POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY 66 e-books wildly downloaded in the free-for-all
Rick Lupert
Thanks to the many poets who submitted 66 books to our fifth annual
Great E-Book Free-For-All! You can see all the participants and how
many times each of their books were downloaded during the 24 hours
they were available by clicking on "Great E-Book Free-For-All" from
the main PSH menu.
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 605 - ISSN: 1523-6587
May 4-10, 2009
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from FULLERTON, CA and EAST BAY, CA.
~ 4 new poetry and writing related link added this week.
~ MUSEUM OF PARALLEL ART by ROBERT WYNNE featured this week in the
Poets of the Week Books section of the PSH Bookstore.
~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Open reading May 17th
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are RUSS KAZMIERCZAK, JR. and J. DE SALVO
RUSS KAZMIERCZAK, JR. (Fullerton, California) by day, Russ
Kazmierczak, Jr. works with kids as the director of an after school
program in Fullerton, California; by night, he writes poems, draws
comics, and admires his action figure collection. In other words,
he's a geek. As half of K.O. Comix, Russ has written and
self-published five standard length comics, and this year he finally
completed his first solo work, Karaoke Comics #1. Russ really enjoys
attending and occasionally reading at Two Idiots Peddling Poetry at
the Ugly Mug Cafe in Orange, too..
J. DE SALVO (East Bay, California) known as A.J. to his friends, is a
writer from Los Angeles. His poetry has been published in "Artlife",
his fiction in "Collective Voice", and two of his articles have been
featured on the cover of "New Angeles Monthly", the now defunct
sister publication of "LA Citybeat". He now lives in the San
Francisco Bay Area.
Click on "POETS OF THE WEEK" from the main PSH menu to read their
work.
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NEW POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LINKS
Here are all of the new sites added to the Poetry Super Highway's
poetry and writing links sections.
You can find the actual links on the PSH website in the 3 poetry links
categories. Click on "Add Your Link Here" from the main PSH menu to
add your poetry/writing website to our directory.
NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ MICHAL MAHGEREFTEH
Michal Mahgerefteh, Artistic and Poetic Voice. Michal is the
publisher and editor of Poetica Magazine, Please visit to review my
paper-collage creations and acrylic paintings. My debut collection,
In My Bustan, is now offered through my web site. Reviews and sample
poems are posted.
~ POETRY ON THE SPIRIT'S MARGIN
Mystical and prophetic poetry, including meditations on hospice,
eternity and God, and prophetic poems on our present social and
economic condition.
~ LOVERNART
The virtual gallery exhibits the works of Blind Pathos. Artwork,
poetry, and music are available. Free E-Cards, wallpaper and mp3
downloads.
~ STEWART BROWN
"a life devoted, one way and another, to the pleasures and pressures
of the text" Poetry, art and lit cit...all of a piece
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the Poets of the Week Books section of the PSH
Bookstore:
MUSEUM OF PARALLEL ART by ROBERT WYNNE
A collection of poems which imagine well-known works of art as if
they had been created by different artists than the ones who made
them famous.
"Magical things happen in Robert Wynne's Museum of Parallel Art when
its narrator, acting as a museum docent, brings to life the back
story and thematic poignancy of each painting on display, and, in an
unexpected twist, also interprets each one through the unique psyche
and vision of an ingeniously chosen guest-artist e.g., Norman
Rockwell does Goya s Saturn Devouring One of His Children. The
project as concept is ingenious but the poetry is even better: clean,
subtle, authoritative, and inspired. It could be a textbook on
ekphrastic art."
Jack Myers, 2003-2004 Texas Poet Laureate
"Robert Wynne's Museum of Parallel Art is a sharply written,
wonderfully imagined collection of poems. To think that visual art
could invite such delicious speculations. The sheer variety of tones
and perspectives found in Wynne s work are good fuel for the heart,
dazzling remedies for the hum-drum ho-hum so common in our reading
lives. Few poets feature his capacity to entertain human desperation
and comedy so convincingly and sometimes within the same piece! If we
read poetry to extend our vision, to see what is often missed, then
this is a must-have, gotta-get book of poems."
Tim Seibles
Paperback, 60 pages Published by Tebot Bach, (February, 2008)
~ If you are or were a featured poet of the week on the Poetry Super
Highway AND you have a book available through Amazon.com, please let
me know so we can feature your work in the Poetry Super Highway
Bookstore in a new section just for former featured poet's books.
Write bo...@PoetrySuperHighway.com with your name and the title of
the book.
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UPCOMING POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LIVE EVENTS
Our Live events are hosted through BlogTalk Radio and can be accessed
during the event by visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/psh and
clicking on the "Click to Listen" button.You can listen to the shows
through your web browser as well as call in and ask questions live
through by dialing (646) 716-7362 during the live broadcast.Can't or
don't want to call in? You can ask questions live during the show's
broadcast time by sending an instant message to RickPoet on AIM.If
you can't make the live time, you can also listen to any past show by
visiting http://blogtalkradio.com/psh and clicking on the show's
title. (As well as subscribe to all of our shows through iTunes or
any other software you use to listen to podcasts.
