Skin Shift by Matthew Hittinger
Tory Adkisson reviews Matthew Hittinger’s Skin Shift today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Rise in the Fall by Ana Božičević
Patrick James Dunagan reviews Ana Božičević’s Rise in the Fall today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Desolation: Souvenir by Paul Hoover
Robin Morrissey reviews Paul Hoover’s Desolation: Souvenir today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreDavid Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Foxes, Hedgehogs, and Bad Judgment
Asked by James Dickey why he got “into this,” meaning into the literary business, into poetry, Robert Penn Warren says, “bad judgment.”
I suppose, one thinks about this sort of thing often when one is bleeding poems into existence. One thinks about the trials, sure.
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Forty-One Jane Doe’s by Carrie Olivia Adams
Marisa Siegel reviews Carrie Olivia Adams’s Forty-One Jane Doe’s today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Why I Chose Gregory Orr’s River Inside the River for the Rumpus Poetry Book Club
But grace is what I found in River Inside the River. Grace in abundance.
...moreThe Last Book of Poems I Loved: Looking for The Gulf Motel by Richard Blanco
Sara Habein on the last book of poems she loved, Richard Blanco’s Looking for the Gulf Motel.
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Easy Math by Lauren Shapiro
Weston Cutter reviews Lauren Shapiro’s Easy Math today in Rumpus Poetry.
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Collected Poems by Joseph Ceravolo
Barbara Berman reviews Joseph Ceravolo’s Collected Poems today in Rumpus Poetry.
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The Rumpus Interview with Denise Duhamel
Poet Denise Duhamel talks about form, inspiration sparked by pole-dancing dolls and movies, and the art of constructing prose poems to fit on Venetian blinds.
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Kings of the F**king Sea by Dan Boehl
Jason Storms reviews Dan Boehl’s Kings of the F**king Sea today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreThe Last Poem I Loved: “Snow for Wallace Stevens” by Terrance Hayes
The only time I had the privilege to meet Jake Adam York was after a panel he participated in at the 2012 AWP Conference. The panel was called “In White: White Poets and Race,” and I was hooked. For so long I had yearned to write blues poetry, to sit down and dialogue about race and history (as James Baldwin discusses in his essay “Unnameable Objects, Unspeakable Crimes”) with other people and through poetry.
...moreThe Rumpus National Poetry Month Project 2013
Welcome to the Rumpus National Poetry Month Project! This is the fifth time in a row we’ve celebrated April with a previously unpublished poem a day. We’ll update this post each day with a link to that day’s poem. Enjoy!
April 1: “To Find Stars In Another Language” by Elizabeth Bradfield
April 2: “To Mercury, In Retrograde” by Randall Mann
April 3: “To Biespiel From United Flight 1037″ by David Biespiel
April 4: “Sawed-Through Link” by Marilyn Nelson
April 5: “Tar Baby” by Amaud Jamaul Johnson
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 34: “Newborn” by Deborah Ager
This brings our 2013 National Poetry Month Project to a close. I’d like to thank all 34 poets who trusted us with their work and all the people who read, appreciated, and forwarded their work along on Facebook and Twitter, via email and word of mouth.
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The Collected Poems by Marcel Proust
Joe Winkler reviews the Collected Poems of Marcel Proust today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 33: “______________________ studio practice with italicized Michael Ondaatje quote” by Khadijah Queen
30 days hath Septemnber, April June and November, but National Poetry Month hath as many days as we want it to hath.
______________________ studio practice with italicized Michael Ondaatje quote
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Seasons Smooth and Unperplext by Henry Williams
Autumn Elizabeth reviews Henry Williams’s seasons smooth and unperplext today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 32: “Some Philosophies of Orbit” by Wesley Rothman
Some Philosophies of Orbit
...moreDavid Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Syria’s Poets Under Threat
The debate about political poetry in the United States sometimes has an arid feel to it. Essential, yes. But fatally so? Not very often.
But poets caught up in violent political events are brethren. I believe it is essential for fellow poets to honor their struggle.
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 31: “loose strife” by Quan Barry
Here at The Rumpus, we’re never satisfied with the 30 days of National Poetry Month. We like to stretch it out a little.
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The Switching Yard by Jan Beatty
Julie Marie Wade reviews Jan Beatty’s The Switching Yard today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 29: “The Qiana Shirt, 1976, by Emilio Pucci” by Qiana Towns
The Qiana Shirt, 1976, by Emilio Pucci
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 27: “Aubade With Mosquito Bites” by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
Aubade With Mosquito Bites
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Burn This House by Kelly Davio
Michelle Salcido reviews Kelly Davio’s Burn This House today in Rumpus Poetry.
...moreNational Poetry Month Day 26: “but she wasn’t from my south” by Randall Horton
But She Wasn’t From My South
i’ve been trying to recall nostalgia, how
hidden within deep memory they call it
saudade, its origin portugal, no i’ve never been
lost to a lover, sadly misled, discarded,
Punchline by Nick Courtright
Brynn Downing reviews Nick Courtright’s Punchline today in Rumpus Poetry.
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