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6. Pulitzer Remix

Eighty-five poets are creating found poetry from the 85 Pulitzer Prize-winning works of fiction as part of Pulitzer Remix, a 2013 National Poetry Month initiative. Each poet will post one poem per day on this website during the month of April, resulting in the creation… Continue Reading „6. Pulitzer Remix“

124. American Life in Poetry: Column 414

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE When spring finally arrives, it can be fun to see what winter left behind, and Jeffrey Harrison of Massachusetts is doing just that in this amusing poem. Mailboxes in Late Winter It’s a motley lot. A few still… Continue Reading „124. American Life in Poetry: Column 414“

123. Begehrt

Nicht nur unter ehrlichen Studierenden des John-F.-Kennedy Instituts sind die Schriften Charles Bukowskis beliebt – auch bei „Bücherdieben“ stehen die Werke des US-amerikanischen Dichters und Schriftstellers hoch im Kurs: In einer 1999 vom „New York Observer“ aufgestellten „Liste der meist gestohlenen Bücher“ nehmen sie… Continue Reading „123. Begehrt“

119. Antidepressiv

„Had Prozac been available last century, Baudelaire’s ’spleen,‘ Edgar Allan Poe’s moods, the poetry of Sylvia Plath, the lamentations of so many other poets, everything with a soul would have been silenced,“ New York Times bestseller Nicholas Nassim Taleb writes in his latest book, Antifragile: Things That… Continue Reading „119. Antidepressiv“

114. American Life in Poetry: Column 413

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Every day, hundreds of thousands of us are preoccupied with keeping up a civil if not loving relationship with our parents. In this poem, Mark Irwin (who lives in Colorado) does a beautiful job in portraying, in a… Continue Reading „114. American Life in Poetry: Column 413“

108. Preis für Marie Ponsot

The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce that poet Marie Ponsot has won the 2013 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Presented annually to a living U.S. poet whose lifetime accomplishments warrant extraordinary recognition, the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize is one of the most prestigious awards… Continue Reading „108. Preis für Marie Ponsot“

105. Poets‘ Picks

Poets‘ Picks feature for Poetry Month: Sign up for a free subscription to our newsletter! Our free weekly e-mail newsletter alerts you to upcoming featured poets, news from the world of poetry, and special events like this one: again this year for Poetry Month and our annual… Continue Reading „105. Poets‘ Picks“

103. American Life in Poetry: Column 412

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE Mark Sanders, who lives in Texas, is not only a good poet, but he’s an old friend to the poetry of my home ground, working hard as teacher, editor, and publisher to bring Great Plains poetry to the… Continue Reading „103. American Life in Poetry: Column 412“

102. Anglophon

Welcher Reichtum. Allein heute haben Geburtstag: A.E. Housman, Robert Frost, Tennessee Williams und Gregory Corso. Hier ein Gedicht von Housman: The Carpenter’s Son „Here the hangman stops his cart: Now the best of friends must part. Fare you well, for ill fare I: Live,… Continue Reading „102. Anglophon“

98. Poetry Foundation Celebrates National Poetry Month

Free issues of Poetry, new educational resources, Record-a-Poem, and more   CHICAGO —The Poetry Foundation is pleased to announce an exciting array of literary programs and poetry events across the country in celebration of National Poetry Month, April 2013. Poetry Fifty thousand free copies of Poetry’s… Continue Reading „98. Poetry Foundation Celebrates National Poetry Month“

87. Those pesky line breaks

This year, however, the most pressing issue facing poetry publishers is the same one that’s facing everyone else in the book biz: the digital transition. While digitizing poetry collections wasn’t anyone’s first priority, the time has come, and, in one way or another, most… Continue Reading „87. Those pesky line breaks“

80. American Life in Poetry: Column 411

BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE It seems that love poems have a better chance of being passed around from person to person than other poems, and here’s one by Richard M. Berlin, who lives in the Berkshire hills of western Massachusetts, that we’d… Continue Reading „80. American Life in Poetry: Column 411“

70. Süßholz

Der republikanische Senator Rand Paul hielt eine von Beobachtern als wichtig angesehene Rede zum jährlichen Gipfeltreffen der U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington, DC., von der es im Vorfeld hieß, es ginge um eine Einwanderungsreform. Offenbar war sie gut vorbereitet – 90 Minuten vor seiner… Continue Reading „70. Süßholz“

58. Buchpreis für Lyrikband???

Für den Preis der Leipziger Buchmesse ist Lyrik an sich nicht vorgesehen. Zu abseitig, nicht vermittel-, nicht zumutbar*. Die Vorjury hat doch einen Weg gefunden und einen Gedichtband in der Kategorie Übersetzung eingeschmuggelt. Und die Jury hat diesem Gedichtband – schlechtes Gewissen? – nun… Continue Reading „58. Buchpreis für Lyrikband???“

38. Habla Español, no

„Believe it or not, writing like this helps me to remember vocabulary“, sagt Margaret Prezioso-Frye zu ihren Gedichten, mit deren Hilfe sie spanischen Wortschatz memoriert: An Italian-American Studying Spanish In Spain Syllogismo Hypothetico 101 Or hypothetical syllogism on a Developing Spanish brain Habla No Español… Continue Reading „38. Habla Español, no“