The 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 This is the fifth time in a row we’ve celebrated April with a previously unpublished poem a day.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…
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National 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,…
The Collected Poems by Marcel Proust
Joe Winkler reviews the Collected Poems of Marcel Proust today in Rumpus Poetry.
National 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
Seasons Smooth and Unperplext by Henry Williams
Autumn Elizabeth reviews Henry Williams's seasons smooth and unperplext today in Rumpus Poetry.
National Poetry Month Day 32: “Some Philosophies of Orbit” by Wesley Rothman
Some Philosophies of Orbit
David 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…
National 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.
The Switching Yard by Jan Beatty
Julie Marie Wade reviews Jan Beatty's The Switching Yard today in Rumpus Poetry.
Computer Poets Not Half Bad
Using “Markov chains” and “pulling text from Project Gutenberg,” Paul Thompson wrote (er, “wrote”) computer-generated “snowball” poems in which each word is one letter longer than the last. Others joined in, and…
National Poetry Month Day 30: “The Museum of Flight” by Kazim Ali
The Museum of Flight All boys want to fall Sent like sun-thunder westward
National Poetry Month Day 29: “The Qiana Shirt, 1976, by Emilio Pucci” by Qiana Towns
The Qiana Shirt, 1976, by Emilio Pucci