I don't know if I'll be there. Quite possibly not.
If my attempted link is too frail, just google Lisa's name and Cranston Public Library or The Writers' Circle.
http://www.ribook.org/calendar.asp?id=67442
Lisa was friendly on the phone during our one 4 minute conversation...(many distractions on both ends).
There's a poster of her and a dog that makes me smile. Will the dog attend the reading? That would be cool.
Showing posts with label poet laureate. Show all posts
Showing posts with label poet laureate. Show all posts
Block Island, Lisa Starr, &cet.
During my brief sojourn on Block Island, I called Lisa Starr, RI's Poet Laureate and an InnKeeper (sp?).[My attempt at posting a link to her project was unsuccessful and so I've deleted it...for now!]
It was during her inn's breakfast and there were interruptions on both sides. She sounded friendly.
Thanks to my earlier comments about her on Foetry, I had a brief exchange (by internet, of course) with a cousin of her husband.
Although my city is small by many standards, it is a metropolis compared to "the Island" and I cannot say how lovely the horizon was. How blue the water.
It was during her inn's breakfast and there were interruptions on both sides. She sounded friendly.
Thanks to my earlier comments about her on Foetry, I had a brief exchange (by internet, of course) with a cousin of her husband.
Although my city is small by many standards, it is a metropolis compared to "the Island" and I cannot say how lovely the horizon was. How blue the water.
FoetLaureate.com: Call for Charles Simic's Resignation as Poet Laureate
After much internal debate and soul-searching, I have decided to post an ad-free web page FoetLaureate.com calling for the resignation of Charles Simic from the Poet Laureate of the United States post, and I have explained my rationale on the page.
I don't know the man personally, and I may even feel a sort of affinity toward him in that I spent a year in the former Yugoslavia (1988-1989), his native land. I wanted to be happy and thrilled when his name was announced and Nomi posted the news on this blog.
Mr. Simic may be an excellent and renowned poet; he may even be a personable soul, but I believe that our Poet Laureate should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us mere mortals. There should be no taint associated with his/her name because this person should represent all American poets and the best of American poetry.
We have enough lousy politicians giving our country a bad name, so why not aim for a Poet Laureate with impeccable credentials?
With regret and sorrow,
Bugzita
I don't know the man personally, and I may even feel a sort of affinity toward him in that I spent a year in the former Yugoslavia (1988-1989), his native land. I wanted to be happy and thrilled when his name was announced and Nomi posted the news on this blog.
Mr. Simic may be an excellent and renowned poet; he may even be a personable soul, but I believe that our Poet Laureate should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us mere mortals. There should be no taint associated with his/her name because this person should represent all American poets and the best of American poetry.
We have enough lousy politicians giving our country a bad name, so why not aim for a Poet Laureate with impeccable credentials?
With regret and sorrow,
Bugzita
Charles Simic is our new Foet Laureate?
According to Bluehole, we need to take a closer look at our new Poet Laureate Charles Simic as a Foet Laureate.
Bluehole makes a compelling argument in his August 4, 2007, blog entry.
Is it any wonder that ordinary folks eschew the literary arts? First, one is inflicted with obscure and puzzling poems that only insiders understand and then these foets cheat to get those really lousy poems published.
Post Foetry will continue to lobby against fee-based literary contests. Unless the playing field (in terms of judging) is leveled, then, quite simply, paying to enter a contest is worse than playing the lottery.
Starting immediately, Post Foetry will remove all links to literary magazine contests; we will make a list of magazines to avoid (without links), and we will develop a link list to litmags that offer good guidelines and are known to play fairly.
I suspect that will be a very short list, indeed.
Jennifer
Bluehole makes a compelling argument in his August 4, 2007, blog entry.
Is it any wonder that ordinary folks eschew the literary arts? First, one is inflicted with obscure and puzzling poems that only insiders understand and then these foets cheat to get those really lousy poems published.
Post Foetry will continue to lobby against fee-based literary contests. Unless the playing field (in terms of judging) is leveled, then, quite simply, paying to enter a contest is worse than playing the lottery.
Starting immediately, Post Foetry will remove all links to literary magazine contests; we will make a list of magazines to avoid (without links), and we will develop a link list to litmags that offer good guidelines and are known to play fairly.
I suspect that will be a very short list, indeed.
Jennifer
I learned yesterday, that the U.S. has a new Poet Laureate. Donald Hall, we barely knew ye...I hope his health is ok. It would not surprise me if Laura and hubby simply didn't appreciate him.
Welcome, Charles Simic to this position!
And congratulations, Jilly Dybka for posting this a day before the mainstream media!: http://PoetryHut.com/wordpress/
Let's hope the link works...
Welcome, Charles Simic to this position!
And congratulations, Jilly Dybka for posting this a day before the mainstream media!: http://PoetryHut.com/wordpress/
Let's hope the link works...
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