Poetry Matters Now http://poetrymattersnow.org Roaming the Big Tent of American Poetry Sat, 13 Aug 2011 16:39:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Philip Levine on Poetry http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/philip-levine-on-poetry/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/philip-levine-on-poetry/#comments Fri, 12 Aug 2011 20:13:13 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=486 An informal interview at the old Poet’s House, 2006

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/philip-levine-on-poetry/feed/ 0 “There are now about 200 graduate creative-writing programs in the United States, and more than a thousand undergraduate ones. With an average of ten poetry students in each graduate section, these programs alone will produce about 20,000 accredited professional poets over the next decade.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/there-are-now-about-200-graduate-creative-writing-programs-in-the-united-states-and-more-than-a-thousand-undergraduate-ones-with-an-average-of-ten-poetry-students-in-each-graduate-section-these-pro/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/there-are-now-about-200-graduate-creative-writing-programs-in-the-united-states-and-more-than-a-thousand-undergraduate-ones-with-an-average-of-ten-poetry-students-in-each-graduate-section-these-pro/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:39:33 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=429 Continue reading →]]> “There are now about 200 graduate creative-writing programs in the United States, and more than a thousand undergraduate ones. With an average of ten poetry students in each graduate section, these programs alone will produce about 20,000 accredited professional poets over the next decade.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/there-are-now-about-200-graduate-creative-writing-programs-in-the-united-states-and-more-than-a-thousand-undergraduate-ones-with-an-average-of-ten-poetry-students-in-each-graduate-section-these-pro/feed/ 0 “Death, of course, is popular with us. To major in English is to major in death.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/death-of-course-is-popular-with-us-to-major-in-english-is-to-major-in-death/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/death-of-course-is-popular-with-us-to-major-in-english-is-to-major-in-death/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:39:07 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=427 “Death, of course, is popular with us. To major in English is to major in death.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/death-of-course-is-popular-with-us-to-major-in-english-is-to-major-in-death/feed/ 0 “What is it about poets? Even in the pantheon of troubled artists, poets tend to be perceived as singularly despairing and subject to bad ends.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/what-is-it-about-poets-even-in-the-pantheon-of-troubled-artists-poets-tend-to-be-perceived-as-singularly-despairing-and-subject-to-bad-ends/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/what-is-it-about-poets-even-in-the-pantheon-of-troubled-artists-poets-tend-to-be-perceived-as-singularly-despairing-and-subject-to-bad-ends/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:38:42 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=425 “What is it about poets? Even in the pantheon of troubled artists, poets tend to be perceived as singularly despairing and subject to bad ends.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/what-is-it-about-poets-even-in-the-pantheon-of-troubled-artists-poets-tend-to-be-perceived-as-singularly-despairing-and-subject-to-bad-ends/feed/ 0 “this small and fragile enterprise, contemporary poetry” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/this-small-and-fragile-enterprise-contemporary-poetry/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/this-small-and-fragile-enterprise-contemporary-poetry/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:38:12 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=423 “this small and fragile enterprise, contemporary poetry”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/this-small-and-fragile-enterprise-contemporary-poetry/feed/ 0 “Kay Boyle, late of San Francisco State, opined in these pages not long ago that all creative writing programs ought to be abolished by law.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/kay-boyle-late-of-san-francisco-state-opined-in-these-pages-not-long-ago-that-all-creative-writing-programs-ought-to-be-abolished-by-law/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/kay-boyle-late-of-san-francisco-state-opined-in-these-pages-not-long-ago-that-all-creative-writing-programs-ought-to-be-abolished-by-law/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:37:32 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=421 “Kay Boyle, late of San Francisco State, opined in these pages not long ago that all creative writing programs ought to be abolished by law.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/kay-boyle-late-of-san-francisco-state-opined-in-these-pages-not-long-ago-that-all-creative-writing-programs-ought-to-be-abolished-by-law/feed/ 0 “Kay Boyle once published a piece arguing that ‘all creative-writing programs ought to be abolished by law.’ She taught creative writing for sixteen years at San Francisco State.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/kay-boyle-once-published-a-piece-arguing-that-%e2%80%98all-creative-writing-programs-ought-to-be-abolished-by-law-%e2%80%99-she-taught-creative-writing-for-sixteen-years-at-san-francisco-state/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/kay-boyle-once-published-a-piece-arguing-that-%e2%80%98all-creative-writing-programs-ought-to-be-abolished-by-law-%e2%80%99-she-taught-creative-writing-for-sixteen-years-at-san-francisco-state/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:37:01 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=419 “Kay Boyle once published a piece arguing that ‘all creative-writing programs ought to be abolished by law.’ She taught creative writing for sixteen years at San Francisco State.