From JforJames at aol.com Sun Jun 1 19:24:40 2008 From: JforJames at aol.com (JforJames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:00 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Masefield Message-ID: Nice poem by Masefield over at wood's lot. _http://web.ncf.ca/ek867/wood_s_lot.html_ (http://web.ncf.ca/ek867/wood_s_lot.html) A few years ago I was in used bookstore in Middlebury VT and I found a slender volume there that I thought might be gold. It was bound single essay on poetry, as I remember it, it was his retirement address. An address to sum up one's life in poetry. I thought, ah-ha, a man who spent so many years immersed in poetry must have some interesting things to say about the art. I read it, as I generally do, with a pen and index card, ready to note certain compelling passages or delightful quotations. Nothing, not a place to put a little hash mark in the margin. It was like Stein's Oakland. But today I read the poem "The Passing Strange" and I forgive him. Finnegan **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080601/1b450dd6/attachment.html From JforJames at aol.com Sun Jun 1 19:59:28 2008 From: JforJames at aol.com (JforJames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:00 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Moveable Type Message-ID: Yesterday on NPR I heard a piece on "spaces" and they featured an installation by Rubin & Hansen at the new New York Times building. The architect Renzo Piano said to them before they started, I want something that will last 200 years. (A good charge for any artist, I'd say.) Video of their installation on this page... _http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/arts/design/25vide.html_ (http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/25/arts/design/25vide.html) Finnegan **************Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4&?NCID=aolfod00030000000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080601/e131c4ea/attachment.html From halvard at earthlink.net Sun Jun 1 23:17:16 2008 From: halvard at earthlink.net (Halvard Johnson) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: FOUND POEM In-Reply-To: <3BD5EC00-427B-48DC-BF95-DB0CFF8524CB@verizon.net> References: <200805291600.m4TG04Lq015966@wiz.cath.vt.edu> <3BD5EC00-427B-48DC-BF95-DB0CFF8524CB@verizon.net> Message-ID: <0FA4458F-D7DB-4B03-AA0B-E7A3C271BAE0@earthlink.net> Here, from a few blocks from our house, is the San Miguel de Allende version of this: Hal You have no enemies in this folder. Halvard Johnson ================ halvard@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/index.html http://entropyandme.blogspot.com http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com http://www.hamiltonstone.org http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html On May 30, 2008, at 1:51 PM, Barry Spacks wrote: > > For a (grim) laugh. > > A LOCAL "FOUND POEM" I'D ENTITLE "AMERICA'S JOYOUS FUTURE" > > > > > Don't know if the photo will carry, so here are the words as > posted on the Parish Hall's announcement board: > > MON Alcoholics Anonymous > > TUES Abused Spouses > > WED Eating Disorders > > THU Say No to Drugs > > FRI Teen Suicide Watch > > SAT Soup Kitchen > > SUNDAY SERMON > 9 A.M. > "AMERICA'S JOYOUS > FUTURE" > > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- Skipped content of type multipart/related From anny.ballardini at tin.it Mon Jun 2 01:07:49 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Moveable Type In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <3B2A3812CAFF40EFA7564E5DF773EBCE@AnnyPC> The idea is quite interesting, even if not original. The work is anyhow majestic. Renzo Piano has been a name all around for a long time, if I remember right, he said that our eyes - in an architectural context, see what we want. Experiment it at home, and you'll see there is something to it. As innovative is his statement quoted by Finnegan. The offering of deteriorating waste in the arts after Andy Warhol's idea of pop culture is literally invading every single corner, as much as cheap fantasy meant to sell quickly and all the petty rest. ----- Original Message ----- From: JforJames@aol.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:59 AM Subject: [New-Poetry] Moveable Type Yesterday on NPR I heard a piece on "spaces" and they featured an installation by Rubin & Hansen at the new New York Times building. The architect Renzo Piano said to them before they started, I want something that will last 200 years. (A good charge for any artist, I'd say.) 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URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/fe72fcc9/attachment.html From anny.ballardini at tin.it Mon Jun 2 09:25:51 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Fw: Cinnamon Newsletter June 2008 Message-ID: Welcome to the June Cinnamon Press Newsletter: Meirion House Glan yr afon Tanygrisiau Blaenau Ffestiniog Gwynedd LL41 3SU www.cinnamonpress.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- In this edition: a.. New title & launches for June b.. June book offers c.. 150 issues of Envoi d.. Cinnamon Writing Awards e.. Other Writing Opportunities -------------------------------------------------------------------------- May has been a whirlwind of launches and events - we began the month at the Wales Millennium Centre to launch Mike Jenkins' brilliant novella, The Fugitive Three, then on to the oldest pub in Newcastle for a packed evening of poetry and great company at the launch of Joan Hewitt's Missing the Eclipse and two days at the Hay festival for the launch of the anthology Eagle in the Maze and for the brilliant triple event for Kate North's Eva Shell, Holly Howitt's Dinner Time and Mike Jenkins' The Fugitive Three. June sees events in Dublin, Limerick, London and Mersea Island. We hope many of you will be able to join us for an event or take advantage of our new publication offers. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- New title and launches for June: This month sees the launch of Frank Dullaghan's debut poetry collection On the Back of the Wind - available now from the website. Frank will be reading from his new collection at a series of events and you are warmly invited to attend. Dublin Launch of On the Back of the Wind and Beneath the Deluge: Tuesday, June 3rd @ 6.30p.m. Poetry Ireland in association with Cinnamon Press presents the launch of Beneath the Deluge by Catherine Brennan & On the Back of the Wind Frank Dullaghan, Unitarian Church, 112 St Stephen's Green West, Dublin 2 Frank Dullaghan was born in Dundalk, Ireland, and read Economics at University College Dublin. He also holds an MA with Distinction in Creative Writing from Glamorgan University. He was one of the main organisers of the Essex Poetry Festival and led the panel of judges for the Young Essex Poet of the Year competition. For many years, Frank also edited Seam poetry journal. 'Frank Dullaghan's quietly spoken poems move between tenderness and terror with a humane warmth. They deal with the business of the world as experienced by a fully human being. The language follows and embraces a wide range of affairs, touching on loved, known and dangerous things - the texture of experience - lightly, unfussily, with a lovely ear for the plain cadence that is, for most of us, the sweet-sad music of being alive.' George Szirtes Prize winning poet Catherine M Brennan was born in Dublin and now lives in London. In this, her debut collection, she brings together her finest work: fresh, distinctive and honed with an eye for form and an ear for exact language. 'Beneath the Deluge is a deliciously sensuous first collection, exploring the nature, both physical and metaphorical, of earth and water, drought and flood. In powerfully physical and resonant imagery, water floods, courses, thunders, slants and bubbles through the poems, sweeping the reader along an elemental, passionate, but always beautifully balanced and controlled journey. This is writing which lodges in the body, under the skin and in the senses, 'rich with the scents/of crushed coriander, hot peanut oil/incense rising above traffic fumes.' Pound urged poets to 'Make it New;' Catherine Brennan has achieved this in a body of work which urges us to reflect on our relationships with nature, with catastrophe, with memory, and with our own bodies. ' Catherine Smith Frank will also be reading in Dublin and Limerick on Wednesday June 4th @ 1.15p.m. in Chapter's Bookshop, Dublin and @ 9pm @ Whitehouse poets White House Poetry Revival readings at the White House Pub, city centre. ( 52 O'Connell Street ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- An invitation to: Five Cinnamon Poets at Lauderdale House Thursday June 12th Frank Dullaghan; Judy Kendall; Nick Malone; Richard Marggraf Turley & Jan Fortune-Wood. 8.00p.m. Thursday June 12th, Lauderdale House, Highgate Hill, Waterlow Park, London N6 5HG; ?5(?3 concs). Frank Dullaghan , whose poetry has appeared in many literary journals including Poetry Review, will be launching his debut collection, On the Back of the Wind. Originally from Ireland, Frank currently works in Dubai - as Sheenagh Pugh says, " Frank Dullaghan comes over as both different and familiar. Not many poets can tell you what it is like to be interviewed in New York for a high-powered City job. He has a register of experience and references which is not quite like that of any other current poet I can think of. Yet in his poems about his father, and rooted in his Irish childhood, he speaks to memories and concerns we all share. In either world, his observant eye and exact language draw us in, creating sharp, fresh mind-pictures, like that of the swans being fed ("One Frozen Winter"), or the man in "Eden", calmly disorienting the city commuters by frying his breakfast on the train." Judy Kendall's first collection The Drier The Brighter has been widely acclaimed, with a poem from the collection in this year's Forward anthology. Philip Gross says of her poems that they, " demand that we make connections. .they invite both sensual associations and the enquiring mind. .what is left unsaid is rich with sharply-cut details. Like Edward Thomas, a presiding spirit in this book, she has the grounded sensibility of one who sees the world by walking." Judy lived and worked in Japan for several years before completing a PhD in Creative Writing and taking up a post at Salford University. Special congratulations to Judy who has also been awarded a Hawthornden Fellowship for the month of July for her poetry. Nick Malone , whose superb long narrative poem, Jason Smith's Nocturnal Opera, has recently featured in an innovative exhibition of words and images at the SW1 Gallery is a poet of enormous vision. In this second collection Malone's mastery of form and lyricism reaches new heights. We enter Jason's home for the course of one night and travel with him room by room on a journey of metamorphosis and discovery in which the boundaries of identity are challenged and re-defined. Intelligent, layered imagery; precise, visceral language and a hypnotic story make this an innovative poetry collection. Richard Marggraf Turley won the 2007 Keats-Shelley award and his first solo collection is The Fossil-Box, informed by preserved traces of things - forms, language, memory. John Barnie comments, "Whether exploring his ancestral Forest of Dean or the Ceredigion coast, Richard Marggraf Turley's poems are alert to the strata of human experience and the complex tracery that involves our lives with the natural world." Jan Fortune-Wood , editor at Cinnamon Press, is the author of three novels (A Good Life, Bluechrome 2005; Dear Ceridwen, Cinnamon, 2007 & The Standing Ground, Cinnamon, 2007) as well as a previous collection of poems (Particles of Life, Bluechrome, 2005). She will be reading from her poetry collection and from her forthcoming book, a novelised sequence of prose poems, Stale Bread & Miracles. rsvp: jan@cinnamonpress.com or just come along on June 12th If you can't make one of the launches Frank's book is available to order on the website along with the other great poetry titles featured in these readings. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other June Events: Wednesday 4th June - Poetry evening at Morden Tower, Back Stowell St, Newcastle, 8 p.m., free event. A fantastic line up of poets introduced by Colette Bryce, including Cinnamon poet, Joan Hewitt reading from Missing the Eclipse. (Joan will also be reading at Morpeth Central Library on July 10th) Thursday 5th June 2008 - Pulsar Poetry Evening, Goddard Arms, Clyffe Pypard, near Swindon, 8 pm until pub closing time. Guest Poet - Susan Richardson, author of Creatures of the Intertidal Zone. Plus open mic If you can't be in London on June 12th then there's also a chance to catch a Cinnamon reading in Devon - Dana Littlepage Smith will be reading from her enthralling collection, Black Elk Dances for Queen Victoria at the Plough Arts Centre. On June 20th Jane McKie will be attending the final of the Sundial Scottish Arts Council Scottish Book of the Year awards at a ceremony at the Border's Festival hosted by Rory Bremnar. Jane's debut collection, Morocco Rococo, already scooped the prize for best first book of the year and at the festival one of the category winners will be announced as overall winner. Jane will be alongside such luminaries as Edwin Morgan so we're incredibly proud of her and delighted that Scottish Arts has recognised the brilliance of Morocco Rococo. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- June book offers: We have a fantastic selection great offers this month - Jane McKie's Morocco Rococo, winner of the best first book of the year in the Sundial Scottish Arts Council prize, is still on offer for only ?6 inc p+p in the UK together with some of our newest poetry titles from Kentucky, Wales, Ireland and New Zealand: Joan Hewitt's tender, honest poetry tales in Missing the Eclipse, Kelly Moffett's achingly beautiful Waiting for a Warm Body to Fill It, Daniel Healy's crisp, refreshing Winter Lines, Lloyd Rees's finely observed, ironic Simple Arithmetic, Catherine Brennan's vibrant, sensuous Beneaththe Deluge,Iain Britton's precise, visceral Hauled Head First into a Leviathan and Frank Dullaghan's On the Back of the Wind - a distinctive voice already attracting attention for this debut collection. Or the best in new fiction: The fast-paced, compelling dialect novella, The Fugitive Three by Mike Jenkins, the multi-genre innovative novel by Kate North, Eva Shell, (with a limited number of signed copies available);the superb, gripping collection of microfictions, Dinner Time by Holly Howitt or Herbert Williams' award winning, funny, poignant novella, The Marionettes - all for only ?6 per title inc p+p in the UK. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Envoi - celebrating 150 issues Envoi 150 will be published next month - a gala edition of 112 pages (instead of the usual 96) Also to celebrate 150 issues of Envoi in June this year we have now launched the the Envoi bookclub - all subscribers to Envoi automatically belong to the bookclub - simply take out a subscription to Envoi if you don't already have one (?15 for three issues) and you will be entitled to receive 20% discount on all our books plus free post and packing when ordering by post using a cheque - that's only ?6.40 for any poetry book and only ?7.20 for any novel any time of the year (and of course you can also still take advantage of other special offers) In addition we now have a new reviews section of the Envoi website featuring excellent reviews from our talented team of poet-reviewers. Take a look at www.envoipoetry.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Writing Opportunities from Cinnamon Press With our publishing schedule full well into 2010, Cinnamon Press writing awards offer not only cash prizes, but the prospect of a publishing slot with a contract for first poetry collection/ first novel or novella and short stories. Previous winners and runners up have proven their quality not only in the competition, but by going on to critical acclaim and further awards - Jane McKie, only yesterday announced as Scottish book of the year best first book for Morocco Rococo; Ruth Leader's The Peacock Room shortlisted for best first poetry collection in the 2007 Jerwood Aldeburgh Prize and Bill Greenwell's Impossible Objects shortlisted for best first collection in the Forward prize. Some of our best novels, like How to Marry the Dead and Marilyn and Me, came through the competition as well as our first ever novella, The Marionettes and there are more brilliant new novels and novellas in the pipe lines from recent competitions. So why not submit your work. Cinnamon Press Novel/la Writing Award: first prize -?400 + publishing contract for debut novel of 50 - 80,000 words. Or debut novella of 20 - 45,000 words (adult or teen novels/novellas) Entries by post + sae. Submit first 10,000 words. Separate sheet - name, address, email, working title, nom de plume, novel/la word count. Five finalists submit full novel/la & receive appraisal. Deadline - 30th June 2008. Entry - ?16 per novel/la. Cinnamon Press Poetry Collection Award: first prize -?100 & publishing contract for first collection. Runners up published in anthology. Entries by post + sae. Submit 10 poems up to 40 lines. Sep arate sheet with name, address, email, collection title, nom de plume. Three finalists submit further 10 poems, any length. Deadline - 30th June 2008. Entry - ?16 per collection, includes free copy of winners' anthology. Cinnamon Press Short Story Aw ard: first prize -?100 & publication. Up to ten runners up stories' published in winners' anthology. Entries by post + sae. Up to Length 2,000 - 4,000 words. Sep arate sheet - name, address, email, working title, nom de plume. Deadline - 30th June 2008. Entry - ?16 per story, includes free copy of winners' anthology. Full details www.cinnamonpress.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other writing opportunities Poetry in your inbox : Oxford Brookes' Poetry Centre has launched a new initiative: a Weekly Poem. Its aim is to bring contemporary poetry to a wider audience by emailing a weekly poem direct to peoples' inboxes. The participating presses range from the smaller and newer to the larger and more established, providing access to a range of new poetry and voices: Anvil Press, Bloodaxe, Cinnamon, Enitharmon, Heaventree Press, Landfill, Peterloo Poets and Salt Publishing. Details and sign up to get a new poem each week at http://ah.brookes.ac.uk/poetry/weeklypoem. Events at the Ceridwen Centre: Room To Write: Spiel Unlimited will be running a series of courses at the beautiful Ceridwen Centre in Carmarthenshire during 2008. www.ceridwencentre.co.uk The courses are multi-genre with a variety of exercises, discussions, readings etc and are led by Marcus Moore and Sara- Jane Arbury. Course dates are Friday 13 - Sunday 15 June and Friday 26 - Sunday 28 September. For full details phone 01285 640470 or email courses@spiel.wanadoo.co.uk Fire in the Belly is a retreat for women at the Ceridwen centre with time to Reflect, dream, breathe, relax, vision, talk, listen, be, create, release and realise. Three nights full board cost ?144 plus a donation of ?45 -?150 to Jules Heaven who will be leading the retreat. Full details: jules@sagesandwisewomen.comwww.julesheavens.com KUDOS (formerly Competitions Bulletin) lists all the latest writing competitions and opportunities in six issues each year. A free sample of a back issue can be emailed as a pdf file. Details of around 250,000 pounds in prize money each issue. At least 50 competitions for poetry, around 40 for short stories. Plus collections, anthologies, playwriting, non fiction, books etc. Only 2.50 per issue; 6 issues: 15 pounds; Cheques to Carole Baldock: 17 Greenhow Avenue, West Kirby, Wirral CH48 5EL carolebaldock@hotmail.comwww.kudoswriting.wordpress.com The New Writer magazine: Prose and Poetry Prizes 2008 for short stories, novellas, single poems, poetry collections, essays and articles; offers cash prizes as well as publication for the prize-winning writers in The Collection, special edition of The New Writer magazine each July. Closing date 30 November.Further information including guidelines and entry fees at - http://www.thenewwriter.com/prizes.htm The New Writer : the contemporary writing magazine which publishes the best in fact, fiction and poetry is published bi-monthly, annual sub ?27.00 (UK), ?33.00 (Europe airmail), ?37.50 (Rest of World airmail). Big reductions for 2 and 3 year subs - see website http://www.thenewwriter.com/subscribe.htm For a free recent back copy of the magazine send 2 x first class stamps (UK) or 5 International Reply Coupons (Overseas) to: The New Writer, PO Box 60, Cranbrook, TN17 2ZR. No other literary magazine combines . New writing; Recommendations and reviews; Thoughts on old books as well as new; Essays and Interviews with authors, actors and other media personalities . four times a year and with ever-growing success: Get a free copy of The Reader when you subscribe We're offering each recipient of the Cinnamon Press newsletter a copy of the latest edition of The Reader completely free if you take out a subscription - for anyone you know that is passionate about reading! This means that instead of four issues for ?24, you get five - a saving of nearly 30%. For further details about how to subscribe visit our website at www.thereader.co.uk, send us an email to readers@liv.ac.uk, or call us in the office on 0151 794 2830. Please quote 'Cinnamon Press' in your correspondence to ensure you get your free copy. Inspiring Wells: A 5-day Workshop led by Mimi Khalvati in Nafplion, Greece. SEPTEMBER 15 - 20, 2008. The Muses were originally regarded as the nymphs of inspiring wells and here, in the spectacular ambience of Naffplion, we shall draw inspiration for writing new poems and consider the relationship of the many different voices of poetry: the speaking voice, the voice in the inner ear, the reading voice, the voice in action, the voice in song and the silent voice. Contact: Margaret Eddershaw. Tel. +30 27520 21855 sturgess@naf.forthnet.gr -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Only God could have imagined from nothingness the pang of salt. Political peace too. It should be quiet when one eats an egg. No political hoodlums knocking down doors, no lieutenants who are ticked off at their scheming girlfriends and take it out on you, no dictators posing as tribunes. It should be quiet, so quiet you can hear the chicken, a creature usually mocked as a type of fool, a cluck chained to the chore of her body. Listen, she is there, pecking at a bit of grain that came from nowhere. "A Quiet Life" by Baron Wormser, from Scattered Chapters. ? Sarabande Books, 2008. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.4/1477 - Release Date: 6/1/2008 5:28 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/621748ee/attachment.html From grahamd at ripon.edu Mon Jun 2 12:22:54 2008 From: grahamd at ripon.edu (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi Message-ID: From Bill Knott's blog: A PUBLIC PLEA TO JONATHAN GALASSI, EDITOR/PUBLISHER OF FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX A public plea addressed to Jonathan Galassi: I've begged you in private communications again and again to follow the standard procedure of remaindering my book and granting reversion, and you've refused. I now beg you openly, through the only medium I have to reach you, please relent. . . . . *************************** Rest of post here: http://billknott.typepad.com/billknott/ ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/82256fab/attachment.html From brainboltpoet at gmail.com Mon Jun 2 12:33:17 2008 From: brainboltpoet at gmail.com (Beverly Rainbolt) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <5513eaa0806020933l537910a4gcec5dc3616e563b7@mail.gmail.com> Wow. I would be his friend. Beverly On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM, David Graham wrote: > From Bill Knott's blog: > > > *A PUBLIC PLEA TO JONATHAN GALASSI, EDITOR/PUBLISHER OF FARRAR STRAUS & > GIROUX* > > A public plea addressed to Jonathan Galassi: > > I've begged you in private communications again and again to follow the > standard procedure of remaindering my book and granting reversion, > > and you've refused. I now beg you openly, through the only medium I have > to reach you, > > please relent. . . . . > > *************************** > > Rest of post here: > > http://billknott.typepad.com/billknott/ > > > > ======================================== > David Graham > grahamd@ripon.edu > > Home Page: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz > > Poetry Library: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html > ========================================== > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/1aa80708/attachment.html From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Mon Jun 2 12:57:17 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi In-Reply-To: <5513eaa0806020933l537910a4gcec5dc3616e563b7@mail.gmail.com> References: <5513eaa0806020933l537910a4gcec5dc3616e563b7@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <4844266D.8060403@opus40.org> With The New Country Music Encyclopedia, I had all that specifically written into my contract (Simon and Schuster), but they pulped the books anyway. Beverly Rainbolt wrote: > Wow. I would be his friend. > > Beverly > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM, David Graham > wrote: > > From Bill Knott's blog: > > > *A PUBLIC PLEA TO JONATHAN GALASSI, EDITOR/PUBLISHER OF FARRAR > STRAUS & GIROUX* > > A public plea addressed to Jonathan Galassi: > > I've begged you in private communications again and again to > follow the standard procedure of remaindering my book and granting > reversion, > > and you've refused. I now beg you openly, through the only medium > I have to reach you, > > please relent. . . . . > > *************************** > > Rest of post here: > > > http://billknott.typepad.com/billknott/ > > > > ======================================== > David Graham > grahamd@ripon.edu > > Home Page: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz > > Poetry Library: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html > ========================================== > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From grahamd at ripon.edu Mon Jun 2 15:42:30 2008 From: grahamd at ripon.edu (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] The Pound Error Message-ID: <5BC30287-94AA-4EFE-8385-77C517574CA7@ripon.edu> Louis Menand on Ezra Pound in the New Yorker, an article that will not please everyone: http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/ 2008/06/09/080609crbo_books_menand ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/b5b039c5/attachment.html From cervantes.james at gmail.com Mon Jun 2 16:44:17 2008 From: cervantes.james at gmail.com (James Cervantes) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:01 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <648208b60806021344j261ae157q323c2db767f958a6@mail.gmail.com> Well of course Bill has many friends he doesn't know about. If you consider yourself a friend of Bill Knott, write him at his blog and tell him so (unless we don't have to cause he overhears it here). Other than that, I admire his dedication to p.o.d. for getting his crummy little poems out to a readership. And of course they aren't crummy little poems. - Jim On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM, David Graham wrote: > From Bill Knott's blog: > > > *A PUBLIC PLEA TO JONATHAN GALASSI, EDITOR/PUBLISHER OF FARRAR STRAUS & > GIROUX* > > A public plea addressed to Jonathan Galassi: > > I've begged you in private communications again and again to follow the > standard procedure of remaindering my book and granting reversion, > > and you've refused. I now beg you openly, through the only medium I have > to reach you, > > please relent. . . . . > > *************************** > > Rest of post here: > > http://billknott.typepad.com/billknott/ > > > > ======================================== > David Graham > grahamd@ripon.edu > > Home Page: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz > > Poetry Library: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html > ========================================== > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/133403cb/attachment.html From tony at starve.org Mon Jun 2 17:15:53 2008 From: tony at starve.org (Tony Trigilio) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Registration reminder, The Beat Generation Symposium, Columbia College Chicago (Oct. 10-11, 2008) Message-ID: <48446309.9040203@starve.org> Hi everyone-- I'm writing with a reminder that registration is now being accepted for The Beat Generation Symposium at Columbia College Chicago. We now have the option for registering by credit card. If you'd like to do this, call the Columbia Ticket Office at 312-344-6600, or register online at: www.colum.edu/tickets/index.php Thanks, and hope to see you there-- Best, Tony *********************************************** THE BEAT GENERATION SYMPOSIUM *********************************************** Please join us for a conference devoted to the literary and cultural legacy of the Beat Generation: "The Beat Generation Symposium," sponosored by the Beat Studies Association, Columbia College Chicago, and Illinois State University. Friday, October 10, and Saturday, October 11, 2008. Location: Columbia College Chicago, Film Row Theater (1104 South Wabash Avenue, 8th floor). This is an academic Beat Studies conference to be held in conjunction with the Columbia College's Center for the Book and Paper Arts's Fall 2008 display of the Jack Kerouac ON THE ROAD manuscript scroll. The Beat Generation Symposium features panel discussions each day, with poetry readings by Joanne Kyger (October 10) and Diane di Prima (October 11). Conference fee for those who pre-register before August 1: $50 ($25 for Graduate Students, Independent Scholars, and Retired Faculty). After August 1, the fees are $100 and $50. Checks should be made payable to Columbia College Chicago, and should be sent to: Columbia Ticket Center 33 East Congress St., Suite 610 Chicago, IL 60605 Ph: 312-344-6600 (fax 312-344-8470) columbiatickets@colum.edu To register by credit card, call the Columbia Ticket Office at the number above, or register online at: www.colum.edu/tickets/index.php A limited number of hotel rooms are available at the Homewood Suites by Hilton Chicago-Downtown, 40 East Grand Avenue, Chicago. This hotel is a very short cab or subway ride from the Columbia campus. The Homewood Suites prepared a special link for us to book online. Just click below and you'll find directions for reserving a room: http://homewoodsuites.hilton.com/en/hw/groups/personalized/CHIHWHW-CLC-20081009/index.jhtml It's important that you book your room as soon as possible, as the Chicago Marathon is taking place October 12. (We only discovered this convergence recently, after we'd already booked the featured readers.) A Visitor's Guide for the Beat Symposium is pasted below, with a list of nearby hotels. Columbia College Chicago is located downtown, in the heart of the city's South Loop neighborhood, and is easily accessible from these hotels by foot or cab. All major subway/El trains come into the South Loop, too, so it's possible to book hotels in other parts of the city and make it to the Symposium without difficulty. Mention that you're a Columbia College Chicago visitor to receive discounted rates at some of these hotels. It's crucial to book as soon as possible because of the marathon. For more information, contact Tony Trigilio at ttrigilio@colum.edu (312-344-8138). VISITOR'S GUIDE: THE BEAT GENERATION SYMPOSIUM Airports: O'Hare Airport (western suburbs) and Midway Airport (southern suburbs) are the two airports servicing the Chicgao area. They are approximately equidistant from Columbia College. Transportation: >From Midway Airport, take the Orange Line elevated train to Adams Street. From there, walk south on Wabash until you reach Congress Parkway. From O'Hare Airport, take the Blue Line to La Salle. Walk East on Congress (away from the Chicago Stock Exchange Building, which you'll see upon emerging from the subway) until you reach Wabash (about 5 short blocks). Use www.transitchicago.com's free Trip Planner service to plan the rest of your trips while you're here. Simply enter your starting point and destination, and Trip Planner gives you detailed directions. As of 2008, fares are $2.00 one-way with a $0.25 transfer. Each train station has kiosks where you can buy transit cards and reload them (cash only). The Blue Line and Red Line run 24/7; the other lines stop running for a few hours late at night. Taxis are available throughout the city. From Midway Airport to the English Department, cab fare would be approximately $25 and from O'Hare Airport cab fare would be approximately $50. If you need to call a cab, call (773) or (312) TAXICAB. Metra Trains service suburban areas. Visit www.metrarail.com for an updated schedule and fare list. LIST OF NEARBY HOTELS The Hilton and Towers 722 S Michigan Ave (0.2 miles from the English Department) (312) 922-4400 The Palmer House Hilton 17 E Monroe St (0.4 miles away) (312) 726-7500 or 1-800-HILTONS The Best Western Grant Park 1100 S Michigan Ave (0.6 mi) (312) 922-2900 Travelodge 65 E Harrison St (0.1 mi) (312) 427-8000 Hotel Blake 500 S Dearborn St (0.3 mi) (312) 986-1234 www.hyatt.com> Blackstone Hotel 819 S Wabash Ave # 606 (0.3 mi) (312) 447-0955 marriott.com Congress Plaza Hotel 520 S Michigan Ave (0.1 mi) (312) 427-3800 congressplazahotel.com The Silversmith Hotel 10 S Wabash Ave (0.4 mi) (312) 372-7696 silversmithchicagohotel.com Omni Ambassador East 1301 S State St (0.7 mi) (312) 787-3700 Embassy Suites Hotel Chicago-Downtown 600 North State Street (1.5 mi) (312) 943-3800 embassysuites.com Essex Inn Hotel 800 S Michigan Ave (0.3 mi) (312) 939-2800 essexinn.com Club Quarters: Hotel 111 W Adams St (0.4 mi) (312) 214-6400 clubquarters.com W Hotels-Chicago City Center 172 W Adams St (0.4 mi) (312) 332-1200 starwoodhotels.com Hostelling International Chicago 24 E Congress Pkwy (0.1 mi) (312) 360-0300 hichicago.