http://www.gotpoetry.com/ News for Poets. Place to write. en-us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:58:04 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly GotPoetry.com News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.gotpoetry.com/images/autoheader/logo-slogan.gif http://www.gotpoetry.com/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/svCY9SSppFY/sid=73960.html Featuring poet laureate poetry readings, music concerts, a national juried art exhibit, awards presentations, tour of the Pen Arts building, and creative arts workshops, the convention is open to the public.. Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Nxx_z5WrBGaYN12J9539ZTxKFU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Nxx_z5WrBGaYN12J9539ZTxKFU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Nxx_z5WrBGaYN12J9539ZTxKFU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/8Nxx_z5WrBGaYN12J9539ZTxKFU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/svCY9SSppFY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:58:04 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73960.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/X1tRSuSNfiM/sid=73959.html The Sunshine Coast Arts Council launches its spring 2012 literary series with a reading by Vancouver poet, novelist and journalist, George Fetherling on Saturday, Feb. 18, in Sechelt.. Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FsEoeic1pM_hfTR_XFuF9tHp78A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FsEoeic1pM_hfTR_XFuF9tHp78A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FsEoeic1pM_hfTR_XFuF9tHp78A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/FsEoeic1pM_hfTR_XFuF9tHp78A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/X1tRSuSNfiM" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:56:35 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73959.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/W8J7vsEruUk/sid=73958.html Lauren Pelon and Gary Holthaus use music and the spoken word to tell stories of different times and places. They will bring their show to Winnebago United Methodist Church at 1 p.m. Sunday. The event is sponsored by the Winnebago Area Museum and is funded by a Minnesota State Arts Board grant.. 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Williams on IndieFeed Performance Poetry.&nbsp; Show number 979.Listen! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fg-HcGiAsYl33Xxu4LG1dc90Obw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fg-HcGiAsYl33Xxu4LG1dc90Obw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fg-HcGiAsYl33Xxu4LG1dc90Obw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fg-HcGiAsYl33Xxu4LG1dc90Obw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/i-95ovjoPg4" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:53:38 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73957.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/Ff9K9vI9wdY/sid=73956.html It is admirable when poets can build bridges where bridges hadn’t been built before. Anne Waldman is a builder of bridges.. Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c3LRH_HxfpzSFhg-yWA1AD_-BTA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c3LRH_HxfpzSFhg-yWA1AD_-BTA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c3LRH_HxfpzSFhg-yWA1AD_-BTA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/c3LRH_HxfpzSFhg-yWA1AD_-BTA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/Ff9K9vI9wdY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:52:57 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73956.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/ImAa2AuJut8/sid=73955.html "You could say she was our Carol Shields of poetry, though of course she started before Shields, taking the ideas for her poems from dropped threads of domesticity and exalting ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn6Km0Z5ahBFrvZBngupQSHG-uI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn6Km0Z5ahBFrvZBngupQSHG-uI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn6Km0Z5ahBFrvZBngupQSHG-uI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Hn6Km0Z5ahBFrvZBngupQSHG-uI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/ImAa2AuJut8" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:57:22 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73955.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/rOt65zwTolY/sid=73954.html Poetry News: Online submissions for the annual Wake County Public Libraries Teen Poetry Contest will be accepted March 15, on Wake County's website at www.wakegov.com/libraries. Area students from Grades 6-12 are invited to submit up to 3 original poems for the contest.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qe_JwPhy4bjoM3AYgyXcO4iXIfs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qe_JwPhy4bjoM3AYgyXcO4iXIfs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qe_JwPhy4bjoM3AYgyXcO4iXIfs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qe_JwPhy4bjoM3AYgyXcO4iXIfs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/rOt65zwTolY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:56:11 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73954.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/igtdBgP_pKY/sid=73953.html Poetry News: "Don't believe what you've been taught in high school," English Professor David Rivard said. "The more people read poetry, the more interest it gains." Rivard said he has seen the popularity of poetry on campus increase in his four years here at UNH, ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZD34k_JMeezTGckiugxNqiY9M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZD34k_JMeezTGckiugxNqiY9M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZD34k_JMeezTGckiugxNqiY9M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2uZD34k_JMeezTGckiugxNqiY9M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/igtdBgP_pKY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:55:44 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73953.