Poetry News:
- — Her first poetry collection was 10 years in the making, part of which she spent working on her master’s of fine arts in English at Western Michigan University —
- — But what people may not know is that Scott-Heron played an instrumental role in getting an official national holiday to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. —
- — Poetry in Motion: SpotCo Designs National Poetry Month Poster —
- — Literature or Litigation?: A Threatened Lawsuit Rattles Toronto’s Small Press Community —
- — With apologies to A.A. Milne, Mary Jane hasn’t lost her wits. She’s begun to study scansion…. —
- — University Press tries digital publishing —
I’m going to keep linking to MSM news articles I think because maybe the traffic will encourage them to do more of those types of things. Not that this is a huge traffic blog or anything. (Thanks for your input.)
I have had Pluto rolling back and forth over my Mars for the past couple years and now going to be rolling back and forth over my Ascendant for another couple years. If you know about astrology, this is a pretty intense happening. Heck I’ve already lost a few body parts hahaha.
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Poetry News:
- — In the summer of 1911, a frail, 50-year-old spinster named Harriet Monroe began knocking on the doors of wealthy Chicagoans —
- — An Interview with Cathy Smith Bowers —
- — “Poet’s Choice” columnist Robert Pinsky fields questions and comments on this year in poetry — transcript —
- — From penniless obscurity to recognition 250 years after his birth as one of the greatest Britons, how did a mystical outsider like William Blake win a place in our hearts? —
- — Basho’s Irish echoes —
- — Why devote seven years to proving an esoteric theory — in four volumes amounting to more than 2,000 pages — about which many academics remain skeptical and most people are unaware? —
I’ve been meme tagged — so here are 7 things and you consider yourself tagged, you hear?
- I grew up in Michigan but have never been on a boat. (I’m not counting rowboat or canoe.)
- My favorite Christmas Carols are O Holy Night and God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen but I couldn’t tell you many of the words.
- As part of my spiritual practice I try to keep an open heart but I’m naturally kind of melancholy and leery.
- I think I am going to adopt this slogan for the near future hahaha. (Link found here)
- More of a cat person but I like dogs too.
- Men from both sides of my dad’s family first came to America to avoid serving in the military.
- I like vanilla.
check out the skeletons
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