of the inventor of LSD, who died yesterday aged 102, is in the music, literature and visual arts that were produced as a result of acid —
8. — The problem of describing trees —

This country sure is going to hell in a handbasket. Maybe someone else will do an Idiocracy-type movie that won’t be as terrible.

Poetry News:

1. — “… the legitimacy/relevance/absurdity of AWP” —
2. — Although it is less thematically unified than previous books, Rich shows a grasp of language and form here that is still impressive —
3. — I now wish that I had spent somewhat more of my life with verse —
4. — Dear Lord, save Mississippi from the Paul Ott Verses —
5. — You are invited to submit an acrostic poem for a chapbook-sized edited collection entitled Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe —
6. — ‘Poetics Plus’ offers variety of events [Buffalo, NY] —
7. — Detained poet denied visits and parcels —
8. — Puck Poet; Grenfell professor’s book based on life of hockey great Terry Sawchuk —

Poetry News:

1. — Poetry Chronicle —
2. — Poems on the frontiers; a lobster lesson on the sea
3. — Jenny Holzer Makes Light of Poems and Beats Swords Into Paintings —
4. — Pakistani’s Poem Offers Hope in Despairing Time —
5. — In ‘Telephone Ringing,’ Adrienne Rich makes music of words —
6. — Here is Arizona poet Steve Orlen’s lovely tribute to the great opera singer, Maria Callas —
7. — Ferlinghetti argues that poetry can save the world —
8. — Creative Work Has Health Advantages, Population Research Center Study Shows —
9. — Dylan Thomas’s passport can now be viewed online thanks to the National Library of Wales [more] —
10. — An “honest guildsman” of a poet melds the political and the personal —
11. — Possibly the most moving use of a poet’s own name in English poetry is Ben Jonson’s “On My First Son —

Poetry News:

1. — New lit mag alert —
2. — Afghan woman poet Nadia Anjuman remembered two years on —
3. — TO make one anthology is not necessarily a proof of courage; it may be merely a sign of ignorance. But to dare the wrath of neglected poets and of their friends the critics a second time, is bravery. —
4. — Jane Cooper: 1924-2007 Read poems, listen to recordings, and learn about her life. —
5. — The best informative writing about war needs to be in prose. In poetry, it’s more a matter of embedding expressions of daily life, inner and outer, in the times —
6. — Literary Podcasts —
7. — Jean Valentine - The Japanese garden —
8. — The first attack I found against a newspaper came in 1800, when a Federalist poet decided that his party’s defeat at the hands of the Republicans could be blamed entirely on the media —
9. — The “border of poetry” is “dreamfaces blurring horrorlands” —
10. — Take a look at Eleanor Rees’s exercise on reimagining familiar environments, which she has called Stepping Out —

LOL I ask questions on this blog once in a while but people email me rather than post comments. Bok Bok Bok. {chickens} Thanks for the emails though.

This is sort of pathetically funny. Maybe it is because of the neighborhood I grew up in, but even *I* know that falafel is not a Persian, Iranian, Chaldean, etc food. [Must. Not. Make. Bill. O'Reilly. Joke.] But seriously, when my sister flew back to AZ from Detroit last time, she brought a jar of good Dearborn tahini with her & the TSA had a fit. It really caused a problem. Part of it was because they couldn’t decide if it was a liquid or gel or whatever. And the label was all in Arabic. Actually, that’s pretty funny too, now that I think of it.

We always have a container of Costco hummos in the ‘fridge. So I guess we are screwed hahaha. I was emailing with someone about that article & we reckon that maybe if you buy bacon it does an if / else and throws your purchase out of the system.

if item !=pork then go on
else if item = pork then quit

or there could be a special “lone wolf/extremist” category

else if item =ViennaSausages
or item =RonPaulDonation

then write “lone wolf.”

A found poem from our conversation:

Purina One
BILLOFRIGHTS
BILLOFRIGHTS
Scott Tissue
BILLOFRIGHTS
Produce
SPAM
BILLOFRIGHTS
Bananas
Milk
BILLOFRIGHTS
Hershey Kisses
BILLOFRIGHTS
Tide
BILLOFRIGHTS
Brawny
BILLOFRIGHTS
Land-O-Lakes Butter
BILLOFRIGHTS
BILLOFRIGHTS
Twinkies

Poetry News:

1. — New £29m Bodleian Library halted —
2. — Johns Hopkins U. Will Resume Publication of Long-Dead Literary Review —
3. — Jordanian court convicts alleged al-Qaida poet for slandering king —
4. — Poet John Keats A “˜Bright Star”™ For Abbie Cornish —
5. — Fairy Tale Themed Radio Theatre —
6. — A Quotable, Pithy Guide to Aphorists —
7. — Listen to acclaimed poet Robin Becker recite from her latest book “Domain of Perfect Affection” as well as some older material and two new poems from her reading on Oct. 1, 2007 {mp3} —
8. — Esteemed poet Rich to read at Bama Theatre —

A scholar traces a proud history of insubordination as committed by notable women

Poetry News:

1. — How ballads created Finland, opera made Belgium, and fairy stories unified Germany —
2. — A Poet of the Mets Versifies of Gloom [link found here thank you] —
3. — …that is why Adrienne Rich’s poetry has enduring importance huzzah —
4. — Leading writers appraise Wendell Berry —
5. — Shams Skeleton Allegedly Found —
6. — Paris Hilton: poetry plagiarizer? —
7. — The stand-off is symbolic of French society: a rigorous bureaucracy on the surface with a bizarre subculture below —
8. — Poets Biddinger and Gailey to visit SUNY Fredonia —

Poetry News:

1. — Blogs versus Print: is there a prejudice? [and more, kinda, about the legitimacy of blogging.] —
2. — Elizabeth Bishop, in her early 20s, doing cart-wheels across the field at the farm —
3. — English Professor Sets Poetry Wheels in Motion for Luzerne County Residents —
4. — Poet Cathal O’Searcaigh wins €20,000 literary prize —
5. — Anna Akhmatova’s Portrait by Modigliani Presented to Russia —
6. — Fascinating —
7. — Len Sousa’s Poetry/Music Mashup [wandered there via a link here thank you] —
8. — These words gave me hope for humanity —

So why haven’t you read this book yet? Mmm.