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/lWUN53Paovw/sid=73952.html Poetry News: Here is your Poetry News for the week of February 13, 2012. Poetry events are as delicious as chocolate this Valentine's week in the Pioneer Valley and beyond.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O3sevhFZK755rQVRL4-TVRQbFVw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O3sevhFZK755rQVRL4-TVRQbFVw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O3sevhFZK755rQVRL4-TVRQbFVw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/O3sevhFZK755rQVRL4-TVRQbFVw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/lWUN53Paovw" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:53:46 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73952.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/NMtI6u1Sh0k/sid=73951.html The brief autobiographical work Safe Conduct (1931) and the collection of poetry Second Birth (1932) were his last original works for many years. During the purges of the 1930s, Pasternak came under severe ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uS7N8YFXabqj1awISfCHjNNYnvc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uS7N8YFXabqj1awISfCHjNNYnvc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uS7N8YFXabqj1awISfCHjNNYnvc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uS7N8YFXabqj1awISfCHjNNYnvc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/NMtI6u1Sh0k" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:52:13 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73951.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/Eg4zuxRQcM4/sid=73950.html Poetry News: " Between Page and Screen " is a digital pop-up book that contains nothing but elegantly rendered QR codes on its printed pages says C/Net. Readers go to the book's Web site , hold a page in front of their Webcam, and watch onscreen as a poem pops out of the quick- response code .Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X67Y4QRat0mvslqpEVYdy_I-GWU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X67Y4QRat0mvslqpEVYdy_I-GWU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X67Y4QRat0mvslqpEVYdy_I-GWU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/X67Y4QRat0mvslqpEVYdy_I-GWU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/Eg4zuxRQcM4" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:11:16 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73950.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/X37HworgVGg/sid=73949.html Sameer Rahim, the author of the article, spoke to certain London poetry editors-all male-who expressed varying opinions on how to work with a poet. Don Paterson, an editor and a poet, claimed that ...Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HVR1bSwwFDfXCrR3YwxbuYalmy0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HVR1bSwwFDfXCrR3YwxbuYalmy0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HVR1bSwwFDfXCrR3YwxbuYalmy0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/HVR1bSwwFDfXCrR3YwxbuYalmy0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/X37HworgVGg" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:09:54 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73949.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/pgJTesQKNjk/sid=73948.html Poetry News: Spectrum Generations Coastal Community Center, 521 Main Street in Damariscotta will host its Wednesday Lunch and Learn program on February 15, 2012 beginning at 11:15 a.m. Following the luncheon Maine writer and poet Robert Erickson will be reading from his book 'Snooky' whichA recalls life as a twelve year-old boy.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iFU6g4ztCBjUdQpXiT4csTz9vF4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iFU6g4ztCBjUdQpXiT4csTz9vF4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iFU6g4ztCBjUdQpXiT4csTz9vF4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iFU6g4ztCBjUdQpXiT4csTz9vF4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/pgJTesQKNjk" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:59 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73948.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/z03-4rFy-ek/sid=73947.html Poetry News: There's nothing quite like a poem. Especially one written just for you. If you've got a thing for rhyming, this Valentine's Day is the perfect opportunity to show it off with a poem for a loved-one. It could be a poem for your wife, your husband, or your adorable pet poodle.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/opB0dJ0orRljjksad97sXur1QB4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/opB0dJ0orRljjksad97sXur1QB4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/opB0dJ0orRljjksad97sXur1QB4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/opB0dJ0orRljjksad97sXur1QB4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/z03-4rFy-ek" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:13:25 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73947.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~3/0qrNdlXZ3Ww/sid=73946.html Poetry News: Thursday, Feb. 9 7-9 p.m. - Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop Open Mic - Urban Eats Arts and Music Cafe - No Cover The Archie Edwards Blues Barbershop will host a new monthly open mic and acoustic jam session at Urban Eats Arts and Music Cafe near the intersection of 34th Street and Rhode Island Avenue in Mount Rainier.Link! <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTSQ36nqTESOX3-M7w4dw18codo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTSQ36nqTESOX3-M7w4dw18codo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTSQ36nqTESOX3-M7w4dw18codo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/aTSQ36nqTESOX3-M7w4dw18codo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomNews/~4/0qrNdlXZ3Ww" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:11:57 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=73946.html