The Cafe http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/forums/12 en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:08:58 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/forums/12 Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of November 3rd ~5 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12859/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-November-3rd-5.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

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We proceed by looking back this week. Our first link is to an excellent article on Langston Hughes. Then comes a relook at Roberto Bolaño; the saving of Lin Zhao's writings; and the emergence of more of Siegfried Sassoon's. The first of some... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12859 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:08:56 GMT <![CDATA[ Submit a love poem to The Times ~7 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12858/t/Submit-a-love-poem-to-The-Times-7.html .

The Times: John Keats: How to write a love letter

This is an article in The Times on love poetry, that ends with a call for love poems. It says this at the last paragraph:

"Send us your love poems and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12858 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:07:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 27th ~1 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12856/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-27th-1.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Kay Ryan, the US Poet Laureate, launched a new community college project that she calls "Poetry for the Mind's Joy." A federal judge in NH is allowing New England College's suit against former faculty member... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12856 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:46:33 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 20 ~5 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12852/t/Poetry-amp-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-20-5.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,
The blog posts of the Poetry & Poets in Rags links for this week begin with five black and white photos in a row. The reason? It is the week of unearthing. Federico Garcia Lorca's body is about to be exhumed, if... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12852 Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:28:42 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 13 ~1 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12849/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-13-1.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

It is Nobel week. And those literature selectors did the scandal-ridden prize no service by giving Nobel's money to another European--this after last year's statement by Horace Engdahl: "There is powerful literature in all big cultures,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12849 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:22:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 6th ~5 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12847/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-6th-5.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

As always, the news in poetry happens in and comes from around the globe. We begin this week just 25 miles from here in Massachusetts. Iranian dissident Ala Khaki spoke to a group of Roxbury Latin students about the crime of writing poetry under the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12847 Tue, 06 Oct 2009 17:45:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poetsin Rags of September 29 ~2 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12843/t/Poetry-Poetsin-Rags-of-September-29-2.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

The Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival is back on for 2010. This is our Back Page story. It seems that metaphors are more body-based than you might think, and at the root of thought itself. This is our fourth story in News at... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12843 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:37:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of September 22 ~4 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12841/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-September-22-4.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,
Daisy Fried takes a look at Franz Wright for us this week. This is our first link. It is followed by some very interesting pieces. And I say "interesting" because that seems to characterize what's in the poetry... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12841 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 17:26:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Glyn Maxwell's workshop (praise poem) ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12840/t/Glyn-Maxwell-s-workshop-praise-poem-.html .

The Guardian: Glyn Maxwell's workshop

(I'm late announcing this. The deadline is the 27th)

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]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12840 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 04:42:32 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of September 15 ~2 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12838/t/Poetry-amp-Poets-in-Rags-of-September-15-2.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

The big poety news all over the web is the death of Jim Carroll. In Great Regulars, both Jeff Baker and Jeffrey Brown cover this story. And then PBS Newshour's poem of the week is "Heroin" by Carroll. In Poetic Obituaries, we link to his... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12838 Tue, 15 Sep 2009 17:09:41 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of September 8 ~1 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12837/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-September-8-1.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

We're loaded with excellent poetry this week. On our Back Page, the eleventh article of News at Eleven, is a link to Max Ehrmann's famous poem. But leading up to it, we've got a "Beo Dao Portfolio" and an ode to Miss Lou. In... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12837 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 14:27:21 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of September 1st ~5 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12836/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-September-1st-5.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

We've got some terrific articles and poems this week in both News at Eleven and Great Regulars. We begin with an article on Wallace Stevens, and then move onto a pair of reviews of Louise Glück's latest book, who is mentioned in the Stevens... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12836 Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:09:29 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of August 25 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12833/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-August-25.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

We begin this week with poet Ravi Shankar's statements on his arrest for a parking ticket that was not his, an arrest that begins with him being called a "sand nigger" as he is placed in the paddy wagon. I leave all the rest to your... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12833 Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:03:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of August 18th ~1 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12832/t/Poetry-amp-Poets-in-Rags-of-August-18th-1.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

We begin with a very nice review of a book by the daughter of Dylan Thomas, Aeronwy Thomas, who just recently died. Our Back Page article, the eleventh of News at Eleven, is about the J. Frank Dobie's Paisano Ranch, a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12832 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:33:31 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of August 11 ~5 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12831/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-August-11-5.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

We begin this week's series of links, headlining with six articles on the extension of Aung San Suu Kyi's house arrest, which will take her out of next year's election in Burma. That country is presently ruled by an illegal military junta... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12831 Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:08:14 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of August 4th ~6 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12830/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-August-4th-6.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Aung San Suu Kyi and the world was to receive the verdict this past week, that would hopefully release her. But the people controlling Burma by force (not democratic choice) have delayed their finding, keeping her in... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12830 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 15:00:34 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of July 28th ~3 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12827/t/Poetry-amp-Poets-in-Rags-of-July-28th-3.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

Cilla McQueen is the New Zealand poet laureate; Carol Ann Duffy brings us a fresh complilation of war poetry; Aung San Suu Kyi is this year's "Ambassador of Conscience"; Sonia Sanchez is being honored in "Freedom... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12827 Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:42:39 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of July 21st ~3 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12824/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-July-21st-3.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

IBPC: Poetry & Poets in Rags

This issue completes our sixth year of Poetry & Poets in Rags, which began as Saturday postings. Each post linked to ten articles, and was shared at two now-defunct poetry forums, Atlantic Unbound's Writers' Workshop, and The Melic... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12824 Tue, 21 Jul 2009 15:53:07 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of July 14th ~4 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12820/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-July-14th-4.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Poetry & Poets in Rags blog

Last week, we began with two poets in prison and one in exile. This week is no better. We begin with a poet imprisoned in Egypt, another in Gitmo, and the third poet could not get entry into Great Britain to read at the Ledbury Poetry Festival. And... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12820 Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:31:19 GMT <![CDATA[ The Wrestling Poetry Project ~2 ]]> http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12819/t/The-Wrestling-Poetry-Project-2.html Announcing the Wrestling Poetry Project.

For you good poets, editors, publishers, illustrators and/or, yes, wrestlers, here are the pertinent links:
feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://theversifieronlinepoetryandartforum.yuku.com/topic/12819 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:44:54 GMT