Poetry News:

1. — What The “Subprime Poetry Crisis” Means For The Overheated Metap[h]or Market —
2. — Poster poems: The rhythm of the falling rain —
3. — Wordplay with Pat Reviere-Seel and Jessica Newton [MP3] —
4. — A report on the new poet laureate of the U.S. A question from Yemen about Emily Dickinson. And poetry set to music, on a new album from France’s first lady, Carla Bruni. —
5. — This story of a wife’s betrayal and her husband’s fidelity unto death stings me with the awareness that small, unnoticed nobility endures in our midst —
6. — Poets, we think, can’t help but be poets and do poet-ish things. —

McCain’s Economic Plan For Nation: ‘Everyone Marry A Beer Heiress’ (ONN)

Poetry News:

1. — The way to become a poetry lover, according to the next U.S. poet laureate, Charles Simic … [and more: Politics and the Poet Laureate link found here thank you] —
2. — Poetry is not a populist enterprise. When it matters at all, it’s the opposite of populist. [link found here thank you] —
3. — Mock ad in Myanmar Times ushers in stringent regulations —
4. — Duke Ellington’s heirs reflect on the resemblance between their grandfather and Shakespeare —
5. — Why is WD Snodgrass hanging out with the poetry.com organization? [and more] —
6. — Heretofore, not many people outside the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference felt they needed to know more —

Poetry News:

1. ‘Isotope’ gets $5,000 grant (yay! I loooove Isotope) —
2. “The Lorca family cannot stand me” —
3. With history as his muse, a poet finds new voices —
4. Decision on Burns museum awaited —
5. The Waste Land: Declassified poetry from Guantanamo Bay —
6. 7 regional writers vying for book critics honors —

My mom is in the hospital so any good wishes / prayers would be appreciated. Friday I drove to Chattanooga and picked up my aunt and we drove to Detroit to see my mom. (My aunt doesn’t like flying.) We drove back to Chattanooga Monday and on Tuesday I drove back to Nashville. Driving and crying — my eyes are like 2 piss-holes in the snow, as they say. I will probably be going back up there soon because I have to do some aftercare research up in Detroit. I need to find out about work and FMLA etc beforehand, though. I’ll post here if I’ll be on hiatus or whatever.

I’m very sad about the whole thing.