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• in Entertainment
  Discover Poetry You Can’t Hear: Deaf Jam Premieres on PBS, November 3
  The power and beauty of American Sign Language poetry is explored in DEAF JAM, premiering on Independent Lens, November 3.
  by missbobetier / on Oct 30, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “poets”

 

• “Home” Terry B. Stevenson

  
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  Terry B. Stevenson HOME I stop by our old house on Fairview Street. It’s a warm and sunny Valentine’s Day, the good weather not at all unusual in Southern California. My mom died in this house, sleeping the last of her days in narcotic slumber, feeling no pain, I pray. Now the house is empty, almost appears ...
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• “No Match” by Lawrence Russ

  
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  Lawrence Russ NO MATCH Father, you must admit your parents were fabulous tennis players— especially your mother with that flaming backhand slash! But, sadly, they had no ball. Then, you were born… Years later, they served you to me, but my racquet had no strings. Father, you passed right through me. – ...
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• Uncertain cats

  
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  Kelly Saderholm comments that she writes about housecats and not tabbies while Rebecca Clayton says the difference between tabby and tiger is mostly one of scale. In the midst of such a conversation, I can’t resist sharing this Jane Hirshfield poem quoted by Fleda Brown . Here’s a way to write about a cat: ...
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• Literary News from California to New Mexico to New York!

  
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  Melinda Palacio May wraps ups with my non-fiction story, "Grandmothers Stars," published in Mary: A Journal of New Writing . The other good news is the Ocotillo Dreams tour rides again in New York at La Casa Azul Bookstore in East Harlem. Aurora Anaya-Cerda fulfilled her dream to open a bookstore in East ...
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• OPWC Presents Mary Angelino

  
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  Courtesy Photo: University of Arkansas MFA graduate, Mary Angelino, will be featured by the Ozark Poets and Writers Tuesday, June 28 at 7 PM at Nightbird books on Dickson Street. University of Arkansas MFA graduate, Mary Angelino, will be featured by the Ozark Poets and Writers at 7 p.m. on Tuesday at Nightbird ...
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• “Honk If You Love the Lord” by William Keener

  
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  William Keener HONK IF YOU LOVE THE LORD John 3:16 is gaining on me, book, chapter & verse welded to the bumper of the Peterbilt burning diesel like the devil in my rear-view mirror, this son of a trucker come to set driver against driver on I-85 near Greenville, South Carolina, home of Shoeless Joe and ...
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• Swallows and not tigers

  
  Sherry Chandler — Authority: 419
  On May 15, I quoted extensively from Fleda Brown in consideration of her argument, to oversimplify, for a poetry of feeling over a poetry of intellect. And yesterday I had the temerity to argue with Czelaw Milosz’s “Ars Poetica?”. Or perhaps, it would be more accurate to say I went on a rant about what I ...
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• The Mishawaka Cruisers

  
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  They make their measured circuit along three blocks of neon fast-food chains, the darkened panes of auto dealerships, the Checks-Cashed, and the boarded Dollar Store. Read Full Article... No related posts.
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• “The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.” ~ Wallace Stevens

  
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  The first time I came across the word concupiscent was in the following poem by Wallace Stevens. I have loved the poem ever since and forced my freshmen to read it every semester, and they would say, “But what does it mean,” and I would say, “Think about it. How can one be an [...]
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• Books of The Times: ‘Alien vs. Predator,’ a Book of Poetry by Michael Robbins

  
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• Negativity don’t pull you through…

  
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  Just Like Tom Thumb’s Blues – Bob Dylan So true Bob, negativity is a heavy load. A dead weight. This morning as I wake to experience the beginning of my 41st orbit of the sun, wife and son smiling, I feel totally free of any negativity… this Lost Shark is indeed blessed. And as I share my birthday with ...
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• UrbanTurf: Busboys Will Open In Anacostia, But When?

  
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  From "pop-up" to "permanent"? This has been the culinary buzz on the streets. While I do believe it will go somewhere, the million dollar question is "when?" Perhaps when some entity (maybe the DC government) makes it financially attractive (tax abatement, grant, subsidy, etc.) to do so. If we can do it for the ...
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• Arts & Leisure: Walter Salles Adapts Kerouac’s ‘On the Road’

  
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  From left, Sam Riley, Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund in “On the Road.”
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• Lashings of the tiger’s tail

  
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  In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent: a thing is brought forth which we didn’t know we had in us, so we blink our eyes, as if a tiger had sprung out and stood in the light, lashing his tail. — Czelaw Milosz, “Ars Poetica?” , trans. Czelaw Milosz and Lillian Vallee. The Collected ...
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• Poetry vs Oil (and bulldozers)

  
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  Vancouver poet Stephen Collis writes about the poetic resistance to another pipeline planned to transport oil sands slurry from inside western Alberta to market in Poetry vs. Oil .  Right now, one major pipeline carries the goop to Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet, where it is loaded onto supertankers tourists can ...
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• Alice Cary

  
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  Poet and Novelist in the Civil War Era Alice Cary (1820-1871) was a poet and author , and the sister of poet Phoebe Cary (1824–1871), who would become Alices lifelong companion. Alice Carys strong desire to be independent and to forge her own literary career prompted her to move alone to New York City at age 30. ...
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• Breaking Exclusive: first video, photo of New President of Naropa University.

  
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  Breaking Exclusive: first photos, video released: New President of Naropa University, Chuck Lief. “Naropa University is pleased to announce the appointment of Charles G. Lief as President of Naropa, starting in Aug 2012.” Hurrah! Love Chuck—a social good innovator, and a funny, charming, modest speaker and ...
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• Early Morning Knife Wounds

  
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  Early Morning Knife Wounds is a book of poetry by Erik Christian. Through his poetry Erik displays truth—his truth—through visceral unadulterated emotion and moving if sometimes brutal words.  You don’t need to be a lover of poetry to find this … Continue reading →
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• Poetry Contest for Pride

  
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  TALK IT OUT! Have something to say about growing up—or growing old—gay? Want to educate others about what it means to be transgender or bisexual? Whether it’s a rave or a rant, Pride Vermont invites you to Talk it out! Send us two poems about your experiences as a member of the LGBT community. No more than ...
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• ‘House’ Finale: Swan Songs, Everybody Lies & Everybody Dies

  
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  Hugh Laurie and company took a final bow last night as FOX and creator David Shore ended House, the drama after 8 seasons of medical mysteries, stellar guest stars, misanthropic views of human nature and generally messing with people’s heads. The question of the night would be, is there hope (and a life) for Dr. ...
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