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- Third Place Winners, April 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionUpdated: Fri May 9 00:10:32 2008
'Boy, Winter 2008' by Mike LaForge of CriticalPoet.com & '18—AGAIN' by Cherryl E. Garner of the South Carolina Writers Workshop… - InterBoard Poetry Competition Winners, 2008 ArchiveUpdated: Fri May 9 00:09:29 2008
Archive of the winning poems in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2008, posted at About Poetry… - NEW YORK/NORTHEAST Poetry CurrentsUpdated: Thu May 8 17:27:38 2008
The latest poetry news from Jackie Sheeler, New York/Northeast correspondent for the About Poetry Museletter… - Second Place Winner, April 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu May 8 01:38:23 2008
'Spring Dance' by Brenda Levy Tate of CriticalPoet.com… - First Place Winner, April 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu May 8 01:38:22 2008
'A Second Look at Creation' by Sergio Lima Facchini of Poets.org… - About Poetry Forum Entries, May 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu May 8 01:37:19 2008
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the May 2008 InterBoard Poetry Competition… -
InterBoard Poetry Competition Entries from the About Poetry …Updated: Thu May 8 01:35:14 2008
Archive of the poems that represented our About Poetry Forum in the monthly InterBoard Poetry Competition in 2008… - About PoetryUpdated: Thu May 1 01:15:16 2008
THE starting place for exploring poetry on the Net: feature articles, interviews, poems, links guides, Museletter, a lively forum for conversation & informal workshopping, poetry how-tos, everythin… - 'Ode to the West Wind' by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1820)Created: Wed Apr 30 05:42:21 2008
'Ode to the West Wind' by Percy Bysshe Shelley (1820)… - 'Pan: a Double Villanelle' by Oscar Wilde (1913)Created: Tue Apr 29 05:51:00 2008
'Pan: a Double Villanelle' by Oscar Wilde (1913)… - SestinaUpdated: Mon Apr 28 01:45:10 2008
The sestina defined, in our glossary of poetic forms… - 'Theocritus: a Villanelle' by Oscar Wilde (1881)Created: Mon Apr 28 01:39:19 2008
'Theocritus: a Villanelle' by Oscar Wilde (1881)… - 'Ye Goat-herd Gods' by Sir Philip Sidney (1590)Updated: Sun Apr 27 04:34:50 2008
'Ye Goat-herd Gods,' a double sestina by Sir Philip Sidney (1590)… - 'Sestina' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1872)Created: Sat Apr 26 05:49:43 2008
'Sestina' by Algernon Charles Swinburne (1872)… - 'My Cicely' by Thomas Hardy (1898)Created: Fri Apr 25 05:51:29 2008
'My Cicely' by Thomas Hardy (1898)… - 'An Acrostic' by Edgar Allan PoeUpdated: Fri Apr 25 05:33:39 2008
'An Acrostic' by Edgar Allan Poe (1829)… - National Poetry MonthUpdated: Thu Apr 24 06:27:17 2008
It's National Poetry Month! Explore haiku, hip hop, all kinds of poets & poetry all around About.com… - Poets Laureate — A Brief HistoryCreated: Tue Apr 22 06:27:49 2008
A brief history of the custom of appointing an official poet to serve country, state or community… - A Student’s Memories of Richard Eberhart, by David GrahamUpdated: Sun Apr 20 04:16:44 2008
After hearing the news of Richart Eberhart's death at age 101 in 2005, David Graham contributed a brief memoir for the NewPoetry list and very kindly gave permission for us to publish it, together … - 'Love Poem' by Francisco AragónUpdated: Fri Apr 18 04:48:14 2008
A poem kindly granted to About Poetry by Francisco Aragón, to accompany his article on the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize… - VillanelleUpdated: Fri Apr 18 04:23:06 2008
The villanelle defined, in our glossary of poetic forms… - Poems for Spring: 'Vanitas Vanitatum' from The Devil's Law Case by J…Updated: Thu Apr 17 06:20:20 2008
'Vanitas Vanitatum' from The Devil's Law Case by John Webster (1623)… - Poems for Spring: 'Three Spring Notations on Bipeds' by Carl Sandbur…Created: Thu Apr 17 05:30:28 2008
'Three Spring Notations on Bipeds' by Carl Sandburg (1920)… - Poems for Spring: 'Corinna's Going a-Maying' by Robert Herrick (1648)Created: Thu Apr 17 05:29:26 2008
'Corinna's Going a-Maying' by Robert Herrick (1648)… - Poems for Spring: 'The Spring' by Thomas Carew (1640)Created: Thu Apr 17 05:28:24 2008
'The Spring' by Thomas Carew (1640)… - Poems for Spring: Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare (1609)Created: Thu Apr 17 05:27:20 2008