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/kay-boyle-once-published-a-piece-arguing-that-%e2%80%98all-creative-writing-programs-ought-to-be-abolished-by-law-%e2%80%99-she-taught-creative-writing-for-sixteen-years-at-san-francisco-state/feed/ 0 “Creative-writing programs are designed on the theory that students who have never published a poem can teach other students who have never published a poem how to write a publishable poem.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/creative-writing-programs-are-designed-on-the-theory-that-students-who-have-never-published-a-poem-can-teach-other-students-who-have-never-published-a-poem-how-to-write-a-publishable-poem/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/creative-writing-programs-are-designed-on-the-theory-that-students-who-have-never-published-a-poem-can-teach-other-students-who-have-never-published-a-poem-how-to-write-a-publishable-poem/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:36:35 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=417 “Creative-writing programs are designed on the theory that students who have never published a poem can teach other students who have never published a poem how to write a publishable poem.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/creative-writing-programs-are-designed-on-the-theory-that-students-who-have-never-published-a-poem-can-teach-other-students-who-have-never-published-a-poem-how-to-write-a-publishable-poem/feed/ 0 “I’ve got poetry in my fingertips.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i%e2%80%99ve-got-poetry-in-my-fingertips/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i%e2%80%99ve-got-poetry-in-my-fingertips/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:36:10 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=415 “I’ve got poetry in my fingertips.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i%e2%80%99ve-got-poetry-in-my-fingertips/feed/ 0 “The work of art is not a gem, as some schools of criticism would insist, but truly a lens… We look through it for the purified and honestly offered spirit of the artist.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-work-of-art-is-not-a-gem-as-some-schools-of-criticism-would-insist-but-truly-a-lens%e2%80%a6-we-look-through-it-for-the-purified-and-honestly-offered-spirit-of-the-artist/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-work-of-art-is-not-a-gem-as-some-schools-of-criticism-would-insist-but-truly-a-lens%e2%80%a6-we-look-through-it-for-the-purified-and-honestly-offered-spirit-of-the-artist/#comments Tue, 15 Mar 2011 19:35:39 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=413 “The work of art is not a gem, as some schools of criticism would insist, but truly a lens… We look through it for the purified and honestly offered spirit of the artist.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-work-of-art-is-not-a-gem-as-some-schools-of-criticism-would-insist-but-truly-a-lens%e2%80%a6-we-look-through-it-for-the-purified-and-honestly-offered-spirit-of-the-artist/feed/ 0 Voice of Galway Kinnell http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/voice-of-galway-kinnell/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/voice-of-galway-kinnell/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 22:03:45 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=384 Featuring an interview at his home and a reading at Providence College

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/voice-of-galway-kinnell/feed/ 0 What This Movie Needs http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/what-this-movie-needs/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/what-this-movie-needs/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:53:49 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=391 A trailer of one of the movies under development, maybe.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/what-this-movie-needs/feed/ 0 Nas & G.M. Hopkins: Kindred Souls? http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/nas-g-m-hopkins-kindred-souls/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/nas-g-m-hopkins-kindred-souls/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:52:08 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=389 What do Gerard Manley Hopkins and Nas have in common? Finally, an answer.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/nas-g-m-hopkins-kindred-souls/feed/ 0 “Topography” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/topography/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/topography/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:49:55 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=387 Sharon Olds’ “Topography” read by Kimiko Hahn

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/topography/feed/ 0 “The Bridge” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-bridge/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-bridge/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:47:56 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=385 Hart Crane’s “The Bridge” read by Thomas Lux on the Brooklyn Bridge

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-bridge/feed/ 0 “Poetry is where the music of language exists and language is half articulation of meanings and it’s half bearers of feeling.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-where-the-music-of-language-exists-and-language-is-half-articulation-of-meanings-and-its-half-bearers-of-feeling/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-where-the-music-of-language-exists-and-language-is-half-articulation-of-meanings-and-its-half-bearers-of-feeling/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:21:05 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=378 “Poetry is where the music of language exists and language is half articulation of meanings and it’s half bearers of feeling.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-where-the-music-of-language-exists-and-language-is-half-articulation-of-meanings-and-its-half-bearers-of-feeling/feed/ 0 “I now freely and openly attest to the virtues of National Poetry Month in throwing a national spotlight on poetry, so crucial to keeping verse alive in the twenty-first century.