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- Before You Buy Poetry BooksCreated: 2009-11-19 @ 02:59:41 EST
A summary of things you need to think about when adding to your personal library of poetry books… - About Poetry Forum Entries, November 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competit…Created: 2009-11-04 @ 21:09:19 EST
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the November 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Honorable Mention, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:29:59 EST
The single poem chosen for honorable mention by judge Majid Naficy in the October 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Third Place Winner, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:23:16 EST
'Without Salt' by Mandy Pannett of The Write Idea: syllables words fellow poets winter in paris competition body poetry competition… - Second Place Winner, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:17:22 EST
'Forbidden Lullaby' by Walter Schwim of Mosaic Musings… - First Place Winner, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:01:52 EST
'Rain' by Anna Yin of Pen Shells: majid naficy phoenix tree competition body poetry competition interboard… - 'O Gather Me the Rose' by William Ernest HenleyCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:07:05 EDT
'O Gather Me the Rose' by William Ernest Henley (1874)… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'Carpe Diem' by Robert Frost (1923)Created: 2009-10-29 @ 16:01:45 EDT
'Carpe Diem' by Robert Frost (1923): carpe diem poems quiet children helvetica font robert frost body background… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'Arise' by Ella Wheeler WilcoxCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:01:07 EDT Updated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:07:53 EDT
'Arise' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1872): carpe diem poems ella wheeler wilcox noon approaches gods work morns… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'A Psalm of Life' by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:00:18 EDT
'A Psalm of Life' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1838)… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time' by Robert H…Created: 2009-10-29 @ 15:59:45 EDT
'To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time' by Robert Herrick (1648)… - Carpe Diem Poems: 'Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant' by Thoma…Created: 2009-10-29 @ 15:59:02 EDT
'Coronemus nos Rosis antequam marcescant' by Thomas Jordan (1637)… - 'Carpe Diem' from Twelfth Night by William ShakespeareCreated: 2009-10-29 @ 15:58:27 EDT
'Carpe Diem' from Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare (1623)… - Carpe Diem Poems ? A collection of classic poems on the passage of t…Created: 2009-10-29 @ 07:03:33 EDT Updated: 2009-10-29 @ 16:13:04 EDT
A collection of classic poems on the passage of time and the human impulse to “Seize the Day,” by William Shakespeare, Thomas Jordan, Robert Herrick, Andrew Marvell, Henry Wadsworth Longf… - Autumn Poems: 'Autumn' by Mary HamrickCreated: 2009-10-15 @ 08:15:09 EDT
'Autumn' by Mary Hamrick: autumn poems seafood paella hot chilli pepper hungry birds dark wine… - Autumn Poems: 'Geese' by Michael ShorbCreated: 2009-10-15 @ 07:32:15 EDT
'Geese' by Michael Shorb: autumn poems canadian geese shorb helvetica font splashdown… - Autumn Poems: 'Autumn Colors in the Far North' by Ruth HillCreated: 2009-10-15 @ 06:39:00 EDT
'Autumn Colors in the Far North' by Ruth Hill: queen annes lace autumn poems autumn colors ancient queen arsenic and old lace… - Translating Ginsberg’s Queer Shoulder: Raymond Federman’…Created: 2009-10-13 @ 08:33:10 EDT
M. Federman’s brilliant translation: he felt compelled to do this when he saw that the official translation made the last line, ‘America, I’m putting my queer shoulder to the whee… - Translating Ginsberg?s Queer Shoulder ? Raymond Federman?s Tiny EssayCreated: 2009-10-13 @ 08:05:17 EDT Updated: 2009-10-13 @ 08:33:56 EDT
Something’s lost in the translation—is that the poetry? And something’s gained: the illusion that homo sapiens actually communicate—is that the illusion which results in God? Th… - Honorable Mentions, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:24:50 EDT
The three poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the September 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Third Place Winners, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:24:19 EDT
