¡ POETRY !

¡ POETRY !
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No pretensions: just poetry.

Stop by, recommend books, offer up poems (excerpted), tempt us, taunt us, tell us what to read and where to go (to read it!)

Goodreads honors wordsmiths: poets and poetry promoted and prompted here.

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"Poetry is the synthesis of hyacinths and biscuits." -- Carl Sandburg

“God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer.” —Anne Sexton

On Clouds – “…what primitive tastes the a...more

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+ GOODREADS NEWSLETTER CONTEST
* PLEASE POST YOUR POEM FOR THE DECEMBER GOODREADS' CONTEST!
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* GOODREADS NEWSLETTER CONTEST > PLEASE VOTE FOR MAY'S GOODREADS' POEM -- FIVE FINALISTS
By Amy — 2 posts (2 new) — 307 views — last updated May 03, 2009 09:31AM
* PLEASE VOTE FOR MARCH'S GOODREADS' POEM -- FIVE FINALISTS
By Amy — 1 post (1 new) — 482 views — last updated Feb 24, 2009 07:45PM
snow storms
By David — 2 posts (2 new) — 4 views — last updated 1 day ago, 03:07AM
PLEASE VOTE FOR NOVEMBER'S GOODREADS' POEM
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+ INTRODUCTIONS
New Member/Poet - Kenny A. Chaffin
By Kenny — 1 post (1 new) — 8 views — last updated 23 hours, 38 min ago
Hello from Delhi!
By Niraja — 1 post (1 new) — 2 views — last updated 1 day ago, 04:42AM
:o) NEW MEMBER
By James — 39 posts (39 new) — 86 views — last updated 1 day ago, 01:29PM
INTRODUCTION
By Matt — 14 posts (14 new) — 50 views — last updated 24 days ago, 12:45PM
H'lo, h'lo
By Kate — 13 posts (13 new) — 40 views — last updated 24 days ago, 08:28AM
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+ MY BOOK / POEM IS PUBLISHED!
* EOAGH #5 -- Hot Off the Presses, NOW ONLINE
By Amy — 1 post (1 new) — 40 views — last updated Oct 05, 2009 10:05AM
* Hanging Loose takes two
By Malcolm — 26 posts (26 new) — 160 views — last updated Apr 13, 2009 09:04AM
* The Break Dancer Calligramme
By Paul — 10 posts (10 new) — 194 views — last updated Jul 15, 2009 10:03AM
3 poems in 3 magazines
By Daniel — 2 posts (2 new) — 8 views — last updated 20 hours, 41 min ago
First Issue of Sugar House Review
By Sugar House Review — 9 posts (9 new) — 16 views — last updated 4 days ago, 08:21PM
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+ ADVICE - QUESTION FOR YA!
* Your city's / town's poetry reading calendar?
By Amy — 23 posts (23 new) — 143 views — last updated Jul 16, 2009 02:43PM
* Discussions about submitting to journals
By Malcolm — 47 posts (47 new) — 363 views — last updated Sep 01, 2009 01:40PM
What's the longest you've had to wait for response after submitting poems to a journal?
By Ruth — 35 posts (35 new) — 65 views — last updated 16 days ago, 12:20PM
Simplicity
By David J — 80 posts (80 new) — 229 views — last updated Sep 30, 2009 09:08AM
What's the best way to read Paradise Lost?
By Silvana — 13 posts (13 new) — 153 views — last updated Sep 28, 2009 12:35PM
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+ I APPRECIATE POETRY CRITIQUE
* revision of "scuba-dying"
By Trice — 9 posts (9 new) — 254 views — last updated Jul 05, 2009 08:14AM
autumn
By David — 7 posts (7 new) — 19 views — last updated 1 day ago, 02:54AM
First Frost
By Tony — 5 posts (5 new) — 13 views — last updated 1 day ago, 03:52PM
critique welcomed.
By Dana — 5 posts (5 new) — 14 views — last updated 5 days ago, 05:43AM
Something Different
By Britty — 20 posts (20 new) — 14 views — last updated 6 days ago, 05:52PM
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+ YOU'VE GOTTA READ THIS POEM!
* Unusual Review of Poems I Think I Wrote...
By Amy — 6 posts (6 new) — 59 views — last updated Oct 17, 2009 06:08AM
* "How Killer Blue Irises Spread" & "?" by Kelli Russell Agodon
By Malcolm — 10 posts (10 new) — 268 views — last updated Jul 08, 2009 04:28PM
Carl Sandburg's "The Man with the Broken Fingers"
By Jim — 1 post (1 new) — 7 views — last updated 8 days ago, 12:26AM
Chinua Achebe's "A Mother In A Refugee Camp"
By Jim — 5 posts (5 new) — 19 views — last updated 8 days ago, 12:12AM
New poem
By Mary — 3 posts (3 new) — 22 views — last updated 21 days ago, 01:15PM
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+ CALLS FOR WORK - SUBMIT!
PotLatch Featured Poets Newsletter, November
By James — 1 post (1 new) — 10 views — last updated 12 days ago, 06:34PM
submit to dislocate literary journal
By Colleen — 1 post (1 new) — 21 views — last updated 16 days ago, 09:20PM
Spirits Call
By William — 2 posts (2 new) — 22 views — last updated 17 days ago, 08:16AM
Poets' Basement on CounterPunch
By Marc — 2 posts (2 new) — 19 views — last updated 27 days ago, 09:52AM
Gloom Cupboard call for Poetry
By Richard — 10 posts (10 new) — 251 views — last updated Oct 04, 2009 03:39PM
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+ POETRY READING - PLEASE COME!
An evening of poetry with David Moolten,
By David — 9 posts (9 new) — 22 views — last updated 16 days ago, 02:10AM
The Turner Maxwell Books Poetry Competition is now open.
By Turner — 3 posts (3 new) — 41 views — last updated 16 days ago, 12:07PM
featuring in Chicago
By Wendy — 3 posts (3 new) — 8 views — last updated 17 days ago, 07:04PM
Toastmasters regional conference
By David J — 17 posts (17 new) — 22 views — last updated Sep 27, 2009 07:23PM
Yes! Reading this Friday
By James — 2 posts (2 new) — 13 views — last updated Sep 23, 2009 06:53AM
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+ FUN STUFF
Let's Make Up a Poem
By *Nausheen the StarPr!nce$s* — 102 posts (102 new) — 88 views — last updated 22 hours, 53 min ago
Verse broadens the mind, scientists find
By Amy — 81 posts (81 new) — 89 views — last updated 4 days ago, 01:36AM
Favorite final lines?
By Leslie — 82 posts (82 new) — 198 views — last updated 10 days ago, 01:37AM
A fun excercize
By christopher — 27 posts (27 new) — 200 views — last updated 16 days ago, 11:56PM
Be a poet on Hallowe'en
By Ruth — 6 posts (6 new) — 19 views — last updated 19 days ago, 08:23PM
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+ AUDIO ONLINE - LISTEN IN!
Book launch podcast
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Stain of Poetry Fall readings and fresh Spring/Summer 2009 videos!
By Amy — 1 post (1 new) — 9 views — last updated Oct 19, 2009 01:33PM
Poems Out Loud
By Wwnorton — 2 posts (2 new) — 15 views — last updated Aug 26, 2009 09:15AM
poetry foundation podcasts
By Mark — 2 posts (2 new) — 19 views — last updated Aug 22, 2008 07:41AM
co-hosting Moe Green this time...
By Shaindel — 2 posts (2 new) — 23 views — last updated Aug 05, 2008 02:33PM

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