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Johnny Podres (1932-2008)
Johnny Podres, who died on January 13, 2008, has just shut out the New York Yankees in game seven of the 1955 World Series — and the Brooklyn Dodgers have won the world championship…
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Poetic term of the day — April 22, 2008
HEMISTICH:The approximate half of a line of poetic verse. In dramatic poetry, where the hemistichs are split into two short lines, it is used whenever characters exchange short bursts of dialogue rapidly, heightening the…
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“And then he asked me would I yes…” Of Syntax with Molly and Bloom (by Jenny Factor)
(Part One of Two) Last Tuesday, I tooled 12 miles west down the 10 freeway for lunch with the poet, Molly Bendall. Bendall, who teaches poetry and other classes at that Trojan stronghold, USC,…
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Poetic term of the day — April 21, 2008
SERPENTINE VERSES: Verses ending with the same word with which they begin. at left, Gretchen Ostermuhle http://www.poeticbyway.com/glossary.html
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We are not amused, part three (by Mitch Sisskind)
Can you believe the incredible change in our friend Blatchford Sarnemington! Just compare the picture on the left to the one posted a few days ago. Blatchford Sarnemington looks like a mensch again! But…
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Congratulations Alexandra Zelman-Doring and Sarah Binns
On Saturday, April 19, 2008, at Mount Holyoke College, the 85th Glascock Poetry Prize was awarded to Alexandra Zelman-Doring of Brown University by judges John Koethe, David Lehman, and Larissa Szporluk. Sarah Binns of…
