December 18, 2008
Welcome to the last issue of Hyperbole poetry e-zine of 2008. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
If you haven't noticed already, I've added some social networking features to World Class Poetry. You can become a member of the site (it's free!) and leave comments on some of the pages (HINT: book reviews).
To join the WCP social network and meet other poets, all you have to do is find the red box in the top right corner of any page on the site and sign in using your Google ID, Yahoo! ID, AIM ID, or OpenID. If you don't have any of those then you can register as a site user and create your own password and login.
I'll be adding more social networking features in the future, but for now, go ahead and enjoy the social network in its baby infancy.
Table of Contents
- New Poetry Book Reviews
- New World Class Poetry Blog Posts
- American Life In Poetry
- Hyperbole Call For Submissions
- Are You Subscribed?
- World Class Poetry Networking
New Poetry Book Reviews
I added a new poetry review this week: A Man In Transition by K.L. The Writer ...
- The difficulty of reviewing niche literature is in maintaining a balance between the essence of the niche market it serves and the requirements of good writing. Upon first examining A Man In Transition by K.L. The Writer, one notices a certain packaging that is reflective of the work inside and one were to judge the book on the contents apart from its packaging or its intent then one would likely come away with a harsh view.
New World Class Poetry Blog Posts
When is the last time you visited the World Class Poetry Blog? I may not be writing every day now, but the blog posts are still as good as they ever was. Be sure to check out these latest posts.
- My Poetry Contest Rejection Letter
- Artella Land’s Holiday Gift Gala Super Sale - 55% Off
- Poetry Everywhere: Don’t Miss These Animated Poetry Videos
American Life In Poetry: Column 195
BY TED KOOSER, U.S. POET LAUREATE, 2004-2006
Here is a poem, much like a prayer, in which the Michigan poet Conrad Hilberry asks for no more than a little flare of light, an affirmation, at the end of a long, cold Christmas day.
Christmas Night
Let midnight gather up the wind and the cry of tires on bitter snow. Let midnight call the cold dogs home, sleet in their fur--last one can blow the streetlights out. If children sleep after the day's unfoldings, the wheel of gifts and griefs, may their breathing ease the strange hollowness we feel. Let midnight draw whoever's left to the grate where a burnt-out log unrolls low mutterings of smoke until a small fire wakes in its crib of coals.American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org), publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Poem copyright (c) 2008 by Conrad Hilberry, whose most recent book of poetry is "After-Music," Wayne State University Press, 2008. Poem reprinted from "The Hudson Review," Vol. 60, no. 4, Winter 2008, by permission of Conrad Hilberry. Introduction copyright (c) 2008 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction's author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
Hyperbole Call For Submissions
Can you write? Help me build more credible, terrific content - both for Hyperbole and for the World Class Poetry website.
Read the Hyperbole submission guidelines or submit your article for WCP.
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Allen Taylor
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