I think I’ve found the epitome of the Millennial Poetics School that I’ve been talking about. The journal is Mad Hatters’ Review, and I highly recommend it. First, I like the name of this journal. It says something. This is a brand that can’t be matched. The Mad Hatter, of course, is an allusion to…
Category Archives: Poetic Presentation
Poetry Potpourri, Volume 7
Poetry and dance marry up for a unique performance. Cheerios to donate childrens books. The Georgia Review wins. Love, American style. Telling stories at 100. On Luna Park. My poet can beat up your poet. How to turn a newspaper into a poem. Shel Silverstein has a nephew? Those young’uns have no sense of culture….
The State Of World Class Poetry (And Religious Verse) Today
I had projected that I would get 10,000 unique visitors to World Class Poetry in the month of March. I was right. Setting a new record, I ended the month with 10,600 unique visitors, my first month over 10 grand. Those are uniques. My total visitor count was 14,970. I also set a new daily…
How Pretentious Can Poetry Be?
John Hewitt wrote a fabulous blog post on how to write a pretentious poem in seven steps. It’s a rather fitting topic because the catch-phrase for poetry these days is “accessible”. Everyone wans to write poetry that is “accessible,” presumably because people who don’t ordinarily read poetry will flock to their poem and praise them…
Poetry Potpourri, Volume 5
Here’s your chance to support freedom of speech. Get published @ Teenypoet. Ah, plagiarism. Reginald Shepherd on New American Poets. Slamming the Bluz in Charlotte. Openness, inclusiveness. Is that possible in poetry? “Outside the Flood Walls” by Edward Byrne. Slam event: audience participation. Veterans against the Iraq War. Making sense of Mamet, the poet and…
Dial-A-Poet: An Idea Whose Time Has Come And Gone
John Giorno is a giant among poets. He was friends with William Burroughs and Charles Bukowski, lover to Andy Warhol, disciple of Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsburg, and has been an inspiration to at least two generations of poets since. That’s quite a pedigree. This article plugging tonight’s performance of Giorno and Thomas Hellman in…
Poetics: The 7 Essential Elements Of Poetry
It’s been awhile, but I’ve read Aristotle’s Poetics. It is one of my all-time favorite philosophical works related to the arts. Kurdish Aspect has a brilliant blog post on the ancient Greek philosopher’s treatise and how it relates to film making. It got me thinking about what is important in poetry. According to Plato’s main…
Come Join The Poetry Revolution
Thanks to Jim Murdoch for engaging in dialog with me over the matter of poetry. Other voices added to the conversation would be nice as well. I wanted to add a little something extra. Of course, the spark that started it all was Dana Gioia’s essay, “Can Poetry Matter?” While retrieving the essay so that…
40 Poetry Podcasts You’ll Love
If you’re a huge iTunes fan, you’ll love the poetry podcasts available. Podcasting has become very popular and iTunes is at the forefront of that movement. Like to read poetry? You’ll love to hear it read. Today’s top 25 literary iTunes are listed below with those focusing entirely or mostly on poetry in bold: PotterCast:…
Irony, The Sincerest Form Of Word Play
This from Ploughshares: It occured to me the perfect confrontation between the ironic and the sincere. In the movie, at least in this scene, the sincere has the upper hand. In the ideal writer, however, I suppose these characters’ traits would be combined, aesthetics dictating what percent of each character would be included. I haven’t…
