Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — Prison court sentences blogger to 20 years, poet to two years —
2. — In “Ballistics,” the poet continues his vein of poetry that holds one-sided, intimate conversations with the reader —
3. — Child’s Garden of Hip-Hop (for Mom to Love, Too) —
4. — In his new collection of poems, Warhorses, Yusef Komunyakaa explores familiar themes with idiosyncratic grace and musical intensity. —
5. — Poetry Roundup —
6. — Harjo, Cazimero win $50,000 USA Fellowship grants —
7. — Wordplay with Peter Culley & Ezra Pound [MP3] —
8. — A Guilty Conscience for her Time —
9. — Poem of the week: In the Trenches —

Poetry News:

1. — Poet Saw Wai appeared at Insein prison court yesterday for the third time defending himself against accusations of violating section 505(b) of the penal code —
2. — Unpublished Pablo Neruda poems highlight last romance —
3. — Thomas Disch, Novelist, Dies at 68 —
4. — Bad boy lit 101 —
5. — Starting in Sept. 2008, Northwestern will offer, for the first time, a Master of Fine Arts program for students who write poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction —
6. — Calif. woman pens a rant-and-rave for the D: An epic poem about the city —
7. — White Stripes’ White pens poem about Detroit —
8. — Osama’s son ‘writes terror poem’ —

you can still vote in yesterday’s poll if you’d like

Poetry News:

1. — Detained poet in hospital with hernia —
2. — Haikuists are adept at juxtaposing vivid imagery during springtime —
3. — For the next four days, the area around U Street and Columbia Heights will be buzzing with the presence of poets —
4. — Stray Questions for: Ishmael Reed —
5. — Current Finalists for the 20th Annual Lambda Literary Awards —
6. — “I think poetry is a much larger part of our lives than popular culture indicates” —

I changed my bracket at the last possible minute before lock-down. Final 4 = Tennessee, Memphis, UCLA and Wisconsin. Still going with UT. (I don’t know what I’m doing.)

Some Split This Rock blogging here and here.

Poetry News:

1. — The trochaic trend in presidential first names probably doesn’t put Obama at much of a disadvantage —
2. — Zionsville resident publishes Tipton Poetry Journal; publication gaining traction in poetry circles —
3. — Prof’s poem wins award —
4. — Detained Burmese poet allowed meeting with wife —
5. — The University of Arkansas Press has established a new poetry prize to honor the Press’s co-founder and first director, Miller Williams —
6. — A history of authorial concealment: from modesty to mockery, cross-gendering to self-preservation —

Poetry News:

1. — Power Crazy Senior General Than Shwe: A chapbook edited by A. J. Patrick Liszkiewicz —
2. — Are we all clear on what a chapbook is? —
3. — Taslima’s visa extended —
4. — Elizabeth Bishop’s Writings Collected in New Volume [with audio & video] —
5. — Upcoming exhibition: Notre Livre: À toute épreuve. A Collaboration between Joan Miró and Paul Éluard —
6. — Police say magazine secretary embezzled $30k —
7. — Robert Hass, later the US poet laureate, called ‘I Know a Man’ ‘the poem of the decade’ (he meant the 1950s) —
8. — Earliest-known recording of Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” found in Reed College Archives—audio to be posted at Reed’s Multimedia Site, Friday, February 15, 9 a.m. (PST) —
9. — The day the persecuted Russian poet Joseph Brodsky went into exile, a recording of Mozart’s Divertimento in D (K. 136) was on his record player —
10. — The pull of an abstraction —
11. — Dear Mom: Someone stole my poem —
12. — Proponents say the time is right for a poet laureate to … um, do what, exactly? —

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. — Burmese poet held for insulting poem —
2. — One of the best Burns Nights I ever went to, the host left books of Burns poems round the table and just waited for people to relax [and Win a Year's Supply of Haggis on Burns Night at Scot Bingo yum] —
3. — People Of the Chapbook —
4. — Ted Berrigan and Jim Dine’s “Fragment for Jim Brodey.” —
5. — Giants Haiku: Super Bowl Edition —
6. — Delhi refuses to let France honour Taslima in India —