World Class Poetry Blog

Poetry Potpourri, Volume 2
12 January 2008, the poet @ 8:22 pm

Looking for a place to publish your chapbook? Try Shadowbox Press.

Talking Heads’ David Byrne discusses indie music and how artists can control their own destiny. Much of this applies to literary artists as well.

The new Lincoln? God, I hope not.

Billy’s crazy idea about paying people to read his blog. Will it work?

(Source) Dawson performed a poem about New Orleans, calling it “the vagina of America.”

Question: Is the poem the vagina, or is it New Orleans? I’d like to see it. The poem, I mean.

When I read this I thought gay poetry was illegal in the UK. It turns out that blasphemy is the culprit.

Soldier who fought in Afghanistan publishes a book of poems.

Today’s poem is by Li-Young Lee.

World War II veteran/poet kicks Caligula in the nuts while defending the Constitution.

Disclaimer: This is a poetry blog, not a political one. Although it’s hard to separate the two. When discussing politics on this blog, it is not intended to endorse a particular political point of view or candidate. It is simply to react to what someone else has done or said or to comment on some aspect of poetics. If I were to express a political point of view outside of the realm of poetry it would likely be from a libertarian POV. But since this is not a political blog, I’ll have to claim the Fifth. (of whiskey)

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