POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY contest begins Tuesday
Rick Lupert
Watch for a special e-mail on Tuesday with all the info on how to
enter our 12th annual summer poetry contest!
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 613 - ISSN: 1523-6587
June 29 - July 5, 2009
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from EAST HAMPTON, NY and NEWARK, NJ
~ 3 new poetry and writing related link added this week.
~ TAKE ME HOME TO PRINGUS: SELECTED POETRY OF ZYSKANDAR A. JAIMOT
featured this week in the Poets of the Week Books section of the
PSH Bookstore.
~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Contest Judges Chat - July 12th
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are SIMON PERCHIK and DAVID NEVES
SIMON PERCHIK (East Hampton, New York) is an attorney whose poems
have appeared in Partisan Review, The New Yorker, Poetry Super
Highway and elsewhere. Rafts (Parsifal Editions) is his most recent
collection. Family of Man (Pavement Saw Press) is scheduled for
Fall
2009.
DAVID NEVES (Newark, New Jersey) is 51. He lives alone, loves
classical music, chess and computers. He is a big Mets fan
(baseball)
and speak five languages. David has two grown children-one of whom
is
autistic. He looks quite a bit like Jerry Garcia! He lives in the
Ironbound section of Newark and owns his own home. He is retired
from
the US Postal Service.
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 ONLINE PUBLICATIONS LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ POEMS N PROSE
Poetic forums are websites which allow poets and writers publish
and
copyright their work easily (mostly for free) and collaborate with
peers to improve upon their work. These places are also constructed
to be used as social networking sites.
NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK
~ POEMS OF ELIZABETH IANNACI, THE
The poems of Elizabeth Iannaci
~ OUTER CHILD
Poetry videos, books, etc. by Sari Krosinsky and Robert Arthur
Reeves.
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the Poets of the Week Books section of the
PSH
Bookstore:
TAKE ME HOME TO PRINGUS: SELECTED POETRY OF ZYSKANDAR A. JAIMOT
"She said: I WANT TO TAKE YOU HOME TO PRINGUS / Wherever that is in
the galaxy / or perhaps it materializes / only in those possessed /
by a symphonic poem of "Homecoming" " Whereas the speaker of these
lines is reported by the poet to be drunk, surely we may read into
this drunkenness, aside from an appeal to the realism of modern
poetry, a metaphor also for divine intoxication. These highly
charged
lines in Mr. Jaimot's stupendous title-poem bring to mind the
brilliance and beauty of Dante's Inferno when Beatrice makes an
apparition to Virgil in Hell. They evoke also something of the
profoundly-moving simplicity of the poetry of "homecoming" in
Homer's
Odyssey. One hundred per cent a modernist in style and temper, Mr.
Jaimot, like T. S. Eliot, is keenly aware of roots and likewise
embraces traditional values. May his poetry resonate chords in the
innermost depths of many a searching spirit . " Joe Ruggier (editor
&
publisher)
Paperback, 132 pages Published by Multicultural Books, (February,
2006)
~ 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:
CHAT WITH 2009 POETRY CONTEST JUDGES
Sunday July 12 ~ 2:00 pm (pacific)
Listen in to a conversation with the 2009 Poetry Contest Judges to
learn what they look for when they are scoring your contest entry
poems. Rick Lupert was also on hand to answer any questions
regarding
how the contest is run, the rules, the entry guidelines etc.
Recently Archived broadcasts:
JUNE 2009 WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday June 14
Our June 2009 open reading featured poets from Colombus, OH,
Poland,OH, Seattle, WA, Newark, NJ, Valley Center, CA, Trayfee, CA,
West Hollywood, CA and Ardmore, PA and a fascinating section of
silence when I briefly disconnected myself from the broadcast.
Otherwise a very packed show with lots of good poetry..
MAY 2009 WORLDWIDE OPEN READING
Sunday May 17
Our May 2009 open reading featured poets from Hudson Valley, NY and
Lake Wells Florida, including a lengthy conversation with Michael
Bernard from Montgomery, NY about self publishing, art and almost
everything related to poetry under the sun.
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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MARGARET REID POETRY CONTEST FOR TRADITIONAL VERSE – LAST CALL!
6th year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,350. Top prize $2,000.
Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets. Winning
entries published online. Both published and unpublished work
accepted. Entry fee is $7 for every 25 lines, payable to Winning
Writers. Postmark deadline: June 30. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C.
Konrad.
Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Margaret Reid
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, 2005-2009). More information:
http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret
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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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The First Annual WRITE REAL GOOD Poetry Chapbook Contest
Unlikely Books, the print arm of UnlikelyStories.org, is holding a
contest to find one chapbook of superior poetry to add to our 2009
catalog.
When UnlikelyStories.org was founded in 1998, it was the Web's only
regular journal of transgressive literature. In 2004, it expanded
into a multimedia, eclectic journal of culture, arts, literature,
and
occasional chapbooks. This year, we’re ramping up chapbook
production. Next year, we’ll begin publishing anthologies and
full-length manuscripts.
The contest’s winner will receive publication and 20 free copies,
additional copies cheap, and a unique marketing campaign including
audiovisual “movie trailers,” review copies, and promotion at one
of
the Web’s longest-running ‘zines. Oh, and $250 cash. All entrants
will receive their choice of 2009 Unlikely Books.
So prepare 20-30 pages of poetry, a $15 entry fee, and head over to
http://www.unlikelystories.org/ for more information. All
manuscripts
are due by Sept. 15th; electronic submissions gladly accepted.
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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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