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/fbeb820a/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Mon Jun 2 20:17:48 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi In-Reply-To: <648208b60806021344j261ae157q323c2db767f958a6@mail.gmail.com> References: <648208b60806021344j261ae157q323c2db767f958a6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8CA9326639FBCCD-A9C-1748@webmail-db05.sysops.aol.com> I admire Bill's poetry. I don't know him personally. But if this is his circumstance: "?have no family or friends, no home, no job, no position or title, no money, no prospects, no health or future," then he is what is referred to as 'judgement proof'...that is, no one is going to sue someone from whom they can get no payback. Therefore, as a jailhouse lawyer, I'd recommend going ahead with the POD publication of the poems that FSG won't release rights to. First, they'll have to take notice of this infringement. Next, they'll have to consider the infringement?a threat to?their franchise or a diversion of their income stream. Lastly, they'll have to be moved to sue a poet who, by his own admission, has no means. None of which is?likely. The question that Bill Knott has to consider is this: Will these poems being in circulation via POD help my circumstances in any meaningful way. If FSG can't sell them, can he? Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: James Cervantes Sent: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 4:44 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi Well of course Bill has many friends he doesn't know about. ?If you consider yourself a friend of Bill Knott, write him at his blog and tell him so (unless we don't have to cause he overhears it here). Other than that, I admire his dedication to p.o.d. for getting his crummy little poems out to a readership. ?And of course they aren't crummy little poems. - Jim On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:22 AM, David Graham wrote: >From Bill Knott's blog: A PUBLIC PLEA TO JONATHAN GALASSI, EDITOR/PUBLISHER OF FARRAR STRAUS & GIROUX A public plea addressed to Jonathan Galassi: I've begged you in private communications again and again to follow the standard procedure of remaindering my book and granting reversion, and you've refused.? I now beg you openly, through the only medium I have to reach you, please relent.??. . . . *************************** Rest of post here: http://billknott.typepad.com/billknott/ ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/02038534/attachment.html From roxy533 at yahoo.com Mon Jun 2 21:30:11 2008 From: roxy533 at yahoo.com (Roxanne Hoffman) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] GOOD NEWS FROM PWP: JUNE EVENTS, PUBLICATIONS & SUBMISSION REQUESTS Message-ID: <756510.24778.qm@web39603.mail.mud.yahoo.com> PWP Good News: Submissions Calls, June Events, Publications Announcements & Reviews! ================ SUBMISSION CALLS ================ Curator EVE PACKER announces a collating party and reading for the next annual issue (the 20th issue!) of WHAT HAPPENS NEXT on Sunday June 22 at A Gathering of the Tribes, 285 E. 3rd St. )- 2nd Flr. (betw Aves. C & D) from 4PM to 7PM. "Bring 150 copies (wider left margin please) of your contributed artwork, writing on the subject: what happens next! Please be on time so we have plenty of time to collate & read invite others! Also, if you know you'll be onboard please e mail so we can send out another press release w/ all the stars! Thanks, looking forward, Eve" Contact: Evebpacker AT aol DOT com *** Editor, JARED MICHAEL WAHLGREN is requesting submissions of poetry and prose for EIGHT OCTAVES MAGAZINE (http://www.octavesmagazine.com/):"We are looking for work which resonates. We are open to experimentalism to a degree; maybe more so with content than form...We allow simultaneous submissions. Please inform us of an acceptance elsewhere. No reprints, sorry. We are also open to artwork submissions. The covers change at a variable rate. We aim to publish eight issues per year." Contact: jmichaelwahlgren AT yahoo DOT com *** MEGAN ARKENBERG, Editor of MIRROR DANCE announces "Submissions are open for the Autumn issue ... which will run from September 1 to November 20. Submissions close on August 20." mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com markenberg AT yahoo DOT com *** Editor, KYLE RICHTIG announces "Volume Three Issue Three of INSCRIBED ~ A Magazine For Writers is live! To complement the release of our newest issue, Inscribed has redesigned our website ... at www.inscribed.org INSCRIBED is also gearing up for two new publications premiering in the fall: Stuff My Ear - a magazine for the independent music scene of Canada. Ulterior - an alternative news magazine based out of the student culture of Algoma University. If you are interested in contributing to our new magazines, please watch for the submission guidelines coming in June 2008. As always, INSCRIBED & RTSO are available as a podcast through iTunes. Enjoying the beginning of summer!" Kyle Richtig Editor Inscribed www.inscribed.org kyle AT inscribed DOT org *** 2008/2009 PWP Anthology: THE BUG BOOK Poetry (any form or style) wanted for anthology on BUGS. Visit our blogspot at http://poetswearprada.blogspot. com/ to review our submission guidelines, to read some of the contributions we've accepted for our upcoming anthology and for inspiration to write and send us your own submissions. *** 2009/2010 Anthology Topic: SMOKE altars, arsons, auto accidents, barbacues, bonfires, brimstone, candles, cigarettes, cigars, crematories, drag races, dry ice, engines, experiments, forest fires, gray, hell, incinerators, kichens, lightening, magicians, matches, peace pipes, pyromaniacs, steamships, terrorists, trains, volcanoes, etc. Yes it's not to early to start getting those pencils and pens rolling for PWP Anthology No. 2! We start collecting your submissions of poetry, flash fiction, b&w photos, drawings and cartoons on September 1, 2008. (Hey, we're not so mean as to return these unopened if you want to get a headstart... but no can review or respond to till then.) ========================= PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENTS ========================= EFRAYIM LEVENSON's "Battle Lines" was accepted for publication in POETICA (publication date TBA) *** LINDA LERNER has a poem in Joe Gouveia's biker poetry anthology, RUBBER SIDE DOWN (Archer Books, Los Angeles) due out later this summer in August. *** R. NEMO HILL's poem "We Shall Entertain You", appears in THE SHIT CREEK REVIEW(http://shitcreek.auszine.com/). HILL's short story, "Tom Bowl", appears in THE CHIMAERA(http://www.the-chimaera.com/May2008/) and two of his free verse poems, "The Heat" and "The Silks" are in this Summer's Torrid Zone section of THE UMBRELLA (http://www.umbrellajournal.com/summer2008/hot/contents.html) *** TANTRA-ZAWADI announces "The Love Planet EP by "Collective Spirits" has arrived! Please visit www.myspace.com/tantrais for a preview then purchase a copy of the EP by visiting www.traxsource.com or cutting and pasting this link into your browser: http://www.traxsource.com/index.php?act=show&fc=tpage&cr=titles&cv=20625 Here's what one reviewer says: Picks of the Week Written by Michael Fossati (www.spiritofhouse.com) Saturday, 24 May 2008 Collective Spirits "Love Planet EP" (Camio Records CD Promo) Collective Spirits combines the talents of producers/DJ's Jonny Montana and Neil Maclean, singer Dana Byrd and spoken word artist Tantra-zawadi. Together they present the outstanding "Love Planet EP" that is comprised of three wonderful productions that combine Dana Byrd's soulful vocals with Tantra-zawadi's spoken poetry. "Let it come" is a laidback track on a latinesque tip featuring subtle keys and a marvelous organ ride, while "People of the world" features infectious synths and classy strings over a smooth percussion enriched groove. Lastly we have "Just wanna dance" that is a nod to the classic New York dance anthems, built around a kickin' groove that is guaranteed to rock any dance floor. Lyrics and vocals by: Tantra-zawadi and Dana Byrd Music written produced and arranged by: Jonny Montana and Neil Maclean at Montana Studio's. Keys by: Bennett Holland Additional Keys: Jonny Montana Artwork by: Anto Vitale Photography by: Cornel Christie Mastered by: Benedict for Phuture Audio Mastering - http://www.phutureaudiomastering.co.uk/ As always, thank you for your continued love and support!" Love Power, Tantra-zawadi *** HUGH FOX announces book release: The Collected Poetry of Hugh Fox, 1967-2007 (World Audience Publications, 2008) Edited by Hugh Fox $35.00(+ $10.00 S&H) (hard cover) 40 years of poetry by one of America's preeminent poets! This book spans the lifetimes of its publisher and editor. When a poet assembles a lifetime of excellent work, a book such as this one becomes, not just a collection of verse, but a study of America. The collection include selections from Fox's previous books: 40 Poems, Eye Into Now, Soul-Catcher Songs, The Headless Centaurs, Apotheosis of Olde Towne, Son of Camelot Meets the Wolfman, The Permeable Man, The Ecological Suicide Bus, The Angel of the Chairs, Kansas City Westport Mantras, Paralytic Grandpa Dream Secretions, Huaca, Yo Yo Poems, Almazora 42, Song of Christopher, For Richard (Dick) Thomas, Jamais Vu, Time, The Sacred Cave, Once, Techniques, Strata, Back, Slides, The Angel of Death, Boston, Voices, Defiance, Finalmente "Hugh B. Fox is the most distinguished man of alternative letters of our time,"-Richard Kostelanetz "...Barriers don?t last long around Hugh Fox. He is the ultimate explorer of the self...."-Eric Greinke "With Hugh Fox?s work I always find an abundance, an abundance of ideas, images, yings, yangs, births,deaths....you name it....he has enjoyed a fascinating and full life, and he is not afraid to tell you about it..."-Doug Holder "Hugh Fox has long been a legend in the annals of contemporary American poetry, a poet who is unafraid to explore the deeper fodder of the human psyche....there are no barriers here for Fox is a shaman who walks through walls, ignoring all social rules and regulations...here is life as art. Fox is a poet who paints without inhibition or games....these are poems of human history, which cry out to be heard and read....? --B.L. Kennedy http://worldaudience.powweb.com//pubs_bks/HughPoetry.html *** ROXANNE HOFFMAN's "Hunt" appears in the Summer 2008 edition "Otherworlds: Stories of Change and Discovery" of the online fantasy magazine MIRROR DANCE (http://mirrordancefantasy.blogspot.com/2008/06/summer-2008-issue.html) edited by MEGAN ARKENBERG. HOFFMAN's "English Only Spoken Here", along with the work of JACKIE SHEELER, JESUS PAOPOLETO MELENDEZ, WILLIE PERDOMO, "and many more?all of whom have either come from urban gangs or were closely affiliated with street-based organizations" , appears in THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A LITERARY ANTHOLOGY BY GANG MEMBERS AND THEIR AFFILIATES just released from Soft Skull Press. This 320-page anthology, 3 years in the making, edited by the esteemed BRUCE GEORGE, co-founder of Russell Simmons' Def Poetry Jam and and LOUIS REYES RIVERA, host of "Perspective" on WBAI, 99.5 FM with a forward by JIM BROWN is already stirring the internet airwaves. The first official book signing for THE BANDANA REPUBLIC is on Monday June 9th at the Hue-Man Books in NYC. (See the event calendar for more details). Contributor VICTOR GOTTI CHERRY is hosting this event and others contributors will be on hand. =============== PWP JUNE EVENTS =============== Tuesday June 3rd, 2008 in NYC JOHN J. TRAUSE* + Open Mic @ La Negrita 999 Columbus Ave & 109th St New York, New York 10025 7:30PM - 10PM NO COVER diVerseCity Hosted by ALEX O. BLEECKER* *** Friday June 6th, 2008 @ 8:30PM (Till 11:30PM; Doors Open @ 8PM) WORDSPACE's Pre-Father's Day Celebration @ The Five Spot FOR THE LOVE OF MEN A Poetic Tribute ~Featuring~ NGOMA & MO BEASLEY With Special Guest: ROXANNE HOFFMAN* & Musical Guest: KING TUT + Open Mic (Musicians, poets and singers are all welcome!) @ The Five Spot Soul Food Restaurant & Lounge 459 Myrtle Avenue (c/o Washington Avenue) Brooklyn, NY 11205 Info/Directions: 718.852.0202 Admission: $10 WORDSPACE: A Spoken Word Series Hosted by TANTRA-ZAWADI *** Sunday June 8th, 2008 at 7:45PM in NYC: The Prairie Fire Reading Series ~featuring~ AUSTIN ALEXIS*, LAURA VOOKLES*, JACK TRICARICO, BARBARA LISS + Open Mic @ The American Theater of Actors 314 West 54th Street (btwn 8th & 9th Aves) New York, NY 10019 Your suggested donation of $5 helps to support the theater. Hosted by PETER CHELNIK* *** Monday June 9, 2008 at 6PM in NYC Book Signing: THE BANDANA REPUBLIC: A Literary Anthology By Gang Members and Their Affiliates Edited by Louis Reyes Rivera & Bruce George with a forward by Jim Brown (Soft Skull Press, 2008) ~Hosted by Contributor~ VICTOR GOTTI CHERRY with several other contributors on hand @ Hue-Man Books 2319 Frederick Douglass Blvd (at 125th Street) New York, NY 10025 For further information and bookings: www.softskull.com; myspace.com/thebandanarepublic. *** Wednesday, June 11, 2008 at 7PM RAUL MALDONDO @ On the Terrace of the Williams Center for the Arts One Williams Plaza Rutherford, New Jersey 07070 201.939.6969 FREE William Carlos Williams Poetry Cooperative (Second Wednesday) Reading Hosted by JOHN J. TRAUSE* and Jane Fisher *** Thursday, June 12, 2008 at 7PM in Brooklyn, NY: CLWNWR BIG EVENT #6 ~featuring~ JANE ORMEROD & FRANK SIMONE with special guests: Thomas Fucaloro, David Lawton, Adriana Scopino, EK Smith, Moira T. Smith, Nathan Whiting, Liza Wolsky, Jeffery Cyphers Wright. @ SAFE-T-GALLERY Gallery 214 111 Front Street DUMBO, Brooklyn Take the F train to York Street, walk downhill to Front and turn left under the Manhattan Bridge. (Showtime 7PM - 10PM) FREE ADMISSION!!! Hosted by BOB HEMAN*,Editor of CLWN WR since 1971 *** Friday June 13th, 2008 @ 6PM in NYC: DAVID LAWTON & SARAH SARAI + Open Mic (about twenty 3-minute slots) @ The Cornelia Street Caf? 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Son of Pony Friday Night Reading Series & Open Mic, Hosted by ROXANNE HOFFMAN* 2nd Friday of each month. *** Saturday, June 14th, 2008 @ 6PM (till 8PM) ITALIAN-AMERICAN WRITERS ASSOCIATION ~features~ FRANK INGRASCIOTTA & JIM SHEPHERD, National Book Award Fiction Finalist plus a truly open open mic (5 minute limit). @ The Cornelia Street Caf? 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink Hosted by MARIA LISELLA* *** Tuesday, June 16th, 2008 @ 6PM (till 8PM) New York Quarterly ~features~ LINDA LERNER* MICHAEL MONTLACK JACKIE SHEELER @ The Cornelia Street Caf? 29 Cornelia Street NYC 10014 212.989.9319 Take 1 to Christopher St. or A|C|E|D|F|B to West 4th St. 6PM - 8PM $7 cover includes house drink *** Sunday June 22nd, 2008 from 4PM - 7PM in NYC: Collating Party & Reading: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT @ Steve Cannon's A Gathering of the Tribes/Tribes Gallery 285 E. 3rd St. - 2nd Flr. (betw Aves. C & D) Curated by Eve Packer 150 copies of your contributed artwork or writing + Voluntary Donation ($5 suggested) *** Monday, June 23rd 2008 at 7PM in Oceanside, NY: AUSTIN ALEXIS* & More TBA @ Schoolhouse Green Foxhurst Rd. (Just East of Long Bch Rd) Oceanside, NY 11572 www.schoolhousegreen.org 7PM - 9PM FREE/Bring your own lawn chair! Limited Seating. The Kiwanis Club of Oceanside proudly announces Summer Gazebo Readings Hosted by Tony Iovino *** Wednesday, June 25th,2008 at 7PM in Brooklyn, NY The Green Pavilion Poetry Event ~features~ AUSTIN ALEXIS* & MIKE ROEDER + Open Mic @ The Green Pavillion Restaurant 4307-18th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11218 718.435.4722 F train to 18th Avenue $3 donation + $5 food/drink minimum. Last Wednesday of Every Month, Hosted by Evie Ivy with Sol Rubin. *** *** POETS WEAR PRADA C/O Roxanne Hoffman 533 Bloomfield Street 2nd Floor Hoboken, NJ 07030 http://poetswearpradanj.home.att.net http://poetswearprada.blogspot.com POETS WEAR PRADA is a small press based in Hoboken, New Jersey devoted to introducing new authors through limited edition, high- quality chaplets, primarily of poetry 'New press, great authors, a publisher who is one miracle short of sainthood.' - Angelo Verga, Poetry Curator of The Cornelia Street Cafe 'Poets Wear Prada is a poetry publishing house with excellent poets and affordable books with beautiful covers. Have you had your poetry today?' - Meredith Sue Willis, Books for Readers 'Stylistically, these beautifully designed and produced chaplets bear their own distinctive signature.' - Linda Lerner, Small Press Review Proud Member of CLMP http://groups.yahoo.com/group/poetswearprada http://www.myspace.com/poetswearprada http://www.youtube.com/pradapoet http://gcast.com/u/pradapoet From atelierjewelweed at gmail.com Mon Jun 2 21:40:49 2008 From: atelierjewelweed at gmail.com (Suzanne Burns) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Ya know what this reminds me of just a little? Jane Siberry. For those who don't know her, she is an indy musician who has a phenomenal following. I believe Wim Wenders used her music in his films, etc. Well, a few years ago, she abruptly changed her name to "Issa", sold verything she owned, and offered up all of her music for free or for a donation on her personal website (that to which she still owned the copyright anyway, which alas does not include her groundbreaking album "When I Was a Boy" which includes the song "Calling All Angels"-- that album is owned by a Very Big Company which now calls all the shots). Her relationship to The Industry is very complicated, and although many would kill to be handled by such a big company, she prefers to handle her own work. Here is the big irony: if you go to her website, you can download all of her music for free ("a gift from Issa") or make a donation if you want-- she has made more money from donations this way than she ever had any hope to make through the "Big Studios". He goal was simply to make her music available and accessible to all (the industry will often buy the rights to music and then not release it-- which means that it never reaches its audience and the musician can;t do an damned thing about it, a situation which *may* be comparable to Knott's situation if they are in fact remaindering his book and yet withholding rights) and to simply own her own work. She didn't expect "payback"-- now however she is getting it. There is something to be said for this. The world is different now and maybe a "Big Publisher" isn't all it is cracked up to be. There are people out there who are representing themselves and doing a hell of lot better in the long run. I hope this doesn't sound all rambly-- I just had a big glass of wine and am feating in the first harvest of organic lettuce in my garden, so I am feeling all Yay, go Bill! Suzanne On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:04 PM, wrote: > Didn't Knott work as a professor of creative writing for a time? I know > he's had a difficult life and made some difficult choices, but his claims of > " have no family or friends, no home, no job, no position or title, no > money, no prospects, no health or future," strikes me as a tad melodramatic. > Not to mention the fact that many poets (although I'm not sure I'm one of > them) would kill to have FSG as a publisher. > > > > ------------------------------ > Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" > on AOL Food > . > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/4052a8d5/attachment.html From atelierjewelweed at gmail.com Mon Jun 2 21:42:32 2008 From: atelierjewelweed at gmail.com (Suzanne Burns) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A public plea to Jonathan Galassi In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: *Hic* Cheers, Suzanne Who Cannot Type Worth Shit On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:40 PM, Suzanne Burns wrote: > Ya know what this reminds me of just a little? Jane Siberry. > > For those who don't know her, she is an indy musician who has a phenomenal > following. I believe Wim Wenders used her music in his films, etc. > > Well, a few years ago, she abruptly changed her name to "Issa", sold > verything she owned, and offered up all of her music for free or for a > donation on her personal website (that to which she still owned the > copyright anyway, which alas does not include her groundbreaking album "When > I Was a Boy" which includes the song "Calling All Angels"-- that album is > owned by a Very Big Company which now calls all the shots). > > Her relationship to The Industry is very complicated, and although many > would kill to be handled by such a big company, she prefers to handle her > own work. > > Here is the big irony: if you go to her website, you can download all of > her music for free ("a gift from Issa") or make a donation if you want-- she > has made more money from donations this way than she ever had any hope to > make through the "Big Studios". He goal was simply to make her music > available and accessible to all (the industry will often buy the rights to > music and then not release it-- which means that it never reaches its > audience and the musician can;t do an damned thing about it, a situation > which *may* be comparable to Knott's situation if they are in fact > remaindering his book and yet withholding rights) and to simply own her own > work. She didn't expect "payback"-- now however she is getting it. > > There is something to be said for this. The world is different now and > maybe a "Big Publisher" isn't all it is cracked up to be. There are people > out there who are representing themselves and doing a hell of lot better in > the long run. > > I hope this doesn't sound all rambly-- I just had a big glass of wine and > am feating in the first harvest of organic lettuce in my garden, so I am > feeling all Yay, go Bill! > > Suzanne > > > On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 9:04 PM, wrote: > >> Didn't Knott work as a professor of creative writing for a time? I know >> he's had a difficult life and made some difficult choices, but his claims of >> " have no family or friends, no home, no job, no position or title, no >> money, no prospects, no health or future," strikes me as a tad melodramatic. >> Not to mention the fact that many poets (although I'm not sure I'm one of >> them) would kill to have FSG as a publisher. >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler >> Florence" on AOL Food >> . >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New-Poetry mailing list >> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry >> >> > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080602/251ada70/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Tue Jun 3 14:47:19 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Saturday, June 7, 2008 - Marshmallow Roast - Tao Lin - Amy King - Elisa Gabbert - Mike Young - Leigh Stein In-Reply-To: <860e812d0806031013v4f312642w60880542b6607518@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <668086.6252.qm@web83312.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Join us for a poetry reading in the backyard at Harrison Space as part of the Bushwick Arts Festival. There will be fire and there will be marshmallows. Poets will be encouraged to read with flashlights. Drinks provided. Bring your own friends. Tao Lin is the author of the poetry-collection, COGNITIVE-BEHAVIORAL THERAPY (Melville House, 2008), and a few other books. http://reader-of-depressing-books.blogspot.com Elisa Gabbert, a poet living in Boston, is the author of Thanks for Sending the Engine (Kitchen Press, 2007) and, with Kathleen Rooney, That Tiny Insane Voluptuousness (Otoliths Books, 2008). Mike Young co-edits NO? Journal, and his poetry chapbook MC Oroville's Answering Machine is forthcoming from Transmission Press. http://noojournal.com Amy King is the author of I?m the Man Who Loves You and Antidotes for an Alibi, both from BlazeVOX Books, The People Instruments (Pavement Saw Press), and most recently, Kiss Me With the Mouth of Your Country (Dusie Press). http://amyking.org Leigh Stein is the author of many chapbooks, including How to Mend a Broken Heart with Vengeance (Dancing Girl Press '08). She was recently nominated for Best New Poets. http://leighstein.blogspot.com Directions: take L train to Morgan stop. Exit station at Bogart. Walk down street immediately ahead. Look for golden bomb shelter doors in the ground about 1/2 block up on your right. Come early & look at art. Stay late & listen to music. http://artsinbushwick.org Saturday, June 7, 2008 9:00pm - 10:00pm Harrison Space 14 Harrison Pl Brooklyn, NY Directions: take L train to Morgan stop. Exit station at Bogart. Walk down street immediately ahead. Look for golden bomb shelter doors in the ground about 1/2 block up on your right. _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Lisa Jarnot and the Poetics of Outrage(ousness) Announcing Jacket 35 Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On"/Family Fractures Two Interviews: Fady Joudah and Hayan Charara "Gray Matters"/Writing Beyond What We Know RAWI's Inclined to Speak reading (May 2007) Marilyn Krysl's "Baghdad: The Disappeared Girls" Jewish Voice for Peace on Israel's 60th Anniversary Bill Berkson and Philip Metres at Myopic Books Let the People Speak/Reader Feedback New "Cost of the War" Placards from the Sidewalk Blogger Steve Earle's "Jerusalem" On Israel's 60th Birthday/Amichai's "Jerusalem" Celebrating Independence, Mourning Nakba: The 60th... Beat Happening's "Indian Summer" and "Foggy Eyes" Jesus May Love the Children, But They Need Permits... Vincent on O'Keefe's Whitman, and Thinking of O'Ha... Billy Bragg's "The Price of Oil" and "The Lonesome... Inclined to Speak: Contemporary Arab American Poet... Philip Metres Associate Professor Department of English John Carroll University 20700 N. Park Blvd University Heights, OH 44118 phone: (216) 397-4528 (work) fax: (216) 397-1723 http://www.philipmetres.com http://www.behindthelinespoetry.blogspot.com From tony at starve.org Tue Jun 3 15:37:57 2008 From: tony at starve.org (Tony Trigilio) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] How to register online for The Beat Generation Symposium Message-ID: <48459D95.7070703@starve.org> Hi everyone-- I'm sorry for all the posting the past couple days on this, but I should've written more explicit guidelines for how to register online for The Beat Generation Symposium. I've pasted, below, instructions from the Columbia College Ticket Office. Thanks-- Best, Tony __________________________________ How to register for The Beat Generation Symposium online: 1. Go to www.colum.edu/tickets and click on the orange ?Buy? button. 2. Select the ?Beat Generation Symposium? radio button. 3. Select your registration category by selecting the number ?1? under the appropriate pull-down menu: $50 for individuals; $25 for graduate students, retired faculty, and independent scholars. Status will be verified upon sign-in at the conference. PLEASE NOTE: Although the system allows you to purchase more than one ticket at one time at this point, please only select ?1.? Conference updates will only be sent to the account email address, so everyone must register individually in order to receive updates and important information. 4. Choose ?Add to cart.? 5. On the next screen, review your order and click ?Check out.? 6. Register for a new account, fill out your information, and purchase tickets. NOTE: Sometime in June, the Columbia College Ticket Center will be updating its web interface to better accommodate conferences. At that point, the above instructions will no longer apply, but the interface itself will be more user-friendly. Updated instructions will be forwarded at that point. From me at johnathonwilliams.com Tue Jun 3 18:49:56 2008 From: me at johnathonwilliams.com (Johnathon Williams) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] David Graham featured at Linebreak Message-ID: <1FAFF2C2-B4AF-47F1-8B47-5C09BA460006@johnathonwilliams.com> Hey all, David Graham is the featured poet this week at Linebreak. You can read his poem here: http://linebreak.org/26/thou-mayst-in-me-behold/ ---------------------------- Johnathon Williams Linebreak co-editor http://linebreak.org me@johnathonwilliams.com From JforJames at aol.com Tue Jun 3 19:44:06 2008 From: JforJames at aol.com (JforJames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:02 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] quote poet unquote Message-ID: _http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/poetry-read-it-when-youre-drunk /_ (http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/poetry-read-it-when-youre-drunk/) June 3, 2008, 10:58 am Poetry: Read It When You?re Drunk By Dwight Garner Books of quotations about writing and writers are things I usually flee from ? the sanctimony level grows toxic almost immediately. Dennis O?Driscoll?s new book, ?Quote Poet Unquote: Contemporary Quotations on Poets and Poetry,? is an exeption. All right, there?s some guff here. (? Poetry is ? speech with a song in it, the song made by words made to dance? ? 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See, James, you're learning from me! --Bob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080603/3debe460/attachment.html From grahamd at ripon.edu Wed Jun 4 09:50:51 2008 From: grahamd at ripon.edu (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: David Graham featured at Linebreak In-Reply-To: <1FAFF2C2-B4AF-47F1-8B47-5C09BA460006@johnathonwilliams.com> References: <1FAFF2C2-B4AF-47F1-8B47-5C09BA460006@johnathonwilliams.com> Message-ID: <74F3C6DB-BCF7-4E45-961D-1633CF87EFB5@ripon.edu> Now *this* is the kind of subject-line that we need more of! Thanks, Johnathon. Let me also urge folks to check out the archives of *Linebreak*, where you will find poems by some voices you know (Dorianne Laux, Bob Hicok, Lola Haskins) as well as some you probably don't. With all due disclaimers, I think *Linebreak*'s one of the most interesting new journals out there. Launched in January, and publishes one new poem per week. One feature that I haven't seen before is that all poems are given as audio files in addition to the text, but the readers are not the authors. Very interesting. Podcasts also available, and you can subscribe to the journal via email or an RSS feed. ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Johnathon Williams wrote: > Hey all, > > David Graham is the featured poet this week at Linebreak. You can > read his poem here: > > http://linebreak.org/26/thou-mayst-in-me-behold/ > > ---------------------------- > Johnathon Williams > Linebreak co-editor > http://linebreak.org > me@johnathonwilliams.com > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080604/e183b4e2/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Wed Jun 4 09:54:22 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Art of the Poetic Line Message-ID: <8CA9461A0AC8459-1190-4CA7@FWM-M05.sysops.aol.com> http://www.graywolfpress.org/component/page,shop.flypage/product_id,247/category_id,9dea10cf5ed73fa0a19660cfe718af9f/option,com_phpshop/ Poet Gray Jacobik mentioned to me recenlty that James Longenbach's The Art of the Poetic Line was the best treatment of the subject 'the line in poetry' that she'd ever read. And she's read a lot of literary criticism, and taught poetry for many years. Sounds like it's book that may become a minor classic and one adopted by many creative writing teachers for their course materials. It looks like Graywolf is producing a series of books in their "The Art of..." series. Their website is bit less well laid out than I expected. On one page they had same exact book listed twice. I did see that Donald Revell has done a book for the series called the "The Art of Attention," which could be good too. Finnegan -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080604/e5a45ef8/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Wed Jun 4 10:10:48 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] quote poet unquote In-Reply-To: <484608C0.8040207@nut-n-but.net> References: <484608C0.8040207@nut-n-but.net> Message-ID: <8CA9463EC00599D-1190-4E3C@FWM-M05.sysops.aol.com> Bob, Don't pat yourself on the back too hard, I learn even from plants,?rocks and single cell organisms. But I'll take this opportunity to plug my blog, which tends to a quote from a poet or poetics-related quote every 4 or 5 posts, with my musing on the subject interspersed. http://ursprache.blogspot.com/ The recent quote I posted form Geoffrey Hill comes for a book of poetic statements by various contemporary and modern poetry... Dont Ask Me What I Mean http://www.amazon.co.uk/Dont-Ask-Me-What-Mean/dp/0330412817 and it's nice in that it features very few Americans,?concentrating on the British, Scotch, Irish poets and their thoughts about their craft. Some, like Mr. Garner, are bit reluctant about the whole idea of speaking about one's personal poetics.? Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: Bob Grumman Sent: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 11:15 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] quote poet unquote JforJames@aol.com wrote: http://papercuts.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/poetry-read-it-when-youre-drunk/ ? June 3, 2008,? 10:58 am Poetry: Read It When You?re Drunk By Dwight Garner ? Books of quotations about writing and writers are things I usually flee from ? the sanctimony level grows toxic almost immediately. Dennis O?Driscoll?s new book, ?Quote Poet Unquote: Contemporary Quotations on Poets and Poetry,? is an exeption. All right, there?s some guff here. (?Poetry is ? speech with a song in it, the song made by words made to dance? ? Robert Nye.) See, James, you're learning from me! --Bob _______________________________________________ ew-Poetry mailing list ew-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu ttp://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080604/b709de14/attachment.html From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Wed Jun 4 11:15:12 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: David Graham featured at Linebreak In-Reply-To: <74F3C6DB-BCF7-4E45-961D-1633CF87EFB5@ripon.edu> References: <1FAFF2C2-B4AF-47F1-8B47-5C09BA460006@johnathonwilliams.com> <74F3C6DB-BCF7-4E45-961D-1633CF87EFB5@ripon.edu> Message-ID: <4846B180.5020804@opus40.org> I did that -- not online -- when I taught a summer workshop of high school students. At the end of the workshop series, we had a reading of work by the kids in the class -- but with professional actors and poets doing the reading, while the student poet stood next to the reader. The kids LOVED this, and it went very successfully. David Graham wrote: > Now *this* is the kind of subject-line that we need more of! Thanks, > Johnathon. > > Let me also urge folks to check out the archives of *Linebreak*, where > you will find poems by some voices you know (Dorianne Laux, Bob Hicok, > Lola Haskins) as well as some you probably don't. > > With all due disclaimers, I think *Linebreak*'s one of the most > interesting new journals out there. Launched in January, and > publishes one new poem per week. > > One feature that I haven't seen before is that all poems are given as > audio files in addition to the text, but the readers are not the > authors. Very interesting. Podcasts also available, and you can > subscribe to the journal via email or an RSS feed. > > > ======================================== > David Graham > grahamd@ripon.edu > > Home Page: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz > > Poetry Library: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html > ========================================== > > > > > On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Johnathon Williams wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> David Graham is the featured poet this week at Linebreak. You can >> read his poem here: >> >> http://linebreak.org/26/thou-mayst-in-me-behold/ >> >> ---------------------------- >> Johnathon Williams >> Linebreak co-editor >> http://linebreak.org >> me@johnathonwilliams.com >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Wed Jun 4 11:18:10 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: David Graham featured at Linebreak In-Reply-To: <74F3C6DB-BCF7-4E45-961D-1633CF87EFB5@ripon.edu> References: <1FAFF2C2-B4AF-47F1-8B47-5C09BA460006@johnathonwilliams.com> <74F3C6DB-BCF7-4E45-961D-1633CF87EFB5@ripon.edu> Message-ID: <4846B232.8010108@opus40.org> And a good poem, David. David Graham wrote: > Now *this* is the kind of subject-line that we need more of! Thanks, > Johnathon. > > Let me also urge folks to check out the archives of *Linebreak*, where > you will find poems by some voices you know (Dorianne Laux, Bob Hicok, > Lola Haskins) as well as some you probably don't. > > With all due disclaimers, I think *Linebreak*'s one of the most > interesting new journals out there. Launched in January, and > publishes one new poem per week. > > One feature that I haven't seen before is that all poems are given as > audio files in addition to the text, but the readers are not the > authors. Very interesting. Podcasts also available, and you can > subscribe to the journal via email or an RSS feed. > > > ======================================== > David Graham > grahamd@ripon.edu > > Home Page: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz > > Poetry Library: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html > ========================================== > > > > > On Jun 3, 2008, at 5:49 PM, Johnathon Williams wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> David Graham is the featured poet this week at Linebreak. You can >> read his poem here: >> >> http://linebreak.org/26/thou-mayst-in-me-behold/ >> >> ---------------------------- >> Johnathon Williams >> Linebreak co-editor >> http://linebreak.org >> me@johnathonwilliams.com >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From amyhappens at yahoo.com Wed Jun 4 16:54:31 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Genealogy of Wojnarowicz Message-ID: <251583.4635.qm@web83303.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> History Keeps Me Awake at Night: A Genealogy of Wojnarowicz July 10 ? August 22, 2008 P * P * O * W Pilkington ? Olsoff Fine Arts, Inc. 555 W. 25th Street - New York, NY 10001 Artists Participating: Sadie Benning Michael Bilsborough Shannon Ebner Mike Estabrook Brendan Fowler William E. Jones Lovett/Codagnone Keith Mayerson Ryan McGinley Frederic Moffet Henrik Olesen Adam Putnam David Ratcliff Emily Roysdon Zoe Strauss Wolfgang Tillmans Carrie Mae Weems Matt Wolf David Wojnarowicz Reading and film screening ? Thursday, July 17th, 6 ? 9 p.m. Zachary German Amy King Sara Marcus Max Steele Organized by Photi Giovanis http://ppowgallery.com/exhibitions/future/future.html ~~~~ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This party happened to be at the historic Vermont home of the late poet Robert Frost, where twenty-eight teenagers broke in, drank beer and trashed the place. For their transgressions, each was found guilty, mostly of trespassing, and sentenced to two sessions of study with the Frost biographer, poet, and professor Jay Parini ? a ?punishment,? notes The New Yorker, for which Middlebury students normally pay a hefty sum. The prosecutor, John Quinn, told the magazine, ?I guess I was thinking that if these teens had a better understanding of who Robert Frost was and his contribution to our society, that they would be more respectful of other people?s property in the future.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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(http://food.aol.com/tyler-florence?video=4?&NCID=aolfod00030000000002) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080605/512077d8/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Thu Jun 5 11:22:17 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Invitation Thursday June 12, 6:30- 9pm COME HEAR ! Queer Women Poetry Reading at The Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation Message-ID: <532459.85067.qm@web83315.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nathaniel A. Siegel Dear Friends: You are cordially invited to attend A Poetry Reading ! Thursday June 12, 6:30pm to 9pm. COME HEAR ! Queer Women Poetry Hosted by Alix Olson $7 suggested donation The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation 26 Wooster Street NYC NY 10013 (between Grand & Canal Streets) Phone (212) 431-2609 www.leslielohman.org Reading by poets: Sini Anderson Arianne Benford Kate Broad Cheryl Burke Staceyann Chin r.erica doyle Stephanie Gray Tracy Grinnell Natalie E. Illum Amy King Sue Landers Sara Marcus Marty McConnell Lenelle Moise Alix Olson Elizabeth Reddin The poetry reading is part of the series COME HEAR ! started in 2007 by Regie Cabico and Nathaniel Siegel to showcase the poetry of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer writers in the gay friendly space that is The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. COME HEAR ! has been generously supported by Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman as well as The John Burton Harter Charitable Trust. All readings are recorded for archival purposes by sound engineer Austin Publicover. Email: nathaniel@leslielohman.org www.leslielohman.org _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080605/fc234ffd/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Thu Jun 5 11:29:34 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Click To Give - Free Mammograms! Message-ID: <48789.89288.qm@web83314.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> The Breast Cancer site is having trouble getting enough people to click on their site daily to meet their quota of donating at least one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. *** It takes less than a minute to go to their site and click on ?donating a mammogram? for free (pink window in the middle). *** This doesn?t cost you a thing. Their corporate sponsors/advertisers use the number of daily visits to donate mammogram in exchange for advertising. Thank you! http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ http://www.thebreastcancersite.com/ ~~~~~ TO CHECK AUTHENTICITY, GO TO SNOPES: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/charity/mammogram.asp Other sites that make donations based on clicks: http://greatergood.com/ http://www.thehungersite.com Thanks! Amy _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Reviews by Miguel Murphy, Michael Parker, Cheryl Townsend, > Courtney Campbell and Jim Knowles. Columns by Talia Reed and Caridad > McCormick. Grace Cavalieri interviews Mark Doty. > > Purchase a copy from here: > http://www.createspace.com/3344460 > > Or download pdf for a limited time from here: > http://media.libsyn.com/media/miporadio/OSsummer.pdf > > Soon available from Amazon.com > ISBN/EAN13: 1438234422 / 9781438234427 > > Enjoy - > The Editors and Staff of Oranges & Sardines > www.poetsandartists.com > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1481 - Release > Date: 6/3/2008 7:31 PM > > From anny.ballardini at tin.it Thu Jun 5 12:39:34 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:03 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Hill quote corrected In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: this is quite interesting: The poem was like a cathedral covered by scaffolding. There was beauty and wonder underneath but it could not be seen for all the critical attention. quoting our James on ursprache. ----- Original Message ----- From: JforJames@aol.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:09 PM Subject: [New-Poetry] Hill quote corrected My blog proofreader must have been on vacation this week and noticed that the quote I directed people to had a stray comma, a missing comma and a missing hypen. Here it is corrected... At one point in The Orchards of Syon (XXIII) I say ?I write / to astonish myself?. This self-astonishment is achieved when, by some process I can?t fathom, common words are moved, or move themselves, into clusters of meaning so intense that they seem to stand up from the page, three-dimensional almost. --Geoffrey Hill quoted in Don?t Ask Me What I Mean, Poets In Their Own Words Edited by Clare Brown and Don Paterson Picador 2003 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Get trade secrets for amazing burgers. Watch "Cooking with Tyler Florence" on AOL Food. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.24.6/1484 - Release Date: 6/4/2008 4:40 PM -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080605/013aa93a/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Thu Jun 5 13:57:34 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A Griffin to Ashbery & Blaser Message-ID: <8CA954CC4391F85-5F0-1EBE@FWM-M26.sysops.aol.com> http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080605.GRIFFIN05/TPStory/National WRITING: 'DEEPEST LANGUAGE' Griffin Prize honours two octogenarian poets JAMES ADAMS June 5, 2008 Octogenarian poets triumphed at a ceremony bestowing the eighth annual Griffin Prize for poetry last night in Toronto. New York's John Ashbery, 81, was the winner of the international section of the prestigious award for his book Notes from the Air: Selected Later Poems. Robin Blaser, 83, took the Canadian honour for his 500-page epic The Holy Forest: Collected Poems. The prize, founded by Toronto businessman Scott Griffin in 2001, honours original English-language poetry, either as written or in translation, and splits $100,000 evenly between a Canadian writer and an international poet -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080605/1b2eb577/attachment.html From halvard at earthlink.net Thu Jun 5 19:13:02 2008 From: halvard at earthlink.net (Halvard Johnson) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A Griffin to Ashbery & Blaser In-Reply-To: <648208b60806051354k6bebf369ob1f25fc79c47cab6@mail.gmail.com> References: <8CA954CC4391F85-5F0-1EBE@FWM-M26.sysops.aol.com> <648208b60806051354k6bebf369ob1f25fc79c47cab6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9E620A99-3E8F-4AC4-874D-9969CEC296DA@earthlink.net> If I won a Griffin I wouldn't even know what to feed it. Hal "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." --Voltaire Halvard Johnson ================ halvard@earthlink.net http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/index.html http://entropyandme.blogspot.com http://imageswithoutwords.blogspot.com http://www.hamiltonstone.org http://home.earthlink.net/~halvard/vidalocabooks.html On Jun 5, 2008, at 3:54 PM, James Cervantes wrote: > There's still hope, Hal! > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: > Date: Thu, Jun 5, 2008 at 12:57 PM > Subject: [New-Poetry] A Griffin to Ashbery & Blaser > To: New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > > > http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080605.GRIFFIN05/TPStory/National > WRITING: 'DEEPEST LANGUAGE' > Griffin Prize honours two octogenarian poets > JAMES ADAMS > June 5, 2008 > > Octogenarian poets triumphed at a ceremony bestowing the eighth > annual Griffin Prize for poetry last night in Toronto. > New York's John Ashbery, 81, was the winner of the international > section of the prestigious award for his book Notes from the Air: > Selected Later Poems. > > Robin Blaser, 83, took the Canadian honour for his 500-page epic The > Holy Forest: Collected Poems. > The prize, founded by Toronto businessman Scott Griffin in 2001, > honours original English-language poetry, either as written or in > translation, and splits $100,000 evenly between a Canadian writer > and an international poet > Stay informed, get connected and more with AOL on your phone. > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > > > > -- > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Salt River Review: http://www.poetserv.org > http://www.hamiltonstone.org/catalog.html#temporarymeaning > http://www.fieralingue.it/documenti/mr_bondo.pdf > http://www.poetserv.org/jvc/home/index.html > http://home.earthlink.net/~jvcervantes/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/12364573@N08/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In novel after novel, I am presented with people who are so soft, so wheedling, so importunate, that the actions in which they are involved are too indecisive to be interesting or to develop those implications which are the life-blood of narrative. The age of 'psychological man,' of the herd of aloners, has finally proved the truth of Tocqueville's observation that in modern times the average man is absorbed in a very puny object, himself, to the point of satiety. ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This sets off a string of equally hasty and unconvincing sequences separating Rachel and Oskar until their contrived, third-act reunion at a German military camp on the Russian front. A string of implausibilities follows, abetted by the largely Canadian cast's spotty Eastern European accents, Daryl Hannah's overly measured turn as Oskar's saintly mother and the late Roy Scheider's cameo as an avuncular rabbi who gives "open-minded" new meaning. -- Gary Goldstein "The Poet." Unrated. Running time: 1 hour, 36 minutes. At Laemmle's Music Hall, 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, (310) 274-6869. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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I hate her I want her to die fuck this book I hate her" the class freezes everybody feels guilty except her next week, the last week of the school year she will not be in my class I thank I do not know whom but I know I thank something or somebody without uttering a word. Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080606/a7270be1/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Fri Jun 6 10:41:15 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 2 Call for Work In-Reply-To: <8CA95878028A9E4-E60-1DF3@FWM-D41.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <174452.45117.qm@web83302.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Hi, Here's a big call: Please, pass this along! Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 2 ? Call for Work The Electronic Literature Organization seeks submissions for the Electronic Literature Collection, volume 2. We invite the submission of literary works that take advantage of the capabilities and contexts provided by the computer. Works will be accepted from June 1 to September 30, 2008. Up to three works per author will be considered; previously published works will be considered. The Electronic Literature Collection is a biannual publication of current and older electronic literature in a form suitable for individual, public library, and classroom use. Volume 1, presently available both online (http://collection.eliterature.org) and as a packaged, cross-platform CD-ROM, has been used in dozens of courses at universities in the United States and internationally, and has been widely reviewed in the United States and Europe. It is also available as a CD-ROM insert with N. Katherine Hayles' full-length study, Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008). Volume 2, comprising approximately 50 works, will likewise be available online, and as a cross-platform DVD in a case appropriate for library processing, marking, and distribution. The contents of the Collection are offered under a Creative Commons license so that libraries and educational institutions will be allowed to duplicate and install works and individuals will be free to share the disc with others. The editorial collective for the second volume of the Electronic Literature Collection, to be published in 2009, is Laura Borr?s Castanyer, Talan Memmott, Rita Raley and Brian Kim Stefans. This collective will review the submitted work and select pieces for the Collection. Literary quality will be the chief criterion for selection of works. Other aspects considered will include innovative use of electronic techniques, quality and navigability of interface, and adequate representation of the diverse forms of electronic literature in the collection as a whole. For volume 2, we are considering works of electronic literature in video. Works submitted should function on both Macintosh OS X (10.5) and Windows Vista. Works should function without requiring users to purchase or install additional software. Submissions may require software that is typically pre-installed on contemporary computers, such as a web browser, and are allowed to use the current versions of the most common plugins. To have a work considered, all the authors of the work must agree that if their work is published in the Collection, they will license it under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License, which will permit others to copy and freely redistribute the work, provided the work is attributed to its authors, that it is redistributed non-commercially, and that it is not used in the creation of derivative works. No other limitation is made regarding the author's use of any work submitted or accepted. To submit a work, prepare a plain text file with the following information: * The title of the work. * The names and email addresses of all authors and contributors of the work. * The URL where you are going to make your .zip file available for us to download. The editorial collective will not publish the address of this file. * A short description of the work ? less than 200 words in length. * Any instructions required to operate the work. * The date the work was first distributed or published, or "unpublished" if it has not yet been made available to the public. Prepare a .zip archive including the work in its entirety. Include the text file at the top level of this archive, and name it "submisson.txt". Upload the .zip file to a web server so that it is available at the specified location. Place all of the text in the "submisson.txt" file in the body of an email and send it to elc2.elo@gmail.com with the name of the piece being submitted included in the subject line. The Electronic Literature Collection is supported by institutional partners including: Brown University, Literary Arts Program; Center for Program in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania; Duke University, Program in Literature; Hermeneia at the Open University of Catalonia; Maryland Institute for Technology in the Humanities; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies; nt2; Pomona College, Media Studies Program; UCSB, Department of English; University of Bergen, Department of Literary, Linguistic, and Aesthetic Studies, Program in Digital Culture; University of Dundee, School of Humanities. Institutional sponsorship opportunities are still available. If your organization or academic department is interested in more information, please contact helen DeVinney, Managing Director of the ELO, at hdevinney@gmail.com. Mark Marino, ELO. Director of Communication -- Writing Program University of Southern California http://WriterResponseTheory.org http://CriticalCodeStudies.com _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080606/b8ae86bb/attachment.html From anny.ballardini at tin.it Fri Jun 6 10:42:44 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A Review of Poetry Studies Message-ID: <7D2F407CD09E46CCA28B1F2998FA1623@AnnyPC> *Call For Papers for POST I* /POST: a review of poetry studies/, a new online journal of poetry and poetics, will appear in December 2008. It is edited by Kit Fryatt and Michael Hinds from the Mater Dei Institute, Dublin. /POST/ is primarily a forum for criticism and theory in the area of poetry and poetics, but welcomes contributions from across disciplines. We publish a small number of reviews of critical works and occasional poems, but do not accept unsolicited poetry submissions. The theme for the first issue of /POST/ is ?Poets In Space?. The editors invite contributions of up to 6,000 words on subjects related to this theme. Obvious aspects that may be of relevance are: poetry tourism, poetry in the marketplace, urban space, geography, cultural transmission, globalization, nationality and identity, translation, ekphrasis, visual and concrete poetry, poetry in virtual and online environments, science fiction poetry, the relationship of spatial theory to poetics, poetry and architecture, poetry and the visual arts, layout, lineation and poetry on the page. Anything really, even the readings of William Shatner. We already have a feature planned for this issue on the cognitive effects of poetry in the Lisbon metro system and a paper on the spatial poetics of W.C. Williams. The issue will also feature video footage of the Petrarch House and other poetry tourism images, and contributions of this kind of material will also be considered, although we do not have capacity for too many holiday snaps. Please send an abstract of around 300 words outlining your proposed article to michael.hinds@materdei.dcu.ie or kit.fryatt@materdei.dcu.ie by September 18^th 2008. Articles will be available in PDF for printing purposes as well as appearing in web format, and relevant images or video may be incorporated. Finished articles are due by November 18^th , 2008 and should be submitted as an attachment in microsoft Word. Consult the POST stylesheet for more details. More details, look to www.irishcentrefor poetrystudies.materdei.ie From amyhappens at yahoo.com Fri Jun 6 11:06:42 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] [POL] Urgent -- Think of Civil Rights [Same-sex marriage] Message-ID: <744588.50685.qm@web83304.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Governor Patterson opened a phone line to determine how much support there is for his directive to recognize all legal same-sex marriages from other states and countries. I just called and it?s really easy and it took under 5 seconds. You call 518.474.8390 and say you support the governor's directive. The lady who answers the phone is really nice. She'll ask you for your zip code and wish you a good day. Please take five seconds to voice your support! 518-474-8390 -- "I support the Governor's directive to support same-sex marriage!" Amy ~~~ http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/05/16/if-you-dont-support-gay-marriage-dont-get-one/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080606/9fd30fe1/attachment.html From Sigauke at crc.losrios.edu Fri Jun 6 11:23:59 2008 From: Sigauke at crc.losrios.edu (Sigauke, Emmanuel ) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] A Review of Poetry Studies References: <7D2F407CD09E46CCA28B1F2998FA1623@AnnyPC> Message-ID: <31F3BD8702DDAD4DAFEAB5245EAAED661D3222@CRC-EXCH01.crc.ad.losrios.edu> Dr shaleen Singh . in> wrote: HI All Members I am a new entrant Shaleen. I write Poems critiques and and reviews. I have recently joined this group. Please tell me more about you all. Dr Shaleen Kumar Singh Chief Editor www.creativesapling s.com (an online journal) Sai Neeharika Patyali Sarai Budaun U.P. INDIA ________________________________ From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu on behalf of Anny Ballardini Sent: Fri 6/6/2008 7:42 AM To: New Poetry Subject: [New-Poetry] A Review of Poetry Studies *Call For Papers for POST I* /POST: a review of poetry studies/, a new online journal of poetry and poetics, will appear in December 2008. It is edited by Kit Fryatt and Michael Hinds from the Mater Dei Institute, Dublin. /POST/ is primarily a forum for criticism and theory in the area of poetry and poetics, but welcomes contributions from across disciplines. We publish a small number of reviews of critical works and occasional poems, but do not accept unsolicited poetry submissions. The theme for the first issue of /POST/ is "Poets In Space". The editors invite contributions of up to 6,000 words on subjects related to this theme. Obvious aspects that may be of relevance are: poetry tourism, poetry in the marketplace, urban space, geography, cultural transmission, globalization, nationality and identity, translation, ekphrasis, visual and concrete poetry, poetry in virtual and online environments, science fiction poetry, the relationship of spatial theory to poetics, poetry and architecture, poetry and the visual arts, layout, lineation and poetry on the page. Anything really, even the readings of William Shatner. We already have a feature planned for this issue on the cognitive effects of poetry in the Lisbon metro system and a paper on the spatial poetics of W.C. Williams. The issue will also feature video footage of the Petrarch House and other poetry tourism images, and contributions of this kind of material will also be considered, although we do not have capacity for too many holiday snaps. Please send an abstract of around 300 words outlining your proposed article to michael.hinds@materdei.dcu.ie or kit.fryatt@materdei.dcu.ie by September 18^th 2008. Articles will be available in PDF for printing purposes as well as appearing in web format, and relevant images or video may be incorporated. Finished articles are due by November 18^th , 2008 and should be submitted as an attachment in microsoft Word. Consult the POST stylesheet for more details. More details, look to www.irishcentrefor poetrystudies.materdei.ie _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080606/7b7cc291/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Fri Jun 6 12:45:11 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica Message-ID: <8CA960BD24E497D-5A0-9DC@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> POETICA 7/6/2008 15:00 12/6/2008 15:00 Archy and Mehitabel - Part 1, produced by Justine Sloane-Lees URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2246030.htm Don Marquis's famous collection of poems featuring Archy the cockroach-poet and Mehitabel the alley-cat queen. Archy is a vers libre poet. He feels all the pain and absurdity of the modern world, and tries to express what he feels in words. The only problem is that Archy is a cockroach who believes in the transmigration of souls and who, to type out his verse, must throw himself headlong onto each typewriter key in a darkened office, late at night in 1920s New York. For company, he has his best friend Mehitabel the cat, who claims she is the reincarnation of Cleopatra. However, her behaviour is often less than regal: indeed, Archy feels it is more in keeping with an alley cat on the prowl than a queen. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080606/97d9b1fc/attachment.html From anny.ballardini at tin.it Fri Jun 6 13:08:57 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:04 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] from Robert McDowell Message-ID: <76A42B6D60C245CE9BE0D43640BF9D57@AnnyPC> THE POETRY MENTOR www.robertmcdowell.net Read a Friend's Heart June 6th, 2008 Thomas Merton said that we live in a world that is utterly transparent. Divinity is visible and shimmering in everything, in every living being and in every moment. This is not a metaphor or a symbol, he said. It's absolute truth. The Divine Feminine is also everywhere present within that ever-present divinity, and goddesses are truly walking among us. Today I invite you to celebrate the birthday of one of the most remarkable women I've had the privilege of knowing, the poet Maxine Kumin. Born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1925, she lives with her husband of 59 years on a farm in central New Hampshire among horses, gardens, sheep, dogs, cats, and sugar maples. She's the Pulitzer Prize winning author of 15 books of poems, the inspiring memoir, Inside the Halo and Beyond: Anatomy of a Recovery (written after she suffered a near-fatal carriage-driving accident in 1998), four novels, three essay collections, a short story volume, and an animal rights murder mystery, Quit Monks Or Die! She has also been a lifelong generous mentor and friend to countless seekers, students, and writers. To visit with her, take a look at her website, www.maxinekumin.com Here is a poem by Maxine Kumin. Wood Every November we buy from the logger a cord of trash wood, the green tops of weedy poplar for the horses to gnaw on all winter, studiously stripping the bark in long, juicy curls, thereby sparing our fence boards from the deep curves seen elsewhere on poor-mouth farms. And then it is spring. Dr. Green arrives rich with dandelions, bromegrass, and clover. The six-foot spindles of now-naked popples clutter the paddock, the lawn, the roadside. You insist they must be gathered and stacked to the sawn. Someone can burn them, they make a quick fire. As quick as a newspaper, I say. I want to hurl them into the gully. Let nature do the recycling. Of course you win. After living so long a time side by side, I know how to choose; what quarrels not to pick. And so in the chartreuse days of April we work together stacking by size neat piles of trash wood to gladden the eye: Wood enough for the hereafter. * Happy Birthday, Maxine! Your labor lights the Here and the Hereafter! And to all readers, Deep Peace of the Light of the World To You! Robert McDowell www.robertmcdowell.net Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080606/83b665ec/attachment.html From skip at louisiana.edu Fri Jun 6 13:22:47 2008 From: skip at louisiana.edu (Skip Fox) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica In-Reply-To: <8CA960BD24E497D-5A0-9DC@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> Message-ID: This series in the paper is what is said to have influence e.e. cummings's use of a lower case "i" as a personal pronoun. Archy could not step on a letter and the shift key at the same time. (He had certain limitations as a writer :-)) But one can also see a lovely similarity between Archy's childlike but serious view of existence, mocking of pretensions, and love of simple humanity as cummings's. -----Original Message----- From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu [mailto:new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu] On Behalf Of jforjames@aol.com Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 11:45 AM To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Subject: [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica POETICA 7/6/2008 15:00 12/6/2008 15:00 Archy and Mehitabel - Part 1, produced by Justine Sloane-Lees URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2246030.htm Don Marquis's famous collection of poems featuring Archy the cockroach-poet and Mehitabel the alley-cat queen. Archy is a vers libre poet. He feels all the pain and absurdity of the modern world, and tries to express what he feels in words. The only problem is that Archy is a cockroach who believes in the transmigration of souls and who, to type out his verse, must throw himself headlong onto each typewriter key in a darkened office, late at night in 1920s New York. For company, he has his best friend Mehitabel the cat, who claims she is the reincarnation of Cleopatra. However, her behaviour is often less than regal: indeed, Archy feels it is more in keeping with an alley cat on the prowl than a queen. _____ Stay informed, get connected and more with AOL on your phone. