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Poem of the Week: Maria Mazziotti Gillan

April 11, 2014

Poem of the Week: Maria Mazziotti Gillan

By Brian Fanelli

Watching the Pelican Die On TV, I watch the pelican with its mouth wide open, its wings and body coated with oil. Is it screaming? I do not hear the sound and since this is a photograph, I don’t know if it was caught in that mouth-stretched howl when it died or if it’s howling […]

Apr
11
2014
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Watching the Pelican Die On TV, I watch the pelican with its mouth wide open, its wings and body coated with oil. Is it screaming? I do not hear the sound and since this is a photograph, I don’t know if it was caught in that mouth-stretched howl when it died or if it’s howling […]

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Poem of the Week: Christine Gelineau

April 4, 2014

Poem of the Week: Christine Gelineau

By Brian Fanelli

Bliss

Apr
04
2014

Bliss

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Poem of the Week: Ned Balbo

March 21, 2014

Poem of the Week: Ned Balbo

By Dawn Leas

First Thaw

Mar
21
2014
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First Thaw

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Homer to Gluck: First Lines

February 3, 2014

Homer to Gluck: First Lines

By Sarah Foil

Our twitter and tumblr followers shared their favorite first lines of poetry.

Feb
03
2014
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Our twitter and tumblr followers shared their favorite first lines of poetry.

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Lee Sharkey’s Calendars of Fire

October 3, 2013

Lee Sharkey’s Calendars of Fire

By Heather Dobbins

In The Book of the Dead, Muriel Rukeyser writes, “What three things can never be done?
 Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone.” In Calendars of Fire, Lee Sharkey refuses to be that historian or activist, tamed in middle age, no longer pained by injustice.

Oct
03
2013
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In The Book of the Dead, Muriel Rukeyser writes, “What three things can never be done?
 Forget. Keep silent. Stand alone.” In Calendars of Fire, Lee Sharkey refuses to be that historian or activist, tamed in middle age, no longer pained by injustice.

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Robert Duncan: The Collected Early Poems and Plays

May 21, 2013

Robert Duncan: The Collected Early Poems and Plays

By Levi Rubeck

The breadth of that poetic growth is in itself a fantastic teacher.

May
21
2013
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The breadth of that poetic growth is in itself a fantastic teacher.

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Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

May 15, 2013

Georg Trakl in Plato’s Republic

By Joe Weil

Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

May
15
2013
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Poetry, like music, like dance, might be defined as the precision of ecstasy, and the ecstasy of precision, an ecstatic precision, and measured ecstasy.

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Why Weirdness Can Be a Good Thing: the Aesthetic Satisfactions of a Compelling Strangeness

February 11, 2013

Why Weirdness Can Be a Good Thing: the Aesthetic Satisfactions of a Compelling Strangeness

By Andrew Field

What is the difference between a poem we call mawkish, or overly sentimental, and a poem that carries the right amount of sentimentality and wit?

Feb
11
2013
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What is the difference between a poem we call mawkish, or overly sentimental, and a poem that carries the right amount of sentimentality and wit?

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A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

December 19, 2012

A Primer on Writing and Imagery (for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

Dec
19
2012
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You will hear in workshops: “Show, don’t tell,” but that’s a bunch of malarkey. It should be: “Show what tells.”

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What Is This Thing Called Free Verse? (A primer for those who want it)

December 13, 2012

What Is This Thing Called Free Verse? (A primer for those who want it)

By Joe Weil

Poets want to get away with murder.

Dec
13
2012
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Poets want to get away with murder.

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13 Ways of Looking at the Pragmatist Ashbery, OR Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty: Ashbery and the Central Doctrine of American Pragmatism

November 19, 2012

13 Ways of Looking at the Pragmatist Ashbery, OR Getting Down to the Nitty-Gritty: Ashbery and the Central Doctrine of American Pragmatism

By Andrew Field

So what are some other major facets of Ashbery’s relationship to American pragmatism?

Nov
19
2012
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So what are some other major facets of Ashbery’s relationship to American pragmatism?

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How I Stumbled Into Teaching In The Arts

September 26, 2012

How I Stumbled Into Teaching In The Arts

By Joe Weil

I can talk to kids all day. They interest me. They will never pretend to like you. For that I am forever grateful.

Sep
26
2012
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I can talk to kids all day. They interest me. They will never pretend to like you. For that I am forever grateful.

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The Disappearing: Introduction

July 6, 2012

The Disappearing: Introduction

By Poetry Blog Editors

The Disappearing is a new app for iPhone, iPad and Android that (literally) explores poetry and place. Beginning with a collection of over 100 poems about Sydney, the app creates a poetic map charting traces, fragmentary histories, impressions and memories.

Jul
06
2012
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The Disappearing is a new app for iPhone, iPad and Android that (literally) explores poetry and place. Beginning with a collection of over 100 poems about Sydney, the app creates a poetic map charting traces, fragmentary histories, impressions and memories.

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Teacher as Midwife

April 18, 2012

Teacher as Midwife

By Joe Weil

You want to have an open sesame for every soul you encounter. You want something to open in them and for them, and when you are at your best, you don’t care if they ever say thank you.

Apr
18
2012
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You want to have an open sesame for every soul you encounter. You want something to open in them and for them, and when you are at your best, you don’t care if they ever say thank you.

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Garbage Picking in Eliot’s Waste Land, Part 1

March 12, 2012

Garbage Picking in Eliot’s Waste Land, Part 1

By Tom Bair

Eliot out-dueled the English until they erected his memorial in Westminster Abbey next to the graves of Dryden, Tennyson, and Browning; men Eliot spent his life burying.

Mar
12
2012
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Eliot out-dueled the English until they erected his memorial in Westminster Abbey next to the graves of Dryden, Tennyson, and Browning; men Eliot spent his life burying.

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#thethepoetics: Small Press Edition

March 6, 2012

#thethepoetics: Small Press Edition

By Micah Towery

A few weeks ago, the miraculous Metta Sama(~), master of @thethepoetry, hosted a discussion under the Twitter hashtag #thethepoetics with editors from @aquariuspress, @dzancbooks, @notell, @yesyesbooks, and @WordWorksEditor, as well as a host of other poets.

Mar
06
2012
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A few weeks ago, the miraculous Metta Sama(~), master of @thethepoetry, hosted a discussion under the Twitter hashtag #thethepoetics with editors from @aquariuspress, @dzancbooks, @notell, @yesyesbooks, and @WordWorksEditor, as well as a host of other poets.

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