Sonnet 98 - 'From you have I been absent in the spring' by William Shakespeare (1609)… - Poems for Spring: 'Spring' by Bill VartnawCreated: Thu Apr 17 05:26:18 2008
'Spring' by Bill Vartnaw… - Poems for Spring: 'Ashley's Garden' by Melissa VarnavasUpdated: Thu Apr 17 05:25:15 2008
'Ashley's Garden' by Melissa Varnavas… - Poems for Spring: 'Mountains Melting' by Don RehlingUpdated: Thu Apr 17 05:23:11 2008
'Mountains Melting' by Don Rehling… - Poems for Spring: 'Virginia in Spring' by Jack PeachumCreated: Thu Apr 17 05:14:52 2008
'Virginia in Spring' by Jack Peachum… - Poems for Spring: 'Quinquagesima' & 'Magnolia' by Justine NicholasUpdated: Thu Apr 17 05:12:47 2008
'Quinquagesima' & 'Magnolia' by Justine Nicholas… - Poems for Spring: 'Spring On School Street. Somerville, Mass.' by Do…Created: Thu Apr 17 05:10:41 2008
'Spring On School Street. Somerville, Mass.' by Doug Holder… - Poems for Spring: 'Spring' by Dorothea GrossmanUpdated: Thu Apr 17 05:08:36 2008
'Spring' by Dorothea Grossman… - Poems for Spring: '@ 6:13 march morning' by Denis DunnCreated: Thu Apr 17 05:07:35 2008
'@ 6:13 march morning' by Denis Dunn… - Spring Poems – A collection of classic & new poems for springUpdated: Thu Apr 17 04:03:48 2008
A collection of poems for spring, including classics by Tu Fu, William Shakespeare, Thomas Carew, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, D.H. Lawrence… - The Teenage (R)evolution of Poetry, The Poetic (R)evolution Of Teena…Updated: Wed Apr 16 23:02:00 2008
James Kass talks about reading, writing, hearing and performing poetry with teenagers in Youth Speaks (the project he founded with the tagline 'the next generation can speak for itself') and the Na… - Library – Poems by Emily DickinsonUpdated: Mon Apr 14 06:20:17 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by Emily Dickinson, in chronological order… - Emily Dickinson – Profile of the poet Emily DickinsonUpdated: Mon Apr 14 06:19:17 2008
A reference page on Emily Dickinson, reclusive 19th century poet who became known as the 'Belle of Amherst' and an iconic influence on American poetry after the posthumous publication of her work… - 'Wild Nights — Wild Nights!' (#249) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:55:09 2008
'Wild Nights — Wild Nights!' (#249) by Emily Dickinson… - 'I'm Nobody! Who are you?' (#288) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:54:06 2008
'I'm Nobody! Who are you?' (#288) by Emily Dickinson… - 'My Reward for Being, was This.' (#343) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:53:03 2008
'My Reward for Being, was This.' (#343) by Emily Dickinson… - 'I taste a liquor never brewed —' (#214) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:50:57 2008
'I taste a liquor never brewed —' (#214) by Emily Dickinson… - 'It will be Summer — eventually.' (#342) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:50:57 2008
'It will be Summer — eventually.' (#342) by Emily Dickinson… - 'I cannot live with You —' (#640) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:49:54 2008
'I cannot live with You —' (#640) by Emily Dickinson… - Poems for Spring: 'A little madness in the Spring' (#1333) by Emily …Created: Sun Apr 13 07:48:51 2008
'A little madness in the Spring' (#1333) by Emily Dickinson… - 'After great pain, a formal feeling comes —' (#341) by Emily Dickins…Created: Sun Apr 13 07:44:41 2008
'After great pain, a formal feeling comes —' (#341) by Emily Dickinson… - ''Hope' is the thing with feathers —' (#254) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:44:40 2008
''Hope' is the thing with feathers —' (#254) by Emily Dickinson… - 'I heard a Fly buzz — when I died —' (#465) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:43:38 2008
'I heard a Fly buzz — when I died —' (#465) by Emily Dickinson… - 'Because I could not stop for Death —' (#712) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sun Apr 13 07:42:35 2008
'Because I could not stop for Death —' (#712) by Emily Dickinson… - Winter Poems: 'There's a certain slant of light' (#258) by Emily Dic…Updated: Sun Apr 13 07:40:30 2008
'There's a certain slant of light' (#258) by Emily Dickinson… - Thanksgiving Poems: 'One Day is there of the Series' (#814) by Emily…Updated: Sun Apr 13 07:33:14 2008