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080606/de87ed29/attachment.html From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Fri Jun 6 13:39:01 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica In-Reply-To: <8CA960BD24E497D-5A0-9DC@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> References: <8CA960BD24E497D-5A0-9DC@WEBMAIL-DG14.sim.aol.com> Message-ID: <48497635.8050606@opus40.org> How do you play it? jforjames@aol.com wrote: > POETICA > 7/6/2008 15:00 > 12/6/2008 15:00 > Archy and Mehitabel - Part 1, produced by Justine Sloane-Lees > URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2246030.htm > > Don Marquis's famous collection of poems featuring Archy the > cockroach-poet and > Mehitabel the alley-cat queen. > > Archy is a vers libre poet. He feels all the pain and absurdity of the > modern > world, and tries to express what he feels in words. The only problem > is that > Archy is a cockroach who believes in the transmigration of souls and > who, to > type out his verse, must throw himself headlong onto each typewriter > key in a > darkened office, late at night in 1920s New York. For company, he has > his best > friend Mehitabel the cat, who claims she is the reincarnation of > Cleopatra. > However, her behaviour is often less than regal: indeed, Archy feels > it is more > in keeping with an alley cat on the prowl than a queen. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Stay informed, get connected and more with AOL on your phone > . > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Fri Jun 6 13:40:12 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4849767C.2040100@opus40.org> Limitations as a writer? The little scatter footed scarab? Bite your tongue. Skip Fox wrote: > > This series in the paper is what is said to have influence e.e. > cummings?s use of a lower case ?i? as a personal pronoun. Archy could > not step on a letter and the shift key at the same time. (He had > certain limitations as a writer J) But one can also see a lovely > similarity between Archy?s childlike but serious view of existence, > mocking of pretensions, and love of simple humanity as cummings?s. > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu > [mailto:new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu] *On Behalf Of > *jforjames@aol.com > *Sent:* Friday, June 06, 2008 11:45 AM > *To:* new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > *Subject:* [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica > > POETICA > 7/6/2008 15:00 > 12/6/2008 15:00 > Archy and Mehitabel - Part 1, produced by Justine Sloane-Lees > URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2246030.htm > > Don Marquis's famous collection of poems featuring Archy the > cockroach-poet and > Mehitabel the alley-cat queen. > > Archy is a vers libre poet. He feels all the pain and absurdity of the > modern > world, and tries to express what he feels in words. The only problem > is that > Archy is a cockroach who believes in the transmigration of souls and > who, to > type out his verse, must throw himself headlong onto each typewriter > key in a > darkened office, late at night in 1920s New York. For company, he has > his best > friend Mehitabel the cat, who claims she is the reincarnation of > Cleopatra. > However, her behaviour is often less than regal: indeed, Archy feels > it is more > in keeping with an alley cat on the prowl than a queen. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Stay informed, get connected and more with AOL on your phone > . > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From skip at louisiana.edu Fri Jun 6 13:43:01 2008 From: skip at louisiana.edu (Skip Fox) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica In-Reply-To: <4849767C.2040100@opus40.org> Message-ID: <9BDA74C0836044468517E4A63208CEEA@win.louisiana.edu> I thought I'd put a smiling face icon after the limitations sentence. -----Original Message----- From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu [mailto:new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu] On Behalf Of TheOldMole Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:40 PM To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &Views Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica Limitations as a writer? The little scatter footed scarab? Bite your tongue. Skip Fox wrote: > > This series in the paper is what is said to have influence e.e. > cummings's use of a lower case "i" as a personal pronoun. Archy could > not step on a letter and the shift key at the same time. (He had > certain limitations as a writer J) But one can also see a lovely > similarity between Archy's childlike but serious view of existence, > mocking of pretensions, and love of simple humanity as cummings's. > > -----Original Message----- > *From:* new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu > [mailto:new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu] *On Behalf Of > *jforjames@aol.com > *Sent:* Friday, June 06, 2008 11:45 AM > *To:* new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > *Subject:* [New-Poetry] Archy on Poetica > > POETICA > 7/6/2008 15:00 > 12/6/2008 15:00 > Archy and Mehitabel - Part 1, produced by Justine Sloane-Lees > URL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2246030.htm > > Don Marquis's famous collection of poems featuring Archy the > cockroach-poet and > Mehitabel the alley-cat queen. > > Archy is a vers libre poet. He feels all the pain and absurdity of the > modern > world, and tries to express what he feels in words. The only problem > is that > Archy is a cockroach who believes in the transmigration of souls and > who, to > type out his verse, must throw himself headlong onto each typewriter > key in a > darkened office, late at night in 1920s New York. For company, he has > his best > friend Mehitabel the cat, who claims she is the reincarnation of > Cleopatra. > However, her behaviour is often less than regal: indeed, Archy feels > it is more > in keeping with an alley cat on the prowl than a queen. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Stay informed, get connected and more with AOL on your phone > . > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry From anny.ballardini at tin.it Sat Jun 7 15:42:56 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] dictionary of war Message-ID: <956C18D17FA942678EFBF64087F0EF7F@AnnyPC> http://dictionaryofwar.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote: > http://dictionaryofwar.org/ > > > > ------------------------------ > Anny Ballardini > http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ > http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome > http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html > I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing > star! > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -- "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature." - Voltaire -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080607/2ac9a6c1/attachment.html From anny.ballardini at tin.it Sat Jun 7 16:08:45 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] dictionary of war In-Reply-To: <2d5ffa0b0806071246p610604cfpc2acca9dd1f0d321@mail.gmail.com> References: <956C18D17FA942678EFBF64087F0EF7F@AnnyPC> <2d5ffa0b0806071246p610604cfpc2acca9dd1f0d321@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi Suzanne, I think they did it on purpose, you know, artist-like things, association with war, and so on... ----- Original Message ----- From: Suzanne Baran To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &,Views Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2008 9:46 PM Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] dictionary of war Fascinating, though the headline code in messed up on the landing page. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote: http://dictionaryofwar.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -- "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature." - Voltaire ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080607/0f183c79/attachment.html From screwzbaran at gmail.com Sat Jun 7 16:14:21 2008 From: screwzbaran at gmail.com (Suzanne Baran) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] dictionary of war In-Reply-To: References: <956C18D17FA942678EFBF64087F0EF7F@AnnyPC> <2d5ffa0b0806071246p610604cfpc2acca9dd1f0d321@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2d5ffa0b0806071314m2038605cnac383c260eaf1150@mail.gmail.com> Nah, it seems all muffled by accident. On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote: > Hi Suzanne, > > I think they did it on purpose, you know, artist-like things, association > with war, and so on... > > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Suzanne Baran > *To:* NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &,Views > *Sent:* Saturday, June 07, 2008 9:46 PM > *Subject:* Re: [New-Poetry] dictionary of war > > Fascinating, though the headline code in messed up on the landing page. > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Anny Ballardini > wrote: > >> http://dictionaryofwar.org/ >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> Anny Ballardini >> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ >> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome >> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html >> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing >> star! >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New-Poetry mailing list >> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry >> >> > > > -- > "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed > of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that > is the first law of nature." > - Voltaire > > ------------------------------ > > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -- "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature." - Voltaire -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080607/45da5e32/attachment.html From screwzbaran at gmail.com Sat Jun 7 16:15:34 2008 From: screwzbaran at gmail.com (Suzanne Baran) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] dictionary of war In-Reply-To: <2d5ffa0b0806071314m2038605cnac383c260eaf1150@mail.gmail.com> References: <956C18D17FA942678EFBF64087F0EF7F@AnnyPC> <2d5ffa0b0806071246p610604cfpc2acca9dd1f0d321@mail.gmail.com> <2d5ffa0b0806071314m2038605cnac383c260eaf1150@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <2d5ffa0b0806071315r1baaedf5l129f3e90bcffd907@mail.gmail.com> Oops, I meant garbled...the cries of those hurt by war are muffled... On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:14 PM, Suzanne Baran wrote: > Nah, it seems all muffled by accident. > > On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 1:08 PM, Anny Ballardini > wrote: > >> Hi Suzanne, >> >> I think they did it on purpose, you know, artist-like things, association >> with war, and so on... >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> *From:* Suzanne Baran >> *To:* NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &,Views >> *Sent:* Saturday, June 07, 2008 9:46 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [New-Poetry] dictionary of war >> >> Fascinating, though the headline code in messed up on the landing page. >> >> On Sat, Jun 7, 2008 at 12:42 PM, Anny Ballardini >> wrote: >> >>> http://dictionaryofwar.org/ >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> Anny Ballardini >>> http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ >>> http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome >>> http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html >>> I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing >>> star! >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> New-Poetry mailing list >>> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >>> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all >> formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly >> -- that is the first law of nature." >> - Voltaire >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New-Poetry mailing list >> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry >> >> > > > -- > "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed > of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that > is the first law of nature." > - Voltaire > > -- "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature." - Voltaire -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Find out at: http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=67 -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From Sigauke at crc.losrios.edu Sun Jun 8 14:15:21 2008 From: Sigauke at crc.losrios.edu (Sigauke, Emmanuel ) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:05 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 2 Call for Work References: <174452.45117.qm@web83302.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <31F3BD8702DDAD4DAFEAB5245EAAED661D3225@CRC-EXCH01.crc.ad.losrios.edu> SNReview (SNR, www.snreview.org) has entered its tenth year of publishing fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. In celebration of those who have enable the magazine's success during the past decade, SNR has published its largest issue - with more than 40 prose and poetry writers offering more than 260 pages of insights and entertainment. Those writers, who developed their perspectives around the world and in a variety of cultures, include the following: Fiction: CL Bledsoe, Michell Cacho-Negrete, Mary Carroll-Hackett, Cindy Fazzi, Grand Flint, Nels Hanson, Catherine Kelley, Rosemary Landano, Scott Leslie, Jala Pfaff, Mohanalashmi Rajakumar, Sarah Scholes, and Emmanuel Sigauke. Poetry: William Aarnes, Jeff Crouch, Kelly Davio, Tom Deiker, William Doreski, Orville Lloyd Douglas, Michael Estabrook, Patrick Frank, Timothy Houghton, K.A. Markee, Jerry D. Mathes II, Joey Minutillo, Jason Mott, Jaime Peak, Sandra Pollock, Charles Rafferty, Megan Ronan, Sankar Roy, Ashley Shivar, Kristen Sund, Christopher Watkins, Kelley White, and Changming Yuan. Creative Non-Fiction: Andrew Coburn, Jennifer Coke, Sayantani Dasgupta, John Fox, Betsy Hall, Shelley Leveson, Deborah McCarroll, Brendan O'Meara, and Eron Witzel. You can see their work in one of three formats: Web page, Adobe file (PDF), or print. You start at SNR's Web site: www.snreview.org. If you wish to read their works in print, use the "Order" link provided on the opening page of the site. The cost is nominal, $15 for more than four hours of unique entertainment. The meager profit from your $15 also goes to support the Web site. Another way to show your support: Click the link to SNR's Shop and purchase an SNR t-shirt, sweatshirt, mug, notebook, or set of notecards, and all the proceeds go to support SNR. _____ From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu on behalf of amy king Sent: Fri 6/6/2008 7:41 AM To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &, Views Subject: [New-Poetry] Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 2 Call for Work Hi, Here's a big call: Please, pass this along! Electronic Literature Collection, Vol. 2 - Call for Work The Electronic Literature Organization seeks submissions for the Electronic Literature Collection, volume 2. We invite the submission of literary works that take advantage of the capabilities and contexts provided by the computer. Works will be accepted from June 1 to September 30, 2008. Up to three works per author will be considered; previously published works will be considered. The Electronic Literature Collection is a biannual publication of current and older electronic literature in a form suitable for individual, public library, and classroom use. Volume 1, presently available both online (http://collection.eliterature.org) and as a packaged, cross-platform CD-ROM, has been used in dozens of courses at universities in the United States and internationally, and has been widely reviewed in the United States and Europe. It is also available as a CD-ROM insert with N. Katherine Hayles' full-length study, Electronic Literature: New Horizons for the Literary (University of Notre Dame Press, 2008). Volume 2, comprising approximately 50 works, will likewise be available online, and as a cross-platform DVD in a case appropriate for library processing, marking, and distribution. The contents of the Collection are offered under a Creative Commons license so that libraries and educational institutions will be allowed to duplicate and install works and individuals will be free to share the disc with others. The editorial collective for the second volume of the Electronic Literature Collection, to be published in 2009, is Laura Borr?s Castanyer, Talan Memmott, Rita Raley and Brian Kim Stefans. This collective will review the submitted work and select pieces for the Collection. Literary quality will be the chief criterion for selection of works. Other aspects considered will include innovative use of electronic techniques, quality and navigability of interface, and adequate representation of the diverse forms of electronic literature in the collection as a whole. For volume 2, we are considering works of electronic literature in video. Works submitted should function on both Macintosh OS X (10.5) and Windows Vista. Works should function without requiring users to purchase or install additional software. Submissions may require software that is typically pre-installed on contemporary computers, such as a web browser, and are allowed to use the current versions of the most common plugins. To have a work considered, all the authors of the work must agree that if their work is published in the Collection, they will license it under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 License, which will permit others to copy and freely redistribute the work, provided the work is attributed to its authors, that it is redistributed non-commercially, and that it is not used in the creation of derivative works. No other limitation is made regarding the author's use of any work submitted or accepted. 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This weekend poetry retreat will mindfully integrate reading and writing poetry into daily activities at Sunnybank Inn and around the Hot Springs area. There will be time for private writing as well as group workshops and activities, such as a mountaintop poetry walk along a portion of the Appalachian trail, incorporating observations of the natural and human world into new poems. Sunnybank has a long poetic history and atmosphere: English folklorist Cecil Sharp in 1916 collected ballads in the "Laurel Country." Jane Gentry who supplied many of the songs lived here. We will work with the ballad form, and explore the relationship between the traditional ballads and writing new poems using traditional materials. We will focus on poetry which ranges from the contemplative to celebratory, traditional and contemporary, and from local and world traditions. We will draw inspiration from the being together in the atmosphere of this retreat home, which cultivates contemplation and serves as a meeting place free from hectic aspects of the modern world. Collective dinners, a library throughout the house, a music room and that each guest room is supplied with a volume of Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass, and the Tao de Ching are examples of the spirit cultivated here. There will be private time for writing as well as collaborative projects, and group workshops. For night practice, methods of incorporating dreamwork into our writing will be demonstrated. In addition to daily sharing, we will have a chance to read or perform our favorite new pieces at the close of the weekend. No prior experience is necessary, just a willingness to be open to experimentation, to share some of what you write with others, and to be ready to listen to what we may learn from others' work and from the beauty of the Blue Ridge Mountains around us. --- the closest place to fly into is Asheville, NC It's pretty far up into the mountains about 45 minutes more - but it's a trip we take often - so we could arrange to pick you up or the Sunnybank staff can arrange a shuttle if you don't want to rent a car) or you can rent a car at the airport The place is called SUNNYBANK and the host / organizer is Elmer Hall - the number there is 828.622.7206 The price should be under $200 (it was originally $220 - I will find out and let you know The dates are Friday July 11-13th includes dinner Friday night, breakfast, lunch, dinner Saturday and Sunday breakfast and lunch plus Hottub - we can hike as well - it's right on the Appalachian trail Let me know if you or someone you know is interested ! LOVE LEE ANN Forward from Lee Ann Brown Reply to polyverse@earthlink.net -- Lee Ann Brown PO Box 13, Cooper Station NYC 10276 (646) 734 4157 _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Founded two years ago by the Chinese poet Yang Lian, whose collections have appeared in several languages (and whose poetry appears in the Bloodaxe anthology In Person: see overleaf) and the English poet Fiona Sampson, the Editor of Poetry Review, this year's festival began at St Donat's Castle on the Glamorgan coast with four days of translation work in pairs. Translation of poetry is a knotty business, with the results tending more towards recreation than replication. But when the languages are Chinese and English, the challenge is greater still -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080609/9878ae19/attachment.html From KitKelen at umac.mo Tue Jun 10 02:24:32 2008 From: KitKelen at umac.mo (KitKelen@umac.mo) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought Message-ID: Rodent poems sought! POETRY MACAO call for poems Calling all rats and rat-intrigued poets To coincide with the beginning of the twelve year Chinese zodiac cycle, Poetry Macao takes this opportunity to announce an ambitious twelve year anthology project. The intention is to collect poems for an annual supplement based on the year of the reigning animal in the Chinese zodiac. The years ahead are as follows: 2008 ? rat 2009 ? ox 2010 ? tiger 2011 ? rabbit 2012 ? dragon 2013 ? snake 2014 ? horse 2015 ? sheep 2016 ? monkey 2017 ? rooster 2018 ? dog 2019 ? pig For Poetry Macao 2008 we therefore now open submissions for poems in any way connected with mice, rats, or rodents of any description or conception. There are plenty of such poems in the history of Chinese literature and we may be presenting/discussing translations of (and responses to) same throughout 2008. About Poetry Macao http://www.geocities.com/poetrymacaoissue1/main.htm As the on-line poetry organ of the Macao publisher ASM, Poetry Macao invites submissions of and about poetry from around the world. Poetry Macao does not publish reviews or literary criticism but it is interested in publishing theoretical work about poetry and poetics, dialogues between poets and poetic work that crosses generic boundaries (e.g. prose poems, visual poems). Publishing poetry from and about Macao (and neighbouring regions) will always be a priority for the journal. Although translation is an important feature, Poetry Macao is primarily an English language journal and one of its key goals is to bring Macao?s Chinese and Portuguese language poets to an English-reading audience. Poetry Macao?s first number ? in 2007 ? coincides with the November 6 Australia-Macao poetry evening being held at the University of Macau. Therefore the first issue has strong participation by Australian poets, something Poetry Macao hopes to continue into the future. In general terms, ?Macao? is the thematic focus of the journal. The idea is intended to be taken broadly. Macao is not just a single point on the map; associated with a long history of east-west communication (and confusion), Macao is a name suggestive of cultural crossing of all kinds, and of the accommodation of cultures for each other. Poetry Macao encourages contributions consonant with this idea and is especially interested in western engagements with (and responses to) Chinese culture, and the converse (Chinese engagement with the west). Contributions of various kinds are sought ? poetry of course but also dialogue, artwork, photography? Macao is an opening between worlds and following that idea, we ? at Poetry Macao are open to suggestions. Beyond this general call, Poetry Macao will make specific calls from time to time for themed supplements or for participation in activities such as dialogue or responses to particular poems or poets. The first of these specific calls relates to the animal rulers-of- the-years in the Chinese zodiac. Send all contributions ? in the form of a word file attachment ? to: KitKelen@umac.mo, KitKelen@yahoo.com.au Please check by e-mail before sending anything other than a single word-file attachment. From bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net Tue Jun 10 07:18:55 2008 From: bobgrumman at nut-n-but.net (Bob Grumman) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <484E631F.1030005@nut-n-but.net> Strange, I can't remember ever composing a poem with either a rat or a mouse in it. Anyone else have lacunae in their poems like that--I mean an absence of something very common that most poets write about? I've had dogs and cats, and different kinds of birds. Fish. Lizards. Squirrels. Most animals, but not mice and rats. --Bob G. From ATambellini01 at aol.com Tue Jun 10 09:05:27 2008 From: ATambellini01 at aol.com (ATambellini01@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought Message-ID: Actually, I found 6 poems with rats in them....tough poems but great pieces. Aldo **************Vote for your city's best dining and nightlife. City's Best 2008. (http://citysbest.aol.com?ncid=aolacg00050000000102) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Page Kent Johnson STORIES Bret Sparling Craig Foltz ESSAYS Brett Bourbon on Geoffrey Hill C.D. Wright on her "Rising, Falling, Hovering" REVIEWS of Hannah Weiner Keith Waldrop's Baudelaire Andrzej Stasiuk Amanda Nadelberg Dan Machlin Eileen Myles Jennifer Moxley Ron Silliman Kamau Brathwaite Tim Atkins plus: Christine Hume in conversation with Rosmarie Waldrop, a letter from John Ashbery on "Numbers Trouble," & more... * * * The issue costs $18, subscriptions begin at $25 order the issue & subscribe: http://humanities.uchicago.edu/orgs/review/ & enter the code "NEBRASKA" to receive the issue for $15, US shipping included please visit our website for full details & for pdfs of a selection of our reviews or send checks to the address below * * * CHICAGO REVIEW 5801 S. KENWOOD AVE CHICAGO, IL 60637 * * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080610/6adc4d03/attachment.html From anny.ballardini at tin.it Tue Jun 10 15:18:27 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought In-Reply-To: <484E631F.1030005@nut-n-but.net> References: <484E631F.1030005@nut-n-but.net> Message-ID: <2642F3F638254F95A2E20ACEF8EA29F9@AnnyPC> to which I add vipers, but no rats, one can still write one... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Grumman" To: "NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &Views" Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 1:18 PM Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought > Strange, I can't remember ever composing a poem with either a rat or a > mouse in it. Anyone else have lacunae in their poems like that--I mean an > absence of something very common that most poets write about? I've had > dogs and cats, and different kinds of birds. Fish. Lizards. Squirrels. > Most animals, but not mice and rats. > > --Bob G. From rwilsnac at medicine.nodak.edu Tue Jun 10 17:40:39 2008 From: rwilsnac at medicine.nodak.edu (Richard Wilsnack) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought In-Reply-To: <484E631F.1030005@nut-n-but.net> References: <484E631F.1030005@nut-n-but.net> Message-ID: <484EF4D7.2020002@medicine.nodak.edu> Bob Grumman wrote: > Strange, I can't remember ever composing a poem with either a rat or a > mouse in it. Anyone else have lacunae in their poems like that--I > mean an absence of something very common that most poets write about? > I've had dogs and cats, and different kinds of birds. Fish. > Lizards. Squirrels. Most animals, but not mice and rats. > > --Bob G. Lest we forget... "freddy the rat perishes" by Don Marquis [aka archy], 1927 listen to me there have been some doings here since last i wrote there has been a battle behind that rusty typewriter cover in the corner you remember freddy the rat well freddy is no more but he died game the other day a stranger with a lot of legs came into our little circle a tough looking kid he was with a bad eye who are you said a thousand legs if i bite you once said the stranger you won t ask again he he little poison tongue said the thousand legs who gave you hydrophobia i got it by biting myself said the stranger i m bad keep away from me where i step a weed dies if i was to walk on your forehead it would raise measles and if you give me any lip i ll do it they mixed it then and the thousand legs succumbed well we found out this fellow was a tarantula he had come up from south america in a bunch of bananas for days he bossed us life was not worth living he would stand in the middle of the floor and taunt us ha ha he would say where i step a weed dies do you want any of my game i was raised on red pepper and blood i am so hot if you scratch me i will light like a match you better dodge me when i m feeling mean and i don t feel any other way i was nursed on a tabasco bottle if i was to slap your wrist in kindness you would boil over like job and heaven help you if i get angry give me room i feel a wicked spell coming on last night he made a break at freddy the rat keep your distance little one said freddy i m not feeling well myself somebody poisoned some cheese for me im as full of death as a drug store i feel that i am going to die anyhow come on little torpedo don t stop to visit and search then they went at it and both are no more please throw a late edition on the floor i want to keep up with china we dropped freddy off the fire escape into the alley with military honors archy Richard W. Wilsnack rwilsnac@medicine.nodak.edu From grahamd at ripon.edu Wed Jun 11 09:55:59 2008 From: grahamd at ripon.edu (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Beasley on Linebreak Message-ID: <12024FF7-055D-4022-AA81-FE2B1C823561@ripon.edu> The new *Linebreak* is up, with a poem by Sandra Beasley. http://linebreak.org/27/the-natives-are-restless/ While I'm at it, let me recommend Beasley's first book *Theories of Falling*, just out from New Issues Press. With some time off from teaching in the past year, I've done a bit more poking around than usual in search of poets new to me, especially that growing crop of ones who are 20 & 30 years younger than I am, and Beasley's one of the fresh faces that kept impressing me. New Issues Press has also been impressing me--a press I'd not paid much attention to before. ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080611/07562be5/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Wed Jun 11 10:37:36 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] TOMORROW NIGHT - Queer Women Poetry @ The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation Message-ID: <540264.37909.qm@web83312.