Poetry News:

1. — The accompanying CD is particularly valuable because actors can read: its 30 poems are presented beautifully and naturally. —
2. — VIDEO - Kay Ryan: Chickens and the Funnies —
3. — This week we’re looking at a sauce-free poem by the Earl of Rochester, reminding us his range stretched beyond the scurrilous —
4. — N.C. native’s song enshrined —
5. — A poet’s vision for the environment, young artists —
6. — Wordplay: Nan Watkins presents Yvan Goll —
7. — Please remember this very, very important rule, “find out what the publisher wants.” —
8. — King Arthur is propaganda, say French —
9. — But it does represent the edgy relationship of women and their mothers —

Happy Canada Day Canadians!
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Elizabeth Cotten - Freight Train on You Tube with Pete Seeger (She was the maid for the Seeger family — interesting story [if you didn't read the article above]. Her guitar style is pretty influential — “Cotten picking” hmm like Maybelle Carter’s “Carter style” or Merle Travis’ picking, which Chet Atkins glommed onto. [His daughter is named Merle.] Chet used to play “Freight Train” sometimes.

and here is a video of her playing the banjo no embedding available

My back hasn’t gone out, but I’m having some muscle issues I guess. Taking a blog break. Have a good Independence Day.

Poetry News:

1. — Wonder Woman’s creator, Dr William Moulton Marston, a Harvard-educated psychologist, might have appreciated this new self-awareness of an ambivalent superhero —
2. — Among the writers he published are Ed Dorn, Kenneth Irby, Alice Notley, Paul Metcalf, Joanne Kyger and Robin Blaser. —
3. — Poetess murder accused seeks jail perks —
4. — Quirky Poetry Collection a Salute to Silly Stanzas —
5. — With his delicate, virtuoso rhythms and his brooding but good-humored poise, Charles Wright is well equipped to evoke nostalgia while holding it up to a cool light with gentle amusement —
6. — Crisis, what crisis? asks Robert Burns quango —

Poetry News:

1. — The intellectual seeds planted by the college still flourish in Black Mountain today —
2. — Simic Receives $100,000 Poetry Award —
3. — Nature a theme in laureate’s poems —
4. — There is always ferment in the world of poetry, probably because there is rarely money in the world of poetry —
5. — Sam’s gruff melody grabs attention —
6. — It’s making an assumption that we’re incapable of reading better books —

I don’t know about this forthcoming Beowulf movie … that … accent brings to mind (immediately) Arnold Ziffel and “hotscakes.”

I thought Wow! What a surprise.^* A poet living in the Northeastern USA was appointed Poet Laureate of the United States!! I’m not finished with this yet. Hey! the Civil War ended over 100 years ago, OK? LOL

(And poor Reed Whittemore was appointed twice & doesn’t even have a page at The Academy of American Poets. A few appointees don’t.)

“The new 2008 edition of Poet’s Market offers “Roundtable: Poets and Blogs” by Anne Bowling. Featured are bloggers Amanda Johnston, C. Dale Young (Avoiding the Muse), Kate Greenstreet (Every Other Day), Janet Holmes (Humanphone), Reb Livingston (Home-Schooled by a Cackling Jackal) [and me].” You can read more here. Thanks for the opportunity.

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