'One Day is there of the Series' (#814) by Emily Dickinson… - Summer Poems: 'A something in a summer's day' (#122) by Emily Dickin…Updated: Sun Apr 13 07:28:02 2008
'A something in a summer's day' (#122) by Emily Dickinson… - Poems for Spring: 'A light exists in spring' (#812) by Emily Dickins…Updated: Sun Apr 13 07:14:30 2008
'A light exists in spring' (#812) by Emily Dickinson… - Poems for Fathers: 'High from the earth I heard a bird;' (#1723) by …Updated: Sun Apr 13 07:07:13 2008
'High from the earth I heard a bird;' (#1723) by Emily Dickinson… - Christmas Poems: 'Twas just this time last year I died' (#445) by Em…Updated: Sun Apr 13 07:06:10 2008
'Twas just this time last year I died' (#445) by Emily Dickinson… - Poems for Mothers – A collection of classic poems for Mother’s DayUpdated: Sun Apr 13 04:48:50 2008
A collection of classic poems about motherhood, by Anne Bradstreet, William Blake, Christina Rossetti, Edgar Allan Poe, Rudyard Kipling & Walt Whitman… - Poems for Fathers – A collection of classic poems for Father’s DayUpdated: Sun Apr 13 04:44:16 2008
A collection of classic poems about fatherhood, by Robert Greene, William Blake, William Wordsworth, Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Rudyard Kipling & Gerard Manley Hopkins… - Poems for Election Day – A selection of American poemsUpdated: Sun Apr 13 04:40:45 2008
A selection of classic American poems for Election Day, by Walt Whitman, John Greenleaf Whittier & William Carlos Williams, and a contemporary post-election blues by Jim Finnegan… - Poems for Independence Day – A selection of American poems for July …Updated: Sun Apr 13 04:28:53 2008
A selection of classic American poems for Independence Day, by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Emma Lazarus, Walt Whitman, Carl Sandburg & Stephen Vincent Benét… - A Word To the Wise – On Entering Your Poems in CompetitionUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:19:27 2008
Our friend Kurt Heintz has some sage advice for the poet who asked this question: 'What is the reliability of the hundreds of poetry contests being run on the Net? Is it prudent to submit manuscrip… - HipHop, Performance Poetry, Spoken Word, Slam – Definitions from a T…Updated: Sun Apr 13 03:18:55 2008
Definitions of 'open mic,' 'poetry slam,' 'spoken word,' 'performance poetry,' 'poetry,' 'hiphop' & 'rap' from Eman, 16-year-old poet & host of two weekly open mics. 'If you’re looking… - Fibonacci Poems – A New Mathematical FormUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:18:00 2008
All you need to know about Fibonacci poems, a new math-based poetic form that is proliferating on the Internet, by Georgia Luna Smith Faust… - Open Mic – Definitions, Rules, Etiquette, Irony – All about poetry o…Updated: Sun Apr 13 03:17:12 2008
Bob Holman defines & explains the phenomenon of the poetry open mic, "a meta-metaphor for freedom, a place where your art can be presented to the public at large," a place where "… - Poems After the Attack – Collection of poems responding to 9/11 – …Updated: Sun Apr 13 03:16:10 2008
An anthology of poems written during the 'War on Terrorism' after the September 11, 2001 attack on America, from poets around the Net & in the About Poetry Forum… - Summer Poems – A collection of classic & new poems for summerUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:14:57 2008
A collection of poems for summer, including an anonymous medieval lyric and classics by Thomas Nashe, William Blake, Emily Dickinson, John Greenleaf Whittier, John Clare, Amy Lowell & Gerard Ma… - Library – Poems by Robert FrostUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:14:06 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by Robert Frost, in chronological order… - Library – Poems by Samuel Taylor ColeridgeUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:13:25 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, in chronological order… - Library – Poems by William Butler YeatsUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:12:51 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by William Butler Yeats, in chronological order… - Halloween Poems – A collection of classic spooky poems for All Hallo…Updated: Sun Apr 13 03:12:17 2008
