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Archive for May, 2010
Burmese Poet Released from Prison May 28, 2010: In Burma, poems still have the power to commit a "crime against public tranquility." Saw Wei was arrested on January 2, 2008, after his poem “February the Fourteenth,” an eight-line verse about Valentine’s Day, was published in the Rangoon-based weekly magazine Love Journal. An acrostic poem, when the first letters of each line are put [...]
I saw the best minds of my generation… and took pictures of them! May 27, 2010: Allen Ginsberg once said, "I do my sketching and observing with the camera." Now you can see the results - online highlights from the National Gallery of Art's new exhibition, "Beat Memories," can be viewed here. From the introduction: One of the most visionary writers of his generation and author of the celebrated poem Howl, Allen [...]
This precious ‘hood of ours May 27, 2010: Just in from The Martha's Vineyard Times: My plan is to employ the common, but peculiar, Vineyard vernacular to tell the story of this special place, this precious 'hood of ours. Actually, the stanzas compose themselves. I hear these evocative fragments everywhere I go. People are rhyming the Vineyard. To tell you the truth, I've gotten [...]
Poetry that packs a punch! May 27, 2010: This just in from North Tyneside: MIXING boxing with poetry will prove a knockout combination, arts chiefs believe. A group of poets will pull no punches when they compete in a boxing ring at the Saville Exchange in North Shields. Eight “performance” poets from the North East will read their work, matched against each other in [...]
Hand it over, hand it over, hand it over… May 27, 2010: Everybody knows that these are hard times for the book world. Anna Goodall, in The Independent, reports that, adding criminal insult to economic injury, book thieves are making things worse. Poetry-book thieves. Somewhat naively, as a new bookseller, I didn't think theft would be a big problem. I imagined my biggest difficulty would be being [...]
Poems for Graduates May 26, 2010: The Academy of American Poets has posted a collection of poems for graduates. On graduation day, parents and family often turn to poetry to express what they would like to pass on to the next generation—some small thought, a few lines of guidance, a gesture toward nostalgia, an elder's wisdom. We've got our own set of graduation poems in [...]
Children ‘more likely to own phones’ May 26, 2010: Over in the UK, children "as young as seven are more likely to own a mobile phone than a book," a new study shows. A report from the National Literacy Trust said: “Simple interactions, such as being read to, and exposure to books, magazines, newspapers and environmental print, impact children’s progress in learning to read, and [...]
Learning Poems by Heart/Where to Start? May 26, 2010: Alison Flood wants to learn more poems by heart, but where should she start? My awe and envy of John Basinger, a man who has committed the whole of Paradise Lost to memory, makes me want to learn more poems. But where should I start?
Breakup Poetry from the Almost Famous May 26, 2010: Tammy Lynn Michaels, Melissa Etheridge's ex-partner, airs their dirty laundry: There's a very pointed free verse poem up right now on Hollywood Farm Girl, Michaels' blog, and in it she sets the record straight on how mutual the so-called mutual break up was. Via QueerSighted.
Flarf in the Wall Street Journal May 25, 2010: The Wall Street Journal finds the the fact that "flarf" appeared last year in Poetry magazine a sign that "Google-Inspired Verse Gains Respect." "Flarf is a hip, digital reaction to the kind of boring, genteel poetry" popular with everyday readers, says Marjorie Perloff, a poetry critic and professor emeritus of English at Stanford [...]