http://www.gotpoetry.com/ Gotpoetry - News for poets. Place to write. en-us Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:16:32 GMT 1440 CPG-Nuke Dragonfly GotPoetry.com News http://backend.userland.com/rss http://www.gotpoetry.com/images/topics/staff_picks.jpg http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/topic=37.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/rxjP09t_eX0/sid=44500.html Summary: This month the attention is on BLOGS. There is an array of good blogs this time and it was difficult to choose. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fbf5mSJLSb7SkCmrP-7fSLgLfX8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fbf5mSJLSb7SkCmrP-7fSLgLfX8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fbf5mSJLSb7SkCmrP-7fSLgLfX8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Fbf5mSJLSb7SkCmrP-7fSLgLfX8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/rxjP09t_eX0" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:16:32 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=44500.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/o_vt1nJENW4/sid=43948.html Summary: This is an unpunctuated note I recently developed in answer to the question, "What do you expect from yourself as a poet?" I left it in its original form as I wrote it. It seems to work better that way; a lack of capitalization, to me, captures the stream of its evolution. An artistic choice, as it were. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YvfyXU-x4NNqERBvIwmYEB5b0U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YvfyXU-x4NNqERBvIwmYEB5b0U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YvfyXU-x4NNqERBvIwmYEB5b0U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5YvfyXU-x4NNqERBvIwmYEB5b0U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/o_vt1nJENW4" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:16:11 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=43948.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/Rj6e6oyGkGg/sid=43401.html Summary: One of the things that really disappoint me are poems that attempt to strike my emotional chords with sledgehammers. Here's what I mean... <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DtjZjT_hvOT2Ay1BBi4TvzzmPnQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DtjZjT_hvOT2Ay1BBi4TvzzmPnQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DtjZjT_hvOT2Ay1BBi4TvzzmPnQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/DtjZjT_hvOT2Ay1BBi4TvzzmPnQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/Rj6e6oyGkGg" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:06:40 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=43401.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/i1vayKLdIi4/sid=42605.html Summary: This month the spotlight is on two forms of poetry - Quintana and Magus invented by two talented poets at GP - Huberjack and lordfuznut. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXKcPp4R7McXfI4lCZ7ZE8d_UiI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXKcPp4R7McXfI4lCZ7ZE8d_UiI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXKcPp4R7McXfI4lCZ7ZE8d_UiI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/oXKcPp4R7McXfI4lCZ7ZE8d_UiI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/i1vayKLdIi4" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 07 Oct 2009 06:47:22 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=42605.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/78OTJy1d-f8/sid=41380.html Summary: Eric ZORK Alan, a 4 time National Slam Poet competitor, is probably best known for standing on chairs. He is also known for gratuitously dropping names... like that he is the only poet ever to have his books [appropriately called "I am NOT a poet" blurbed by Dave Jones, Dobie Gray AND Wild Cherry. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/62yRBeCcoqXwv8_Bm08dwdwheQo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/62yRBeCcoqXwv8_Bm08dwdwheQo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/62yRBeCcoqXwv8_Bm08dwdwheQo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/62yRBeCcoqXwv8_Bm08dwdwheQo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/78OTJy1d-f8" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:09:57 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=41380.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/-Y67NTYEQ0I/sid=41378.html Summary: Eric ZORK Alan, a 4 time National Slam Poet competitor, is probably best known for standing on chairs. He is also known for gratuitously dropping names... like that he is the only poet ever to have his books [appropriately called "I am NOT a poet" blurbed by Dave Jones, Dobie Gray AND Wild Cherry. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5rNxd2EwC8vV46Y5kZFD3Zf1kI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5rNxd2EwC8vV46Y5kZFD3Zf1kI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5rNxd2EwC8vV46Y5kZFD3Zf1kI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/L5rNxd2EwC8vV46Y5kZFD3Zf1kI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/-Y67NTYEQ0I" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:07:13 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=41378.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/oPOUd9yidEE/sid=41376.html Summary: Eric ZORK Alan, a 4 time National Slam Poet competitor, is probably best known for standing on chairs. He is also known for gratuitously dropping names... like that he is the only poet ever to have his books [appropriately called "I am NOT a poet" blurbed by Dave Jones, Dobie Gray AND Wild Cherry. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LRtdXO39mWmPon0GBV8W7j0BUSE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LRtdXO39mWmPon0GBV8W7j0BUSE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LRtdXO39mWmPon0GBV8W7j0BUSE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LRtdXO39mWmPon0GBV8W7j0BUSE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/oPOUd9yidEE" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:02:11 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=41376.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/Xc4CfNY7LYA/sid=41375.html Summary: Eric ZORK Alan, a 4 time National Slam Poet competitor, is probably best known for standing on chairs. He is also known for gratuitously dropping names... like that he is the only poet ever to have his books [appropriately called "I am NOT a poet" blurbed by Dave Jones, Dobie Gray AND Wild Cherry. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6DgdfF_jIgzz-462c-yI7O_pwQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6DgdfF_jIgzz-462c-yI7O_pwQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6DgdfF_jIgzz-462c-yI7O_pwQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/C6DgdfF_jIgzz-462c-yI7O_pwQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/Xc4CfNY7LYA" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 17 Sep 2009 04:49:28 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=41375.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/A_0lKFPShps/sid=40782.html Summary: Blow by Blow account of Family Vacation. Fusco's at old Cape Cod ( a reality-show proposal) Seventeen family members, ages one to eighty-one, in one house from Saturday to Saturday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H4DfO359CmrDASbxP3w1sBWRmT0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H4DfO359CmrDASbxP3w1sBWRmT0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H4DfO359CmrDASbxP3w1sBWRmT0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/H4DfO359CmrDASbxP3w1sBWRmT0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/A_0lKFPShps" height="1" width="1"/> Sun, 06 Sep 2009 05:46:14 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=40782.html http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~3/0CooDWUwaVQ/sid=40745.html Summary: This month's staff picks celebrate poetry, poets and a few poetry forms. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yrc17rKxLdDu--pUrtR5bJAFGJY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yrc17rKxLdDu--pUrtR5bJAFGJY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yrc17rKxLdDu--pUrtR5bJAFGJY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Yrc17rKxLdDu--pUrtR5bJAFGJY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GotpoetrycomFeatures/~4/0CooDWUwaVQ" height="1" width="1"/> Sat, 05 Sep 2009 09:29:26 GMT http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=40745.html