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Nathaniel A. Siegel Dear Friends: You are cordially invited to attend A Poetry Reading ! Thursday June 12, 6:30pm to 9pm. COME HEAR ! Queer Women Poetry Hosted by Alix Olson $7 suggested donation The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation 26 Wooster Street NYC NY 10013 (between Grand & Canal Streets) Phone (212) 431-2609 www.leslielohman.org Reading by poets: Sini Anderson Arianne Benford Kate Broad Cheryl Burke Staceyann Chin r.erica doyle Stephanie Gray Tracy Grinnell Natalie E. Illum Amy King Sue Landers Sara Marcus Marty McConnell Lenelle Moise Alix Olson Elizabeth Reddin The poetry reading is part of the series COME HEAR ! started in 2007 by Regie Cabico and Nathaniel Siegel to showcase the poetry of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered and queer writers in the gay friendly space that is The Leslie/Lohman Gay Art Foundation. COME HEAR ! has been generously supported by Charles Leslie and Fritz Lohman as well as The John Burton Harter Charitable Trust. All readings are recorded for archival purposes by sound engineer Austin Publicover. Email: nathaniel@leslielohman.org www.leslielohman.org _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080611/e1ea14b2/attachment.html From skip at louisiana.edu Wed Jun 11 13:50:39 2008 From: skip at louisiana.edu (Skip Fox) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought In-Reply-To: <484EF4D7.2020002@medicine.nodak.edu> Message-ID: <5145AEAB31E2412492890E4B9D25CDD1@win.louisiana.edu> This is not a poem but a short-short. (An editor once labeled a couple of my small stories "Flasher Fiction.") It's not about rats, but a couple mice. An almost mid-summer night's entertainment: Itching of the Phantom Foreskin Once there was a country mouse and a city mouse and the country mouse, who was his cousin, went to live with the city mouse . . . who knows why, . . . really? Was it drought? Did the farm blow away? Or was he bored with all his hick buddies talking about how they were going to "blow this town one day"? When he set down his suitcase and told his cousin, the city mouse, that he had come to live with him, the city mouse leapt upon him, held him down, tore off his head with his teeth, and took a dump down the pie-hole's sceptic pipe we call a throat, partially for the gratuitous violence but also because the country mouse needed it done (pan-struck face, smarmy hairlip, obsequious drivel). The city mouse kept the corpse of what had been his cousin out in the alley where he and his friends could join to their merriment of skies, of cans, of blasted brick, the example of how a decapitated country mouse, some festering of the primitive, looks, and smells, and moves, how his red plaid shirt browns from the various chemistries, the beautiful fluffiness of a corpse, deflated the third morning with a whoosh and no shortage of joyeusete, comparing its bouquet to flatulence, someone's wife's breath, or feet, etc. Thus might end our story were it not the "absolute is the dimension of a thing prospectively" "now that the relative has been restored as that which includes the absolute" (Olson), which brings us back to the rotting corpse and one of the city mouse's buddies who--after long afternoons of coffee and evenings of drinking, cigarettes, talking of little Minnies tight as squeegees (how they barked! gravel titties), of a city's necessary luxuries, and of leaving one day--would return in the latest of the earliest hours, after all the others had gone home to their loathsome holes and cabinets, he would sneak back to the alley's hymnal vault, to the corner behind the dumpster, beneath a slice of constellations (shield of Perseus), to stand above the ripening joke, breathing in its ripening stew . . . to think, masturbate, and pray. From anny.ballardini at tin.it Wed Jun 11 13:57:46 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought In-Reply-To: <5145AEAB31E2412492890E4B9D25CDD1@win.louisiana.edu> References: <5145AEAB31E2412492890E4B9D25CDD1@win.louisiana.edu> Message-ID: <6201276F1C06447A831676023AB89DCC@AnnyPC> this is a rat's poem, no doubt about it. I think that Skip Fox can reach something similar to the bottom, when he wants. Please note that I mean it as a positive remark, very few know how to get out all the stench. From: "Skip Fox" Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:50 PM > This is not a poem but a short-short. (An editor once labeled a couple of > my > small stories "Flasher Fiction.") It's not about rats, but a couple mice. > An > almost mid-summer night's entertainment: > > > Itching of the Phantom Foreskin > > Once there was a country mouse and a city mouse and the country mouse, who > was his cousin, went to live with the city mouse . . . who knows why, . . > . > really? Was it drought? Did the farm blow away? Or was he bored with > all > his hick buddies talking about how they were going to "blow this town one > day"? When he set down his suitcase and told his cousin, the city mouse, > that he had come to live with him, the city mouse leapt upon him, held him > down, tore off his head with his teeth, and took a dump down the > pie-hole's > sceptic pipe we call a throat, partially for the gratuitous violence but > also because the country mouse needed it done (pan-struck face, smarmy > hairlip, obsequious drivel). The city mouse kept the corpse of what had > been his cousin out in the alley where he and his friends could join to > their merriment of skies, of cans, of blasted brick, the example of how a > decapitated country mouse, some festering of the primitive, looks, and > smells, and moves, how his red plaid shirt browns from the various > chemistries, the beautiful fluffiness of a corpse, deflated the third > morning with a whoosh and no shortage of joyeusete, comparing its bouquet > to > flatulence, someone's wife's breath, or feet, etc. > Thus might end our story were it not the "absolute is the dimension > of a thing prospectively" "now that the relative has been restored as that > which includes the absolute" (Olson), which brings us back to the rotting > corpse and one of the city mouse's buddies who--after long afternoons of > coffee and evenings of drinking, cigarettes, talking of little Minnies > tight > as squeegees (how they barked! gravel titties), of a city's necessary > luxuries, and of leaving one day--would return in the latest of the > earliest > hours, after all the others had gone home to their loathsome holes and > cabinets, he would sneak back to the alley's hymnal vault, to the corner > behind the dumpster, beneath a slice of constellations (shield of > Perseus), > to stand above the ripening joke, breathing in its ripening stew . . . to > think, masturbate, and pray. > > > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.2.0/1495 - Release Date: 6/10/2008 > 5:11 PM > > From Rsgwynn1 at cs.com Wed Jun 11 14:03:47 2008 From: Rsgwynn1 at cs.com (Rsgwynn1@cs.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought Message-ID: Daniel Hoffman has a great one, "Rats." Also Charles Martin's "Steal the Bacon." -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080611/50379427/attachment.html From rog3r.day at gmail.com Wed Jun 11 14:07:55 2008 From: rog3r.day at gmail.com (Roger Day) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Wendy Cope on the post of Poet Laureate Message-ID: "It's an archaic post and means nothing. It's simply not important" I find myself late in life *agreeing* with WC. Astounding, absolutely astounding. Roger -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "I began to warm and chill to objects and their fields" Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds From skip at louisiana.edu Wed Jun 11 14:52:56 2008 From: skip at louisiana.edu (Skip Fox) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought In-Reply-To: <6201276F1C06447A831676023AB89DCC@AnnyPC> Message-ID: <5A9F183939C5408EB6400AB07F4DAAE3@win.louisiana.edu> I wouldn't take it any other way, Anne. Thanks. -----Original Message----- From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu [mailto:new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Anny Ballardini Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2008 12:58 PM To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &Views Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] rodent poems sought this is a rat's poem, no doubt about it. I think that Skip Fox can reach something similar to the bottom, when he wants. Please note that I mean it as a positive remark, very few know how to get out all the stench. (short story deleted) From KitKelen at umac.mo Wed Jun 11 21:49:22 2008 From: KitKelen at umac.mo (KitKelen@umac.mo) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] big rodent business In-Reply-To: <200806111600.m5BG03Ls009739@wiz.cath.vt.edu> Message-ID: three big rat poems Christopher Kelen 1 give stone to the stone height to the mountain green to the pine give courage to men virtue and loyalty just this poor house where as in the book of songs a famous rat eats the seedlings as they rise I could leave but to me this old hut means friendship and who knows what this rat was before or may yet be 2 the rat got through the heavy mud wall gnaws the silk on the loom it leaves some clay but not a stitch of cloth withered mulberries greet first light the empty loom shows chill dusk the common folk are great advocates of fat horses, gorgeous clothes how hungry and feeble the aspiring are heaven trains its eye on this rat 3 the day before yesterday you left my hair turned white as the sleepless grass now here the insects are loud with stillness the rat rustles round out of doors half a month since the wind ran through always the one immortal rat from -- After Meng Jiao: Responses to the Tang Poet by Christopher Kelen published in 2008 by VAC (Chicago, IL) on-line orders through http://vacteam.com/books.htm From editor at eratiopostmodernpoetry.com Thu Jun 12 12:09:14 2008 From: editor at eratiopostmodernpoetry.com (=?iso-8859-1?Q?e=B7ratio?=) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] =?iso-8859-1?q?KOPP=C1NY_WAVES_TO_ERATIO_EDITIONS?= Message-ID: <60524.72.229.168.110.1213286954.squirrel@webmail1.web.com> e? KOPP?NY WAVES TO ERATIO EDITIONS E?ratio Editions is (no, seriously) really happy to announce the publication of Waves, an e-chap by M?rton Kopp?ny. Waves by M?rton Kopp?ny. "These works are minimalist by design, but should we paraphrase the thought channeled therein, the effect would be encyclopedic, ranging through philosophy, psychology, politics, and the human emotions." Also available from E?ratio Editions: #1. In the Bennett Tree. Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino joins John M. Bennett ?In the Bennett Tree.??Collaborative poems, images, an introduction and a full-length critical essay pay homage to American poet John M. Bennett. #2. Mending My Black Sweater by Mary Ann Sullivan. Mending My Black Sweater and other poems by Mary Ann Sullivan. Poems of making conscious, of acceptance and of self-remembering, and of personal responsibility. http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com/eratioeditions.html E?ratio Editions, a series of elegantly produced, quick loading e-chaps, is reading for poetry, innovative narrative prose and recollection and critical and theoretical essays.?Please see the Contact page for further guidelines and where to send.?Query?editor with sample and proposal.? E?ratio is reading for poetry for issue 11. E?ratio publishes quality poetry in the postmodern idioms with an emphasis on the intransitive. E?ratio Poetry Journal and E?ratio Editions, edited by Gregory?Vincent St. Thomasino http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com e? From anny.ballardini at tin.it Thu Jun 12 16:34:43 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:06 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Stephen Willats Message-ID: <751D36FE57B04343843D1AC993F36292@AnnyPC> http://www.controlmagazine.org/stateofagreement.php -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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"These works are minimalist by design, but > should we paraphrase the thought channeled therein, the effect would be > encyclopedic, ranging through philosophy, psychology, politics, and the > human emotions." > > Also available from E?ratio Editions: > > #1. In the Bennett Tree. Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino joins John M. > Bennett "In the Bennett Tree." Collaborative poems, images, an > introduction and a full-length critical essay pay homage to American poet > John M. Bennett. > > #2. Mending My Black Sweater by Mary Ann Sullivan. Mending My Black > Sweater and other poems by Mary Ann Sullivan. Poems of making conscious, > of acceptance and of self-remembering, and of personal responsibility. > > http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com/eratioeditions.html > > E?ratio Editions, a series of elegantly produced, quick loading e-chaps, > is reading for poetry, innovative narrative prose and recollection and > critical and theoretical essays. Please see the Contact page for further > guidelines and where to send. Query editor with sample and proposal. > > E?ratio is reading for poetry for issue 11. > > E?ratio publishes quality poetry in the postmodern idioms with an emphasis > on the intransitive. > > E?ratio Poetry Journal and E?ratio Editions, edited by Gregory Vincent St. > Thomasino > > http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com > > e? > > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1498 - Release Date: 6/11/2008 > 7:13 PM > > From anny.ballardini at tin.it Fri Jun 13 16:01:08 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:07 2009 Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fw:_=5BNew-Poetry=5D_KOPP=C1NY_WAVES_TO_ERATIO_EDITIONS?= Message-ID: <01C02BEC776A42C09C731BE5AFB3CDB5@AnnyPC> I have problems in communicating, let's see if this mails arrives now... From: "Anny Ballardini" Sent: Friday, June 13, 2008 6:41 PM > Congratulations for Marton Koppany, a great visual poet. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "e?ratio" > To: > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:09 PM > Subject: [New-Poetry] KOPP?NY WAVES TO ERATIO EDITIONS > > >> e? >> KOPP?NY WAVES TO ERATIO EDITIONS >> >> E?ratio Editions is (no, seriously) really happy to announce the >> publication of Waves, an e-chap by M?rton Kopp?ny. >> >> Waves by M?rton Kopp?ny. "These works are minimalist by design, but >> should we paraphrase the thought channeled therein, the effect would be >> encyclopedic, ranging through philosophy, psychology, politics, and the >> human emotions." >> >> Also available from E?ratio Editions: >> >> #1. In the Bennett Tree. Gregory Vincent St. Thomasino joins John M. >> Bennett "In the Bennett Tree." Collaborative poems, images, an >> introduction and a full-length critical essay pay homage to American poet >> John M. Bennett. >> >> #2. Mending My Black Sweater by Mary Ann Sullivan. Mending My Black >> Sweater and other poems by Mary Ann Sullivan. Poems of making conscious, >> of acceptance and of self-remembering, and of personal responsibility. >> >> http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com/eratioeditions.html >> >> E?ratio Editions, a series of elegantly produced, quick loading e-chaps, >> is reading for poetry, innovative narrative prose and recollection and >> critical and theoretical essays. Please see the Contact page for further >> guidelines and where to send. Query editor with sample and proposal. >> >> E?ratio is reading for poetry for issue 11. >> >> E?ratio publishes quality poetry in the postmodern idioms with an >> emphasis >> on the intransitive. >> >> E?ratio Poetry Journal and E?ratio Editions, edited by Gregory Vincent >> St. >> Thomasino >> >> http://www.eratiopostmodernpoetry.com >> >> e? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New-Poetry mailing list >> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.3.0/1498 - Release Date: 6/11/2008 >> 7:13 PM >> >> > From amyhappens at yahoo.com Sat Jun 14 12:21:59 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:07 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! Message-ID: <591370.14133.qm@web83301.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> And by that I mean, what a bunch of excellent suggestions to pour over: http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ Thanks to all who have contributed their awesome suggestions to this thread -- internet searches have already brought folks to this growing resource in search of poetry exercises ... not only for their classes, but also to kick start their own muses into putting pen to paper! I'll be in touch with people about the "prizes", which I have in spades, thankfully, because it looks like I'll be using quite a few of these next month! Thanks again, and feel free to add to the list if you haven't already! Best, Amy http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080614/6f0d716c/attachment.html From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Sat Jun 14 12:46:55 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:07 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! In-Reply-To: <591370.14133.qm@web83301.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <591370.14133.qm@web83301.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <4853F5FF.4060203@opus40.org> Amy -- what a great site! I have a bunch, and I'll post a few later -- just flying through now. amy king wrote: > And by that I mean, what a bunch of excellent suggestions to pour over: > > http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ > > Thanks to all who have contributed their awesome suggestions to this > thread -- internet searches have already brought folks to this growing > resource in search of poetry exercises ... not only for their classes, > but also to kick start their own muses into putting pen to paper! > > I'll be in touch with people about the "prizes", which I have in > spades, thankfully, because it looks like I'll be using quite a few > of these next month! > > Thanks again, and feel free to add to the list if you haven't already! > > Best, > > Amy > http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ > > > > _______ > > Recent > http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html > http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html > > Alias > http://www.amyking.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From millb at aol.com Sat Jun 14 13:52:51 2008 From: millb at aol.com (millb@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:07 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! In-Reply-To: <591370.14133.qm@web83301.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <591370.14133.qm@web83301.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <8CA9C5E98AB3D34-13B4-382F@webmail-nb03.sysops.aol.com> Hi Amy, Great idea!? I didn't see your post the first time, so I just added?an exercise to your collection. Cheers, Millicent -----Original Message----- From: amy king To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News & Views ; UB Poetics discussion group ; Women's Poetry Listserve Sent: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 9:21 am Subject: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! And by that I mean, what a bunch of excellent suggestions to pour over: http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ Thanks to all who have contributed their awesome suggestions to this thread -- internet searches have already brought folks to this growing resource in search of poetry exercises ... not only for their classes, but also to kick start their own muses into putting pen to paper!? I'll be in touch with people about the "prizes", which I have in spades, thankfully,? because it looks like I'll be using quite a few of these next month! Thanks again, and feel free to add to the list if you haven't already! Best, Amy http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080614/012e2353/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Sat Jun 14 15:31:06 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:07 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! In-Reply-To: <8CA9C5E98AB3D34-13B4-382F@webmail-nb03.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <938465.72427.qm@web83307.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Thank you, Millicent! I plan to send the link around again as a resource since there are so many wonderful contributions -- esp when folks on listservs ask, periodically as they often do, "Hey, I'm teaching a Creative Writing / Writing Poetry course; does anyone have any exercises they can recommend?" I'll post the link as many of these ideas have come from members of assorted poetry listservs ... Best, Amy millb@aol.com wrote: Hi Amy, Great idea! I didn't see your post the first time, so I just added an exercise to your collection. Cheers, Millicent -----Original Message----- From: amy king Subject: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! And by that I mean, what a bunch of excellent suggestions to pour over: http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ Thanks to all who have contributed their awesome suggestions to this thread -- internet searches have already brought folks to this growing resource in search of poetry exercises ... not only for their classes, but also to kick start their own muses into putting pen to paper! I'll be in touch with people about the "prizes", which I have in spades, thankfully, because it looks like I'll be using quite a few of these next month! Thanks again, and feel free to add to the list if you haven't already! Best, Amy http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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References: <231765.85326.qm@web83313.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <31F3BD8702DDAD4DAFEAB5245EAAED661D322B@CRC-EXCH01.crc.ad.losrios.edu> The new issue of Munyori Poetry Journal is out. Visit the e-zine at www.munyori.com Emmanuel Sigauke Editor ________________________________ From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu on behalf of amy king Sent: Sat 6/14/2008 12:32 PM To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &, Views Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! Thank you, Tad! TheOldMole wrote: Amy -- what a great site! I have a bunch, and I'll post a few later -- just flying through now. amy king wrote: > And by that I mean, what a bunch of excellent suggestions to pour over: > http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 3991 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080614/ab19012e/attachment.bin From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Sat Jun 14 21:10:48 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:07 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] New Munyori Issue! In-Reply-To: <31F3BD8702DDAD4DAFEAB5245EAAED661D322B@CRC-EXCH01.crc.ad.losrios.edu> References: <231765.85326.qm@web83313.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> <31F3BD8702DDAD4DAFEAB5245EAAED661D322B@CRC-EXCH01.crc.ad.losrios.edu> Message-ID: <48546C18.6070308@opus40.org> Emmanuel -- good as always. I especially liked Nhamo Mhiripiri's work, and the interview. Sigauke, Emmanuel wrote: > The new issue of Munyori Poetry Journal is out. Visit the e-zine at www.munyori.com > > Emmanuel Sigauke > Editor > > ________________________________ > > From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu on behalf of amy king > Sent: Sat 6/14/2008 12:32 PM > To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News &, Views > Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] What a Bunch of Exercises! > > > Thank you, Tad! > > TheOldMole wrote: > > Amy -- what a great site! > > I have a bunch, and I'll post a few later -- just flying through now. > > amy king wrote: > > And by that I mean, what a bunch of excellent suggestions to pour over: > > http://amyking.wordpress.com/2008/06/12/poetry-exercises-wanted/ > > > > > _______ > > Recent > http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html > http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html > > Alias > http://www.amyking.org > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From anny.ballardini at tin.it Sun Jun 15 05:55:48 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:07 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Happy Father's Day Message-ID: >From the Writer's Almanac: The Old Man and the Motorcycle by Liam Rector Acrobat's Song by Robert Lax The Old Man and the Motorcycle The old man had inoperable cancer. The old man's wife was dead And the old man's kids didn't like him, So the old man sold most everything And bought a motorcycle And the old man got back To the backroads, to the roads he'd so Enjoyed as a young man, And the old man figured what the hell, I'm sick I don't have long I might As well die falling off this thing Somewhere: this affordable, this moving, This very roaring thing on these last roads. Acrobat's Song Who is it for whom we now perform, Cavorting on wire: For whom does the boy Climbing the ladder Balance and whirl- For whom, Seen or unseen In a shield of light? Seen or unseen In a shield of light, At the tent top Where rays stream in Watching the pin-wheel Turns of the players Dancing In light: Lady, We are Thy acrobats; Jugglers; Tumblers; Walking on wire, Dancing on air, Swinging on the high trapeze: We are Thy children, Flying in the air Of that smile: Rejoicing in light. Lady, We perform before Thee, Walking a joyous discipline, A thin thread of courage, A slim high wire of dependence Over abysses. What do we know Of the way of our walking? Only this step, This movement, Gone as we name it. Here At the thin Rim of the world We turn for Our Lady, Who holds us lightly: We leave the wire, Leave the line, Vanish Into light. "The Old Man and the Motorcycle" by Liam Rector from The Executive Director of the Fallen World. ? The University of Chicago Press, 2006. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) & "Acrobat's Song" an excerpt from "Circus of the Sun" by Robert Lax from Love Had A Compass: Journals and Poetry. ? Grove Press, 1996. Reprinted with permission. 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Chaffin http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=282 Catherine Daly http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=283 Ravi Shankar http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=284 Guido Catalano http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=285 Jill Chan http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=286 AnnMarie Eldon http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=287 Nada Gordon http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=288 Eugen Galasso http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=289 Margo Berdeshevsky http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=290 New work by already featured Poets: Evelyn Posamentier: Despair (I) - Despair (XX) http://www.fieralingue.it/corner.php?pa=printpage&pid=2315 Tad Richards: New thrilling Episodes by our Epic Poet: http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=Content&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=67 Alan Sondheim: fragment http://www.fieralingue.it/corner.php?pa=printpage&pid=2353 while now new emanents move, submerged http://www.fieralingue.it/corner.php?pa=printpage&pid=2354 who are you doing it with http://www.fieralingue.it/corner.php?pa=printpage&pid=2355 Under Poets on Poets: Catherine Daly translated by Kris Petersson into Italian: http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetsonpoets&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=79 Henry Gould translated by Anny Ballardini: http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetsonpoets&pa=list_pages_categories&cid=80 Henry Gould informally interviewed by me (AB): http://www.fieralingue.it/modules/poetsonpoets/corner.php?pa=printpage&pid=238 Best wishes to all, Anny Ballardini http://annyballardini.blogspot.com/ http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome http://www.moriapoetry.com/ebooks.html I Tell You: One must still have chaos in one to give birth to a dancing star! -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Joy Harjo ??? Luisa Igloria ??? Mario Susko ??? Myrna Amelia Mesa ??? Natalie Diaz ??? Pattiann Rogers ??? Prince Mensah ??? Stefi Weisburd ??? Yevgeny Yevtushenko Vol. 30 Ana Elsner ??? Billy Collins ??? Cati Porter ??? Desi Di Nardo ??? Dorianne Laux ??? Edessa Ramos ??? Emma Neale ??? Eric Nelson ??? Levi J Attias ??? Mary Guckian ??? Michael Lee Johnson ??? Mukesh Williams ??? PB Rippey ??? Rethabile Masilo ??? Tom Keene http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Cristina Castello ?EUR? Diane Ackerman ?EUR? Douglas Pinson ?EUR? Elena Karina Byrne ?EUR? Fiona Sampson ?EUR? Hisashi Nakamura ?EUR? Jeffrey Ethan Lee ?EUR? John Row ?EUR? Laala Kashef Alghata ?EUR? Leanne Averbach ?EUR? Margaret Saine ?EUR? Rasma Haidri ?EUR? Ray McNiece ?EUR? Sophie Moleta Vol. 31 Amir Or ?EUR? Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda ?EUR? Coleman Barks ?EUR? Emanuel Xavier ?EUR? Felix Cheong ?EUR? Janice Ian ?EUR? Joy Harjo ?EUR? Luisa Igloria ?EUR? Mario Susko ?EUR? Myrna Amelia Mesa ?EUR? Natalie Diaz ?EUR? Pattiann Rogers ?EUR? Prince Mensah ?EUR? Stefi Weisburd ?EUR? Yevgeny Yevtushenko Vol. 30 Ana Elsner ?EUR? Billy Collins ?EUR? Cati Porter ?EUR? Desi Di Nardo ?EUR? Dorianne Laux ?EUR? Edessa Ramos ?EUR? Emma Neale ?EUR? Eric Nelson ?EUR? Levi J Attias ?EUR? Mary Guckian ?EUR? Michael Lee Johnson ?EUR? Mukesh Williams ?EUR? PB Rippey ?EUR? Rethabile Masilo ?EUR? Tom Keene http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 5813 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080616/1d24e861/attachment.bin From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Mon Jun 16 23:26:09 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] The Other Voices International Project In-Reply-To: <830234.23212.qm@web83303.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <830234.23212.qm@web83303.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <48572ED1.7000105@opus40.org> Good job, Amy. Good work. amy king wrote: > http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/ > 2008 > Vol. 33 > Amy King ??? Annie Finch ??? Azarin Sadegh ??? Erling Friis-Baastad > ??? George Mackay Brown ??? James Galvin ??? Leslie Kreiner Wilson ??? > rob mclennan ??? Sina Moayedi ??? Stephanie Bolster > Vol. 32 > Arezou Mokhtarian ??? Cristina Castello ??? Diane Ackerman ??? Douglas > Pinson ??? Elena Karina Byrne ??? Fiona Sampson ??? Hisashi Nakamura > ??? Jeffrey Ethan Lee ??? John Row ??? Laala Kashef Alghata ??? Leanne > Averbach ??? Margaret Saine ??? Rasma Haidri ??? Ray McNiece ??? > Sophie Moleta > Vol. 31 > Amir Or ??? Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda ??? Coleman Barks ??? Emanuel > Xavier ??? Felix Cheong ??? Janice Ian ??? Joy Harjo ??? Luisa Igloria > ??? Mario Susko ??? Myrna Amelia Mesa ??? Natalie Diaz ??? Pattiann > Rogers ??? Prince Mensah ??? Stefi Weisburd ??? Yevgeny Yevtushenko > Vol. 30 > Ana Elsner ??? Billy Collins ??? Cati Porter ??? Desi Di Nardo ??? > Dorianne Laux ??? Edessa Ramos ??? Emma Neale ??? Eric Nelson ??? Levi > J Attias ??? Mary Guckian ??? Michael Lee Johnson ??? Mukesh Williams > ??? PB Rippey ??? Rethabile Masilo ??? Tom Keene > http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/ > > > _______ > > Recent > http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html > http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html > > Alias > http://www.amyking.org > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From KitKelen at umac.mo Mon Jun 16 23:56:48 2008 From: KitKelen at umac.mo (KitKelen@umac.mo) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] =?utf-8?q?CALL_FOR_PAPERS_=E2=80=93_CALL_FOR_POEMS_?= =?utf-8?q?_for_the_POETRY_OF_RESPONSE_PROJECT_?= In-Reply-To: <200806161600.m5GG04Ls017582@wiz.cath.vt.edu> Message-ID: CALL FOR PAPERS ? CALL FOR POEMS for the POETRY OF RESPONSE PROJECT The ?poetry of response? project is a long-term international collaboration, focused on a range of poetic activities, related to (and dependent on) but not-quite translation ? these include imitation, variation, adaptation, dialogue, etc. An example of work-on-the-way towards the publications now envisaged can found in Jacket magazine at ? http://jacketmagazine.com/32/index.shtml What is ?the poetry of response?? It is foremost a poetry of practice, a poetry in process. In contrast with earlier epochs? bolt-from-the-blue myths of inspiration and the idea of poetry?s ineffable sources, it is something of a postmodern truism that the text has antecedents ? generically, thematically, however. So in ?response mode? we find poetry avowing an origin (though not an ultimate source), and probably likewise denying a destination. Favoured rather is the open-endedness of dialogue and hence a resistance to the product orientation (and focus on ownership) associated with publication and canonisation. The emphasis instead is on meaning as animated. In this case the meaning is made with words which favour reader and writer with the instability of crossing. While not all of the poetic ?responding? takes place between languages, conversation involving translation of some kind will be exemplary for the purpose of describing a ?poetry of response?. The hope is to collect examples of such poetry and essays about (what could be theorised as) a continuum of response ? from close translation to vague influence, via adaptation, variation, response. Two volumes are proposed (possibly for different publishers): 1 ? a (multilingual) collection of (mainly examples of) poetry of response. (This could include some theorising to get from a to b, but essentially the anthology will consist of [previously unpublished] literary works that can be considered as responses of some kind [together with excerpts of ?fair dealing? length from the works responded to]. Alternatively, pairs or groups of poets may submit an unpublished conversation [in and/or around poetry].) and 2 ? a collection (in English) of essays about the poetry of response. (This will no doubt include plenty of examples but they will be in the text of the essays/chapters.) Abstracts for proposed essays/chapters (for the second volume) should be received by the end of September, 2008, completed essays by the end of December, 2008. The deadline for poetry for the first volume is open-ended and the process of collecting will continue until the book takes shape. Please send all enquiries, abstracts, etc. by e-mail to Christopher Kelen KitKelen@umac.mo, KitKelen@yahoo.com.au From anny.ballardini at tin.it Tue Jun 17 04:59:40 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (anny.ballardini@tin.it) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] NYTimes.com: The Web Time Forgot Message-ID: <200806170712.m5H7CALp024027@wiz.cath.vt.edu> This page was sent to you by: anny.ballardini@tin.it. .. this will be the televised book! watch the video... SCIENCE | June 17, 2008 The Web Time Forgot By ALEX WRIGHT The Mundaneum Museum honors the first concept of a world wide wonder, sketched out by Paul Otlet in 1934 as a global network of "electric telescopes." http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/17/science/17mund.html?ex=1214366400&en=0f124af44ee20609&ei=5070&emc=eta1 ---------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT THIS E-MAIL This e-mail was sent to you by a friend through NYTimes.com's E-mail This Article service. For general information about NYTimes.com, write to help@nytimes.com. NYTimes.com 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018 Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080617/772ab4d4/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Tue Jun 17 10:15:40 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] The Other Voices International Project In-Reply-To: <48572ED1.7000105@opus40.org> Message-ID: <659940.66189.qm@web83303.