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1. Letter from the Editors

Dear Readers,

Our prose editor is away on Labor Day holiday this week... look for our next prose feature on Monday, September 11.

Enjoy the holiday and this week's poems!

Warmest regards,

Don Selby & Diane Boller

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2. Sponsor Messages

 ellipsis...literature and art
Accepting submissions until November 1. Honoraria and a prize judged by Srikanth Reddy. https://ellipsis.submittable.com/submit

 Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 13-16, 2017, Atlantic City area, NJ. Presented by Murphy Writing of Stockton University. 24th year!

Featuring Pulitzer Prize winners Stephen Dunn and Sharon Olds. Join us for small, intensive workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction and memoir. Enjoy challenging and supportive sessions, insightful feedback and an encouraging community. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway

 Perugia Press Prize
A prize of $1000 and publication by Perugia Press is given annually for a first or second unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit manuscripts for the 2018 prize with a $27 entry fee between August 1 and November 15, 2017. Both online and paper submissions are accepted. Visit our website for 
complete guidelines.     
 
The 2017 winner, Starshine Road, by L. I. Henley, is now available from Perugia Press.
 
Perugia Press -  Publishing the Best New Women Poets since 1997
P.O. Box 60364
Florence, MA 01062

 2017 UNT Rilke Prize
Wayne Miller's Post-, published by Milkweed Editions, has won the 2017 UNT Rilke Prize. The $10,000 prize recognizes a book written by a mid-career poet and published in the preceding year that demonstrates exceptional artistry and vision. 

The judges also selected three finalists for this year's Rilke Prize: Christopher Bakken's Eternity & Oranges (University of Pittsburgh Press), Ruth Ellen Kocher's Third Voice (Tupelo Press), and Dana Levin's Banana Palace (Copper Canyon Press).

 Tom Howard / Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Deadline This Month!
15th year. $4,000 in cash prizes, including $1,500 for a poem in any style and $1,500 for a poem that rhymes or has a traditional style. Both published and unpublished work accepted. All entries that win cash prizes will be published on WinningWriters.com. Entry fee is $12 per poem. Each poem may have up to 250 lines. Submit by September 30. Winning Writers is one of "101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest). See guidelines, past winners, and enter online via Submittable at winningwriters.com/tompoetry

 Palm Beach Poetry Festival
January 15-20, 2018, Delray Beach, Florida 
Deadline to apply for workshops: November 10
Workshops, readings, interview, gala and performance events with Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Chard deNiord, Beth Ann Fennelly, Ross Gay, Rodney Jones, Phillis Levin, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Tim Seibles. Admission is by application. For more information, visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org or email [email protected]

 Vermont College of Fine Arts MFAs in Writing
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers a traditional low-residency MFA in Writing program—now celebrating its 35th year—along with a residential MFA in Writing & Publishing program.

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3. Poetry News Links

News and reviews from around the web, updated daily:

• David Roderick introduces Caroline Goodwin's "Little Creek." (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Rebecca Foust introduces "The Role of Elegy," by Mary Jo Bang. (Women's Voices for Change)
• New collections by Linda Besner, Chris Banks, Lorna Crozier, Benjamin Hertwig reviewed by Barb Carey. (Toronto Star)
• Selected Poems of Thom Gunn, edited by Clive Wilmer, reviewed by Andrew McMillan. (New Statesman)
• Tales of Two Americas: Stories of Inequality in a Divided Nation - Erin Keane reviews an anthology of short fiction, essays, narrative journalism and poetry, edited by John Freeman. (Salon)
• "The Lost Poems of George Oppen" - 21 Poems introduced by David B. Hobbs. (NYR Daily)
• Terrance Hayes introduces "The Widows’ Neighborhood," by Laura Kasischke. (The New York Times Magazine)
• And more...

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4. New Arrivals

These new arrivals are available for purchase via Poetry Daily/Amazon.com.

• Girl after Girl after Girl, Nicole Cooley (Louisiana State University Press)
• Particles: New and Selected Poems, Dan Gerber (Copper Canyon Press)
• The Essential W.S. Merwin, W.S. Merwin, ed. Michael Wiegers (Copper Canyon Press)
• The Drowning Boy's Guide to Water, Cameron Barnett (Autumn House Press)
• Carpeing The Diem: Poems About High School, David Lee Garrison (Dos Madres Press)
• Filched, James Tolan (Dos Madres Press)
• Riding the Wave Train, Rhonda Pettit (Dos Madres Press)
• Cosmovore, Kristi Carter (Aqueduct Press)
• The Best of Poetry in Motion: Celebrating Twenty-Five Years on Subways and Buses, Alice Quinn, ed. (W. W. Norton & Company)
• The Whetting Stone, Taylor Mali (Rattle)
• A Catalogue of the Further Suns, F.J. Bergmann (Goldline Press)

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5. This Week’s Featured Poets

The work of the following poets will appear as Today's Poem on the days indicated:

Monday - Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Tuesday - Lawrence Joseph
Wednesday - Nicholas Samaras
Thursday - Brittany Perham
Friday - Maryann Corbett
Saturday - Martha Rhodes
Sunday - Anna Lena Phillips Bell

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6. Featured Poets August 28, 2017 - September 3, 2017

These and other past featured poets may be found in our archive:

Monday - Derek Sheffield
Tuesday - Nancy Keating
Wednesday - Eoghan Walls
Thursday - Robert Hunter Jones
Friday - Carolyn Miller
Saturday - Ryan Wilson
Sunday - Wendy Mnookin

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7. Last Year’s Featured Poets

These poems will be retired from our archive during the coming week.

William Woolfitt, "Swing Low"
Dermot Bolger, "Little Xs
Katharine Towers, "Three Poems
Elton Glaser, "Expanding Stanzas in Contracting Cold"
Gretchen Marquette, "Know Me"
Alison Pelegrin, "Owl with No Address"
Josh Bell, "Where the I Comes From"

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8. Poem From Last Year

Field Oak

the riddled bark
the sap that seals the broken heart
the staggered reach
the secret passed from leaf to leaf
the stalwart roots
the tiny chalices of fruit
the watercolours of the dusk
the tried-and-tested triplets of a thrush

Katharine Towers
The Remedies
Picador

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All rights reserved.
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