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WHO KILLED JOHN KEATS? 'TWAS ONE OF MY FEATS
Pardon us as we take a fanciful page from the book of George Gordon, Lord Byron. ……………………….WHO KILLED ROBERT CREELEY? …………… more →
Scarriet
Re: Should Poetry Critics Go Negative?
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wrote 2 weeks ago: I think part of the problem with modern “criticism” is that much of it isn’t reall … more →
WHO KILLED JOHN KEATS? 'TWAS ONE OF MY FEATS
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wrote 3 weeks ago: Pardon us as we take a fanciful page from the book of George Gordon, Lord Byron. …… … more →
PEDANTS OF POETRY: THE TOP TEN
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wrote 2 months ago: ~ ~ Paul Valery (top), Polonius & T.S. Eliot The last 100 years have seen more pedantry in poetr … more →
A DEFENSE OF POETRY...SORT OF.
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wrote 2 months ago: A great deal of 19th century verse is wretched—exposure to poorly written rhyme will naturally push … more →
THE PROZAC CRITIC
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wrote 2 months ago: In a recent article, Poetry and Project Runway, on the Poetry Foundation’s Website, Stephen Bu … more →
ONE MORE LOOK AT ALABAMA
wrote 3 months ago: “Stars fell on Alabama” –Old song As promised, here’s the Final Part 5 rep … more →
LANGPO SLAYS OFFICIAL VERSE CULTURE AS VENDLER GOES OVER TO BERNSTEIN
wrote 3 months ago: BAMA PANEL IV: SURVIVAL OF THE DIMMEST? The Alabama Panel 25 years ago this month was essentially a … more →
ZOMBIE MODERNISM, FASCIST FUTURISM "WAR--THE WORLD'S ONLY HYGIENE"
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wrote 3 months ago: The Zombie-Modernists are: 1. Ignorant of material, social, political, elitist origins … more →
HELEN VENDLER AS DR. PHIL: THE CRITICISM OF EMPATHY AND SUCK-UP
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wrote 3 months ago: THE DOCTOR WILL SEE YOU NOW! ………………………. In her … more →
DANCING WITH THE STARS: Percy Shelley spins Joan Houlihan. Judge Helen Vendler slips, but does she fall?
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wrote 3 months ago: For Scarriet’s many friends from the U.K. and Down-under, Dancing with the Stars is a popula … more →
MULTICULTURAL WRATH IN ALABAMA: LEVERTOV SCOLDS PANEL
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wrote 3 months ago: BAMA PANEL III: Indeed, Denise Levertov is increasingly appalled… The third in a series of 5 … more →
'BAMA CONFERENCE, PART II: HELEN VENDLER, LOUIS SIMPSON
wrote 3 months ago: BAMA PANEL II: Foetry covered up in leaves, Vendler style. The second in a series of 5 articles on … more →
25 YEARS ON: FOETICS DOMINATES 1984 ALABAMA POETRY CONFERENCE
wrote 3 months ago: BAMA PANEL I: Charles Bernstein does NOT name the ‘Official Poetry Policemen.’ The firs … more →
The Place of Place: Besmilr Brigham's Run Through Rock
wrote 4 months ago: (See my previous post for Brigham’s complete poem.) The Place of Place: Besmilr Brigham … more →
From The NY Times Via A & L Daily: Helen Vendler On Wallace Stevens 'The Plain Sense Of Things'
wrote 5 months ago: Full review here. Vendler reviewed John Serio’s new “Selected Poems” of Wallace S … more →
The Stevensian Sense
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wrote 5 months ago: Wallace Stevens, right, with Robert Frost in Key West, circa 1940 (Photo, Alfred A. Knopf) In today … more →
of fish and fishermen
wrote 8 months ago: A while ago we sent out the following notice (we’re going public) calling on all to submit to … more →
Robert Frost's "The Pasture"
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wrote 9 months ago: July 18, 2009: New Post – Robert Frost’s “Out, Out” June 6 2009: Tweaked and … more →
W.B. Yeats & Long Legged Fly: Meaning & Meter
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wrote 11 months ago: Some Good References I’ve been wanting to study some Yeats. Many of his greatest poems are wri … more →