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i-now-freely-and-openly-attest-to-the-virtues-of-national-poetry-month-in-throwing-a-national-spotlight-on-poetry-so-crucial-to-keeping-verse-alive-in-the-twenty-first-century/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i-now-freely-and-openly-attest-to-the-virtues-of-national-poetry-month-in-throwing-a-national-spotlight-on-poetry-so-crucial-to-keeping-verse-alive-in-the-twenty-first-century/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:20:35 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=376 “I now freely and openly attest to the virtues of National Poetry Month in throwing a national spotlight on poetry, so crucial to keeping verse alive in the twenty-first century.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i-now-freely-and-openly-attest-to-the-virtues-of-national-poetry-month-in-throwing-a-national-spotlight-on-poetry-so-crucial-to-keeping-verse-alive-in-the-twenty-first-century/feed/ 0 Ninety percent of Americans highly value poetry and believe it enriches the lives of those who read it. 13% of Americans read it. http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/90-of-americans-highly-value-poetry-and-believe-it-enriches-the-lives-of-those-who-read-it-13-of-americans-read-it/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/90-of-americans-highly-value-poetry-and-believe-it-enriches-the-lives-of-those-who-read-it-13-of-americans-read-it/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:19:56 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=374 Ninety percent of Americans highly value poetry and believe it enriches the lives of those who read it. Thirteen percent of Americans read it.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/90-of-americans-highly-value-poetry-and-believe-it-enriches-the-lives-of-those-who-read-it-13-of-americans-read-it/feed/ 0 “The image of the writer as a doomed and sometimes tragic figure, bound to die young, can be backed up by research… Among the entire sample, poets died younger than both fiction writers and non-fiction writers (p http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-image-of-the-writer-as-a-doomed-and-sometimes-tragic-figure-bound-to-die-young-can-be-backed-up-by-research-among-the-entire-sample-poets-died-younger-than-both-fiction-writers-and-non-ficti/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-image-of-the-writer-as-a-doomed-and-sometimes-tragic-figure-bound-to-die-young-can-be-backed-up-by-research-among-the-entire-sample-poets-died-younger-than-both-fiction-writers-and-non-ficti/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:19:25 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=372 “The image of the writer as a doomed and sometimes tragic figure, bound to die young, can be backed up by research….. Among the entire sample, poets died younger than both fiction writers and non-fiction writers (p<.0001).”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-image-of-the-writer-as-a-doomed-and-sometimes-tragic-figure-bound-to-die-young-can-be-backed-up-by-research-among-the-entire-sample-poets-died-younger-than-both-fiction-writers-and-non-ficti/feed/ 0 “Prose is words in their best order. Poetry is the best words in the best order.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prose-is-words-in-their-best-order-poetry-is-the-best-words-in-the-best-order/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prose-is-words-in-their-best-order-poetry-is-the-best-words-in-the-best-order/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:18:50 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=370 “Prose is words in their best order. Poetry is the best words in the best order.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prose-is-words-in-their-best-order-poetry-is-the-best-words-in-the-best-order/feed/ 0 “Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-has-vanished-as-a-cultural-force-in-america/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-has-vanished-as-a-cultural-force-in-america/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:18:21 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=368 “Poetry has vanished as a cultural force in America.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-has-vanished-as-a-cultural-force-in-america/feed/ 0 “Americans feel that poetry significantly contributes to their understanding and appreciation of life, and that people who read poetry lead more engaged and satisfying social lives than those who don’t….. fully two-thirds of respondents believe that society would benefit if people read more poetry.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/americans-feel-that-poetry-significantly-contributes-to-their-understanding-and-appreciation-of-life-and-that-people-who-read-poetry-lead-more-engaged-and-satisfying-social-lives-than-those/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/americans-feel-that-poetry-significantly-contributes-to-their-understanding-and-appreciation-of-life-and-that-people-who-read-poetry-lead-more-engaged-and-satisfying-social-lives-than-those/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:18:19 +0000 ben http://poetrymattersnow.org/?p=481 Continue reading →]]> “Americans feel that poetry significantly contributes to their understanding and appreciation of life, and that people who read poetry lead more engaged and satisfying social lives than those who don’t….. fully two-thirds of respondents believe that society would benefit if people read more poetry.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/americans-feel-that-poetry-significantly-contributes-to-their-understanding-and-appreciation-of-life-and-that-people-who-read-poetry-lead-more-engaged-and-satisfying-social-lives-than-those/feed/ 0 “The purpose of poetry is to contribute to man’s happiness.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-purpose-of-poetry-is-to-contribute-to-mans-happiness/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-purpose-of-poetry-is-to-contribute-to-mans-happiness/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:17:52 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=366 “The purpose of poetry is to contribute to man’s happiness.