Laden...
| Having trouble viewing this email? Click here |
Dear Readers,
Thank all of you who have donated so far to our spring fundraising campaign! The April numbers are not yet in, but as of Thursday's mail, our total stands at approximately $12,750!
If you have not yet given, please make your donation today (and ask your friends-in-poetry to join you in support of Poetry Daily)! We depend more than ever on individual contributions. Every donation makes a difference!
The Daily Poetry Association (publisher of Poetry Daily) is a 501(c)(3) corporation! Your contribution is tax deductible!
In our prose series this week, we present "Beyond Claustrophobia: The Poems of Henri Cole," by Tony Hoagland, from Poet Lore:
"The poet Henri Cole ... has undertaken the work of transformation several times since publishing his first collection in 1986. In both style and subject matter, his work has changed, and his last four or five booksÂvivid and adventurous, intense, and psychologically complexÂplace him among the best American poets of our time."
Look for it here...
Enjoy this week's poems!
Warmest regards,
Don Selby & Diane Boller
2. Sponsor Messages
New Letters Literary Awards
Deadline: May 18, 2018. New Letters invites submissions to the New Letters Literary Awards. Winners in poetry and fiction receive $1,500 + publication. Essay winner receives $2,500 + publication. For guidelines, visit http://newletters.org/writers-wanted/writing-contests or send an S.A.S.E. to New Letters, 5101 Rockhill Road, Kansas City, MO 64110.
Sixteen Rivers Press
Sixteen Rivers Press, a Northern California publishing collective, announces the publication of The Language of Forgetting by Lynne Knight and The Cloud Museum by Beth Spencer. Of The Language of Forgetting, Al Young writes: “Lynne Knight’s mindful, lyrical book . . . thrills and intrigues, warns and shares, always in language that catches.” Of The Cloud Museum, Pamela Uschuk writes: “Beth Spencer leads us on a physical and spiritual journey into two worlds. . . . Rich in imagist language, [her] poems transcend simple explanation as they transform us at many levels.”
2018 Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry
The Beloit Poetry Journal invites submissions for the 2018 Adrienne Rich Award for Poetry to be judged by Naomi Shihab Nye. A prize of $1,500 will be awarded for a single poem, which will appear in the journal. The editors will consider all entries for publication. Submissions open March 1 and close April 30. See www.bpj.org for more details.
Instant Messages
Instant Messages is a new kind of writing, a mash-up of straightforward and accessible poetry, koan-like brain teasers, the delicate observations of Haiku, surprise one-liners, daily mumbling, text-based art, and aphorisms of penetrating insight. All wrapped together in a common theme: things and experience are Âmessages, where meaning awaits. Follow on Instagram!
ÂBite-sized wisdom on an invisible stick ÂBilly Collins
"Wonderful, surprising, often profoundÂmade me daydream. ÂXJ Kennedy
Vermont College of Fine Arts MFAs in Writing
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers a traditinal low-residency MFA in Writing programÂnow celebrating its 35th yearÂalong with a residential MFA in Writing & Publishing program.
The MacGuffinÂs 23rd Poet Hunt Contest
The Hunt is on! The MacGuffinÂs 23rd Poet Hunt Contest is now open! One first place winner will get $500 and publication. This year, weÂve brought in Alberto Ãlvaro RÃos to act as guest judge. There are two ways to enter: submit 3 poems, an index card with your name, poem titles, and contact info, and a $15 check/cash entry fee via post; or submit online by visiting www.schoolcraftbooks.com and selecting ÂMacGuffin from the SHOP tab. Full info can be found at www.schoolcraft.edu/macguffin/.
3. Poetry News Links
News and reviews from around the web, updated daily: Rebecca Foust introduces "4:42 p.m. EST, by Janet Jennings. (Women's Voices for Change) PW "asked six queer poets, each with a recently published collection, to recommend poetry books that are vital to them." (Publishers Weekly) Elizabeth Lund notes collections by Tracy K. Smith, Kevin Young, Ha Jin, Carol Muske-Dukes, and more. (The Washington Post) Molly Crabapple on "Julia de Burgos, Puerto Rico’s Greatest Poet." (NYR Daily) Amy Sutherland talks with Kaveh Akbar. (Boston Globe) Terrance Hayes introduces a poem by Carol Muske-Dukes. (The New York Times Magazine) New collections reviewed by Barb Carey. (Toronto Star) And more....4. New Arrivals
These new arrivals are available for purchase via Poetry Daily/Amazon.com.