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Thanks, Tad! It's a nice little online anthology going back to 2004 - lots of international writers ... Be well, Amy TheOldMole wrote: Good job, Amy. Good work. amy king wrote: > http://www.othervoicespoetry.org/ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080617/538c5a3a/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Tue Jun 17 11:24:24 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Tomorrow Night -- NYC -- Beyer, Bozicevic, Bryant, and Lin Message-ID: <702772.96201.qm@web83310.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: ari banias Just a friendly reminder about the launch for Brooklyn's newest monthly reading series, Uncalled-For... Bring friends, bring wine, bring yourselves down to the lower depths of Unnameable Books on Wednesday, June 18th at 7:00 pm to hear friends or strangers Tamiko Beyer, Ana Bo??i??evi??, Tisa Bryant and Daniel Lin read their work. Hope to see you there! Ari +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Uncalled-For Readings @ Unnameable Books Mostly Poets, Some Wednesdays. First Reading! Wednesday June 18 2008 7:00 pm free Tamiko Beyer Ana Bozicevic Tisa Bryant & Daniel Lin * Tamiko Beyer's work has appeared numerous journals including Calyx, Crab Orchard Review, Gay and Lesbian Review, The Progressive, and the anthology Cheers to Muses: Contemporary Work by Asian American Women. She is a Kundiman Fellow and a member of Agent 409, a multi-racial, queer writing group based in New York City. Through the NY Writers Coalition, she leads writing workshops for homeless LGBTQ youth, and she works as a freelance writer. She will be pursing an M.F.A. at the Writing Program at Washington University in St. Louis, beginning in the fall. Ana Bozicevic emigrated to NYC from Croatia in 1997. She's the author of chapbooks Document (Octopus Books, 2007) and Morning News (Kitchen Press, 2006). Fresh poems are forthcoming in the Denver Quarterly, Hotel Amerika, absent, typo, and elsewhere. Ana co-edits RealPoetik with Caroline Conway. Poet, writer and radical cineaste Tisa Bryant makes work that often traverses the boundaries of genre, culture and history. Her first book, Unexplained Presence (Leon Works, 2007), is a collection of hybrid essays that remix master narratives in film, literature and visual arts to zoom in on the black presences operating within them. She teaches writing at St. John's University, Queens, lives in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and is a founding editor/publisher of the hardcover annual, The Encyclopedia Project. Daniel Lin has published poems in Chelsea, Verse, Washington Square, Agni and Indiana Review, as well as a chapbook, Tinder, with Nightboat Books. He was a Tennessee Williams Scholar at Sewanee Writers Conference and a NY Times fellow in NYU's graduate writing program. He is currently working on a campus novel. * Unnameable Books can be found at 456 Bergen Street (between Flatbush Ave. & 5th Ave.) in Brooklyn, NY, one half block from the 2/3 at Bergen, or a short walk from 4/5/B/D/N/Q/R at Atlantic/Pacific. Readings are held down one flight of stairs in the basement. uncalledforreadings.blogspot.com ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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James Cervantes wrote: > > On Ars Poetica today: > > > Robin Reagler > > and yesterday: > > James Cervantes > > http://www.logolalia.com/arspoetica/ > > > -- Jim > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Salt River Review: http://www.poetserv.org > http://www.hamiltonstone.org/catalog.html#temporarymeaning > http://www.fieralingue.it/documenti/mr_bondo.pdf > http://www.poetserv.org/jvc/home/index.html > http://home.earthlink.net/~jvcervantes/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/12364573@N08/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Wed Jun 18 12:18:56 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Mongol Wisdom Message-ID: <48593570.7060706@opus40.org> ?You can?t trust a poem for 100% historical accuracy.? Sergei Bodrov, director of "Mongol," on his use of the epic poem, ?The Secret History of the Mongols,? as source material. -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From anny.ballardini at tin.it Wed Jun 18 15:00:54 2008 From: anny.ballardini at tin.it (Anny Ballardini) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] On Ars Poetica today In-Reply-To: <48593280.6080707@opus40.org> References: <648208b60806180852j72811bdaj5f11a09511c1bb49@mail.gmail.com> <48593280.6080707@opus40.org> Message-ID: <382A6346E2A144BAB30C29B3A46186B5@AnnyPC> Lovely! From: "TheOldMole" Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 6:06 PM > And excellent. Jim. > > James Cervantes wrote: >> >> On Ars Poetica today: >> >> >> Robin Reagler >> >> and yesterday: >> >> James Cervantes >> >> http://www.logolalia.com/arspoetica/ >> >> >> -- Jim >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> Salt River Review: http://www.poetserv.org >> http://www.hamiltonstone.org/catalog.html#temporarymeaning >> http://www.fieralingue.it/documenti/mr_bondo.pdf >> http://www.poetserv.org/jvc/home/index.html >> http://home.earthlink.net/~jvcervantes/ >> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/12364573@N08/ >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New-Poetry mailing list >> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry >> > > -- > Tad Richards > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ > http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ > > The moral is this: in American verse, > The better you are, the pay is worse. > --Corey Ford > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.4.0/1506 - Release > Date: 6/17/2008 4:30 PM > > From jforjames at aol.com Wed Jun 18 23:19:41 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:08 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Yeats fest Message-ID: <8CA9FD27292D4D1-954-148F@WEBMAIL-MC21.sysops.aol.com> http://www.rte.ie/arts/2008/0618/yeats.html National Library hosts Yeats events Patrick Bergin, John Banville and Alan Gilsenan are to participate in 'Summer's Wreath 08' at the National Library of Ireland.?? 'Summer's Wreath 08' runs until 28 June and is a two-week programme of events focussed on the life and work of WB Yeats, held in conjunction with the award-winning exhibition 'Yeats: The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats' at the Library. Events include a one-day immersion course for lovers of poetry on Thursday, 26 June and family activities including tours, trails and stories for children. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080618/43d1aea6/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Thu Jun 19 09:43:17 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:09 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] George Keithley keeps his work fresh Message-ID: <8CAA0299081416F-1094-B49@webmail-db08.sysops.aol.com> http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=681626 Longtime poet George Keithley keeps his work fresh Live readings give nationally known local poet?s work new life By Alan Sheckter OLD-SCHOOL Renowned local poet George Keithley is still hard at work. The author and retired Chico State professor crafts his words with pen and paper before transcribing by electric typewriter. PHOTO BY ALAN SHECKTER ? Although celebrated Chico poet George Keithley has won an armload of prestigious national awards, the lifetime scribe and retired Chico State professor is also just a guy who loves sharing his craft. When Heather Lyon put out the word that the store would like to host regular poetry readings, he was all too happy to step up to the mic. In fact, he revels in the aural quality of his works. ?When I?m writing poetry, I?m also reading it aloud,? he said. ?There?s a resonance as well as the meaning of the words.? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080619/91b0c7a7/attachment.html From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Thu Jun 19 10:28:09 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:09 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] George Keithley keeps his work fresh In-Reply-To: <8CAA0299081416F-1094-B49@webmail-db08.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CAA0299081416F-1094-B49@webmail-db08.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <485A6CF9.6040809@opus40.org> George Keithley an Iowa classmate of mine. His long poem about the Donner Party is the work that most stands out in my mind. jforjames@aol.com wrote: > http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=681626 > Longtime poet George Keithley keeps his work fresh > Live readings give nationally known local poet?s work new life > By Alan Sheckter > > OLD-SCHOOL > Renowned local poet George Keithley is still hard at work. The author > and retired Chico State professor crafts his words with pen and paper > before transcribing by electric typewriter. > PHOTO BY ALAN SHECKTER > > Although celebrated Chico poet George Keithley has won an armload of > prestigious national awards, the lifetime scribe and retired Chico > State professor is also just a guy who loves sharing his craft. > When Heather Lyon put out the word that the store would like to host > regular poetry readings, he was all too happy to step up to the mic. > In fact, he revels in the aural quality of his works. > > ?When I?m writing poetry, I?m also reading it aloud,? he said. > ?There?s a resonance as well as the meaning of the words.? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > . > Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From Sigauke at crc.losrios.edu Thu Jun 19 12:38:41 2008 From: Sigauke at crc.losrios.edu (Sigauke, Emmanuel ) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:09 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] George Keithley keeps his work fresh References: <8CAA0299081416F-1094-B49@webmail-db08.sysops.aol.com> <485A6CF9.6040809@opus40.org> Message-ID: <31F3BD8702DDAD4DAFEAB5245EAAED661D323B@CRC-EXCH01.crc.ad.losrios.edu> The Sacramento Poetry Center Presents: The Cathy Washington Prize Our First Annual Poetry Book Contest. Winning book manuscript will be published by The Sacramento Poetry Center Press. Winner will also receive a prize of $1000.00 and 50 free copies of their winning book. Guidelines: Submit a manuscript of 48-70 numbered pages of original poetry in any style. Manuscript must contain 2 title pages: Name and contact information (including email address, if possible) should appear on first title page only. Name should not appear anywhere else. Manuscript should be typed, single-spaced, paginated, and bound with a clip. The Sacramento Poetry Center will also consider publishing additional manuscripts from the contest. Check for $20.00 US per entry (multiple entries OK) should be made out to The Sacramento Poetry Center. Paid-up members of the Sacramento Poetry Center may enter the contest for a reduced fee of $15. Please note that members of SPC will not receive preferential treatment in the judging process. Include a table of contents page and an acknowledgments page for magazine or anthology publications. Will read entries postmarked between January 1, 2009 and March 31, 2009. Enclose an SASE for announcement of the winner. Entries should be mailed to The Sacramento Poetry Center, Poetry Book Contest, P.O. Box 160406, Sacramento CA 95816. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.sacramentopoetrycenter.org ________________________________ From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu on behalf of TheOldMole Sent: Thu 6/19/2008 7:28 AM To: NewPoetry: Contemporary Poetry News & Views Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] George Keithley keeps his work fresh George Keithley an Iowa classmate of mine. His long poem about the Donner Party is the work that most stands out in my mind. jforjames@aol.com wrote: > http://www.newsreview.com/chico/Content?oid=681626 > Longtime poet George Keithley keeps his work fresh > Live readings give nationally known local poet's work new life > By Alan Sheckter > > OLD-SCHOOL > Renowned local poet George Keithley is still hard at work. The author > and retired Chico State professor crafts his words with pen and paper > before transcribing by electric typewriter. > PHOTO BY ALAN SHECKTER > > Although celebrated Chico poet George Keithley has won an armload of > prestigious national awards, the lifetime scribe and retired Chico > State professor is also just a guy who loves sharing his craft. > When Heather Lyon put out the word that the store would like to host > regular poetry readings, he was all too happy to step up to the mic. > In fact, he revels in the aural quality of his works. > > "When I'm writing poetry, I'm also reading it aloud," he said. > "There's a resonance as well as the meaning of the words." > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > . > Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It ain't that good but you have to say something: > /For Brian Fewster/ > > > > I found myself > watching you, my friend, > as you drowned > in yourself > > and I stood on that precarious > bank, the falling, > where we all crumble, > looking on > > as you went > down that breathless > torrent that is us. > > > > > > (i.m Brian Fewster 18^th June 2008) > -- David Bircumshaw Website and A Chide's Alphabet http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.bircumshaw/ The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080620/1d718e98/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Fri Jun 20 09:54:16 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:09 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Oz haiku In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CAA0F44384EAAF-115C-3AEA@webmail-md20.sysops.aol.com> From: ABC Radio National Books & Drama Programs Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 2:59 am Subject: ABC Radio National Books and Drama newsletter, 20 - 27 June POETICA 1/6/2008 15:00 6/6/2008 15:00 ustralian Haiku - Part 1, produced by Ron Sims RL: http://www.abc.net.au/rn/poetica/stories/2008/2267046.htm detailed exploration of this burgeoning poetic form with some of Australia?s eading practitioners. t will please some and surprise many that the seemingly mystical art of 'Haiku riting' is not only alive throughout Australia but is truly flourishing. This ntriguing little 17-syllable poem, which originated in Japan, is daily eguiling and tempting writers across the country from Perth to Brisbane... and ot only the case-hardened Haiku devotees but an increasing number of mainstream oets as well. n Poetica's two part feature, Peter Holland, Jodie Buzza and Murray Dowsett ead a couple of hundred Haiku along with discussions with Haiku writers across ustralia. If you have comments or suggestions email us at: irplay@your.abc.net.au Radio National is the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's specialist ournalism and arts network, broadcasting across Australia. Radio National homepage: http://abc.net/rn Tune in: http://abc.net.au/rn/freq/map.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In alphabetical order: Nancy Ames - Perla Batalla - Jake Berry - Neil Campbell - Julie Christensen - Phillip Henry Christopher - Kyla Clay-Fox? - Chris Difford - Carol Decker - Van Eaton - Kate Fagan - Julie Felix - Adam Fieled - Jack Foley - Kate Garner - Andy Gricevich - Heather Haley - Steve Harley - Hayley Hutchinson - Jennifer John - Ralph McTell - Brendan Quinn - Ragz - Grace Read - Eddi Reader -Keith Reid? - Michael Rothenberg - Bariane Louise Rowlands - Kate Rusby? - Max Russell - Gerald Schwartz - Helen Seymour - Beck Si?n? - Chris Stroffolino - Alison Sudol - Linda Thompson -Richard Thompson - Martha Tilston? - Stuart Todd? - Eric Unger - Pietra Wexstun? - Rachael Wright ??????????????????????????????????????????? You can read the interviews here: http://www.argotistonline.co.uk/Interviews%20with%20Songwriters.htm -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080620/7e646f68/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Fri Jun 20 16:55:27 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:09 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Big Time Summer Lineup Message-ID: <8CAA12F19FA0E73-14F8-11FD@FWM-M07.sysops.aol.com> http://www.dailygazette.com/news/2008/jun/20/0620_writers/ SARATOGA SPRINGS ? As director of the New York State Summers Writer Institute at Skidmore College, Robert Boyers works hard and long to attract a stellar field of writers each summer. Well, maybe not as hard as you might think. New York State Summers Writer Institute schedule June 30 ? Poetry and fiction reading: Richard Howard (Pulitzer Prize for poetry, ?Talking Cures?) and Margot Livesey (fictionist, ?Eva Moves the Furniture?). July 1 ? Fiction reading: Elizabeth Benedict (novelist, ?Almost?) and Francine Prose (novelist, ?A Changed Man?). July 2 ? Fiction and poetry reading: Mary Gordon (official New York State Author, ?Pearl?) and Frank Bidart (poet, ?Desire?). July 3 ? Nonfiction reading: Honor Moore (author, ?The Bishop?s Daughter?) and Phillip Lopate (author, ?Waterfront?). July 4 ? Poetry reading: Robert Pinsky (former U.S. Poet Laureate). July 7 ? Poetry and fiction reading: Campbell McGrath (poet, ?American Noise?) and Kathryn Harrison (novelist/memoirist, ?The Kiss?). July 8 ? Poetry and fiction reading: Mary Kinzie (poet, ?Summers of Vietnam?) and Marilynne Robinson (Pulitzer Prize, ?Gilead?). July 9 ? Fiction reading: Jim Shepard (?Like You?d Understand, Anyway?) and Sigrid Nunez (?Last of Her Kind?). July 10 ? Fiction and poetry reading: Bonnie Kirschenbaum (novelist, ?Hester in the Ruins,? ?Pure Poetry?) and Dan Chiasson (poet, ?Natural History?). July 11 ? Fiction reading, at Gannett Auditorium: Joyce Carol Oates (National Book Award, ?Them,? ?We Were the Mulvaneys?). July 14 ? Fiction and poetry reading: Howard Norman (novelist, ?The Bird Artist,?) and Jane Shore (?Happy Family?). July 15 ? Fiction reading: William Kennedy (Pulitzer Prize, ?Ironweed,?). July 16 ? Fiction reading: Julia Slavin (novelist, ?Carnivore Diet?), and Rick Moody (fictionist, ?Demonology?). July 17 ? Fiction and poetry reading: Jamaica Kincaid (novelist/memoirist, ?Mr. Potter,? ?A Small Place?) and Henri Cole (poet, ?Middle Earth?). July 18 ? Fiction and nonfiction reading: Ann Beattie (novelist, ?Park City?) and Sheila Kohler (novelist, ?Bluebird, Or the Invention of Happiness?). July 21 ? Fiction and nonfiction reading: Neil Gordon (?The Company You Keep?) and James Miller (?Democracy is in the Streets?). July 22 ? Fiction and poetry reading: Russell Banks (novelist, ?The Darling?) and Chase Twichell (poet, ?Dog Language?). July 23 ? Fiction and poetry reading: Mary Gaitskill (?Veronica?) and Peg Boyers (poet, ?Hard Break,? ?Honey with Tobacco?). July 24 ? Fiction and nonfiction reading: Robert Stone (?Prime Green: Remembering the Sixties?) and Alix Ohlin (novelist, ?The Missing Person?). July 25 ? Fiction and poetry reading: James Longenbach (poet, ?Draft of a Letter?) and Joanna Scott (fiction, ?Liberation: A Novel?). ?I guess we can take some credit, but over the years a lot of these writers have become friends, and for some of them it?s the only time they get to see each other,? said Boyers, an English professor and Tisch Professor of Arts and Letters at Skidmore College. ?I think they regard it as an opportunity to see other writers they wouldn?t otherwise see.? This summer?s session, set for June 30 to July 25, will once again include former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Wright?s new poems take up a wide variety of thorny issues ? the war in Iraq, the post-Katrina debacle in New Orleans, illegal immigration, the human consequences of global capitalism ? but Wright understands it won?t suffice merely to tote up the soldiers wounded, levees breached, Mexicans arrested and jobs lost. She also has to consider the interdependent systems that rely on and engender those phenomena, the buried roots from which those statistics stem. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Brouwer-t.html?8bu&emc=bua2 -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From Rsgwynn1 at cs.com Fri Jun 20 19:47:29 2008 From: Rsgwynn1 at cs.com (Rsgwynn1@cs.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:09 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count Message-ID: In a message dated 6/20/2008 6:36:36 PM Central Daylight Time, Opus40-01@opus40.org writes: > http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Brouwer-t.html?8bu&emc=bua2 > Major barf. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Then we'll compare numbers. -- Jim ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Salt River Review: http://www.poetserv.org http://www.hamiltonstone.org/catalog.html#temporarymeaning http://www.fieralingue.it/documenti/mr_bondo.pdf http://www.poetserv.org/jvc/home/index.html http://home.earthlink.net/~jvcervantes/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/12364573@N08/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080620/6c3a252e/attachment.html From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Fri Jun 20 20:13:09 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:10 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In-Reply-To: <648208b60806201653i18e3b8a4tc41d25d5176b1fe9@mail.gmail.com> References: <648208b60806201653i18e3b8a4tc41d25d5176b1fe9@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <485C4795.7050603@opus40.org> Actually, I witnessed a bear yesterday. Does that count? James Cervantes wrote: > > > On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 6:47 PM, > wrote: > > In a message dated 6/20/2008 6:36:36 PM Central Daylight Time, > Opus40-01@opus40.org writes: >> http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Brouwer-t.html?8bu&emc=bua2 >> > > Major barf. > > > Ask yourself every morning: To what did I bear witness yesterday? > Then we'll compare numbers. > > > -- Jim > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Salt River Review: http://www.poetserv.org > http://www.hamiltonstone.org/catalog.html#temporarymeaning > http://www.fieralingue.it/documenti/mr_bondo.pdf > http://www.poetserv.org/jvc/home/index.html > http://home.earthlink.net/~jvcervantes/ > > http://www.flickr.com/photos/12364573@N08/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From jforjames at aol.com Fri Jun 20 20:44:15 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:10 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CAA14F10F441DF-E28-5213@WEBMAIL-MA03.sysops.aol.com> A few words more? Is it the review or the poetry or both that requires a shot of Pepto? Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: Rsgwynn1@cs.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 7:47 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In a message dated 6/20/2008 6:36:36 PM Central Daylight Time, Opus40-01@opus40.org writes: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/22/books/review/Brouwer-t.html?8bu&emc=bua2 Major barf. _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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It wasn't, the organisers stressed, a lifetime achievement award, but simply recognition that, in the words of SAC director of literature Gavin Wallace, "his work still has all the creative daring, energy, eclecticism and willingness to take risks of an 18-year-old". -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080620/541ba8d2/attachment.html From Rsgwynn1 at cs.com Fri Jun 20 22:34:41 2008 From: Rsgwynn1 at cs.com (Rsgwynn1@cs.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:10 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count Message-ID: In a message dated 6/20/2008 7:44:47 PM Central Daylight Time, jforjames@aol.com writes: > > > A few words more? Is it the review or the poetry or both that requires a > shot of Pepto? > Finnegan > Aw crap, I composed a long response and then lost it. Suffice it to say that I thought that One Big Self, which I reviewed in Hudson Review, was exploitative and self-promotional--Noted Poet records prisoners' words while struggling with her own losses. I haven't read the new one, but I guess I will eventually. "Poetry of witness" strikes me as a bogus phrase, unless you mean someone like Brian Turner, who's actually been shot at. Problem is, most of the witnesses, over many years, aren't around to witness except for the Trench Poets. Watching the Katrina coverage on CNN is a poor kind of "witnessing," in my opinion. And saying that the government response there was botched or that the war in Iraq was ill-conceived just strikes me as preaching to the choir. C'mon. Does anyone really believe that a poet is going to suffer for speaking out? Read the c.v.'s. Sam -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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That was nine years ago. >> The best place to see what books of Edwin Morgan's are readily available is the Carcanet Website: http://www.carcanet.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?owner_id=507 For anyone who doesn't know his work, the _New Selected Poems_ is a good place to start. Robin Hamilton From Edward.Byrne at valpo.edu Sat Jun 21 12:58:54 2008 From: Edward.Byrne at valpo.edu (Edward Byrne) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:10 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Fond of Fonts? Message-ID: <485CECFD.7112.006E.0@valpo.edu> I thought this might be of interest to some: http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/06/fond-of-fonts-typeface-of-poetry.html -------------------------------------------------- Edward Byrne Department of English 322 Huegli Hall Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 46383-6493 E-mail: edward.byrne@valpo.edu Home Page: http://www.valpo.edu/home/faculty/ebyrne/homepage/ Blog: http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/ Editor, Valparaiso Poetry Review E-mail: vpr@valpo.edu VPR Web Page: http://www.valpo.edu/english/vpr/ Office Phone: (219) 464-5278 Fax: (219) 464-5511 -------------------------------------------------- From JforJames at aol.com Sat Jun 21 16:31:35 2008 From: JforJames at aol.com (JforJames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:10 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Copper Canyon: Poetry news & reviews... Message-ID: Skipped content of type multipart/alternative-------------- next part -------------- An embedded message was scrubbed... 