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-purpose-of-poetry-is-to-contribute-to-mans-happiness/feed/ 0 “It begins in delight… and ends in a clarification of life — not necessarily a great clarification… but in a momentary stay against confusion. http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/it-begins-in-delight-and-ends-in-a-clarification-of-life-not-necessarily-a-great-clarification-but-in-a-momentary-stay-against-confusion/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/it-begins-in-delight-and-ends-in-a-clarification-of-life-not-necessarily-a-great-clarification-but-in-a-momentary-stay-against-confusion/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:17:19 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=364 “It begins in delight… and ends in a clarification of life — not necessarily a great clarification… but in a momentary stay against confusion.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/it-begins-in-delight-and-ends-in-a-clarification-of-life-not-necessarily-a-great-clarification-but-in-a-momentary-stay-against-confusion/feed/ 0 “To write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric… it has become impossible to write poetry today. http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/to-write-a-poem-after-auschwitz-is-barbaric-it-has-become-impossible-to-write-poetry-today/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/to-write-a-poem-after-auschwitz-is-barbaric-it-has-become-impossible-to-write-poetry-today/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:16:40 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=362 “To write a poem after Auschwitz is barbaric… it has become impossible to write poetry today.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/to-write-a-poem-after-auschwitz-is-barbaric-it-has-become-impossible-to-write-poetry-today/feed/ 0 “In a society where poetry is marginalized, why do some people give their lives to it?” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/in-a-society-where-poetry-is-marginalized-why-do-some-people-give-their-lives-to-it/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/in-a-society-where-poetry-is-marginalized-why-do-some-people-give-their-lives-to-it/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:16:02 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=360 “In a society where poetry is marginalized, why do some people give their lives to it?”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/in-a-society-where-poetry-is-marginalized-why-do-some-people-give-their-lives-to-it/feed/ 0 “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poets-are-the-unacknowledged-legislators-of-the-world/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poets-are-the-unacknowledged-legislators-of-the-world/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:15:31 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=358 “Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poets-are-the-unacknowledged-legislators-of-the-world/feed/ 0 “Ninety-nine percent of the world actually experiences poetry, their own poetry… lovers when they talk to each other may talk poetry… a kiss can be poetry.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/99-of-the-world-actually-experiences-poetry-their-own-poetry-lovers-when-they-talk-to-each-other-may-talk-poetry-a-kiss-can-be-poetry/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/99-of-the-world-actually-experiences-poetry-their-own-poetry-lovers-when-they-talk-to-each-other-may-talk-poetry-a-kiss-can-be-poetry/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:14:54 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=356 “Ninety-nine percent of the world actually experiences poetry, their own poetry… lovers when they talk to each other may talk poetry… a kiss can be poetry.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/99-of-the-world-actually-experiences-poetry-their-own-poetry-lovers-when-they-talk-to-each-other-may-talk-poetry-a-kiss-can-be-poetry/feed/ 0 “Poetry is indeed something divine.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-indeed-something-divine/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-indeed-something-divine/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:14:19 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=354 “Poetry is indeed something divine.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-indeed-something-divine/feed/ 0 “Poetry is a controlled refinement of sobbing. We’ve got to face that.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-a-controlled-refinement-of-sobbing-weve-got-to-face-that/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-a-controlled-refinement-of-sobbing-weve-got-to-face-that/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:13:42 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=352 “Poetry is a controlled refinement of sobbing. We’ve got to face that.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/poetry-is-a-controlled-refinement-of-sobbing-weve-got-to-face-that/feed/ 0 “I want to know what makes poets burn.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i-want-to-know-what-makes-poets-burn/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i-want-to-know-what-makes-poets-burn/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:12:49 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=350 “I want to know what makes poets burn.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/i-want-to-know-what-makes-poets-burn/feed/ 0 There are two kinds of people in America – poetry users and poetry non-users. http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-america-poetry-users-and-poetry-non-users/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-america-poetry-users-and-poetry-non-users/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:12:19 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=348 There are two kinds of people in America – poetry users and poetry non-users.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/there-are-two-kinds-of-people-in-america-poetry-users-and-poetry-non-users/feed/ 0 “If it is a wild tune, it is a Poem.” