Archive for November, 2008
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[?]Submitted by World Class Poetry Blog
While doing a little browsing this evening I discovered myself in good company. What I mean is, the World Class Poetry blog, unbenownst to me until now, has been aggregated along with several other poetry sites at Alltop.com.
If you’re not familiar with Alltop.com then you may [...]
5 Types Of Poetry Blogs And Who You Should Read
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[?]Submitted by World Class Poetry Blog
After surveying the poetry blogosphere I’ve settled on there being about 5 different types of poetry blogs online today. There are different variations of the 5, but I think we can settle on placing them into 5 categories and I’ll outline those for you with some [...]
Peter Manso: notes of a displeased groupie
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
By Ted Burke
Author Peter Manso published a highly readable oral history of his then-hero and mentor Norman Mailer in the ’80’s titled “ Mailer: His Life and Times“. Manso, a good writer in all other respects, has republished the book with a 44 page preface in which [...]
Paul Dresman
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
Full disclosure: Paul Dresman was a teacher of mine at the University of California, San Diego, and he was the nearest thing I had to a poetry mentor. He has a genius for the unexpected phrase to describe what would go unnoticed in situations and encounters, and [...]
Number games
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
I’ve had 366 poetry posts so far this year.
And so, dear readers. If I write not one more poem this year, I will have averaged one poem a day for 2008.
Poetry comes from God. I am grateful for the abundance with which He gifts me.
Collection available! [...]
The Solicitude of Rain
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
Spring made promises she didn’t keep
and summer burned your heart to sullen embers.
You found no consolation in November’s
preparations for the time of sleep
but here I am at last, the year’s renewer
come to claim my due and give what’s owed.
I’ll take the chestnuts careless squirrels sowed
beneath the [...]
Reel
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[?]Submitted by Average Poet Blog
If only trailers constituted life
the most important moments flashing by
without those empty spaces that supply
a place to store inconsequential strife;
imagine (if you can) that throaty voice
embellishing each action packed event
with clever little innuendos meant
to help you always make the proper choice
so sentimental scenes will never drag
beyond the [...]
Grace
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[?]Submitted by Average Poet Blog
They were strangely reserved
as I speedily swerved
and narrowly missed their buffet,
three gulls keen to taste
a wad of McWaste
have much to give thanks for today.
Despot
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[?]Submitted by Average Poet Blog
The moon is snugly nestled
in the nimbus of the night
refusing to be wrestled
from it’s dreams by pesky light
that pokes and prods insistently
with such transparent aims—
to rule the sky, if fleetingly
with fierce unyielding flames.
Hurricane Survivors
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
3 Word Wednesday: Fury. Guilt. Thankful.
storm fury abates
they are thankful, but suffer
from survivor guilt
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Dollar Tree
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
She saved every paycheck for college tuition
in hopes that her son would live a good life
and maybe earn more than a wage of starvation
at Dollar Tree, Dollar Tree, Dollar Tree.
Did she know it was bad when he came through the door
or offer a smile and say [...]
Poetry Free For All
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[?]Submitted by Poets Who Blog
Looking to have your poetry critiqued? Then check out Every Poets site’s Poetry Free For All by clicking here.
Books Blog
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[?]Submitted by Poets Who Blog
This week Books Blog focused its attention on poet Andrew Marvell naming his To Coy a Mistress their poem of the week.
To read thier post click here.
Breakdown
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[?]Submitted by Average Poet Blog
Every drip is just a drop that drizzles drearily
outside my window where I watch the world so wearily—
*plink*
a puddle’s penetrated
perfect circles generated
*splash*
a lonely man frustrated
remembers days less inundated—
the gutter gulps down gallons and the wind begins to gust
as iron tenets slowly turn to silent ocher dust.
Some poems need to be tar and feathered
Rating 4.00 out of 5
[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
By Ted Burke
There are some poems I read that put me in a bad mood and keep me there; the insidious thing about that experience is that the mood isn’t bad, it’s mean, and a host of my anti-social impulses awaken and demand their satisfaction. “The White [...]
Another milestone
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
Sometime over the weekend I posted my 1000th poetry post, which would be approximately my 1000th poem. Allahu Akbar.
Hit-counter weirdness: I’m getting a huge number of hits on the keywords “thanksgiving ham”, “thanksgiving ham prices”, etc. Googled “thanksgiving ham”, and my haiku from a couple weeks [...]
Five Views of a False Doorway
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
I.
A green bird flies into a glass door
in a flurry of feathers as tender
as elm leaves in spring.
She breaks into luminescent
fragments of song.
II.
The glass is thick and won’t break, no matter how hard you bang into it. There are no walls and no roof: why don’t [...]
Combines
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
The combines leave the fields stripped and bare,
the straw all baled, the grain threshed into sacks
and sparrows search in vain for insects there.
The frosts will kill. The field-mice prepare,
collecting any trace of wheat or flax
the combines left. The fields, stripped and bare
are hazed with diesel fumes [...]
Hope and Feathers
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
Hope is a hurting thing,
hope is a breech birth. Hope will
tear you apart. Maybe it has feathers, Emily
but if so they’re razor-edged,
broken-glass-tipped. They slice
my palms to the bone. Hope is
a bloodletter. Who ever said
that hope was fragile? You can no more
crush it with reason
than concrete can [...]
FOUND BAGGAGE LOST HERE audio
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[?]Submitted by Knocking from Inside Blog
FOUND BAGGAGE LOST HERE words
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Angel
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[?]Submitted by Average Poet Blog
When traveling each day to class
the bus went by a little church
and every kid, except one lass
ignored the weathered concrete perch
where someone much less fortunate
would stop to pray for needed aid,
she knew that he was indigent
so secretly, her plan was made.
Her birthday came but she eschewed
a trip [...]
The Twelve Days of Poetry
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[?]Submitted by Poets Who Blog
I’m not sure how many of our readers were around last year and remember our Twelve Days of Poetry. If you don’t then use the search feature on this site to see what I am referring to or you can always visit
Anyway, its about that time [...]
peeping through stars
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[?]Submitted by Raven’s Shadow
Sky people watch me
when I go about at night,
silent in wisdom,
having already traveled
the roads I walk.
I do not hear them
as they “aw”
when I stumble in the dark,
nor see them cheer
as I pick myself up again,
but I know they do
because I read
their signs.
The choice cynicism of Jack Spicer
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[?]Submitted by Ted Burke Blog
By Ted Burke
Jack Spicer was an odd and inspired contrarian in place during the San Francisco Renaissance, who conceived poetry as “dictation” of a sort. He had gone so far as to refer to the poet as a “radio”, a living device able to intercept transmissions from [...]
Why Facebook Is The Poet’s
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[?]Submitted by World Class Poetry Blog
I am learning more and more that Facebook is as good a friend as any poet can have online. I decided to experiment a little with Facebook pages and am pleasantly surprised. After creating one page just a day ago I’ve already seen results.
First, if you [...]