Monday, November 30, 2009
Ian McEwan writes:
"It was already clear that his own special study would be the physics of light, and he was naturally drawn to the poem of that name, and learned its last dozen lines by heart."
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Sarah Broughton writes:
"There is a distinguished list of 'significant others' in cultural history – usually wives or lovers or sisters of celebrated writers, artists and musicians who are famous for their proximity to the celebrated person, rather than their own achievements..."
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Sunday, November 29, 2009
Broadside #16 features Karen Head and her Plinth Twitter Poetry Project:
Two video clips are included in this broadside as well -- from Time Magazine and the One & Other project.
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Saturday, November 28, 2009
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Friday, November 27, 2009
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Thursday, November 26, 2009
Welcome to the first calendar of poems and photographs by Portland police officers, detectives, local poets and photographers [USA]:
At the first meeting between the poets and police officers, Lt. Sauschuck said, 'I gotta be honest with you, Marty, if you gave me a choice between writing a poem or fighting four guys at the same time in the street out there, I'd be fighting those four guys right now.' A few seconds later, poet Annie Finch sighed and said in a forlorn tone, 'Me too. Writing poetry is hard.'
[via
Stick Poet Super Hero]
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Robert Peake wrote:
"Imagine reading some of these titles to Whitman, Keats, or Blake, and explaining that these are the titles of books of poems. The sound of their bemused, bewildered, and ultimately uncomfortable laughter is a sound that haunts our age."
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Saturday, November 21, 2009
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009
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Friday, November 13, 2009
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Thursday, November 12, 2009
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Tuesday, November 10, 2009
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Monday, November 09, 2009
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Thursday, November 05, 2009
Amanda Craig writes:
"Firstly, you must pay. It is simply not OK to treat authors as a public service. Authors may seem to have a lovely carefree life, or to be so low-paid that another day of penury simply doesn't matter, but in fact we all work extremely hard and our time is worth something. It may only be £100 or it may be ten times that. But offering only biscuits is an insult. We can get biscuits at home, thanks."
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Wednesday, November 04, 2009
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Tuesday, November 03, 2009
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Monday, November 02, 2009
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Sunday, November 01, 2009
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