A collection of classic Halloween poems, including a selection from Shakespeare's Macbeth, the traditional ballad 'Tam Lin' & poems by Lord Brooke Fulke Greville, Robert Herrick, Robert Burns, … - Library – Poems by George Gordon, Lord ByronUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:06:53 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by George Gordon, Lord Byron, in chronological order… - Poems for Thanksgiving Day – A selection of American poems for the T…Updated: Sun Apr 13 03:05:01 2008
A selection of American poems for Thanksgiving Day, including a translation of a traditional Iroquois song by Harriet Maxwell Converse and classic poems by Lydia Maria Child, John Greenleaf Whittie… - Christmas Poems – A collection of classic poems for the Christmas ho…Updated: Sun Apr 13 03:04:12 2008
A collection of classic Christmas poems, by Robert Herrick, Clement Clark Moore (or Major Henry Livingston, Jr.), Emily Dickinson, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christina Rossetti, G.K. Chesterton, S… - Winter Poems – A collection of classic & new poems for winterUpdated: Sun Apr 13 03:03:00 2008
A collection of poems for winter, including classics by William Shakespeare, Thomas Campion, Robert Burns, Emily Dickinson & Robert Frost, plus new poems from contemporary poets around the worl… - Library – Poems by Robert BurnsUpdated: Sun Apr 13 02:48:35 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by Robert Burns, in chronological order… - Love Poems – A collection of classic poems for Valentine’s DayUpdated: Sun Apr 13 02:48:06 2008
A collection of classic love poems by Christopher Marlowe, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Anne Bradstreet, Andrew Marvell, Robert Burns, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Elizabeth Barrett Browning & … - Poems of War – A collection of classic war poemsUpdated: Sun Apr 13 02:47:28 2008
A collection of classic war poems, by Li Po, William Shakespeare, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Stephen Crane, Walt Whitman, Thomas Hardy, Carl Sandburg, Wilfrid Owen, Siegfried Sassoon, William Butler Yea… - Library – Poems by Elizabeth Barrett BrowningUpdated: Sun Apr 13 02:46:01 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in chronological order… - Library – Poems by William WordsworthUpdated: Sun Apr 13 02:45:24 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by William Wordsworth, in chronological order… - Library – Poems by William BlakeCreated: Sun Apr 13 02:37:09 2008
Our library of poem texts – selected poems by William Blake, in chronological order… - Library – Poems by Edgar Allan PoeUpdated: Sun Apr 13 02:36:19 2008
Our library of poem texts -- selected poems by Edgar Allan Poe, in chronological order… - 'This was a Poet' (#448) by Emily DickinsonCreated: Sat Apr 12 05:26:09 2008
'This was a Poet' (#448) by Emily Dickinson… - Patricia Smith - Judge, The InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu Apr 10 07:59:28 2008
Background information & links for Patricia Smith, judge for the InterBoard Poetry Competition, April - June 2008… - Second Place Winner, March 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionUpdated: Thu Apr 10 06:44:40 2008
'Bitch' by Carla Martin-Wood of The Critical Poet… - About Poetry Forum Entries, April 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu Apr 10 06:10:21 2008
Poems selected to represent the About Poetry Forum in the April 2008 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Honorable Mentions, March 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu Apr 10 06:09:18 2008
Honorable mentions chosen by judge Fleda Brown in the March 2008 InterBoard Poetry Competition… - Third Place Winner, March 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu Apr 10 06:09:18 2008
'The Soul's Active Ingredients' by Greg McNeill of the About Poetry Forum… - First Place Winner, March 2008 InterBoard Poetry CompetitionCreated: Thu Apr 10 06:08:15 2008
'Carol for the Brokenhearted' by Brenda Levy Tate of The Critical Poet… - The InterBoard Poetry Competition: How It WorksUpdated: Thu Apr 10 04:45:00 2008
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 … - 'God's Grandeur' by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918)Updated: Wed Apr 9 06:52:52 2008
'God's Grandeur' by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1918)…