Poetry Hut Blog

Poetry News:

1. — ‘Free Fall’, video and music by Mike Burakoff, collages by Nick Piombino, from the book of the same name. This is featured at The Continental Review “…a haven for original video readings, video poetry and hybrid poetic-imagistic objects….” —
2. — Brewer among the nominees for Utah Book Award —
3. — Andrew Topel, visual poet of commanding technique, is a rightful heir to lettrism —
4. — Joe Milford Hosts Scott Owens! - Sep 27,2008 from The Jane Crown Show —
5. — You should buy this book it is really really really really really good. Yay! —
6. — This week on The Infinite Mind: Telling Their Stories. We will take a look at the value of brin[g]ing personal narrative into medical care. [incl. Rafael Campo] —

I swear, I am “this close” to becoming an anarchist … if I didn’t think that a Constitutional Republic was the best way to ensure the maximum freedom. But law is becoming increasingly a moot point. Why did they pick such battle-hardened troops with tons of recent combat experience for this deployment? Pfff.

I feel too crappy right now to continue this blog, sorry. I’ll be back though.

Happy Autumn! My favorite season.

Poetry News:

1. — Some of his latest readings include the collected works of American poet Robert Creeley and poet Lyn Hejinian’s book “My Life.” —
2. — American Ghazals —
3. — Hickory poet Scott Owens will have his third chapbook of poems published online in April by the Dead Mule School of Southern Literature —
4. — A copy of a poetry book hailed as one of the most important in English history has been bought for £42,000 —
5. — Why the worst artists deserve recognition —
6. — Kenmore native is a poet and entrepreneur —
7. — To write poems about seeing, you have to disappear; it is essential to relinquish your so-called perspective —
8. — At a special SELECTED SHORTS live performance, the Tony and Emmy Award-winning actor and writer John Lithgow selected his favorite story poems from his anthology, THE POETS’ CORNER and read them along with celebrated performance artist Bill Irwin [MP3 ha that Gertrude Stein was fun] —
9. — Frost’s ‘47 lecture finally gets printed —
10. — No one, surely, will take exception to my list of phobic-friendly poetry —

Poetry News:

1. — their estimates of one or two poets, notably John Gould Fletcher, are horrifyingly kind, and of one or two others, notably Laura Riding, apparently insensible —
2. — Members of the public will choose the verses from a list before picking up the cab at an agreed location and time —
3. — Queens faculty readings in January —
4. — Main Street Rag Publishing Company will publish the second collection of poetry by Hickory poet, Scott Owens —
5. — The Library of Michigan has chosen its 2008 Michigan Notable Books —
6. — Spotlight Audio: Langston Hughes reads “A Negro Speaks of Rivers” —
7. — What We Owe the New Critics [link good for a few days] —

I’ll be back after the new (and hopefully, improved) year. The blog is on autopilot with some non-poetry stuff until then.

I’m leaving tonight to see my folks and my new niece and my sister and brothers. Not looking forward to the flights — I’m on the TSA automatic “selectee” list, so I’m in for a groping and my suitcase will be pawed through & I’ll find a brochure in there. I put my copy of “the rights of man” on top of everything in my suitcase this time haha. [I don't get all the British humor in that video link haha but it was interesting.]

I have to go through the anti-explosives puffer machine if the airport has one, too. WTF? Yeah I’m such a big fat threat. Dumbasses. With a name like “Jill T. Dybka” I doubt they are mistaking me for another “Jill T. Dybka.” Harry  Tuttle  Buttle. hahaha. It is so idiotic. And totally unconstitutional because there is no due process. Maybe I’ll be surprised and I won’t have S or SS or SSSS on my boarding pass anymore.

Anyway, sorry for the semi-rant. I sincerely do hope you have a Happy Solstice tomorrow and happy holidays. Be careful on New Year’s Eve with all the Craze-Os on the roads. & thanks for reading my blog.

p.s. I almost didn’t schedule auto-posts, which are scheduled from this point until New Year’s. What if my plane crashes and I die and yet my blog keeps posting for a while? That would just be really, really, creepy haha. I’ll take my chances.

p.p.s. What if I schedule auto-posts, then in the last post before I depart, I make a joke about my plane crashing/my blog continuing to post after I’m dead and then my plane REALLY DOES CRASH? That would just be really, really, REALLY creepy haha. I’ll take my chances.