Best American Poetry Blog
  • Wordsmith’s A.Word.A.Day: The Cento

    September 14, 2023

    The Cento PRONUNCIATION: (SEN-to)  MEANING: noun: A literary work, especially a poem, composed of parts taken from works of other authors. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin cento (patchwork). Earliest documented use: 1605. NOTES: Nobel-prize-winning poet T.S.…

    Continue reading…

  • Squibs 514-531 [by Alan Ziegler]

    September 14, 2023

    514: Song lyricist was my dream career: Fill a dozen or so pages with drafts, send them off to my dependent collaborator (with a sweet voice, ear for melody, and recording contract), and live…

    Continue reading…

  • Squibs 514-531 [by Alan Ziegler]

    September 14, 2023

    514: Song lyricist was my dream career: Fill a dozen or so pages with drafts, send them off to my dependent collaborator (with a sweet voice, ear for melody, and recording contract), and live…

    Continue reading…

  • Something like opera on a rocket ship: creating for space that talks back [By Tracy Danison]

    September 14, 2023

    Luara Raio’s “Apocalypso”, featuring Acauã El Bandide Sereia. Photo © Rachel Pimentel A couple of years back I wrote about the challenge of art performance – Deploying original intentions and creative potential – at…

    Continue reading…

  • Something like opera on a rocket ship: creating for space that talks back [By Tracy Danison]

    September 14, 2023

    Luara Raio’s “Apocalypso”, featuring Acauã El Bandide Sereia. Photo © Rachel Pimentel A couple of years back I wrote about the challenge of art performance – Deploying original intentions and creative potential – at…

    Continue reading…

  • Let Us Now Praise People We Want to Have Sex With [by Janice Erlbaum]

    September 13, 2023

    The praise poem was all the rage in certain circles in 1993. Kathy from Pussy Poets started it; she wrote a praise poem for Bobby Miller, and one for me, called “Mary Jane Girl.”…

    Continue reading…

←Previous Page Next Page→

Copyright 2025 | A WordPress Theme By SuperbThemes

Best American Poetry Blog