Thursday, December 24, 2009

Thursday, December 10, 2009

"The The Impotence of Proofreading," by TAYLOR MALI



A good book of his poems - teachers will pass a wry smile
What Learning Leaves

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Monday, December 07, 2009

Krzysztof Kamil Baczyński - Warsaw Uprising



I do not understand a word but the emotion is conveyed and the link gives you an idea of the intensity

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Global Poetry System



Guardian UK
Attempting to make us realise that poetry is a much bigger part of the fabric of our everyday lives than we may at first imagine, the idea behind Global Poetry System is for us to identify verse in the most ordinary of places. Once we've spotted some, or made up our own – be it graffiti, birthday card verse, graveyard epitaphs or poetry that doesn't realise it's poetry – the masterplan is to give it a location and upload a video, photo or audio file to the site's Google Map. There's also a monthly theme to sharpen our poetic eye; the current one asks us to find poetry inspired by the work of pop artist Ed Ruscha

Friday, December 04, 2009

Poe Book Sold at Auction

NPR.org is reporting that a book by Edgar Allen Poe, recently sold at auction. You can read the article titled "Poe Book Auctioned For $662,500, New Record For U.S. Work" by Frank James.

Luciana Souza sings Pablo Neruda

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Tilicho Lake by David Whyte



A beautiful poem - click on the title for the words