¡ POETRY !

group name¡ POETRY !
group topic Books & Literature -> Poetry
location Brooklyn, NY
website http://www.amyking.org/
group type This is a public group. Anyone can join and invite others to join.
descriptionNo 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 ancients must have had if their poets were inspired by those absurd, untidy clumps of mist, idiotically jostling one another about…” —Yevgeny Zamyatin

“If the poet wants to be a poet, the poet must force the poet to revise. If the poet doesn’t wish to revise, let the poet abandon poetry and take up stamp-collecting or real estate.” —Donald Hall

“Poetry is a rich, full-bodied whistle, cracked ice crunching in pails, the night that numbs the leaf, the duel of two nightingales, the sweet pea that has run wild, Creation’s tears in shoulder blades.” —Boris Pasternak

“Wanted: a needle swift enough to sew this poem into a blanket.” —Charles Simic

“Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.” —Gustave Flaubert

“Poetry is not an expression of the party line. It’s that time of night, lying in bed, thinking what you really think, making the private world public, that’s what the poet does.” —Allen Ginsberg

“I think one of poetry’s functions is not to give us what we want… [T]he poet isn’t always of use to the tribe. The tribe thrives on the consensual. The tribe is pulling together to face the intruder who threatens it. Meanwhile, the poet is sitting by himself in the graveyard talking to a skull.” —Heather McHugh

“I am ashamed of my century, but I have to smile” —Frank O’Hara
¡ POETRY !

