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David Biespiel’s Poetry Wire: The Poet’s Journey: Chapter 3
The ritual of poetic discovery is a reanimation of the whole metaphor of human dream and reason, irrationality and rationality, the ancient and the contemporary, the organic and the artifice.
Celebrating Stein
This year marks the 100th anniversary of Gertrude Stein’s collection of poems, “Tender Buttons.” To celebrate the occasion, City Lights Book Publishers is putting out a new edition of the…
The Rusted City by Rochelle Hurt
Julie Marie Wade reviews Rochelle Hurt's The Rusted City today in Rumpus Poetry.
The Earth Avails by Mark Wunderlich
Laura Haynes reviews Mark Wunderlich's The Earth Avails today in Rumpus Poetry.
Memory Loss
These days, memorization, like corporal punishment, is something our culture has largely evolved beyond. We might all know the first verse of Jane Taylor’s “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,” but beyond…
The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show: Matthew Zapruder
In the second episode of The Rumpus Late Nite Poetry Show, Dave Roderick sits down with Matthew Zapruder for a chat about his latest collection, Sun Bear, his dual role as poet and musician, and close encounters with Grace Paley.
National Poetry Month Day 30: “Jubilate Patro” by Brian Spears
Jubilate Patro – Brian Spears *** Author’s note: I wrote this poem about five years ago when my relationship with my father was strained. My father died earlier this year,…
Poetry Fight
The 1968 Stony Brook World Poetry Conference brought together more than 100 poets of varying styles and personalities. After a boozy weekend, at the farewell party, emotions (and presumably alcohol)…
Woman Without Umbrella by Victoria Redel
Brachah Goykadosh reviews Victoria Redel's Woman Without Umbrella today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 29: “City of Eternal Spring” by Afaa M. Weaver
City of Eternal Spring My mind rises up as the silos of interchanges, streams, passages of myself in floating layers so nothing can connect, and I dream emptiness on ships…
National Poetry Month Day 28: from “Bombyonder” by Reb Livingston
from Bombyonder Without an imaginary world, without a proper backpack, without my little pink orb, without an old tablet’s commandments, without a hair dryer, empty hands, empty birdcage obscured by…