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What is poetry? Is it a thought fox running through your mind? Or a fruit plucked free of its rind? Some stanzas to ponder: “In poetry you can write about what you’ve faced/ but never fully erased.” Or in another dialect, but just as lyrical: “Dis poetry is designed fe rantin/Dance hall style, big mouth chanting.”

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Robert Pinsky to be keynote speaker at the 28th annual Key West Literary Seminar in January 2010

peterrobertson wrote 15 hours ago: Robert Pinsky, the U.S. poet who was Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress b … more →

Tags: Authors, Interlitq Editors, ~Issue 7, Literary Awards, readings and events, The International Literary Quarterly, translation, writing

Misunderstood Sister

Matilda Beupine wrote 12 hours ago: You’re an airhead, not a bimbo. You have a helium-filled mind connected by a breakable string … more →

Tags: All posts, Inspirational, spirituality, death, Feminism, Women, Afterlife, Misunderstood., Genius

Spending Money on Show and Tell

abonjour wrote 12 hours ago: Spending Money on Show and Tell They never advertise So you realize That you can wait To work it in … more →

Tags: Everyday Lenses, Dave Ramsey, everyday, Money

whats this going on around me?

rridler wrote 12 hours ago: so, i was wondering, if a person you thought you once knew so well can almost instantly become someo … more →

Shop.

Adam Ford wrote 12 hours ago: What you like now? Pie. We have some pie. Forty dollars. Yum yum yum. What you like now? Apple. Oh I … more →

Tags: New Poems, Food, forty dollars, Oonagh

Things Dont Feel Right..ANGEL BLUE AND THE PROPHETS BAND copyrights 2009

angelinablue wrote 12 hours ago: VERSE ONE things dont feel right since you’ve been out of my life it just aint the same no mat … more →

Tags: All About Love, Heartache

a dollar, written by Toni L.A. Cross 11/30/092 comments

goatgirlbookworm wrote 12 hours ago: a dollar oh for a dollar a crisp paper bill that green and white currency a poor man’s fortune told … more →

The Numptie Realises his Mistake and Apologises (but is still annoyed)2 comments

Andrew Philip wrote 12 hours ago: Congratulations to Robert Crawford on winning the Saltire Society’s book of the year award and … more →

Tags: Scottish writers, prizes, Scotland, Scottish poets, Seamus Heaney, Robert Crawford, Robert Burns, Jackie Kay, Robert Henryson

Writing and Privacy1 comment

caroline allen wrote 12 hours ago: As a writer and a writing coach, I’ve dealt often with fear around writing a piece that expose … more →

Tags: writing, Blogroll, writing, storytelling, art, coaching, fiction, Fiction, Novel, Short Story, Writing Coaching, Setting, Plot

an old poem

The Harlem Yuppie wrote 12 hours ago: One day, in the morning There was a cradle floating in the ocean There was no baby, No cries, No lau … more →

Tags: Quickie Musing, chaiwallah

It's a thirst1 comment

jewaira wrote 12 hours ago: ..thirst that is never quenched regardless of how many drinks are consumed. ..a flame that won … more →

Questionnaire: a poem from Wendell Berry's latest book

greengoddesslove wrote 12 hours ago: Questionnaire by Wendell Berry 1. How much poison are you willing to eat for the success of the free … more →

Tags: Commentary, Art, Economics, Class War, Hard Times, Crisis, Poem, Wendell Berry

Nov 29 09: Wanted: No Name 2 comments

Pamela Villars wrote 12 hours ago: I have been so blocked on this prompt! Pick a number, make that number the title of your poem, and w … more →

Tags: A Poem a Day, Creative Writing, Poetic Asides, Prompts, Wanted, writing

poetryjunk wrote 12 hours ago: After life   An unreal still life predominates in the bathroom squeeze bottles and bath salts t … more →

Tags: poetryjunk, writing, Life, Philosophy, Poems, Poet, Poem, Thoughts, Personal

Steal This List!

amyking wrote 12 hours ago: CONTEMPORARY QUEER POETS Grow this list – Proliferate! Redistribute! I initially started this list a … more →

Tags: Politics, pop culture, Lesbian, Gender Politics, Gay, Celebration, Literature, Love, sexy

Cordite Poetry Review 31: Epic now available online

Mark William Jackson wrote 12 hours ago: Cordite 31:EPIC now available here. Review of TT.O’s 24 hours Audio from Maxine Beneba Clarke … more →

No title 3

monarc7 wrote 12 hours ago: The X-men rouse that lax side each time I witness that brilliant sketch, bless the creator for this … more →

Tags: N.o.r.M, rhyme, ignorance, knowledge, Law, Rule, Young, murder, Youth

Knowledge-Pressing

strangerinpatmos wrote 12 hours ago: All my books I lay before me, Sweating from the effort taken just to wring A single drop of juice in … more →

Poem: "Snow, Sleet, Ice", notebooks, Jim Stallings

fiction4life wrote 13 hours ago: Snow, sleet, ice Thawed, frozen again Into sheets bubbled With air from last week— Dusted lightly Wi … more →

Tags: Best Thought, FIRST THOUGHT, flash poetry, prose & poetry, Works in Progress