'On Waking I Think of Winter' by Sarah Sloat of Desert Moon Review, (Untitled) by Matt Moseman of Conjunction and 'Illegal #2' by Sergio Ortiz of Wild Poetry Forum… - Second Place Winner, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:23:48 EDT
'The Secret Life' by Laurie Byro of Desert Moon Review… - First Place Winner, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:23:17 EDT
'We Burned Incense' by Judy Swann of The Waters: mountain goat competition body poetry competition interboard great grandmother… - Honorable Mentions, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition, part 2Created: 2009-10-08 @ 07:22:28 EDT
The three poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Highly Commended Poems, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-08 @ 07:21:31 EDT
The four poems chosen as “Highly Commended” by judge George Szirtes in the August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Majid Naficy - Judge, The InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-10-05 @ 06:30:04 EDT
Background information and links for Majid Naficy, judge for the InterBoard Poetry Competition, October - December 2009… - About Poetry Forum Entries, October 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competiti…Created: 2009-10-05 @ 05:18:05 EDT Updated: 2009-10-05 @ 17:57:05 EDT
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the October 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Summer Poems: 'Idle Seesaw' by Robert SavinoCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:58:43 EDT
'Idle Seesaw' by Robert Savino: summer poems ghost whispers book of poems walls of separation new dawn… - Autumn Poems: 'October’s Opal' by Robert SavinoCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:56:19 EDT
'October’s Opal' by Robert Savino: autumn poems summer bloom spring gardens savino helvetica font… - Autumn Poems: 'Strange Violet Behind Trees' by Christine Klocek-LimCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:53:32 EDT
'Strange Violet Behind Trees' by Christine Klocek-Lim… - Autumn Poems: 'Welcome Back, 1964' by Jesse GlassCreated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:52:10 EDT
'Welcome Back, 1964' by Jesse Glass: autumn poems split oaks fence post jesse glass pre dawn… - Second Place Winners, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-09-14 @ 21:21:13 EDT
'Doris Gray Pictures Regret' by Jennifer Bennett of Conjunction, 'Migrations' by Billy Howell-Sinnard of The Writer's Block and 'Toad Festival' by Connie DeDona of Blueline Poetry Forum… - First Place Winner, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-09-14 @ 21:15:34 EDT Updated: 2009-09-14 @ 21:48:53 EDT
'Smoke and Mirrors' by Antonia Clark of The Waters… - 'The Character of the Happy Warrior' by William WordsworthCreated: 2009-09-10 @ 04:09:03 EDT
'The Character of the Happy Warrior' by William Wordsworth (1807)… - Poetry MP3 PicksCreated: 2009-09-09 @ 23:53:30 EDT Updated: 2009-09-09 @ 23:57:36 EDT
In 2001, the About.com Poetry Guides made weekly selections of the best audio recordings of poems for your online listening pleasure… - About Poetry Forum Entries, September 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competi…Created: 2009-09-06 @ 23:36:54 EDT Updated: 2009-09-07 @ 00:00:08 EDT
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the September 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - 'lately i’ve been dreaming of bridges' by Juliette TorrezCreated: 2009-08-22 @ 18:02:26 EDT
'lately i’ve been dreaming of bridges' by Juliette Torrez… - Poetry Channel & The Art of the Literary Gossip ColumnCreated: 2009-08-22 @ 18:00:52 EDT
An email interview with Juliette Torrez, editor/instigator/host of the Poetry Channel & Information Network, resident from November 1997 to March 1999 at About.com Poetry… - Honorable Mentions, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition, part 2Created: 2009-08-12 @ 21:24:55 EDT
The second four poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Honorable Mentions, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition, part 1Created: 2009-08-12 @ 21:24:01 EDT
The first four poems chosen for honorable mention by judge George Szirtes in the July 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Second Place Winners, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-08-12 @ 21:23:24 EDT
