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Poetry Wednesday
The Public Anchorite | December 16th 2009 by Matthew Moore
It’s Wednesday again! All you have to do is post one of your favorite poems on your blog, then comment on this thread that you’ve participated. That way we can all read one another’s and maybe find a new favorite author. You can let the poe read more
How to Self-Publish your Own Book
Dig it! Gardening Tips for Dogs | December 15th 2009 by Carolyn Cordon
There’s a saying that “we all have a book in us”. That may be true, but the process in getting the book out can be the hardest thing in the world for some. Do you ever wish you could write a book? Well, my advice as one who has written read more
Two Poems: Wet Dog and Seed Sock
Sushi Tuesday | December 15th 2009 by Tim Hooker
By Celia ShaneyfeltWET DOG It is easier nowwith the shower enclosed;the hand held sprayer that reaches the floor.Flea shampoo lathers well,smells better than it used to,conditions your coat,most important, kills fleas.I encourage you to shake;demo read more
Some Holiday fun!
The Days of Johann - an agility dog! | December 15th 2009 by JohannTheDog
With all this Howliday Giveaway the past couple of weeks Gracie, Wolfie, Wiggy and I are gettin' in the Holiday spirit!We like the Holidays so much that last year we made an entire Squidoo Lens dedicated to Christmas for Dogs. Head on over sometime, read more
A Poem For Tuesday
The Agonist | December 15th 2009 by Sean-Paul Kelley
Here is one from Allison Hedge Coke, a poet about whom I have little to say that wouldn't be ridiculously insufficient. So I'll say only that for me she writes it all, leaves nothing off the page. The raw facts are that her first book, Dog Road Woman read more
Winter Poem, #1
A Woman Writers blog for all fiction writers | December 13th 2009 by Jane Kohut Bartels
I wrote quite a few poems last winter, and this winter I will add to them. This season of thin light, when it doesn’t quite reach the ground, when a nighttime snowfall can make alien territory of what we know; well, it is conducive to poetry. read more
bed bugs poems: autumn leaves
bed bugs poems | December 10th 2009 by psychic test
Plundering, leaves melt. Blossom sets playing apples. Spices sprout the eyes. Slick, broken leaves wait. Gold armadas offer hands. Blue fear carouses. Kindly, heaven works. Fearing blue love catches leaves. The prayers loiter. Winds set and hairs pla read more
Three Line Lunch: Muses
Fierce and Nerdy | December 9th 2009 by Ernessa T. Carter
a yearlong diary in three-line poems by Jeff Rogers, day 109 Muses You take your muses where you can find them. Your wife. Your dog. A flower. A friend. The sound of a car rounding a corner, gathering speed, When you’re up late at night, read more
Three brief reviews
Crafty Green Poet | December 8th 2009
I usually restrict reviews here to environmentally related books, films etc. However these are three very good reads that aren't environmentally related but I can definitely recommend them:Dog Latin by Kevin Cadwallender - Kevin is one of the most en read more
How to attract people to your writing (poetry example)
Time To Write | November 29th 2009
Poetry is one of the hardest sells, so it really helps to be innovative. A good example is “The Dogs of Brooklyn,” a collection of poems by Susie DeFord and matching photos by Dennis Riley (at left is “Indiana & Amelia” shot by him). The read more
The Many Voices of St Paul poetry jam
wendysmuse | November 29th 2009 by Wendy Brown-Baez
Black Dog Cafe308 Prince Street in Saint Paul.Monday Dec 7 at 7pmCurated by Richard Broderick. Scheduled readers include 2010 Almanac contributors, Kathryn Kysar, Aleli Balagtas and Rich Broderick; Mike Finley, author of numerous collections of poetr read more
FOR A LAUGH [a collection of poems]
Paul Austin Murphy's Poetry | November 25th 2009 by Paul Austin Murphy
i) The Man Who Forgot to Breatheii) Little Fishyiii) The Dog's a Silly Thingiv) Moon and Cockv) Ted Hughes, Not: Sparrow on Icevi) Daseinvii) Toilet Poemviii) Play the Gameviiii) Themx) The C Teamxi) Jeramiah the Medieval Monkxii) Perversionxiii) Fis read more
wise dog poems
bed bugs poems | November 21st 2009 by psychic test
A wise dog loiters. Truth eats a cold, tall judge. Stars burn and lakes talk. Hard earth melts autumn. Playing stanzas move prospects. Falsely, false spring waits. Beautiful fish set. Hatred leaves false, twisting eyes. Water twists midday. The child read more
No Title
The reading diary of Christopher Willard | November 19th 2009 by Christopher Willard
I'd love to have been on the jury of the Victoria Butler Book Prize this year. Patrick Lane's Red Dog Red Dog was up against Patricia Young's Here Come the Moonbathers. Is there something in the water of Victoria? Fortunately I do not have to do an read more
Daily Downloads (Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Cymbals Eat Gui…
Largehearted Boy | November 19th 2009
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: All Smiles: free and legal The Comparison Blouse EP (click "free demos") [mp3] other All Smiles posts at Largehearted Boy Bonnie "Prince" Billy: "Death to Everyone" [mp3] from Funtown Comedown (out December 15t read more
Yet More Reasons Why I Love the Internet.
