poetry
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C. Dale linked to this article, in which a self-professed life-long lover of poetry laments the reduction of poets writing what he calls “rhyming verse.” It always irritates me when I hear this discussion, not because I think rhyming is lame, but because people are obsessed with repetition when it comes to rhyme. And they…
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A few months ago, I reconnected with an old practice of mine: making lists on my bathroom mirror in dry erase marker. Why? Because that’s the one room I’m guaranteed to visit every day, for one reason or another, and having to see the list keeps it fresh in my mind, making me more likely…
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Several pieces from The Strange Case of Maribel Dixon are live at spork right now. Thanks to Drew and Richard for taking them. I’m also very excited to now say this is the second time I’ve been right on top of Randall Mann. (Sorry, Eduardo.) The wonderful and charming James Hall is also there, down…
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Jen Currin presents the vertigo west poetry collective at LOCUSPOINT. We’re proud to feature work by the following inventive and innovative poets: Meliz ErginCollette GagnonBrook HouglumHelen KukKim MinkusEmilie O’BrienCristina I. Viviani along with Jen Currin herself. Shin Yu Pai’s Dallas Edition will launch in mid-July. Enjoy!
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Thanks to all who linked to the TIME magazine article about why poetry sucks and doesn’t meet anyone’s needs. After reading it, I feel like I am now a part of a very hoity-toity circle of airbags—like the Marketing Department in Dilbert but with bigger vocabularies. Blaming poets for poetry sucking seems like the right…
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Uh oh, I’m lost again. I haven’t been able to write a poem for a bit because—literally—I can’t remember how. This happens to me regularly, usually after finishing something and feeling like it’s time to move on to something new. I feel more and more like the first thing I have to do is provide…
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