POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY PSH Live open reading tomorrow
Rick Lupert
Tune in to our next open reading, tomorrow, Sun., November 9at 2:00
pm (pacific). Call in and read your poetry live to ourworldwide
audience. Click on "PSH Live" from the Main PSHmenu for the details.
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 580 - ISSN: 1523-6587
November 10-16, 2008
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from LONG ISLAND, NY and ATHENS, GA
~ 4 new poetry and writing related link added this week.
~ 2009 POETRY SPEAKS BOXED CALENDAR featured this week in the PSH
Bookstore.
~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Open Reading - November 9 - TOMORROW!
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are: CLAY A. BURT and JOEL FRY
CLAY A. BURT (Long Island, New York) lives with his wife and two
children. His church is the great outdoors. He works, sails,
backpacks and scribbles poems when he feels the muse.
JOEL FRY (Athens, Alabama) has had work previously appear in POEM,
The Melic Review, Stirring, Acorn, Eclectica, and Poetrysz.
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
~ DECAY IN THE HOUSE OF FLIES
A site with poetry samples as well as ordering info for my available
collections.
~ EDITRED
Place for the creators.
~ POETRY AND OTHER JOYS
Poetry by Delilah Riordan and other writers. A woman writer's
reflections and insights from her life experience, observation and
imagination.
~ MAD POET OF THE APOCALYPSE
Myspace profile and blog for chas altvater.
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the Poetry Resource Books section of the PSH
Bookstore:
2009 POETRY SPEAKS BOXED CALENDAR
A year of poets and poetry based on the bestselling book with audio,
bringing you short poetry from the greatest poets past and present,
along with their thoughts and reflections on their craft and
fascinating biographical information. Includes much-loved favorites
and little-known works by well-known as well as new poets, and
introduces the reader to many new talents working today.
Paperback, 320 pages, published by Sourcebooks, Inc., (June, 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:
NOVEMBER 2008 WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday November 9 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific) - TOMORROW!
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:
OCTOBER 2008 WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday October 12 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Our October 2008 open reading featured poets from Boston, MA, Santa
Monica, CA, Birmingham, AL, Sonoma, CA and Delrey Beach, FL. Here
them all read poetry as well as a more in depth conversation with
Doug Holder from Ibbetson Street Press and a good 15 minutes of Rick
vamping at the end while he attempted to get the elusive caller from
the 205 area code on the air.
PSH CONTEST WINNERS SPECIAL
Sunday, October 5, 2008, 2:00 pm (pacific)
We announced the winners of our currently running poetry contest in
this special PSH Live event. Several of the top ten scoring poets
were on hand to read their work. Listen in to the archived fun.
(It's kind of like watching The Oscars on Tivo after the fact.)
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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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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CALL FOR ENTRIES:THE DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST is open
to anyone who loves to express innermost thoughts and feelings into
the art of poetry or to write 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: December 31, 2008. 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 January 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: ³DREAMQUESTONE.COM²- 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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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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A Man With No Teeth Serves Us Breakfast
is Rick Lupert's latest release and the author's 11th book written
during two weeks in Boston and London during the summer of 2006. It's
a reverse trip through the American Revolution with a special stop to
tread on the remains of King George The III and an introduction by
Brendan Constantine. Read sample poems and learn how to get your copy
here: http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/noteeth.html
See a video of Rick reading from this book here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESl6nId6Mro
See an interview with Rick at his weekly open reading here:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pyHYN0gXGP4
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