Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — The ethereal world of radio poetry —
2. — Beowulf Through the Eyes of Women —
3. — The poetry of pain —
4. — Byron, ghost and partisans enlisted to save Tuscan villa in ruins & Lord Byron’s fanmail uncovered —
5. — 100 Near Perfect Books of Poetry —
6. — Spillage from the Riptides of Desire: Poetry Blurbs —
7. — Mr. Alexander fashions from modern English a vivid reincarnation of Anglo-Saxon poetry — its grim pathos studded with brilliant figurations, its morbid griefs sung in an armorial tone of resolve —
8. — Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2008 Results —

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“A researcher argues in Science that a basic tenet of economics — that people always behave selfishly — can be wrong, sometimes badly so. He points to new experimental evidence that people do often act against their own personal self-interest in favor of the common good, and they do so in predictable, understandable ways. Poorly-designed economic institutions fail to take advantage of intrinsic moral behavior and often undermine it.”

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Steel Toe Books has an open reading period in October for formal-type full-length poetry book manuscripts.

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I don’t have any poetry rules. So I was reading Mary Biddinger’s blog post with everyone’s comments & I was going “I ummmmmmmm … errrrrrr … well … gee.” I   tend to need to have  require some sort of constraint to write up against, though. That’s not a rule though, it’s more like a pathology. I do like to see what I can get away with — in fact, I’ll probably use everyone’s rules about “what not to do” as writing prompts hardee har har har har.

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Poetry News:

1. — These aren’t pastoral poems delighting in nature; they’re set in a muddy town of drunken fights —
2. — Try doing it, and what you’ll end up with is cheap imitation Frank O’Hara —
3. — Thieves steal homeless poet’s words —
4. — Agenda will celebrate its half centenary next year, having been founded by William Cookson and Ezra Pound in 1959 —
5. — Reading the work of other contemporary writers makes your own work derivative, say some. —
6. — Gardens and their flowers have inspired poets down the ages, but will they inspire you to your own florid contributions … —
7. — He discusses life as a poet in Pittsburgh, “where no one is a stranger,” and shares some of his work [links to MP3] —

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I think Verse Daily forgot to pay their domain renewal. Or Paul Guest broke it. He was the last poet I saw up there. Or maybe they threw in the towel.

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 —