Upcoming Shows:
MAY 2009 WORLIDE OPEN READING
Sunday May 17 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Call in and read your poetry, open mic style. No content or style
restrictions. Share details about your local poetry community with
our listeners. We want to hear you!
Recently Archived broadcasts:
APRIL 2009 WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday April 19
Our April 2009 open reading featured many poets reading from our
annual Yom Hashoah issue as well as others. A packed one hour of
poetry including our first every caller from a listener in Sweden!
(As well as, California, Maine, Ohio, Florida and New York.)
A POET'S VIRTUAL SEDER (parts 1 and 2)
aired - Sunday March 22
Join Rick Lupert and poets from "A Poet's Haggadah" as original work
is used to reinterpret the the themes from the traditional Passover
Haggadah in this unique, virtual Passover Event. Visit
http://www.poetseder.com/ for more information about the "A Poet's
Haggadah" anthology.
Poetry Super Highway Live would love to host your reading, interview,
contest promotion or other poetry/writing related show. Please e-mail
your show idea to Ri...@PoetrySuperHighway.com, and we'll take it from
there.
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AND SO ON . . .
The Poetry Super Highway was accessed 1232 times since last week.
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POETRY CLASSIFIEDS
For information on placing Poetry Related classifieds ads on the
Poetry Super Highway web page and weekly e-mail outburst, send an
e-mail to: class...@PoetrySuperHighway.com
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WAR POETRY CONTEST � LAST CALL!
8th year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize $2,000.
Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in
all. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning
Writers. $15 entry fee, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark
deadline: May 31. Judge: Jendi Reiter. Include cover sheet with
contact information. No name on poems. Submit online or mail to
Winning Writers, Attn: War Poetry Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB
222, Northampton, MA 01060. Winning Writers is proud to be one of
"101 Best Websites for Writers" (Writer's Digest, 2005-2008). More
information: http://www.winningwriters.com/war
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Shattered explores what took place during and after these events. It
presents a unique history of the Muslim world, touching on the
ramifications of Fatima�s stand for Women�s rights and the seeds of
dissension planted at the death of Mohammad.
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CALL FOR ENTRIES:
THE DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST is open to anyone who
loves expressing innermost thoughts and feelings into the beautiful
art of poetry or writing a story that is worth telling everyone!
Guidelines: (1) Write a poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject,
form or style. And/or (2) Write short story five pages maximum,
single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction or
non-fiction. Multiple entries are accepted. (www.dreamquestone.com)
Postmark deadline: July 31, 2009. Prizes: Writing Contest First Prize
is $500; Second: $250; Third: $100. Poetry Contest First Prize: $250;
Second: $125; Third: $50. All contest winners works will be published
online in the Dare to Dream pages, on August 31, 2009. Entry fees:
Writing Contest: $10 per short story. Poetry Contest: $5 per poem. To
send entries by mail: Include title of poem(s) or stori(es), name,
address, phone#, email, brief biographical info. (Tell us a little
about yourself) on the coversheet; add a self-addressed stamped
envelope for entry confirmation. Fees payable to:
�DREAMQUESTONE.COM�- Mail to: Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing
Contest, P.O. Box 3141, Chicago, IL 60654. Visit
http://www.dreamquestone.com for details or to enter!
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I AM MY OWN ORANGE COUNTY - 11TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION by RICK LUPERT
"Irreverent and yet somehow deeply empathic, many of the pieces
showcase Lupert's Prevert-like instinct for finding the profound in
the absurd."
- Brendan Constantine
Rick's second book, originally published in 1997 with all of the
original selected poems from artwork, introduction and orange-ness,
along with a newly written "Re-Introduction" and a "bonus material"
section featuring a selection of 29 additional (sometimes even MORE
sophomoric) poems from the I Am My Own Orange County 'era'.
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/iamooc.html
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A Poet's Haggadah: Passover Through the Eyes of Poets edited by Rick
Lupert
36 Poets reinterpret the traditional themes and text of the Passover
Haggadah through their own unique lenses. Guaranteed to add something
different to your own seders and a great read! Edited by Los Angeles
Poet Rick Lupert (Creator of the Poetry Super Highway) Includes work
from Helen Bar-Lev, Lynne Bronstein, Salvatore Buttaci, Howard
Camner, Larry Colker, devin davis, Barbara Elovic, Robert Klein
Engler, David Gershator, Leslie Halpern, Claudia Handler, Daniel Y.
Harris, Elizabeth Iannaci, Marc Jampole, Rachel Kann, Beth Kanter,
Peggy Landsman, Michael Levy, Jake Marmer, Ellyn Maybe, Heather
McNaugher, Daniel Olivas, Judith Pacht, Jaimes Palacio, Jonathan
Penton, Joan Pond, Lanie Shanzyra P. Rebancos, Richard Schiffman, G.
David Schwartz, Adam Shechter, Diana Sher, Scott Alixander Sonders,
Julia Stein, S. Thomas Summers, Pam Ward and Misha Weidman.
More info and get the book here: http://www.poetseder.com/
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