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Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars > . > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -- "Romance is the douche of the bourgeoisie" - David Berman, Silver Jews -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080621/75188ac3/attachment.html From jeff.newberry at gmail.com Mon Jun 23 09:26:14 2008 From: jeff.newberry at gmail.com (Jeff Newberry) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:11 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Toot Message-ID: <731bb17a0806230626t3a206938mb191b5397e974e23@mail.gmail.com> *Memorious 10* is live, featuring poetry by Major Jackson, short fiction by Kristen Iskandrian, and an interview with Jim Shepherd. There's also a poem by some dude named Newberry. http://memorious.org/ Best, Jeff Newberry -- "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080623/5a6161d1/attachment.html From browning at splitthisrock.org Mon Jun 23 09:48:35 2008 From: browning at splitthisrock.org (browning) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:11 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Toot In-Reply-To: <731bb17a0806230626t3a206938mb191b5397e974e23@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001a01c8d537$d5c47a00$fe01a8c0@SBLAPTOP> Nice, Jeff! I also really like Holly Karapetkova's two pieces. ** Sarah Browning Director Split This Rock Poetry Festival c/o Institute for Policy Studies 1112 16th Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 browning@splitthisrock.org www.splitthisrock.org 202-787-5210 _____ From: new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu [mailto:new-poetry-bounces@wiz.cath.vt.edu] On Behalf Of Jeff Newberry Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 9:26 AM To: NewPoetry Subject: [New-Poetry] Toot Memorious 10 is live, featuring poetry by Major Jackson, short fiction by Kristen Iskandrian, and an interview with Jim Shepherd. There's also a poem by some dude named Newberry. http://memorious.org/ Best, Jeff Newberry -- "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Jeff Newberry wrote: > /Memorious 10/ is live, featuring poetry by Major Jackson, short > fiction by Kristen Iskandrian, and an interview with Jim Shepherd. > > There's also a poem by some dude named Newberry. > > http://memorious.org/ > > Best, > Jeff Newberry > > -- > "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" > > http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From grahamd at ripon.edu Mon Jun 23 18:16:17 2008 From: grahamd at ripon.edu (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:11 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Fwd: Sad News of Poet Aleda Shirley References: Message-ID: <2AC4945E-19DA-48A9-A9FA-FCD57CE8DB3F@ripon.edu> Begin forwarded message: > > Kentucky lost one of its literary masters this week. Aleda Shirley > died > Monday, after a long battle with cancer. > She was the author of three collections of poetry, Dark Familiar > (Sarabande > Books, 2006), Long Distance (Miami University Press, 1996), and > Chinese > Architecture (University of Georgia Press, 1986), which won the Poetry > Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Prize. She received, > among many > other awards, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, > the > Kentucky Arts Council and the Mississippi Arts Council. > In his preface to her chapbook, Rilke's Children (Frankfort Arts > Foundation), Guy Davenport called her work "a new kind of > poetry . . . one > with a sense of balance, of great style and flexibility." Her poems > were > deeply admired by readers and fellow poets, including Lucie Brock- > Broido, > who wrote of Dark Familiar, "These narratives are harrowing, hallowed, > striking, dark, familiar, strange and beautiful, and wise." > > Shirley was a poet of place, specifically her beloved Kentucky, > where her > family has lived since the 1780s, and Mississippi, where she moved > 15 years > ago. "There's something about the subtropical climate of the deep > South > where the edges between the subconscious and waking world are > blurred, and > one's interior life can feel most real," she said in an interview. > She was an omnivorous reader who might in a single day turn from > Proust to > People magazine, Shakespeare to true crime, Joan Didion to James > Ellroy. She > could discuss with intelligence, wit and steely conviction the > paintings of > Mark Rothko, Manolo Blahnik shoes, the Kennedy family, late-night talk > radio, Stan Getz, the O.J. Simpson trial and most other subjects. > Though she > was the most interesting guest at any party, she was happiest at > home with > her husband, Mike, and her much adored cats. > > Shirley was also an extraordinary teacher who inspired students at the > University of Mississippi, Millsaps College, and Indiana University > Southeast with her wicked sense of humor and sharp perception. She > was among > the first to teach in Jefferson County Public Schools as a > poet-in-the-schools, a program that later served as a national > model. Her > KET video series, "Write Ideas," is still used to provide Kentucky > language > arts teachers strategies for encouraging student creativity. More > recently, > she helped establish and direct "All Write!," a Mississippi Arts > Commission > program that places writers in community literacy programs and > correctional > facilities. > > Aleda Shirley was born in Sumter, S.C., May 2, 1955, to Guy and > Betty J. > Shirley. Her father served in the Air Force, and she moved > frequently as a > child. She earned her B.A. from the University of Louisville in > 1975 and > remained a passionate Cardinal basketball fan the rest of her life. > > She is survived by her father, and her husband, Michael McBride, of > Jackson > Miss., as well as aunts, uncles, cousins and a large, devoted group of > friends, readers and students. > A memorial gathering will be held in Louisville on Saturday, July > 26, at 5 > p.m. at the home of Sarah Gorham and Jeffrey Skinner. Please e-mail > nickole@sarabandebooks.org or call (502) 458-4028 for details. > > > We can't tell you how much we'll miss her. Aleda's been a steady > presence > at Sarabande since we published her anthology, The Beach Book, in > 1999, and > things won't be the same without her. In her memory, we'd like to > share a > poem from her last collection, Dark Familiar: > > > White Center > > A year is a reservoir, a basin, an indigo pool > where, fecklessly, I leave the lights on at night. > Otherwise water disappears into darkness > & I wake to the surface, pink & augural with dawn. > Rain lit by store windows, the wake of a speedboat, > the silvered charcoal of your remains- > a year is a reservoir holding these things. > The regulator's susurrus alerts me to the diver, > but he can't find you either. I'm standing in the shallows, > the kingdom of my grief twenty degrees hotter > than the water. A year is a room with aubergine walls; > it is a cupboard, a fruitwood cabinet, a drawer. > When a storm knocked out the power I lit candles > in front of the mirror, hoping to double the light, > but the breeze tossed them back & forth > until they disappeared into a single flame. On the ceiling > a bird, the shadow of a bird, or smoke. > In the cabinet I keep the glove of champagne kid > you pulled with your hand from mine, > a broken strand of coral beads, the Polaroid > of the UFO we spotted from the roof garden; > I keep the last fortnight we spent together > & all its weather, the fist of black tulle, > a citron strip of dawn. A year is a sack, a pocket, > a suitcase we carried through Britain one summer, > covered with stickers from India & Rome, > its silk lining gone iridescent where it frayed, > & it contains the view from our room of a meadow, > dazzling & lacustral. If I clipped > the seams & stretched the canvas of the bag > I might find the landscape you left unfinished, > a dogwood rinsing its final leaves in the lawn's > violet water. A year is a vessel, a glass, > a relucent vase of orchids & quatrains. > A packet of heirloom seeds, a large bowl holding > copper fish, the aura before migraine, > the secret glances mirrors exchange with mirrors > in an empty room, the acoustics of a bridge > & unseasonal snow. One the bridge a long cortege > over which a white heron rises. A year is a basket, > making ferric the skin of the ice it molds > or through which steam drifts & water sluices, > silver until it darkens dusk. Nothing can enclose you now. > > > -- > > __________________________________ > Nickole Brown > Director of Marketing & Development > Sarabande Books, Inc. > 2234 Dundee Road, Suite 200 > Louisville, KY 40205 > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080623/64747053/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Mon Jun 23 20:19:04 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:11 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Haiku and the Middle Passage Message-ID: <8CAA3A70B68237A-8EC-3246@WEBMAIL-DC07.sysops.aol.com> http://blog.mlive.com/chronicle/2008/06/haiku_poet_to_share_interpreta.html Haiku poet to share interpretation of slave ship passage Posted by Clayton Hardiman | The Muskegon Chronicle June 22, 2008 00:22AM Categories: Breaking News?? Mursalata Muhammad Poets have striven to tell the story of the Middle Passage before. And why not? The Middle Passage -- the forced transport across the Atlantic of kidnapped African men, women and children, packed like sardines in the holds of slave ships -- is a tale of such heartbreak, suffering and drama that it practically screams for artistic interpretation. But, Mursalata Muhammad may be the first to recall the experience in just this way. For one thing, she chose to write her verse in haiku, the spare, disciplined Japanese form of poetry that packs a world of meaning into every word and syllable. Muhammad also invited visual artists and musicians to create their own interpretations to accompany her work. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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We can finally shelve the impromptu towers of books we read through from last year and offer our modest distillation. While most commercial list-makers rush out their "Best Of" rundowns in January, we here at the Contemporary Poetry Review are more realistic. It takes a while to gather favorites in all categories from our far-flung correspondents and critics. We then have to read through all the things we missed! This is truly a labor of love. So, without further delay, permit us to unveil our own best books of 2007. Big Book of the Year: Collected Poems by W.H. Auden, edited by Edward Mendelson. Modern Library. This one is unavoidable. You can't get around it. You have to go through it. 2007 was a very good year for Auden's readers. Mendelson's collection was welcomed with open arms on both sides of the Atlantic. Timed to coincide with the centenary of Auden's birth, it received wide attention and sent many back to school under the tutelage of the rumpled, incredibly prolific, and always loveable man who may be remembered as the greatest English-born poet of the century. Best Debut: Big-Eyed Afraid by Erica Dawson. Waywiser Press. Dexterously rhythmic, with punchy rhymes and inventive style, Erica Dawson's poems allow her to sing a truly modern song of her herself and persuade the reader to assume what she assumes with every perfectly placed note along the way. This book is a joy to read. Best Sophomore Effort: Dismal Rock by Davis McCombs. Tupelo Press. McCombs transports the reader to his native Kentucky for his follow up to Ultima Thule, which won the Yale Younger Poets Prize. The poems are laden with rich local imagery, and they seem at times carved into the very sandstone of Dismal Rock like the ancient petroglyphs his characters encounter there. ? ? Best New and Selected Editions: Selected Poems by Derek Walcott, edited by Edward Baugh. Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. Drawing from every stage of his career, Derek Walcott's Selected Poems brings together famous pieces from his early volumes, including "A Far Cry from Africa" and "A City's Death by Fire," with passages from the celebrated Omeros and selections from his latest major works, which extend his contributions to reenergizing the contemporary long poem. Edited and with an introduction by the Jamaican poet and critic Edward Baugh, this volume is a perfect representation of Walcott's breadth of work, spanning almost half a century. ? In a Prominent Bar in Secaucus: New and Selected Poems, 1955-2007 by X. J. Kennedy. Johns Hopkins University Press. X.J. Kennedy is a living legend and, dare we say it, a national treasure. His previous selected, Cross Ties, appeared in 1985, so his latest is a necessary update from this fertile author of poetry for both adults and children, in both serious and comic veins (Peeping Tom's Cabin, a collection of his comic verse was issued in 2007 by BOA). Catherine Tufariello wrote in these pages that "in conjuring the voices of people who are rarely heard as well as in his mastery of traditional verse forms, Kennedy is a direct descendant of Edwin Arlington Robinson. He shares Robinson's compassion for people regarded by society as losers and failures, finding stories worth telling in lives stunted by isolation and disappointment. While Kennedy spent much of his professional life as a college literature teacher, he comes from a working class Irish-American background -- his father was a timekeeper in a boiler factory -- and in crucial ways his poems have remained rooted in that background." Best New Book of Poetry: Ludlow by David Mason. Red Hen Press. The book-length poem has been a very risky venture in the last century. Few efforts can be counted as successes in the manner of their great predecessors, such as John Milton's Paradise Lost (the great Protestant epic) or Lord Byron's Don Juan (a great comic and commercial success). Yet the lure of the long poem persists well into the age of the lyric. Ludlow tells the story of the Ludlow Massacre, in which many coal miners, most of them recent immigrants, were attacked and killed by the Colorado National Guard in 1914 during a prolonged strike. Mason grips the reader and produces a fast-paced, compelling story in verse. Mason shows us that the verse novel remains a valuable and highly pleasurable literary form. Runner-up: Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 by Robert Hass. Ecco/HarperCollins. Hass took home numerous awards and citations for this latest selection of his work, including a National Book Award (2007) and a split-decision Pulitzer Prize (2008). Alfred Corn wrote in these pages that "pleasure has been one of [Hass's] earmarks from the beginning-the pleasure of natural landscapes, of reading, of the table, and of lovemaking. Emphasis on the senses sets him apart from a poetic tradition that in many ways is still tight-laced and Puritan." Best Book of British Poetry: Collected Poems by Louis MacNeice. Faber and Faber. Louis MacNeice was the Jonson to Auden's Shakespeare in the Oxford Group concoction known as "MacSpaunday." Auden's coeval, he died younger than his friend but still left behind a notable and very impressive body of work, one that commands considerable attention and respect. MacNeice may not be Auden, but he's no Spender! As the magazine's editor Ernest Hilbert wrote for the special issue on MacNeice's career, "His poetry is musical and humane, possessed of wit, flair, and exuberance. From his first published work Blind Fireworks (now considered juvenilia) in 1929 to the immediately posthumous Burning Perch in 1963 (published only days after his funeral) he brought out no fewer than fifteen volumes of poetry (if one includes Letters from Iceland, co-written with Auden). His book-length poem, Autumn Journal, is generally viewed as one of the great interwar English poems, presaging both fascist victories in Spain and German bombs raining on London. His short, singing lyric "The Sunlight on the Garden" is a startling, small masterpiece that encapsulates the alarm of a generation preparing for war while courting nostalgia as it bids farewell to peace and youth. Born in Belfast, tutored at Marlborough and Merton College, Oxford, a resident of Birmingham and London, eventually a world traveler, MacNeice has always straddled the trenches that define English, Irish, and, of course, British poetry of the last century. This has only added to his appeal." ? Best New Book of British Poetry:? Pessimism for Beginners by Sophie Hannah. Carcanet. This book is a hell of a lot of fun. Hannah is pitch-perfect, and she proves that the British tradition of finely-tuned cosmopolitan verse remains very alive. She raises material that might be merely light verse in the hands of a lesser poet to new heights: "At the moment I still prefer you / To the poems I've written about you. / I expect this won't always be true." One will detect distinct and pleasing strains of both W.H. Auden and Wendy Cope, but Hannah's poetry is fresh and every inch her own. ? Best Criticism: Ambition and Survival by Christian Wiman. Copper Canyon Press. Mr. Wiman was chosen as the editor of Poetry magazine largely for the quality of his critical reviews and essays. At the time, his selection was greeted with befuddlement and even skepticism -- as a little-known and rather young poet-critic, he was viewed as the "dark horse" choice. Readers of this collection will gain a sense of the work that recommended Wiman for the job in the first place. ? Runner-Up: ? Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1920s and 30s: The Shores of Light, Axel's Castle, Uncollected Reviews. Edited by Lewis Dabney. Library of America # 176. AND Edmund Wilson: Literary Essays and Reviews of the 1930s and 40s: The Triple Thinkers, The Wound and the Bow, Classics and Commercials, Uncollected Reviews. Edited by Lewis Dabney. Library of America # 177. Following on Edmund Wilson: A Life in Literature (his excellent biography of the "Man in the Iron Necktie"), Mr. Dabney has edited two volumes of the works of the most powerful American literary journalist of the 20th century (with apologies to partisans of Mencken et al). These should have been the inaugural volumes of the Library of America, since it was Edmund Wilson's idea that the United States needed such a press to safeguard its cultural legacy, but at last justice has been served. Though most of the American writers and critics who shaped the century's literature did so from cheap garrets in London and Paris, it was Edmund Wilson who brought the latest news of Modernism to the provinces of America for half a century.???? ? Best Translation: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A New Verse Translation by Simon Armitage. W.W. Norton. An old standby, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight has seen many translations. W.S. Merwin published his translation of the Middle English chivalric romance in 2004. J.R.R. Tolkien (with E.V. Gordon) offered a scholarly edition of the Middle English text in 1925 and later his own translation into modern English (alongside Pearl and Sir Orfeo, which may have issued from the pen of the same original author; some misguided fans of Tolkien later believed that he was the author, rather than merely translator, of the poem). The highly symbolic alliterative poem can be traced back to a single manuscript, recorded as "Cotton Nero A.x." As a hero, Gawain merits mention as early as the twelfth century in William of Malmesbury's Gesta Regum Anglorum and Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regun Britanniae. While the French preferred to depict the English night as a villain, Sir Gawain remains one of the great heroes of British myth and literature. Simon Armitage's translation has excited readers on both sides of the Atlantic this past year, and it may come to be our standard modern translation. His muscular deployment of alliterative rhythms and appealing contemporary language (including much British slang) breathe fresh life into a classic. ? Runners-up: ? Ted Hughes: Selected Translations, edited by Daniel Weissbort. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Ted Hughes co-founded Modern Poetry in Translation with Daniel Weissbort in l965, and remained actively involved in translation throughout most of his career. Yet while Hughes's translations are mentioned by critics, they are rarely given particular importance in the context of his other work. As Weissbort points out in the introduction to this exceptionally well-edited collection, this limits understanding of Hughes's work since his engagement in translation "related to his own needs as a writer," provided clues to his development, and was integral to his overall style. And Hughes's engagement with the work of other poets was broad, democratic, and eclectic, which makes this collection particularly interesting and extremely readable. Translations of the work of more than twenty poets writing in over a dozen languages are included -- for example, Seneca, Ovid, the Pearl Poet, Yehuda Amichai, Garcia Lorca, Aeschylus, and Pushkin. While assessments of particular translations may be relatively subjective, some of the "stars" appear to be Hughes's translations of Ovid (Hughes translated a well-received collection of Ovid's works); Racine's Phaedra, the poems of Amichai, and perhaps most of all, Hughes's translations of the fragments from Gawain and the Green Knight. There is a strong narrative drive to Hughes's Gawain, and as Weissbort indicates, he "seemed intent on telling the story vividly for a contemporary audience." Of course, what made Gawain particularly attractive to Hughes was his own Yorkshire dialect, which as he has commented, connected him directly to Middle English poetry; or, "In writing verse, it's what I hear." ? The Nature of Things by Lucretius, translated by A.E. Stallings. Penguin Classics. Titus Lucretius Carus is the famous Roman Epicurean wit who wrote in the 1st century BC. Stallings, who worked on the translation over many years, wrote in the New Criterion that the unlikely masterpiece "probably seemed as curious then as now. Prose, not poetry, was the vehicle for philosophy in the first century, and Greek, not Latin, was its proper language. Epicurus himself would, in theory, have frowned on this mode for his gospel -- he disapproved of poetry -- but for Lucretius, poetry was the honey that helped the bitter (and salutary) medicine of philosophy go down." For those of us who grew up reading De Rerum Natura in the red-jacketed Loeb Classics Library, a new Penguins Classics translation (hers joins the Ronald E. Latham translation in the series) is just what the doctor ordered. ? ? Best Biography: Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Poet's Life by Scott Donaldson. Columbia University Press. Although issued in mid-December 2006, most of us didn't start reading this desk-tipper until we declared it a New Year's resolution. Donaldson's meticulous life of Robinson certainly helped to sweep out many of the cobwebs of the previous year. It is a magnificent and exhaustive account of the life of one of America's major (though neglected) poets. It makes a persuasive case for Robinson as the first major American modernist, a tireless craftsman who did much to clear away the undergrowth of Victorian clich?s and open a path for poets like Frost and others who would follow. Although Robinson's life was largely sedate and uneventful, his poems contain an intensity and power rarely seen in any era. Widely reviewed and widely praised, this book ought to be required reading for all American poets. Disappointment of the Year: The Notebooks of Robert Frost. Edited by Robert Faggen. Harvard University Press, 848 pages. Universally welcomed and praised by critics and book reviewers earlier this year, Mr. Faggen's volume appeared to be a carefully edited sampling of the master's scraps and shavings from forty-seven notebooks. It fell to the poet-critic William Logan to actually perform that much neglected task of comparative scholarship: check the sources! According to Mr. Logan, Mr. Faggen's transcriptions are untrustworthy to the point of shoddiness (see his review of the book in Parnassus vol. 30, nos. 1&2). ? Publisher of the Year: The Library of America. With Lewis Dabney's two-volume, 2,000 page collecting of Edmund Wilson's critical prose (a task of the greatest importance to American literary criticism), the equally massive two-volume anthology of early American poetry by David Shields, David Bromwich's selection of sonnets ?. . . and the upcoming one-volume Elizabeth Bishop waiting in the wings, the printers for the Library of America probably don't want to see another manuscript from chief editor Geoffrey O'Brien until sometime in the next millennium. The press, which has always promised to be our Pleiade and yet has always felt more like a work-in-progress, has now reached its majority. The backlist is impressive; the editions are handsome. Edmund Wilson would be proud. Yes, it was a very good year. ? Best of the Rest: The Complete Poems of Tennessee Williams. Edited by David Roessel and Nicholas Moschovakis. New Directions. Founding editor Garrick Davis wrote that "It will surprise no one that the American playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) always considered himself primarily a poet -- everywhere in his dramatic work there is an intense lyricism and a language straining toward poetic effects. It should surprise more than a few, though, that Williams adored Hart Crane above all other poets, and wrote free verse in his early years that imitated his hero's Modernist orotundities." While his poetry does not rank as his first contribution to American letters (certainly his plays and letters deserve that distinction), Williams's poems are still wonderfully entertaining today. ? What Made Your List? The Contemporary Poetry Review staff is always happy to hear what made your best of 2007 list. Please reply to this e-mail, and we'll post the best letters on our "Letters" page at the review. ? 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URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080624/84de1811/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Tue Jun 24 16:07:50 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:11 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] ;-( In-Reply-To: <74f409e80806241149x1a8c8667k36da990e2a14cb62@mail.gmail.com> References: <74f409e80806241149x1a8c8667k36da990e2a14cb62@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8CAA44D1D1F7A89-1658-2213@FWM-D38.sysops.aol.com> Richard Hugo said (paraphrase) there was no need for semi-colons in poetry because commas could?do the job, and "besides they're ugly." The punching bag of punctuation...? http://www.slate.com/id/2194087 ? -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080624/18aaab78/attachment.html From JforJames at aol.com Wed Jun 25 00:05:35 2008 From: JforJames at aol.com (JforJames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:11 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] =?utf-8?q?The_Poet=E2=80=99s_Lawn?= Message-ID: The Poet?s Lawn The nice people from Pro-Lawn placed a paper hanger checklist on my front doorknob? You have: [x] Dandelions [x] Violets. [ ] Chickweed` [x] Jewelweed We can help. Call 1-800-NEW-LAWN. I walked out the front door to inspect the lawn. I hadn?t noticed the violets, their small purple petals so close to the earth, what a shame to have overlooked them. I?m a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, so I drove over to Sprawl Hardware and asked the aisle ghost if they had chickweed seeds. He said no, but we have the beautiful uncut hair of graves. Oh, I said, is that a hardy hybrid, able to resist the scorching rays of the sun and tolerant of near drought conditions? He reached out his hand, his fingers like short and fat grub worms, he pointed to the instructions printed on side of the bag, it said Shovel them under and let me work? I am the grass; I cover all. I wanted to fill in the bare spots with chickweed. But grass will have to do. **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/50a382d2/attachment.html From david.weinstock at gmail.com Wed Jun 25 00:28:25 2008 From: david.weinstock at gmail.com (David Weinstock) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:_[New-Poetry]_The_Poet=E2=80=99s_Lawn?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <437b1e3a0806242128x4bdf212bh3b461ef54fc466ab@mail.gmail.com> Nice one! I'm going to put that on the bulletin board in the garage, next to the mower. On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:05 AM, wrote: > > The Poet's Lawn > > The nice people from Pro-Lawn > placed a paper hanger checklist > on my front doorknob? > You have: > [x] Dandelions > [x] Violets. > [ ] Chickweed` > [x] Jewelweed > We can help. Call > 1-800-NEW-LAWN. > I walked out the front door to inspect > the lawn. I hadn't noticed the violets, > their small purple petals so close to the earth, > what a shame to have overlooked them. > > I'm a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, > so I drove over to Sprawl Hardware > and asked the aisle ghost > if they had chickweed seeds. > He said no, but we have > *the beautiful uncut hair of graves.* > Oh, I said, is that a hardy hybrid, > able to resist the scorching rays of the sun > and tolerant of near drought conditions? > He reached out his hand, his fingers > like short and fat grub worms, > he pointed to the instructions > printed on side of the bag, it said > *Shovel them under and let me work? > I am the grass; I cover all.* > ** > I wanted to fill in the bare spots > with chickweed. But grass > will have to do. > > > > ------------------------------ > Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars > . > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -- .......................................................... DAVID WEINSTOCK 240 Woodland Park, Middlebury, VT 05753 Home: 802-388-6939 Cell: 802-989-4314 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/1db4d47d/attachment.html From ATambellini01 at aol.com Wed Jun 25 01:54:27 2008 From: ATambellini01 at aol.com (ATambellini01@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Re:=20[New-Poetry]=20The=20Poet=E2=80=99s=20Lawn?= Message-ID: here is a piece on the dandelions and what they meant to us during the war....never destroy dandelions. November 9, 1990 there is an ad on TV selling a spray: kill dandelions the unwanted ugly weed I take from the field the stem holding the dandelion seeds blow into them to disperse the seeds over the land for procreation I pick the fresh tender leaves cut as the teeth of a lion I taste the bitter roots then thank mother earth for this food that sustained so many of us from hunger it?s war time the spring of ?44 an homage to a very dear plant that is long overdue **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/598c3d9d/attachment.html From rog3r.day at gmail.com Wed Jun 25 07:04:15 2008 From: rog3r.day at gmail.com (Roger Day) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] ;-( In-Reply-To: <8CAA44D1D1F7A89-1658-2213@FWM-D38.sysops.aol.com> References: <74f409e80806241149x1a8c8667k36da990e2a14cb62@mail.gmail.com> <8CAA44D1D1F7A89-1658-2213@FWM-D38.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: do you need punctuation at all? On 6/24/08, jforjames@aol.com wrote: > Richard Hugo said (paraphrase) there was no need for semi-colons in poetry > because commas could do the job, and "besides they're ugly." > > > The punching bag of punctuation... > http://www.slate.com/id/2194087 > > > ________________________________ > Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "I began to warm and chill to objects and their fields" Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds From alexdickow9 at yahoo.com Wed Jun 25 08:58:44 2008 From: alexdickow9 at yahoo.com (Alexander Dickow) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Poet's lawn In-Reply-To: <200806250405.m5P45qLr025032@wiz.cath.vt.edu> Message-ID: <384048.68054.qm@web35502.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Jim, Lovely. "He said no, but we have the beautiful uncut hair of graves." Hm, "l'eternel gazon de nos tetes" (dixit Max Jacob).... Oh, by the way, Jeff Newberry: good poem the other day. CPReview Best Books: I lost interest when it mentioned Hass. Sheesh. Amicalement, Alex www.alexdickow.net/blog/ ? les mots! ah quel d?sert ? la fin merveilleux. -- Henri Droguet From jeff.newberry at gmail.com Wed Jun 25 09:06:02 2008 From: jeff.newberry at gmail.com (Jeff Newberry) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] ;-( In-Reply-To: References: <74f409e80806241149x1a8c8667k36da990e2a14cb62@mail.gmail.com> <8CAA44D1D1F7A89-1658-2213@FWM-D38.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <731bb17a0806250606p481e7463seb15956a844dedcb@mail.gmail.com> I'll argue in favor of punctuation, semi-colons included. For me at least, punctuation is as much visual as it is linguistic: that is to say, I like the way that certain punctuation marks look on the page. For example, I like to use ampersands because they remind me of treble clefs, and music and musical rhythm are important in my poetics. I also like semi-colons; I like the way they exist in this liminal space between comma and period, a half-breath, not quite a period, a little more than a comma, not quite a colon, either. Semi-colons balance two parts of a sentence, as though the two clauses were children balancing on a teeter-totter. As one side of the sentence goes up, the other side goes down. That said, some punctuation marks I avoid because I *don't* like how they look: I say away from quotation marks in poetry because they look like chicken scratch. When I write dialogue in poetry (and I often do), I put the words in italics, a trick I picked up from B.H. Fairchild (I think). Additionally, quotation marks slow down my eye when I read; they remind me of prose. So, I avoid them. I also don't use dashes very often. Perhaps, however, I don't use dashes because so many poets that I know do indeed use dashes. The dash is the little black dress of poets, and since I'm a rather large guy, I don't do little black dresses. Seriously, though, I consciously eschew dashes for that very reason. In my head, they are passe. Ultimately, I think punctuation is a choice, as much as diction or layout. Whether or not you use a comma is probably as personal a choice as whether or not you write in quatrains of couplets. Of course, as I often remind myself, a poem will tell you what it wants if only you'll listen. Some poems need punctuation marks; others don't. Best, Jeff Newberry On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Roger Day wrote: > do you need punctuation at all? > > On 6/24/08, jforjames@aol.com wrote: > > Richard Hugo said (paraphrase) there was no need for semi-colons in > poetry > > because commas could do the job, and "besides they're ugly." > > > > > > The punching bag of punctuation... > > http://www.slate.com/id/2194087 > > > > > > ________________________________ > > Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > > _______________________________________________ > > New-Poetry mailing list > > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > > > > > > -- > My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ > "I began to warm and chill > to objects and their fields" > Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/0ba5643c/attachment.html From AlMaginnes at aol.com Wed Jun 25 09:20:53 2008 From: AlMaginnes at aol.com (AlMaginnes@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] ;-( Message-ID: Some poets, like Levis, especially in The Widening Spell of Leaves, use punctuation as a way to direct us through the poem, to slow readers down or speed then up there. By the same token, the use of the ampersand to substitute for the word "and" seems to me to be a means of speeding things along. By and large I think standard punctuation should be used in poetry unless there is a really good reason for not doing so. **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Best, Jeff Newberry -- "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/adee3af9/attachment.html From GRAHAMD at RIPON.EDU Wed Jun 25 10:18:51 2008 From: GRAHAMD at RIPON.EDU (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Brent Goodman Message-ID: A former student of mine is featured in the latest issue of *Rattle*. The poem will also appear in his forthcoming & first full- length collection of poetry, *The Brother Swimming Beneath Me*: MAPS The other night I spaced a stop sign and ran it 60mph and died but didn't. What algebra is this? The night a dusty chalkboard streaked with moonlight, my life hwy K, hwy 51 N intersecting K in a near perfect T like a cardiac monitor flatline, the afterlife this narrowing gravel road beyond pavement disappearing into endless juniper and birch. It was very dark and the signs obscured. By heavens no screaming headlights T-boned me into oblivion. Instead I kicked up a little dust on the other side, turned the pines brake-light red and spun around: fuck! The very next night I witnessed two logging trucks cross each other north/south like two vault doors slicing closed the ghost path I blindly whistled through. Now every night I approach that frightened intersection with full attention. Sometimes I die. Sometimes I continue. But most times it's too close to call, the stars always rearranging their astrologies, each cloud narrowly missing the moon. -- Brent Goodman http://www.rattle.com/rattle28/goodmanb.htm Check out more Goodman poems at his blog, under "Work Online": http://brent-goodman.blogspot.com/ The title poem of his book, by the way, is a real stunner: http://brent-goodman.blogspot.com/2006/11/brother-swimming-beneath- me.html ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/21c8e5e7/attachment.html From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Wed Jun 25 10:43:34 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] An Odd Request In-Reply-To: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> References: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <48625996.4060606@opus40.org> Jeff -- try Bookfinder.com You can get The Pound Era for as little as 6.75. A Homemade World seems to start at about 20 bucks. Axel's Castle is the bargain at 4 buxx. Jeff Newberry wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm looking to purchase the following three books: > > Hugh Kennner's /The Pound Era/ > Hugh Kenner's/ A Homemade World: The American Modernist Writers/ > Edmund Wilson's /Axel's Castle/ > > I'm also looking for other critical books (or, for that matter, > primary sources) about Modernism on both sides of the pond. > > I'm willing to negotiate a fair price for your used books. Of course, > I will cover shipping. > > I'd be much obliged if you'd email me off list at jeff.newberry[AT NO > SPAM]gmail.com . > > Best, > Jeff Newberry > > -- > "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" > > http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Wed Jun 25 10:45:47 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] An Odd Request In-Reply-To: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> References: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <48625A1B.30208@opus40.org> Or...this is weird. Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS LTD, 1993 Published by Penguin Books Ltd in 1993. Paperback. Number of pages: 336. Condition: Acceptable. Reading copy ONLY Ex-library book (usual stamps and marks). #23457 3BLU4X-P 8140619 (H01-48) (#23457 3BLU4X-P 8140619) A 1993 Penguin addition, quite thoroughly used, library copy, no autograph or anything -- $115. Jeff Newberry wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I'm looking to purchase the following three books: > > Hugh Kennner's /The Pound Era/ > Hugh Kenner's/ A Homemade World: The American Modernist Writers/ > Edmund Wilson's /Axel's Castle/ > > I'm also looking for other critical books (or, for that matter, > primary sources) about Modernism on both sides of the pond. > > I'm willing to negotiate a fair price for your used books. Of course, > I will cover shipping. > > I'd be much obliged if you'd email me off list at jeff.newberry[AT NO > SPAM]gmail.com . > > Best, > Jeff Newberry > > -- > "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" > > http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From grahamd at ripon.edu Wed Jun 25 11:11:52 2008 From: grahamd at ripon.edu (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: An Odd Request In-Reply-To: <48625996.4060606@opus40.org> References: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> <48625996.4060606@opus40.org> Message-ID: Amazon's got *A Homemade World* used for about $12. I've found the Amazon used service to be about as good as Bookfinder, typically. I'm particularly fond of a store called Better World Books, which shows up frequently among the used booksellers on Amazon. Here's there main storefront: http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/index.html? ie=UTF8&sellerID=A18OZMH8UQINVM I'm sure not parting with my copy of *A Homemade World*! But good luck, Jeff! I remember snoozing off regularly during *A Pound Era*, but that has more to do with my feelings toward Pound than Kenner, who is a wonderful critic. *A Homemade World*, in contrast, was one of my Bibles during grad school. ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:43 AM, TheOldMole wrote: > Jeff -- try Bookfinder.com > > You can get The Pound Era for as little as 6.75. A Homemade World > seems to start at about 20 bucks. Axel's Castle is the bargain at 4 > buxx. > > Jeff Newberry wrote: >> Hello everyone, >> >> I'm looking to purchase the following three books: >> >> Hugh Kennner's /The Pound Era/ >> Hugh Kenner's/ A Homemade World: The American Modernist Writers/ >> Edmund Wilson's /Axel's Castle/ >> >> I'm also looking for other critical books (or, for that matter, >> primary sources) about Modernism on both sides of the pond. >> >> I'm willing to negotiate a fair price for your used books. Of >> course, I will cover shipping. >> >> I'd be much obliged if you'd email me off list at jeff.newberry[AT >> NO SPAM]gmail.com . >> >> Best, >> Jeff Newberry >> >> -- >> "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" >> >> http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> --- >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New-Poetry mailing list >> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > -- > Tad Richards > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ > http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ > > The moral is this: in American verse, > The better you are, the pay is worse. > --Corey Ford > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/95a15e15/attachment.html From jforjames at aol.com Wed Jun 25 12:55:32 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: An Odd Request In-Reply-To: References: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> <48625996.4060606@opus40.org> Message-ID: <8CAA4FB69EFAD37-18D4-4FA@MBLK-M03.sysops.aol.com> http://used.addall.com/ This is my favorite used book site. Seems to search a variety of databases and I'm always able to get reader's copy at good price. Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: David Graham Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:11 am Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: An Odd Request Amazon's got *A Homemade World* used for about $12. ?I've found the Amazon used service to be about as good as Bookfinder, typically. ?I'm particularly fond of a store called Better World Books, which shows up frequently among the used booksellers on Amazon. ?Here's there main storefront: http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/index.html?ie=UTF8&sellerID=A18OZMH8UQINVM I'm sure not parting with my copy of *A Homemade World*! ?But good luck, Jeff! ? I remember snoozing off regularly during *A Pound Era*, but that has more to do with my feelings toward Pound than Kenner, who is a wonderful critic. ?*A Homemade World*, in contrast, was one of my Bibles during grad school. ? ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:43 AM, TheOldMole wrote: Jeff -- try Bookfinder.com You can get The Pound Era for as little as 6.75. A Homemade World seems to start at about 20 bucks. Axel's Castle is the bargain at 4 buxx. Jeff Newberry wrote: Hello everyone, I'm looking to purchase the following three books: Hugh Kennner's /The Pound Era/ Hugh Kenner's/ A Homemade World:? The American Modernist Writers/ Edmund Wilson's /Axel's Castle/ I'm also looking for other critical books (or, for that matter, primary sources) about Modernism on both sides of the pond. I'm willing to negotiate a fair price for your used books.? Of course, I will cover shipping. I'd be much obliged if you'd email me off list at jeff.newberry[AT NO SPAM]gmail.com ;. Best, Jeff Newberry --? "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry --? Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. ?--Corey Ford _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry = _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/d65beba2/attachment.html From amyhappens at yahoo.com Wed Jun 25 13:12:07 2008 From: amyhappens at yahoo.com (amy king) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] The Poetâs Lawn In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <392268.65149.qm@web83301.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> I've been trying to grow a box of "wildflower seeds" for months now. Nada. I love this poem. Thanks for posting! Amy --- JforJames@aol.com wrote: > > The Poet's Lawn > > The nice people from Pro-Lawn > placed a paper hanger checklist > on my front doorknob??? > You have: > [x] Dandelions > [x] Violets. > [ ] Chickweed` > [x] Jewelweed > We can help. Call > 1-800-NEW-LAWN. > I walked out the front door to inspect > the lawn. I hadn???t noticed the violets, > their small purple petals so close to the earth, > what a shame to have overlooked them. > > I???m a bit of a do-it-yourselfer, > so I drove over to Sprawl Hardware > and asked the aisle ghost > if they had chickweed seeds. > He said no, but we have > the beautiful uncut hair of graves. > Oh, I said, is that a hardy hybrid, > able to resist the scorching rays of the sun > and tolerant of near drought conditions? > He reached out his hand, his fingers > like short and fat grub worms, > he pointed to the instructions > printed on side of the bag, it said > Shovel them under and let me work??? > I am the grass; I cover all. > > I wanted to fill in the bare spots > with chickweed. But grass > will have to do. > _______ Recent http://www.tarpaulinsky.com/Reviews/kiss-me.html http://cutbankpoetry.blogspot.com/2008/04/im-man-who-loves-you-by-amy-king.html Alias http://www.amyking.org From Opus40-01 at opus40.org Wed Jun 25 14:24:48 2008 From: Opus40-01 at opus40.org (TheOldMole) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:12 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: An Odd Request In-Reply-To: <8CAA4FB69EFAD37-18D4-4FA@MBLK-M03.sysops.aol.com> References: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> <48625996.4060606@opus40.org> <8CAA4FB69EFAD37-18D4-4FA@MBLK-M03.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <48628D70.6090209@opus40.org> This is a good one, Jim -- thanks. jforjames@aol.com wrote: > http://used.addall.com/ > > This is my favorite used book site. Seems to search a variety of > databases and I'm always able to get reader's copy at good price. > Finnegan > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Graham > Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:11 am > Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: An Odd Request > > Amazon's got *A Homemade World* used for about $12. I've found the > Amazon used service to be about as good as Bookfinder, typically. I'm > particularly fond of a store called Better World Books, which shows up > frequently among the used booksellers on Amazon. Here's there main > storefront: > > http://www.amazon.com/gp/shops/index.html?ie=UTF8&sellerID=A18OZMH8UQINVM > > > I'm sure not parting with my copy of *A Homemade World*! But good > luck, Jeff! > > I remember snoozing off regularly during *A Pound Era*, but that has > more to do with my feelings toward Pound than Kenner, who is a > wonderful critic. *A Homemade World*, in contrast, was one of my > Bibles during grad school. > > ======================================== > David Graham > grahamd@ripon.edu > > Home Page: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz > > Poetry Library: > http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html > ========================================== > > > > > On Jun 25, 2008, at 9:43 AM, TheOldMole wrote: > >> Jeff -- try Bookfinder.com >> >> You can get The Pound Era for as little as 6.75. A Homemade World >> seems to start at about 20 bucks. Axel's Castle is the bargain at 4 buxx. >> >> Jeff Newberry wrote: >>> Hello everyone, >>> >>> I'm looking to purchase the following three books: >>> >>> Hugh Kennner's /The Pound Era/ >>> Hugh Kenner's/ A Homemade World: The American Modernist Writers/ >>> Edmund Wilson's /Axel's Castle/ >>> >>> I'm also looking for other critical books (or, for that matter, >>> primary sources) about Modernism on both sides of the pond. >>> >>> I'm willing to negotiate a fair price for your used books. Of >>> course, I will cover shipping. >>> >>> I'd be much obliged if you'd email me off list at jeff.newberry[AT >>> NO SPAM]gmail.com ;. >>> >>> Best, >>> Jeff Newberry >>> >>> -- >>> "Why are you wearing that stupid *man* suit?" >>> >>> http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> New-Poetry mailing list >>> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >>> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry >> >> -- >> Tad Richards >> http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ >> http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ >> >> The moral is this: in American verse, >> The better you are, the pay is worse. >> --Corey Ford >> >> _______________________________________________ >> New-Poetry mailing list >> New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu >> http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > > = > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Get the Moviefone Toolbar > . > Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- Tad Richards http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ The moral is this: in American verse, The better you are, the pay is worse. --Corey Ford From robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com Wed Jun 25 15:08:48 2008 From: robin.hamilton2 at btinternet.com (Robin Hamilton) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:13 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Re: An Odd Request References: <731bb17a0806250640g54f52d4fg1cd86155066f4e90@mail.gmail.com> <48625996.4060606@opus40.org> <8CAA4FB69EFAD37-18D4-4FA@MBLK-M03.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <010501c8d6f6$e65c0bb0$4101a8c0@CoreDuo> What do you read, my lord? Books, books, books ... << http://used.addall.com/ This is my favorite used book site. Seems to search a variety of databases and I'm always able to get reader's copy at good price. Finnegan >> ... although it doesn't seem (on a quick look) to take in amazon co.uk or amazon.com second-hand, or ebay. I ran <> <> through it and was really quite cheered up. David Haggart was a young man who was hingit in Edinburgh in 1821, hastily spending the last few weeks of his life partly dictating and partly writing his autobiography, when he wasn't amusing himself by making a right eejit of George Combe, the most prominent Phrenologist of the time. Haggart's misfortune was that he was supremely gifted in two ways -- God (as he says) had marked him out as a pickpocket, since the middle and index fingers of his left hand were of equal length. It was unfortunate that only at the end of his life did it turn out that he was also a magnificent prose writer. (His poetry is sadly conventional). The full edition of his _Life_ went through three editions in 1821, the third of which was somewhat revised -- Combe withdrew his Appendix on Haggart's skull (later confessing that his death cell phrenological examination of David was the one time he got things quite totally and completely wrong) and is also slightly revised, when it comes to spelling and the glossary at the end, by Haggart's attorney who had (reluctantly) been left in charge of publishing the work. In the wake of the John Houston film of the same name, this was reprinted with the title _Sinful Davey_ as a Sphere paperback in 1969. There was also a 24 page chapbook, drastically cut down from Haggart's _Life_, published in Glasgow, also in 1821. Now used.addall.com gives prices for the third eidtion, the Sphere paperback, and the 24 page chapbook as follows: Third Edition: $450 Abebooks Chapbook: $350 [same bookseller, from three different places] Sphere paperback: $101 or $165, from two different booksellers. I'd already bought a copy of the third edition on ebay for $120, and the chapbook for $20, which was as much as I was prepared to pay, and a copy of _Sinful Davey_ for $15 (most of which was postage) from amazon.co.uk second hand, all of which seemed to me fairly reasonable prices. Anyone who pays $350 for the chapbook has to be off their head -- it's not particularly rare, and not in the least interesting. The first and second editions of Haggart's _Life_ don't seem to be available, and would cost an arm and a leg if they were. I've seen the Sphere paperback offered for $1200, though god knows why anyone would pay that for it. It actually *is quite difficult to get, but you *can luck out and get it for the price of a typical used 1960s British paperback. The moral of this tedious screed is that I've usually found it pays to cross-check prices on abebooks with amazon (abebooks conflates UK and US sellers, but amazon.com is pretty much separate from amazon.co.uk) but after that it's mostly time wasted for most books. But if you want a bargain (or what is affordable) it's certainly worth looking at ebay and amazon -- the sellers there don't always know what they have. On the other hand, I suspect the bookseller who is selling the chapbook is trying to confuse the 186 page full-length _Life_ with the 24 page chopped version. Caveat emptor!!! Robin From jforjames at aol.com Wed Jun 25 22:35:41 2008 From: jforjames at aol.com (jforjames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:13 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8CAA54C75AA87CF-EA8-334B@Webmail-mg17.sim.aol.com> Sam, I've not?done any fact checking, but from my brief experience with C.D. Wright's book, it seemed she spent a good deal of time 'in situ' and researching the prisoner histories. In a talk I heard, she seemed to give the photographer she worked with a lot of credit for the project. Anyway, it didn't strike me a 'drive-by' experience rendered into poetry. You seem to be valorizing war poetry above other kind of 'witness'. I'm not sure why. A poet is not a special spokesperson. But I think the?poet's view has at least as much weight and validity as others who have spoken about Katrina: journalists,?politicians, bureaucrats, engineers, social workers, volunteers, etc. A poet, if a poet is a poet, will shine a light on things others might have overlooked, or express what others have felt but couldn't articulate. Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: Rsgwynn1@cs.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Cc: Leonstokesbury@aol.com Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:34 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In a message dated 6/20/2008 7:44:47 PM Central Daylight Time, jforjames@aol.com writes: A few words more? Is it the review or the poetry or both that requires a shot of Pepto? Finnegan Aw crap, I composed a long response and then lost it.? Suffice it to say that I thought that One Big Self, which I reviewed in Hudson Review, was exploitative and self-promotional--Noted Poet records prisoners' words while struggling with her own losses.? I haven't read the new one, but I guess I will eventually.? "Poetry of witness" strikes me as a bogus phrase, unless you mean someone like Brian Turner, who's actually been shot at.? Problem is, most of the witnesses, over many years, aren't around to witness except for the Trench Poets. Watching the Katrina coverage on CNN is a poor kind of "witnessing," in my opinion.? And saying that the government response there was botched or that the war in Iraq was ill-conceived just strikes me as preaching to the choir.? C'mon. Does anyone really believe that a poet is going to suffer for speaking out?? Read the c.v.'s. Sam _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/0469f1e4/attachment.html From millb at aol.com Wed Jun 25 23:24:02 2008 From: millb at aol.com (millb@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:13 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In-Reply-To: <8CAA54C75AA87CF-EA8-334B@Webmail-mg17.sim.aol.com> References: <8CAA54C75AA87CF-EA8-334B@Webmail-mg17.sim.aol.com> Message-ID: <8CAA55336A03AB9-26C-53C8@webmail-nd11.sysops.aol.com> This conversation reminds me of one that took place around Carolyn Forche's poetry of witness. . .does first hand experience make the work more valid than writing about it after the fact?? Not sure. My guess is that what matters is the quality of the work and the impact the work itself makes. -----Original Message----- From: jforjames@aol.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Sent: Wed, 25 Jun 2008 7:35 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count Sam, I've not?done any fact checking, but from my brief experience with C.D. Wright's book, it seemed she spent a good deal of time 'in situ' and researching the prisoner histories. In a talk I heard, she seemed to give the photographer she worked with a lot of credit for the project. Anyway, it didn't strike me a 'drive-by' experience rendered into poetry. You seem to be valorizing war poetry above other kind of 'witness'. I'm not sure why. A poet is not a special spokesperson. But I think the?poet's view has at least as much weight and validity as others who have spoken about Katrina: journalists,?politicians, bureaucrats, engineers, social workers, volunteers, etc. A poet, if a poet is a poet, will shine a light on things others might have overlooked, or express what others have felt but couldn't articulate. Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: Rsgwynn1@cs.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Cc: Leonstokesbury@aol.com Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:34 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In a message dated 6/20/2008 7:44:47 PM Central Daylight Time, jforjames@aol.com writes: A few words more? Is it the review or the poetry or both that requires a shot of Pepto? Finnegan Aw crap, I composed a long response and then lost it.? Suffice it to say that I thought that One Big Self, which I reviewed in Hudson Review, was exploitative and self-promotional--Noted Poet records prisoners' words while struggling with her own losses.? I haven't read the new one, but I guess I will eventually.? "Poetry of witness" strikes me as a bogus phrase, unless you mean someone like Brian Turner, who's actually been shot at.? Problem is, most of the witnesses, over many years, aren't around to witness except for the Trench Poets. Watching the Katrina coverage on CNN is a poor kind of "witnessing," in my opinion.? And saying that the government response there was botched or that the war in Iraq was ill-conceived just strikes me as preaching to the choir.? C'mon. Does anyone really believe that a poet is going to suffer for speaking out?? Read the c.v.'s. Sam _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080625/763f610b/attachment.html From brainboltpoet at gmail.com Wed Jun 25 23:30:21 2008 From: brainboltpoet at gmail.com (Beverly Rainbolt) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:13 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In-Reply-To: <8CAA54C75AA87CF-EA8-334B@Webmail-mg17.sim.aol.com> References: <8CAA54C75AA87CF-EA8-334B@Webmail-mg17.sim.aol.com> Message-ID: <5513eaa0806252030x2b17efa4xc6720aa7bdb2e59f@mail.gmail.com> On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 9:35 PM, wrote: > A poet is not a special spokesperson. But I think the poet's view has at > least as much weight and validity as others who have spoken about Katrina: > journalists, politicians, bureaucrats, engineers, social workers, > volunteers, etc. > A poet, if a poet is a poet, will shine a light on things others might have > overlooked, or express what others have felt but couldn't articulate. > Finnegan > And Lord knows there aren't any poets who actually *live* in New Orleans and along the Gulf Coast who were here during the storm or watching it on CNN with the special understanding that it was their home under water, their neighbors on the roof, their friends' pets drowning in the utility room, their community being told it was God's punishment for their sins, and therefore unable to shine their special light on things. Good thing we have a famous poet to articulate what they can't. : ) I haven't read Wright's book yet but, as with Sam, I'm sure that I will eventually. 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Roger On 6/18/08, TheOldMole wrote: > "You can't trust a poem for 100% historical accuracy." > > Sergei Bodrov, director of "Mongol," on his use of the epic poem, "The > Secret History of the Mongols," as source material. > > -- > Tad Richards > http://www.opus40.org/tadrichards/ > http://opusforty.blogspot.com/ > > The moral is this: in American verse, > The better you are, the pay is worse. > --Corey Ford > > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry > -- My Stuff: http://www.badstep.net/ "I began to warm and chill to objects and their fields" Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds From Edward.Byrne at valpo.edu Fri Jun 27 13:28:00 2008 From: Edward.Byrne at valpo.edu (Edward Byrne) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:13 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Frank O'Hara video Message-ID: <4864DCCF.7112.006E.0@valpo.edu> On his birthday, a memory of Frank O'Hara through a rare video of him reading his poetry: http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/2008/06/frank-ohara-having-coke-with-you.html -------------------------------------------------- Edward Byrne Department of English 322 Huegli Hall Valparaiso University Valparaiso, IN 46383-6493 E-mail: edward.byrne@valpo.edu Home Page: http://www.valpo.edu/home/faculty/ebyrne/homepage/ Blog: http://edwardbyrne.blogspot.com/ Editor, Valparaiso Poetry Review E-mail: vpr@valpo.edu VPR Web Page: http://www.valpo.edu/english/vpr/ Office Phone: (219) 464-5278 Fax: (219) 464-5511 -------------------------------------------------- From JforJames at aol.com Sun Jun 29 20:16:57 2008 From: JforJames at aol.com (JforJames@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:13 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count Message-ID: In a message dated 6/26/2008 12:03:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Rsgwynn1@cs.com writes: http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtml/Forum15/HTML/000289.html I seems like the claque concurs. But I don't see the evidence that 'poetry of witness' is by nature flawed? I think you are uncomfortable with socio-political poetry. Many are. But C.D. Wright, if nothing else, doesn't seem a casual observer recasting newsclippings into poetry. Finnegan **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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She reads from the text here: http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Wright.html Let the cards play themselves, we say in poker. The larger issue is Why is?i?a poet can't weigh into social and political issues? And who gets to say this poet has less cred than this one? Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: Rsgwynn1@cs.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Sent: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:34 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In a message dated 6/29/2008 7:17:31 PM Central Daylight Time, JforJames@aol.com writes: In a message dated 6/26/2008 12:03:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Rsgwynn1@cs.com writes: http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtml/Forum15/HTML/000289.html I seems like the claque concurs. But I don't see the evidence that 'poetry of witness' is by nature flawed? I think you are uncomfortable with socio-political poetry. Many are. But C.D. Wright, if nothing else, doesn't seem a casual observer recasting newsclippings into poetry. Finnegan Eratosphere is an open forum, James, just like this one.? You're free to post your opinions there, as I am here. Sam _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry _______________________________________________ New-Poetry mailing list New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/pipermail/new-poetry/attachments/20080630/e2437141/attachment.html From grahamd at ripon.edu Mon Jun 30 21:49:21 2008 From: grahamd at ripon.edu (David Graham) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:14 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Latta looks at Logan looking at O'Hara In-Reply-To: <8CAA9301B83C9E0-15DC-F5E@WEBMAIL-DF07.sysops.aol.com> References: <8CAA9301B83C9E0-15DC-F5E@WEBMAIL-DF07.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <213BF3D6-C590-42B3-81ED-BA1D0902C83D@ripon.edu> A couple good entries also on Greg Rappleye's blog on the same subject--last couple days. http://sonnetsat4am.blogspot.com/ Rappleye's blog is one of the ones I visit quite often. Logan taking condescending potshots at Frank O'Hara, though: if that isn't a "dog bites man" story, I don't know what is. . . . ======================================== David Graham grahamd@ripon.edu Home Page: http://web.mac.com/drjazz Poetry Library: http://web.mac.com/drjazz/iWeb/Site/DGPoLibrary.html ========================================== On Jun 30, 2008, at 8:22 PM, jforjames@aol.com wrote: > Right here... > > http://isola-di-rifiuti.blogspot.com/ > > Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news, & more! > _______________________________________________ > New-Poetry mailing list > New-Poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu > http://wiz.cath.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/new-poetry -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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John Jeffrey --- On Mon, 6/30/08, jforjames@aol.com wrote: From: jforjames@aol.com Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Date: Monday, June 30, 2008, 9:39 PM I apologize for the 'claque' bit. I'm a listserv type...and subbed to 4, so I'll pass on your invitation..but, a 'coffee table book'?...come on. When a serious artist/photographer and poet collaborate, do you want them to produce the thing in mimeo? I happened to hear Wright talk at length on _One Big Self_ at this symposium on the collaboration of poets and artists making books together... http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/metaphor/Participants.html If you want to call it, as a slight,?an 'art book',?I might disagree but I'd see where you were coming from.? She reads from the text here: http://writing.upenn.edu/pennsound/x/Wright.html Let the cards play themselves, we say in poker. The larger issue is Why is?i?a poet can't weigh into social and political issues? And who gets to say this poet has less cred than this one? Finnegan -----Original Message----- From: Rsgwynn1@cs.com To: new-poetry@wiz.cath.vt.edu Sent: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:34 pm Subject: Re: [New-Poetry] CD Wright's body count In a message dated 6/29/2008 7:17:31 PM Central Daylight Time, JforJames@aol.com writes: In a message dated 6/26/2008 12:03:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Rsgwynn1@cs.com writes: http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/ubbhtml/Forum15/HTML/000289.html I seems like the claque concurs. But I don't see the evidence that 'poetry of witness' is by nature flawed? I think you are uncomfortable with socio-political poetry. Many are. But C.D. Wright, if nothing else, doesn't seem a casual observer recasting newsclippings into poetry. Finnegan Eratosphere is an open forum, James, just like this one.? You're free to post your opinions there, as I am here. 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But, without getting into a debate about Logan himself, I'd be lying if I didn't note that I agree with a whole lot of the things Logan said in that review about O'Hara and the NY School, despite the way he might have said them. Of the various crimes Logan may commit, his willingness to break the apparently unwritten critic's code of "if you don't have anything nice to say" is an easy one for me to forgive. c From chris.lott at gmail.com Mon Jun 30 22:29:55 2008 From: chris.lott at gmail.com (Chris Lott) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:14 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Latta looks at Logan looking at O'Hara In-Reply-To: <9b1b9dab0806301926v379fc297vbee16cf23a485d85@mail.gmail.com> References: <8CAA9301B83C9E0-15DC-F5E@WEBMAIL-DF07.sysops.aol.com> <213BF3D6-C590-42B3-81ED-BA1D0902C83D@ripon.edu> <9b1b9dab0806301926v379fc297vbee16cf23a485d85@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9b1b9dab0806301929g410e7041p245394422cc4a597@mail.gmail.com> On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 18:26, Chris Lott wrote: > But, without getting into a debate about Logan himself, I'd be lying > if I didn't note that I agree with a whole lot of the things Logan > said in that review about O'Hara Which just goes to show that O'Hara generally leaves me cold. My own failing, I know, even if I'm far from the only one. c From AlMaginnes at aol.com Mon Jun 30 22:31:01 2008 From: AlMaginnes at aol.com (AlMaginnes@aol.com) Date: Mon Aug 3 15:15:14 2009 Subject: [New-Poetry] Latta looks at Logan looking at O'Hara Message-ID: Logan's code seems to be to never say anything nice. And to never really say anything about the poetry either. **************Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut00050000000007) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Of the various crimes Logan may commit, his > willingness to break the apparently unwritten critic's code of "if you > don't have anything nice to say" is an easy one for me to forgive. > O'Hara wrote a lot, a whole lot, a whole whole lot, and he never had a chance to "select" what he'd have chosen to represent his work, with the exception of Lunch Poems, a delightfully slim volume and a wonderful one. Logan's main point, it seems to me, is whether he's best served by any collection that throws together almost everything that could be gleaned from his literary remains. I think that Logan adequately represents O'Hara's strengths (spontaneity, charm, the virtues of friendship, wackiness in search of truth, pure joy in living, etc.) while also showing that his randomness, when read at length, can be pretty tiresome if you weren't there to enjoy it. 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