'Nothing To Discuss' by Guy Kettelhack of the About Poetry Forum and 'I am Dying Afghanistan' by Bernard Henrie of The Writer's Block… - First Place Winner, July 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-08-12 @ 21:22:57 EDT
'The Day the Egrets Came Calling' by Christopher T. George of The Writer's Block… - About Poetry Forum Entries, August 2009 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: 2009-08-07 @ 00:14:51 EDT
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the August 2009 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - The Poem in Sarah Palin’s Farewell SpeechCreated: 2009-07-29 @ 18:49:56 EDT
An excerpt from Sarah Palin’s speech as she stepped down from the office of Alaska Governor, read as a poem by William Shatner… - Summer Poems: 'Joy Is Measured' by Ken BlackburnCreated: 2009-07-23 @ 03:14:30 EDT Updated: 2009-07-23 @ 03:16:37 EDT
'Joy Is Measured' by Ken Blackburn: ken blackburn light stripes summer poems false god holiday dream… - Summer Poems: 'Summer: Three Ways' by Dorothea GrossmanCreated: 2009-07-23 @ 03:10:26 EDT
'Summer: Three Ways' by Dorothea Grossman: poem spring spring poems summer poems poetry cd falling leaves… - Summer Poems: 'Summer in the South' (1903) by Paul Laurence DunbarCreated: 2009-07-22 @ 22:23:39 EDT
'Summer in the South' (1903) by Paul Laurence Dunbar… - 'We Wear the Mask' by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895)Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:57:35 EDT
'We Wear the Mask' by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1895): paul lawrence dunbar bleeding hearts world dream poetic forms helvetica font… - Summer Poems: 'Summer — we all have seen —' (#1386) by E…Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:56:41 EDT
'Summer — we all have seen —' (#1386) by Emily Dickinson… - Summer Poems: 'Summer Sun' by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:56:08 EDT
'Summer Sun' from A Child's Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson (1885)… - Summer Poems: 'The Summer Rain' by Henry David Thoreau (1842)Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:55:34 EDT
'The Summer Rain' by Henry David Thoreau (1842): henry david thoreau summer poems shakespeares life drop of dew troy town… - Summer Poems: 'Summer' from The Second Pastoral, by Alexander Pope (…Created: 2009-07-15 @ 23:55:07 EDT
'Summer' from The Second Pastoral, by Alexander Pope (1709)… - Christmas Poems ? A collection of classic poems for the Christmas ho…Updated: 2009-11-13 @ 15:01:03 EST
A collection of classic Christmas poems, by Robert Herrick, Henry Vaughan, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Clement Clark Moore (or Major Henry Livingston, Jr.), Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow… - InterBoard Poetry Competition Winners, 2009 ArchiveUpdated: 2009-11-04 @ 20:15:50 EST
Archive of the winning poems in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2009, posted at About Poetry… - Must Reads: Essential Articles and Resources about PoetryUpdated: 2009-11-04 @ 13:26:48 EST
- Love Poems, Carpe Diem Poems: 'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew MarvellUpdated: 2009-10-29 @ 15:09:58 EDT
'To His Coy Mistress' by Andrew Marvell (1681): forehead gaze coyness lady mistress by andrew marvell indian ganges shouldst rubies… - Library ? Poems by Edgar Allan PoeUpdated: 2009-10-29 @ 06:05:18 EDT
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by Edgar Allan Poe, in chronological order… - Autumn Poems ? A collection of classic and new poems for fallUpdated: 2009-10-15 @ 08:14:23 EDT
A collection of poems for the fall season, including classics by William Blake, John Keats, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Robert Louis Stevenson, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Carl Sandbur… - Summer Poems: 'Hot Summer Nights' by Mary HamrickUpdated: 2009-10-15 @ 08:01:34 EDT
'Hot Summer Nights' by Mary Hamrick: hot summer nights marsh rabbit summer poems music flows light pulse… - Autumn Poems: 'In the Library' by Dorothea GrossmanUpdated: 2009-10-15 @ 07:42:25 EDT
'In the Library' by Dorothea Grossman: autumn poems spring poems autumn offering helvetica font body background… - Autumn Poems: 'Sweater Weather' by Lisa ShieldsUpdated: 2009-10-15 @ 06:56:48 EDT
'Sweater Weather' by Lisa Shields: autumn poems sweater weather helvetica font last thought oak leaf… - The InterBoard Poetry Competition — How It WorksUpdated: 2009-10-05 @ 06:34:28 EDT
The About Poetry Forum is one of six original online poetry forums participating in the InterBoard Poetry Competition, founded in 2000. This page is a reference summary of the rules, with links to … -
