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Op-Eds declaring the Art of Poetry dead… are dead!! [by Roger Bonair-Agard]
Every few years or so, we are told by someone new that poetry is dead. I’ve been writing poetry seriously for about twenty years now, and I can recall at least five such elegies…
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Monday Comic by Nin Andrews
Inspired by "[Poetry] strips the veil of familiarity from the world, and lays bear the naked and sleeping beauty which is the spirit of its forms.” Shelley
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This Just In: MARIAM ZAFAR WINS FIFTH ANNUAL PAUL VIOLI PRIZE IN POETRY
The fifth annual Paul Violi Prize in Poetry has been awarded to New School MFA in Creative Writing student Mariam Zafar. The second-place winner is Timothy Baker, and honorable mention goes to Zachary Lutz. Each will receive a cash prize and be recognized…
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Tonight at KGB: Mark Wunderlich & Kelly Forsythe
KGB Monday Night Poetry is pleased to present… Mark Wunderlich & Kelly Forsythe Monday, April 27, 2015 Hosted by John Deming and Matthew Yeager Series founded in 1997 by David Lehman and Star Black Doors…
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Roger Bonair-Agard, Guest Author April 27-May 1
photo (c) Reginald Eldridge This week we welcome Roger Bonair-Agard as our guest author. Roger is a native Trinidadian and Brooklynite. He is the author of three collections of poetry. The most recent collection,…
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Poetry in Scotland: Think StAnza [by Bill Manhire]
(Ed note: This is the final post about poets and poetry in Scotland. You can find all posts in the series here. We thank Robyn Marsack, director of the Scottish Poetry Library (in Edinburgh), for…