Dog Runs Through It, Linda Pastan (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.) A Portrait of the Self as Nation, Marilyn Chin (W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.) Buddha's Dogs & Other Meditations, Ira Sukrungruang ( University of Tampa Press) What the Body Knows, Lance Larsen (University of Tampa Press) Jack, Love, and the Daily Grail, Joan M. Howard (Kelsay Books) Stars Above, Stars Below, Margaret Hasse (Nodin Press) Nordic Accordion: Poems in a Scandinavian Mood, Bart Sutter (Nodin Press) Finding Ithaca, Phyllis Beck Katz (Dos Madres Press) Child with a Swan's Wings, Daniel Shapiro (Dos Madres Press) Passageways, Philip Resnick (Ronsdale Press) Spring Phantoms: Short Prose by 19th Century British & American Authors, Robert Alexander, ed. (White Pine Press) To Keep Him Hidden, Ryan Vine (Salmon Poetry / Dufour Editions, Inc.) Horn Section All Day Every Day, Cynthia Schwartzberg Edlow (Salmon Poetry / Dufour Editions, Inc.) The Wounded for the Water, Matt Miller (Salmon Poetry / Dufour Editions, Inc.) A Blade of Grass: New Palestinian Poetry, Naomi Foyle, ed. (Smokestack Books / Dufour Editions, Inc.) Exclusions & Limitations, Jennifer O'Grady (Plume Editions) Nightingalelessness, Graham Foust (Flood Editions) Idle Lava, Lyubomir Nikolov / tr. Miroslav Nikolov (Settlement House Books) Dreaming America: Voices of Undocumented Youth in Maximum-Security Detention, Seth Michelson, Ed. (Settlement House Books) The Light of What Comes After, Jen Town (Bauhan Publishing, LLC) The Night Bridge and other poems, Wilma Marcus Chandler (Hummingbird Press)5. This Week’s Featured Poets
The work of the following poets will appear as Today's Poem on the days indicated:
Monday - Gretchen Steele Pratt
Tuesday - Talvikki Ansel
Wednesday - Melissa Stein
Thursday - Noah Stetzer
Friday - Zilka Joseph
Saturday - Heather McHugh
Sunday -Sean O'Brien
6. Featured Poets April 30, 2018 - May 6, 2018
These and other past featured poets may be found in our archive:
Monday - John Bargowski
Tuesday - Jenny George
Wednesday - Cecily Parks
Thursday - Matthew Sumpter
Friday - Shauna Barbosa
Saturday - Judy Katz
Sunday -William Logan
7. Last Year’s Featured Poets
These poems will be retired from our archive during the coming week.
Tom Wayman, "Fifty Years of Stacking Chairs"
Jacob Polley, Two Poems
Don Paterson, "Lacrima"
Sandra Simonds, "[When you think about it, mostly, a cage is airÂ]"
Molly McCully Brown, "Grand Mal Seizure"
Carol Potter, "A Common Misperception"
Fred Marchant, "Olive Harvest"
8. Poem From Last Year
[When you think about it, mostly, a cage is airÂ]
When you think about it, mostly, a cage is air Â
so what is there
to be afraid of?
A cage of air. Baudelaire said
Poe thought America was one giant cage.
To the poet, a nation is one big cage?
And isn’t the nation mostly filled with air?
Try to put a cage around your dream.
The cage escapes the dream.
I see it streak and stream.
Â
Sandra Simonds
Poetry
May 2017
Copyright © 2017 by Sandra Simonds
All rights reserved.
Reproduced by Poetry Daily with permission
Copyright © 2017. All rights reserved.
|
Laden...
Laden...