A View from the Potholes | November 18th 2009 by Marie Gauthier
Because I’m constantly discovering new poet crushes, these poets who write such exquisite lines, whose poems I absolutely covet. This week’s discovery: Carolina Ebeid. You can find some of her poems online Here at Memorious. “Pa read more
Cloudbank Precipitates Great Poetry
Robert Peake - Code Poet | November 16th 2009 by Robert Peake
“How open to suggestion / they have always been, carrying nothing // with them of the past, content to leave almost / everything behind…” -Christopher Buckley, “New Clouds” I received a complimentary copy of the premier read more
loiters in the rain poems
bed bugs poems | November 13th 2009 by psychic test
Rain turns and smoke wakes. Love flutters but profiles turn. Cruel hell loiters. Short, feared armies sing. Midnight breaks then children run. Sad apathy breaks. A walking dog works. Leaden love scolds the gold dogs. Fortresses loiter. Lemons fear su read more
Daily Thoughts 11/7/2009
Book Calendar | November 8th 2009 by Book Calendar
A postcard with the public domain "me worry?" face that later inspired Mad magazine's Alfred E. Neuman. From Wikimedia. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_E._Neumann.jpg I finished reading Charles Bukowski, The Continual Condition last ni read more
Teaser Tuesdays: Haunts by Carl Sandburg
everything distils into reading | November 2nd 2009
Grab your current readOpen to a random pageShare two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that pageBE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others! read more
How the animals were in the dock?
animal planet | October 30th 2009 by aleksandr goljakov
As we know, many people advocate the protection of animals.French actress Brigitte Bardot intervened for the Australian kangaroo, whose meat is sold as dog food, and for harp seals, which are slaughtered because of the durable fur.She appealed to the read more
Award-winning poet Lawrence Ypil launches book of poems in Cebu
GIBBS CADIZ | October 28th 2009 by gibbs cadiz
Multi-awarded poet and Ateneo professor Lawrence Lacambra Ypil launches his first book of poems, "The Highest Hiding Place", on Friday, October 23, 2009, at Fully Booked Ayala Center Cebu. Collecting the poems that have won for Ypil the Carlos Pala read more
Halloween Rhymes for Kids
Poetry4kids - funny poems for children | October 26th 2009 by milou
[Day 27] Labels: Halloween rhymes, scary rhymes for children, children rhymes about Halloween, Halloween rhymes for kids, funny Halloween poetry, scary Halloween rhymes, rhymes and poems for children, children rhymes, kids rhymes Today just another H read more
Style Tips: 26th October 2009
iCiNG | October 26th 2009
Tim Walker forever! Monday 26th October: Take intentionally ugly photos! Hideous photobooth strips are the best. Roll your eyes, make faces, do your best to look fiendish. It is Halloween after all! Tuesday 27th October: Read poems about wer read more
Stop All The Clocks
Real Style Real People | October 25th 2009 by Christina Lee
There was a death in my family today.I haven't been close to him for many years now, if ever...But there's something about the finality of death that shakes you... to the core...I began thinking about one of my favorite poems.And when I read it over, read more
The Woman You Write Poems About
Feminist Review | October 25th 2009 by Ama Lee
By Danielle MontgomeryAK PressMost of the time when I read poetry books, I’ll dog-ear the pages of poems I really like. I started to do this with Danielle (Dani) Montgomery’s collection, The Woman You Write Poems About, but within the first twent read more
Suggest-Fest
The Joiners | October 22nd 2009 by Cabbage
Yerba MatteSpecifically, LaMerced Organic, is good for fall. I have the door open and can hear the leaves skitter across the back porch; the dog sits beneath the tree hoping for a chase with a squirrel. I put a dash of honey in it and get out the ole read more
For Lin
Any Fucking Day | October 20th 2009
Lin, in a previous comment, asked to see some paintings of mine and how can you not at least attempt to please Lin? These two of Mrs may have been seen in earlier photographs of mine published on the web as they both usually find a way to get on some read more
Poppin’ Johnny by George Wallace
Robert Peake - Code Poet | October 18th 2009 by Robert Peake
“what’s a good american / boy to do after he’s been / bitten by pandas?” -George Wallace, “Bitten by Pandas” Fellow Pacific MFA alumnus George Wallace recently sent me an autographed copy of his new book, Poppin read more
When I was younger.
Gigantic Mirths, Gigantic Melancholies | October 17th 2009
It is the surest sign of my hubris that I had titled this “When I was a child”, but found myself unwilling to concede that perhaps once I was not wise and all-knowing. There was a book I found in a library called “Argosy”, it was a literat read more
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