“Stand in the rubble of your life and wait”
“The fact that a marathon was still going to be held on this borough, when we were still finding bodies in the marshes surrounding the area where the marathon would…
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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: Why I’m Quitting Ezra Pound
Ever heard that gobsmacking troubadourist Ezra Pound read his elaborate, funkified sestina, “Sestina: Altafore,” in a voice that is one part American-as-European, swilling-with-the-rolling-R’s accent and cantorian swoons and another part…
Congratulations!
W. S. DiPiero has been awarded the 2012 Ruth Lilly Prize by the Poetry Foundation. From the Poetry Foundation website: “Presented annually to a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments…
Poetry Mystery
The discovery of a 500 year-old poem pasted in the back of a a 1561 edition of works by Geoffrey Chaucer sparked an investigation into the poem and its author,…
The Bell Jar Turns 40
“It’s always interesting when a very strange book is also an enduringly popular book.” This Poetry Foundation essay is appreciating The Bell Jar, which is embarking on its 40th year…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
It’s Saturday night and it’s poetry time. Who else is excited? I always figured the Irish got excited about poetry. Roddy Doyle says otherwise. I’m late to the game in…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Hi everyone. I sort of took today off along with everyone else here at The Rumpus, but there was a lot of good stuff in the po-world this week and…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Here’s some interesting reading from the world of poetry this week. Michael Schaub at HTMLGIANT picks up where the Poetry Foundation left off a little while ago about martinis and…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Happy 121st Birthday, T.S. Eliot. Edward Byrne talks about Eliot’s careful control of where and how his poetry appeared, especially as regards anthologies. Joel Brouwer explores the concept of the…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
Poetry is good for your face, but you need to make sure you rub it all the way in. Harriet, the Poetry Foundation’s blog, is having some problems with commenters.…
Poetic Lives Online: Links by Brian Spears
The poet Deborah Digges died April 10, and there’s been a number of remembrances posted online, along with stories and selections from from her work. Ron Silliman notes the passing…
“And Day Brought Back My Night”
Animated poem read by Geoffrey Brock. Part of Poetry Everywhere, produced by the Poetry Foundation in association with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Animation by Daniel Wilkins.