Poetry Weblog

Love at First Sight by Wislawa Szymborska
"They both thought that a sudden feeling had united them"

The Prose Poem - a magazine
Some excellent and beautiful poems here to sample. Check out "I discovered a journal . . ." by Gary Young.

Japan Poem - Relationship Management Through Ancient Imperial Court Poetry
Japan Poem adds beautiful images and optional Java Applet illusions to create quality greetings. I do not know why it is called a Relationship Management tool.

UB's Carl Dennis Named Winner of Pulitzer Prize in Poetry
Includes link to excellent interview on Spoken Arts Radio on WBFO.

Carl Dennis wins Pulitzer for Poetry
Coverage by the Washington post; lovely long excerpt from one of my favorite poems, "The God Who Loves You."

Poetry.about.com
Not sure yet if I really enjoy this site (it's so darn cheery, I guess), but it has many resources.

Dial-A-Poem
Dial-A-Poem began at the Architectural League of New York in January 1969 with 10 telephone lines and ran for 5 months, during which time 1,112,337 calls were received.

Digital poems by Allen Ginsberg, Bobby Seale, Bernadette Mayer and others.

Maxine Kumin interview in The Atlantic
The interviewer notes that Kumin was the last to see Anne Sexton...even that they had chatted over tuna sandwiches.

Anne and Max had an early form of Instant Messenger. They called each other early int he day, then left the phone connected as they did chores, worked on poems. Each would whistle to call the other back to the phone.

Mason Willams' "Them" Poems
I adore these. Read them out loud, very loud!

"Leaves of Grass" as full text!
This is truly amazing. How I love Walt Whitman!

Celia White

Warm Wine, A Poet's Day Book

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