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INTRODUCTIONS    showing 5 of 6 topics — 57 comments total    view all »
New member
By Malcolm Alexander — 7 posts (7 new) — last updated 6 days ago, 05:49PM
New Members and Seasoned Ones Too!
By Amy King — 28 posts (28 new) — last updated 9 days ago, 01:02PM
new group member
By Nina Bennett — 7 posts (7 new) — last updated 19 days ago, 10:21PM
My name is Victoria
By Teresa Victoria — 3 posts (3 new) — last updated 25 days ago, 11:49AM
New member to goodreads and Poetry
By Julene T. Weaver — 10 posts (10 new) — last updated 25 days ago, 09:17AM
MY BOOK / POEM IS PUBLISHED!    showing 5 of 22 topics — 96 comments total    view all »
* Discussions about submitting to journals
By Malcolm Alexander — 20 posts (20 new) — last updated 3 days ago, 08:09AM
* Hanging Loose takes two
By Malcolm Alexander — 4 posts (4 new) — last updated 4 days ago, 06:25PM
* The Break Dancer Calligramme
By Paul Siegell — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 8 days ago, 10:20AM
Broadkill Review publishes 2
By Nina Bennett — 3 posts (3 new) — last updated 15 hours, 36 min ago
Outsider Writers...
By Shaindel Beers — 3 posts (3 new) — last updated 16 hours, 20 min ago
ADVICE - QUESTION FOR YA!    showing 5 of 6 topics — 64 comments total    view all »
poetry blogs
By Nomi Stone — 4 posts (4 new) — last updated 19 hours, 23 min ago
Ekphrastic and/or historical books
By Lesley Jenike — 5 posts (5 new) — last updated 3 days ago, 09:16AM
Need suggestions for eleven year old
By Granny Sandy — 16 posts (16 new) — last updated 14 days ago, 09:21AM
I am rebuilding the poetry section at my bookstore....need help.
By Brian Foley — 9 posts (9 new) — last updated 18 days ago, 08:32AM
wedding love poem help
By Elise — 24 posts (24 new) — last updated 23 days ago, 07:58AM
I APPRECIATE POETRY CRITIQUE    showing 5 of 25 topics — 117 comments total    view all »
* revision of "scuba-dying"
By Trice — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 7 days ago, 04:33PM
New Poem
By c.a. leibow — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 2 hours, 0 min ago
Advice Away!
By Isabella — 3 posts (3 new) — last updated 1 day ago, 11:13AM
Broken Shell Part 999999
By Michael — 3 posts (3 new) — last updated 2 days ago, 10:05PM
Poem: Tammy's Life in Tanka
By Tammy Whisman — 7 posts (7 new) — last updated 3 days ago, 06:44PM
YOU'VE GOTTA READ THIS POEM!    showing 5 of 18 topics — 155 comments total    view all »
* "How Killer Blue Irises Spread" & "?" by Kelli Russell Agodon
By Malcolm Alexander — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 16 days ago, 11:32AM
"Wildfire" Dennis Sampson
By Tom McGohey — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 35 minutes ago
"Necks," Anne Carson
By Tom McGohey — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 38 minutes ago
An Opinion of the Question of Pornography, Szymborska
By Tom McGohey — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 42 minutes ago
Carol Gunther
By Andrew Haley — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 49 minutes ago
CALLS FOR WORK - SUBMIT!    showing 5 of 6 topics — 10 comments total    view all »
New litmag launching
By Julene T. Weaver — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 12 days ago, 10:41AM
Submit to Unmoveable Feast
By Susancallow — 4 posts (4 new) — last updated 13 days ago, 02:43PM
Calls for submissions to "Pirene's Fountain"
By Ami Kaye — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 25 days ago, 12:06PM
Poetry Sz: demystifying mental illness
By Jill Chan — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 28 days ago, 05:04PM
Transcontinental Award
By David Baratier — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 07/02/2008 09:25PM
POETRY WRITING SUGGESTIONS    showing 3 of 3 topics — 7 comments total    view all »
(Soma)tic POETRY Exercises...
By CA Conrad — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 23 days ago, 10:07AM
POETS make GARBAGE speak!
By CA Conrad — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 07/02/2008 09:18AM
Please Contribute Your Own
By Amy King — 3 posts (3 new) — last updated 07/01/2008 02:34PM
PLEASE HELP    showing 4 of 4 topics — 26 comments total    view all »
Stacking things for neatness
By c.a. leibow — 12 posts (12 new) — last updated 2 hours, 6 min ago
hot new poets
By Nomi Stone — 8 posts (8 new) — last updated 2 days ago, 07:16AM
DESIGNATE SHAMLOU’S HOME AS NATIONAL HERITAGE SITE!
By Mohsen Emadi — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 19 days ago, 10:13PM
The Urban Poetic - Suggestions?
By Amy King — 4 posts (4 new) — last updated 07/05/2008 09:41AM
RECOMMENDED BOOKS    showing 2 of 2 topics — 2 comments total    view all »
New U.S. poet laureate
By Julia Simpson — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 16 days ago, 04:22AM
Tomaz Salamun's WOODS AND CHALICES
By Amy King — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 07/01/2008 07:09AM
POETRY REVIEWS    showing 5 of 8 topics — 22 comments total    view all »
Review of Kristin Prevallet's I, Afterlife (Essay Press)
By Megan Burns — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 52 minutes ago
My Thoughts on Kay Ryan
By Trebro — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 15 days ago, 09:46AM
William Logan's Homophobic "Review" of Frank O'Hara
By Amy King — 13 posts (13 new) — last updated 24 days ago, 04:45AM
Reviewed by Caroline Wilkinson
By Amy King — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 07/02/2008 02:15PM
I'm The Man Who Loves You by Amy King Reviewed by Brandi Homan
By Amy King — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 07/01/2008 03:00PM
FUN STUFF    showing 5 of 6 topics — 14 comments total    view all »
GARY SNYDER WINS 2008 RUTH LILLY POETRY PRIZE
By Ruth Bavetta — 3 posts (3 new) — last updated 4 days ago, 04:48PM
Photos of Famous Writers' Rooms
By Amy King — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 8 days ago, 10:18PM
For the fridge archive
By Ruth Bavetta — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 16 days ago, 04:07AM
I'm on the Moe Green Poetry Hour tomorrow!
By Shaindel Beers — 4 posts (4 new) — last updated 20 days ago, 01:58AM
a discounted writing retreat
By Daniel Sumrall — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 21 days ago, 04:24AM
POETRY READING - PLEASE COME!    showing 1 of 1 topics — 1 comment total    view all »
::::: POETS THEATER :::::
By CA Conrad — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 12 days ago, 08:20PM
AUDIO ONLINE - LISTEN IN!    showing 2 of 2 topics — 3 comments total    view all »
co-hosting Moe Green this time...
By Shaindel Beers — 2 posts (2 new) — last updated 1 day ago, 02:33PM
New Poetry Album on Internet Archive Come Listen
By c.a. leibow — 1 post (1 new) — last updated 1 day ago, 02:32PM