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| rus bowden
New member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 97 Registered: 12-2003 |
Hello Poetry Fans, Poetry & Poets in Rags We are loaded with poetry this week, more than any other issue. And like a month ago, when The Guardian published results from its Poetry Workshop, we headline with February's poems this week. Yet, that's not the article with the most poems in it. The last two, one on Japanese poetry, and the other, our back page with poems from fans suffering hockey withdrawal in Canada, are each streaming with poetry. Plus, in between, some fine poems come up in several other articles. In those articles, we have the theme of poetry reaching people, whether a poet should strive for it, where it happens and maybe doesn't, people who are doing something about it with what they're doing, and poets who maybe don't and why. Back to The Guardian's Poetry Workshop; I didn't recognize any poet's name, and I am wondering if any IBPCommunity poets are among those noted, or if we had any work submitted. Let me know if you know. Be that as it may, let me direct your attention to article #6. It's a nifty article, firmly establishing our theme, and on the IBPC poet Shann Palmer, whom I know from Melic, with her mission and some of her poetry. But back to The Guardian's Poetry Workshop again, our second article is a call for sonnets by none other than Anne Stevenson. Go for it, you bards and bardic wannabees. Get published in The Guardian, and have Anne Stevenson comment on your work. Lastly, let me direct your attention to our article #9. It's from The Philadelphia Inquirer, which does a lot for poetry. Last week, their article that made P&P in Rags was on Bukowski. This week, it's on Lorca. Frank Wilson e-mailed me, letting me know that he was having Poetry & Poets in Rags added as a permanent Bibliolink on The Inquirer's Books page here: The Philadelphia Inquirer: Books. Note at the top, a link to Frank Wilson's blog. He thinks "that online is where the future of book reviewing lies." Yours, Rus Our Links: Poetry & Poets in Rags IBPC Home IBPC Newswire | ||
| rus bowden
New member Username: rusbowden Post Number: 98 Registered: 12-2003 |
Congrats to Jude Goodwin and Jennifer Drake Thornton, for the publication of their poems in The Guardian's Poetry Workshop last week! I thought I had recognized Jude Goodwin. It was her name that got me wondering, and Hannah of Writer's Block responded in Palaver and Natter, to say: Jude Goodwin posts here, and at several other boards. And Jennifer Drake Thornton is most likely the same Jennifer who is staff at Alsop, and also part of the growing community of blogging poets. Thanks to Hannah! |