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/if-it-is-a-wild-tune-it-is-a-poem/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/if-it-is-a-wild-tune-it-is-a-poem/#comments Wed, 16 Feb 2011 18:11:34 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=346 “If it is a wild tune, it is a Poem.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/if-it-is-a-wild-tune-it-is-a-poem/feed/ 0 Very Short Poems http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/very-short-poems/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/very-short-poems/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:47:22 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=217 Three of them.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/very-short-poems/feed/ 0 “Prayer” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prayer-2/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prayer-2/#comments Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:45:40 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=207 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prayer-2/feed/ 0 “jaspar texas 1998″ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/jaspar-texas/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/jaspar-texas/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:25:41 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=73 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/jaspar-texas/feed/ 0 “Loud Music” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/loud-music/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/loud-music/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:23:35 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=75 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/loud-music/feed/ 0 “Now” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/now/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/now/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:15:28 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=77 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/now/feed/ 0 “Building Nicole’s Mama” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/building-nicoles-mama/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/building-nicoles-mama/#comments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 17:01:57 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=79 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/building-nicoles-mama/feed/ 0 The Burden and Power of Free Verse http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-burden-and-power-of-free-verse/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-burden-and-power-of-free-verse/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:42 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=61 Liam Rector (1949–2007) answers a few of questions about poetry.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-burden-and-power-of-free-verse/feed/ 0 “Facing It” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/facing-it/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/facing-it/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:35 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=53 Alicia Ostriker presents a poem by Yusef Komunyakaa.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/facing-it/feed/ 0 Does it Have to Make Sense? http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/does-it-have-to-make-sense/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/does-it-have-to-make-sense/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:10:29 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=45 An explanation and a freshly-written poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/does-it-have-to-make-sense/feed/ 0 “A Man Sets Off Early for Work” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/a-man-sets-off-early-for-work/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/a-man-sets-off-early-for-work/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:07:17 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=69 A poem and a brief comment about the pleasures of writing.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/a-man-sets-off-early-for-work/feed/ 0 DeVotchKa http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/devotchka/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/devotchka/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:08:25 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=36 Nick Urata, Lee Nelson, Tom Hagerman, Tommy Eccles.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/devotchka/feed/ 0 In Concert http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/music-by-amram/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/music-by-amram/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:05:24 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=30 David Amram, Artie Moore and Tony Black with guest Eric Lawrence.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/music-by-amram/feed/ 0 “My Life Had Stood – A Loaded Gun” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/my-life-had-stood-a-loaded-gun/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/my-life-had-stood-a-loaded-gun/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:03:38 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=38 A poem by Emily Dickinson

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/my-life-had-stood-a-loaded-gun/feed/ 0 “Prayer” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prayer/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prayer/#comments Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:02:49 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=37 A very short poem and comments about it.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/prayer/feed/ 0 “Wildcat Path” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/wildcat-path/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/wildcat-path/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 20:31:00 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=14 A poem from Montana.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/wildcat-path/feed/ 0 “Genealogy of the Bird Family” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/genealogy-of-the-bird-family/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/genealogy-of-the-bird-family/#comments Sun, 11 May 2008 20:31:40 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=16 A performance.