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.)

Poetry News:

1. — Poet laureate finds rhyme and reason in ordinary life —
2. — Prostitutes are target audience for India’s latest magazine —
3. — Love him or loathe him, William McGonagall is a Scottish literary legend —
4. — The Diameter of the Bomb by Yehuda Amichai —
5. — The Lost Poems of Joe Dimaggio —
6. — Why literary blogging won’t save our literary culture —
7. — Proceeds from Walton Arts Center performance to go toward the creation of the Miller Williams Poetry Prize —

Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest 2007 Results

Poetry News:

1. — Day Six: Penguin Publisher, Expert, Enliven Parker Copyright Trial —
2. — the average salary in publishing remains relatively meager compared to other professions, especially for women —
3. — his poems are no less for this; we must each find our own language —
4. — It wasn”™t until the mid-1840s that limericks became popular —
5. — The first full stop arrives at the end of line seventeen leaving us with the mouth-crammed satisfying awkwardness of the stanza end —
6. — Gov. Jim Douglas and the Vermont Arts Council will hold a public ceremony honoring State Poet Ruth Stone —
7. — Poetic License Exam [link good for a few days] —
8. — “Beowulf” is a hyper violent and highly sexualized tale of the warrior Beowulf (Ray Winstone) who must slay the monster Grendel (Crispin Glover) —

This week is the 40th Anniversary of the Detroit riots in 1967. My mom was pregnant with me at the time. The National Guard made my dad close his drive-in while it was happening. And tanks were driving up Joy Road.

Poetry News:

1. — The Husband Tries to Write to the Disappearing Wife by Jeannine Hall Gailey [congrats Jeannine] —
2. — ” … he cut through all the rubbish and I think that should be admired” —
3. — Art work marks end of poet’s walk —
4. — Momaday named state’s centennial poet laureate —
5. — I’d be out playing and I would hear a poem way off —
6. — They’ve convinced Congress to hold hearings on the matter [Yay! and you can keep an eye out here: there is an RSS feed] —
7. — First interview with JK Rowling —
8. — “Damn My Captain . . . I’m almost sorry I ever wrote the poem . . .” —

File-Card Conveyor Operated by Pedals

Poetry News:

1. — Poems about Aliens —
2. — The power and the passion: letters from great names sell for millions —
3. — A poet whose work draws on everything from astrophysics to household chores has been appointed Vermont’s new state poet —
4. — Egad! Poetry and the grammarian —
5. — ‘Operation Homecoming’: The Writings of War —
6. — Once upon a time, from Homer to Chaucer to Shakespeare to Byron, poetry occupied an pivotal place in Western culture —
7. — This poem is from a collection of verse about diseases, hospitals and the science and afflictions of the body —

I’m having Internet access problems and chigger problems.

Happy 4th of July. This person is my (insert the word “great” 27 times) grandfather. I had thought my family were just, like, hillbillies.