InterBoard Poetry Competition Entries from the About Poetry …Updated: 2009-10-05 @ 05:17:28 EDT
Archive of the poems that represented our About Poetry Forum in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2009… - Autumn Poems: 'Autumn Movement' by Carl Sandburg (1918)Updated: 2009-09-29 @ 15:00:41 EDT
'Autumn Movement' by Carl Sandburg (1918): autumn poems northwest wind mother of the year carl sandburg helvetica font… - 'The Wild Swans at Coole' by William Butler YeatsUpdated: 2009-09-29 @ 14:59:23 EDT
'The Wild Swans at Coole' by William Butler Yeats (1919)… - Autumn Poems: 'Our Pierrot in Autumn' by Jack PeachumUpdated: 2009-09-20 @ 22:03:31 EDT
'Our Pierrot in Autumn' by Jack Peachum: autumn poems rain 2 peachum counterpane dull pain… - Summer Poems: 'Cicadas' by Christine Klocek-LimUpdated: 2009-09-20 @ 22:01:40 EDT
'Cicadas' by Christine Klocek-Lim: twilight sky summer poems transparent wings seventeen years klocek… - Poems for Spring: 'First Crocus' by Christine Klocek-LimUpdated: 2009-09-20 @ 22:00:37 EDT
'First Crocus' by Christine Klocek-Lim: pablo neruda prize shell spring november sky pablo neruda spring sky… - Winter Poems: 'Shortcut Through the Storm' by Robert SavinoUpdated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:48:57 EDT
'Shortcut Through the Storm' by Robert Savino: snow plows winter poems flower car black flower storm clouds… - Poems for Spring: 'Spring' by Dorothea GrossmanUpdated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:45:37 EDT
'Spring' by Dorothea Grossman: autumn poems spring poems somerville mass helvetica font azaleas… - Autumn Poems: 'Floridian Mabon' by Patricia BoutilierUpdated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:44:08 EDT
'Floridian Mabon' by Patricia Boutilier: whole wheat bread autumn poems inward spiral growing darkness tonal shift… - Poems After the Attack: 'down'Updated: 2009-09-20 @ 21:24:44 EDT
A poem written after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on America by Jesse Glass… - Waka Waka Bang Splat! The World's First Internet Special-Characters …Updated: 2009-09-16 @ 22:00:04 EDT
A poem created entirely of special characters -- it can only be properly appreciated by reading it out loud… - ?Poetry you can actually read,? An interview with Bruce Isaacson of …Updated: 2009-09-16 @ 21:51:29 EDT
An email interview with Bruce Isaacson, founder and publisher of Zeitgeist Press, an independent small press that rose out of the San Francisco Bay area spoken word scene of the 1980s… - Library ? Poems by William WordsworthUpdated: 2009-09-10 @ 03:59:29 EDT
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by William Wordsworth, in chronological order… - Guide Picks: American Epic Poems of the 20th Century…Updated: 2009-09-09 @ 21:42:58 EDT
We proclaimed Frank Stanford’s The Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You “the great US epic of the last half of the 20th century” and were immediately accosted: &… - Richard EberhartUpdated: 2009-09-02 @ 20:24:53 EDT
A reference page on Richard Eberhart (1904 - 2005), prize-winning poet, laureate, teacher and mentor to generations of poets… - Guide Picks: Novels Poets Should ReadUpdated: 2009-09-02 @ 20:11:05 EDT
In the 'novelists all poets must read' category, here are those recommended by your Poetry Guides… - About the About.com Poetry MuseletterUpdated: 2009-08-30 @ 20:04:01 EDT
The About.com Poetry Museletter was a weekly email newsletter bringing reports from our worldwide correspondents from 1999 through the end of 2003… - Allen Ginsberg ? Profile of the poet Allen GinsbergUpdated: 2009-08-26 @ 21:05:50 EDT
A reference page on Allen Ginsberg, prophetic American bard for the end of the 20th century, father/mother of the Beats, instigator of spoken word, brilliant, incisive critic, and activist for peac… - Love Poems: Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare (1609)Updated: 2009-08-25 @ 16:42:36 EDT
Sonnet 116 by William Shakespeare (1609): sonnet 116 by william shakespeare sonnet 116 william shakespeare valediction forbidding mourning rosy lips love poems… - About.com Poetry Museletter CorrespondentsUpdated: 2009-08-23 @ 23:27:11 EDT
Roster of correspondents contributing to the About.com Poetry Museletter… - Poetry Channels from About.com PoetryUpdated: 2009-08-22 @ 19:32:08 EDT
The Poetry Channel & Information Network, with your host Juliette Torrez, lived at About.com Poetry from November 1997 to March 1999…