Poetry
The Life and Works of William Butler Yeats
An online exhibition created by The National Library of Ireland. When you enter the tour, you can scan through 200 artifacts & manuscripts and “attend” three in-depth tutorials exploring the evolution of three major poems (‘Sailing to Byzantium’, ‘Leda and the Swan’ and ‘Nineteen Hundred and Nineteen’). You can also listen to Yeats, one of Ireland’s towering poets, reciting his famous poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree.’
remix my lit
Not many books begin with a word of warning. Through the Clock’s Workings does. This anthology of literature is not some textual tome, frozen in time and space. It is alive, evolving organically in a constant state of flux. This is a world first: a remixed and remixable short fiction anthology. (remix my lit)
Who you are as a poet
Guthrie Martin agrees. “So many poets I know are so concerned with MFAs and prizes and getting published, making their mark,” she said. “For me, having who you are as a poet live on isn’t about any particular poem you write or your body of work. It’s about how you inspire other people to be [...]
patti smith | dream of life
Dream of Life is a plunge into the philosophy and artistry of cult rocker Patti Smith.This portrait of the legendary singer, artist and poet explores themes of spirituality, history and self expression.
Poetry Animations
Poetry Animations via YouTube
Why Poetry Matters
In “Education by Poetry,” one of his finest essays, Frost argued that an understanding of how poetry works is essential to the developing intellect. He went so far as to suggest that unless you are at home in the metaphor, you are not safe anywhere.
Poetry Brothel Seducing Many New Yorkers
With dimmed lights, lace, and masks, the Poetry Brothel is anything but a conventional poetry reading, and maybe that’s why it seducing so many New Yorkers. NY1’s Stephanie Simon filed the following report on a new kind of poetry party that is downright risqué.
via NY1
Poems for Times of Turmoil
What does poetry have to do with the serious financial havoc the world has been enduring? Does anyone have time to consider a confection of art — spun from the imagination — while we face the chilling reality of lost homes, tattered businesses, or a compromised future? “Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold.”
We seem [...]
Shakespeare meets Tarantino
Pulp Fiction was a seminal film. Will Shakespeare was a seminal poet. Obviously it follows that the two should be mixed together, which is exactly what has been done at Pulp Bard. Forsooth, various anonymous contributors have translated Tarantino into iambic pentameter.
via Times Online
Naropa Poetics Audio Archive
The Naropa University Archive Project is preserving and providing access to over 5000 hours of recordings made at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. The library was developed under the auspices of the Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics (the university’s Department of Writing and Poetics) founded in 1974 by poets Anne Waldman and Allen [...]
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