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To/From – The Dual Nature Of Free
Free is a word that gets used a lot. Politically, everyone wants to be free. Economically, people want free goods and services. Or free money. And poetically, some of us like free verse. Some people give away sex for free. To anybody. Isn’t tha...
First Friday Video: Potato Chips And Coffee
I’m going to try something different. Starting today I’m going to upload a new video of me reading a poem every Friday. It won’t always be a poem I wrote. It may be a classic poem or just a poem I like. But I thought it would be a g...
Scansion And Free Verse
Scansion is a wonderful art. It’s a shame that it has fallen out of favor, but if so it is only because the metrical patterns that required it are no longer the dominant form in poetry. That’s as it were, good or bad. Hat tip to Patrick G...
How To Get Your Poetry Published
By Jack Peachum Guest Author I cannot tell you how to write poetry – no one can do that. I honestly believe that all poets are self-trained – as are most other artists. Oh, someone can point out the essentials to you, but you must have the capaci...
Psychological Distance And Poetic Excellence
I’m convinced that there is nothing more important to a good poetic than craft. It isn’t publication. Sure, publishing credits are great for the ego. But I’d much rather have one great poem than 100 mediocre ones. I’d much ra...
Enter The Smoking Poet’s Cigar Lounge
I’m proud to announce that I am among good company in being a part of The Smoking Poet’s new online issue. If you like fine cigars and good literature then I’d encourage you to check it out. There are some good reads. My piece is no...
What’s New At World Class Poetry?
August didn’t live up to its name very well. It was a month of big change here in the world of Allen Taylor. To start with, the grandchildren have gone to live with their mother again. My hope is that this will give me more time to do the thing...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-30
A man in transition,/I just left prison./But not on parole./I escaped/when the Guard took a break/to smoke a bowl. #twitpoem # A Man In Transition http://bit.ly/EgPMZ #bookreview # Satellite Convulsions: Poems By Tin House http://bit.ly/Cvyu4 #book...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23
RT @ruinedXfinery: #twitpoem corrupted women-rouged nipples-torn stockings-swaying hips-men sharp as blades-addicted to–ruined finery # A mint curdling scream,/the knife broke skin./Her soft girlish grin/and blood-grimed hands/muttered/"I&...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-23
RT @ruinedXfinery: #twitpoem corrupted women-rouged nipples-torn stockings-swaying hips-men sharp as blades-addicted to–ruined finery # A mint curdling scream,/the knife broke skin./Her soft girlish grin/and blood-grimed hands/muttered/"I&...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-16
RT @DigitalSalon: RT @Guy_Vincent: ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ █ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁ ▂ ▃ ▄ ▅ ▆ ▇ ▇ ▆ ▅ ▄ ▃ ▂ ▁ [GV] # RT @twihaiku: Sodium orange, the lig...
Introducing The Imagists
One of the things that I’ve learned over the years about leadership (yeagh, nasty taste in my mouth) is that you’ve got to know your limitations. I’d like to say that is something I learned in the military, but that would not be tru...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-09
RT @copyblogger: "You can’t fake creativity, competence, or an erection." ~Douglas Coupland # She asked if I was a major twit./No ma'am, only minor./In that case, she spit,/meet me at the diner.//Uh, so that's it?/No finer. #twitpoe...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-08-02
I live this plush history/with hopeful multiplicity/and a severing; push me/over the precipice/leveraging, no armistice. #twitpoem # Variations On A Natural Theme: A Loon Year http://bit.ly/5Lg72 #bookreview # It’s night night time. Gotta run....
Hybrid Poetry: Post Avant Or Something Else?
I just finished reading American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology Of New Poetry edited by Cole Swensen and David St. John. The book is a compilation of poets and a selection of their poems that have been published over the past 10 or 20 years, illustrating...
15 Words Contemporary Poets Overuse (And Overuse Again)
I once met a journal editor who said he’d never publish a poem with the word “soul” in it. I thought it was extreme. Sure, it’s an overused word, but what if it was the right word for the poem? I asked my poetic friend what wa...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-26
It’s Sunday,/all day a fun day/with hope for Monday/being a not alone day. #twitpoem # Book reviews for one whole month! Starts August 1. # Coming soon! One month of book reviews. August 1. # We’re nearing the end of the month. Is your to...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-19
The kids down on Bourbon Street all say they’d rather drink Kool-Aid,/but when it comes to supper they all go for Broulee #twitpoem # Last but not least/is least among last//At least I’m not last/though last night I was leased//Plastered ...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-12
Become an ARTbundance coach. Free teleclass http://bit.ly/nKk8b # Well folks, have to head out for the day. I’ll have to kick you in the nuts (@BibleAlsoSays) another time. # She asked me for my username;/I said @puddntain./She asked me again./...
World Class Poet’s Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-07-05
Flying by the seat of my pants/isn’t as much fun/as going to the dance/with Attila the Hun./My head is spun. #Twitpoem # [...]...
The Top 100 Poetry Blogs
Went on a 4-day vacation to enjoy my youngest step-daughter’s high school graduation in my home state of Texas. When I returned I found a notice that I’d been included in a list of the top 100 poetry blogs. Flattered and honored, I can...
A Few Short Poetry Announcements
Just dropping in to make a few short announcements. Sorry for the brevity, but these must be mentioned and I haven’t much time. I’ll write more later: The Twitter poem experiment for National Poetry Month went very well. While I wasnR...
What I’ve Been Saying All Along
The Internet is causing a poetry boom. __________________________________________________________________________ World Class Poetry Blog is written by the poet, Allen Taylor. Copyrighted 2008. All rights reserved. Market ...
What (Self)-Publishing Is All About
Liz Strauss said it better than I ever could. In summary, publishing is a business. Even if you self-publish, you’ve got to impress your editor and your publisher with a product that can sell. Do your editor and publisher have the skills to kn...
Why Can’t Poets Make Videos Like This?
__________________________________________________________________________ World Class Poetry Blog is written by the poet, Allen Taylor. Copyrighted 2008. All rights reserved. Market your poetry with 2008 Poet's Market. Get a free .pdf ...
Coming Soon: WCP Chapbooks
I have always loved chapbooks. Poetry is a good fit for those small pamphlet-sized publications. And they’re a good way to introduce non-readers to contemporary poetry without overwhelming them with huge tomes of tropes and synecdoches. So this...
Who Will Be This Century’s Shakespeare?
Today in 1770 William Wordsworth was born. Students of literary history will know Wordsworth as one of the founders of the Romantic movement, which debuted with the publication of Lyrical Ballads in 1798. Wordsworth’s partner was Samuel Taylor ...
Twitter #poetrymonth: Are You Tuned In?
Today I published my first Twitter poem, which you can read right here. I posted about my 30-day Twitter poem experiment four days ago. What I didn’t know then was there was already an organized effort to write a poem a day and post it on Twitt...
New Publisher: Over The Transom
Black Maze Books is an independent publisher in NYC. A growing catalog of literary works can be found at blackmazebooks.com. The publisher is open to unsolicited queries for book length manuscripts of poetry, horror fiction, supernatural/weird fictio...
Self Publishing Poetry: The Problem With Vanity
The Internet has made self publishing a whole lot easier. In many respects that’s a good thing. Were it not for the ease of use of capable technology, financial accessibility of the platform, and the internal drive to pursue it, I would not be ...
