Blogs about: Poetry
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
a dollar, written by Toni L.A. Cross 11/30/09
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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)
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Andrew Philip wrote 12 hours ago: Congratulations to Robert Crawford on winning the Saltire Society’s book of the year award and … more →
Writing and Privacy
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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 →
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 →
It's a thirst
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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 →
Nov 29 09: Wanted: No Name
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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 →
poetryjunk wrote 12 hours ago: After life An unreal still life predominates in the bathroom squeeze bottles and bath salts t … more →
Steal This List!
amyking wrote 12 hours ago: CONTEMPORARY QUEER POETS Grow this list – Proliferate! Redistribute! I initially started this list a … more →
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 →
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 →
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