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/genealogy-of-the-bird-family/feed/ 0 “Eptct’et’?u Scilip” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/eptctetu-scilip/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/eptctetu-scilip/#comments Thu, 08 May 2008 20:32:46 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=19 Its title is in Salish, the tribal language; the poem is in English.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/eptctetu-scilip/feed/ 0 A Poem of Letting Go http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/liam-rector-a-poem-of-letting-go/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/liam-rector-a-poem-of-letting-go/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 20:30:11 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=12 Comments at a reception, then a poem by Emily Dickinson

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/liam-rector-a-poem-of-letting-go/feed/ 0 This Poem is Called “Goofer Dust” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/this-poem-is-called-goofer-dust/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/this-poem-is-called-goofer-dust/#comments Mon, 05 May 2008 20:28:46 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=9 Titles of poems, presented by their authors.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/this-poem-is-called-goofer-dust/feed/ 0 So, you’re a poet? http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/so-youre-a-poet/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/so-youre-a-poet/#comments Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:30:35 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=13 Hall reads a poem and Ostriker comments.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/so-youre-a-poet/feed/ 0 Thomas Lux defines some terms http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/thomas-lux-defines-some-terms/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/thomas-lux-defines-some-terms/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 20:31:21 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=15 “Vaticide,” “dope slap,” and a murderous poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/thomas-lux-defines-some-terms/feed/ 0 “My Life, My Death and My Destiny” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/my-life-my-death-and-my-destiny/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/my-life-my-death-and-my-destiny/#comments Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:32:03 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=17 She reads the poem by Edith Södergran in the original Swedish.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/my-life-my-death-and-my-destiny/feed/ 0 The Ideal Poem? http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-ideal-poem/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-ideal-poem/#comments Sun, 09 Mar 2008 20:32:22 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=18 He talks about Celan’s “DeathFugue” and reads “In Memoriam Paul Celan.”

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-ideal-poem/feed/ 0 “The Gun” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-gun/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-gun/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:33:08 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=20 A poem by Stephen Dobyns.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/the-gun/feed/ 0 “How to Fall in Love With Your Father” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/how-to-fall-in-love-with-your-father/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/how-to-fall-in-love-with-your-father/#comments Thu, 06 Mar 2008 20:33:33 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=21 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/how-to-fall-in-love-with-your-father/feed/ 0 Gerald Stern: Still Burning http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/gerald-stern-still-burning/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/gerald-stern-still-burning/#comments Wed, 05 Mar 2008 20:29:43 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=11 An intimate, far-ranging profile of a most engaging senior poet.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/gerald-stern-still-burning/feed/ 0 “No Sex for Priests” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/no-sex-for-priests/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/no-sex-for-priests/#comments Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:33:53 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=22 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/no-sex-for-priests/feed/ 0 “Maestro” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/maestro/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/maestro/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:34:13 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=23 A poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/maestro/feed/ 0 “Harold Bloom” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/harold-bloom/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/harold-bloom/#comments Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:34:34 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=24 A poem and some comments.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/harold-bloom/feed/ 0 “Manatee/Humanity” http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/manateehumanity/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/manateehumanity/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:34:58 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=25 Parts of a longer poem.

]]> http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/manateehumanity/feed/ 0 Meet Some Poets http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/meet-some-poets/ http://poetrymattersnow.org/poetry/meet-some-poets/#comments Sat, 01 Mar 2008 20:29:21 +0000 ben http://pmn.seedling.com/?p=10 Glimpse about 50 poets with music by Roy Nathonson and Truth Thomas.

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