POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY Great Poetry Exchange ends Wednesday
Rick Lupert
Wednesday at midnight (pacific). Pledge to send your book to another
randomly selected poet, and you will in turn receive a book from
another participant. 121 poets so far have signed on to send a book
to someone, get a book from someone else. See the entire list of
books pledged so far by clicking on "Great Poetry Exchange" (as well
as the participation guidelines) from the main PSH menu!
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
ISSN: 1523-6587
February 26 - March 4, 2007
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from PHOENIX, AZ and PHILADELPHIA, PA
~ 5 new poetry and writing related link added this week.
~ LETTERS FROM PORTUGAL by JAN OSCAR HANSEN featured this week in the
Poets of the Week section of the PSH Bookstore.
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are:
DAVID CHORLTON and ROBIN CRANE:
DAVID CHORLTON (Phoenix, Arizona) writes steadily as he takes stock
of the world close to home and far away. He goes out into the Arizona
landscape whenever possible to seek a balance for city life. His
writing has become increasingly entangled with nature and reflects
his travels as well as some imaginary journeys. His book Waiting for
the Quetzal appeared last year from March Street Press.
ROBIN CRANE (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a twenty seven year old
fiction writer and poet, born in Los Angeles, raised on smog and
mom's romanticized notions of Jim Morrison. I have been a janitor,
security guard, mortuary clerk, substitute teacher, an administrative
assistant in a skyscraper with mirrored windows; I am currently a
graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania, in Philadelphia.
Works of mine have been published in Newtopia and Olympia Literary
Yarn, and a short story is set to appear in the June/July issue of
All Things Girl. In addition, excerpts from the independent
publications I self-published as a teenager have been included in
Zine Scene, a book put out by Girl Press, Inc.
Click on "FEATURED POETS" 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:
~ LA FENETRE LITERARY MAGAZINE
La Fenetre invites you to take a look through our window onto the
world of English language poetry and prose. Each edition of the web
site is available in print.
NEW INDVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK:
~ POEMS FROM THE HEART AND THE DARKER SIDE
A student of the human condition, wielding the written craft to
enrapture the mind much like an artist wields a brush.
~ WORD WARRIOR
Poetry about the Viet Nam war, primarly from the view of naval
aviators; also deals with the rough transition into civilian life.
~ FARO
poetry and comments
~ WOLFHEART
My site is eclectic, with poetry, support for DM, and writing
services.
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the Poets of the Week Books section of the
PSH Bookstore:
LETTERS FROM PORTUGAL by JAN OSCAR HANSEN
"I never saw the beauty of the sea." "My tree atop the hill murmurs
its gratitude." "Olive trees drip slow tears of immense sorrow,
knowing they can never embrace one another." Jan Oskar Hansen's
attitudes are evident in his poetry: his wish that people were kinder
and gentler; his abhorrence of war, his sense of humour about the
senseless things people, including himself, have done. But it's his
love of plants, animals and all of nature-such a great admiration
that he often uses personification, giving nature human qualities and
emotions in his poems-that is most evident. Perhaps it's this
quality-along with a tongue-in-cheek sense of humour-that makes his
poems so unique and endearing. Letters from Portugal is divided into
six chapters: On Love, On War, On People, On Poetry, Hansen
Snapshots, and Letters from Portugal: actual letters from the poet to
his editor. There's something for everyone here. Even those who
aren't frequent readers of poetry will be moved by Hansen's passion,
amused by his sarcasm, and delighted by his ability to paint pictures
of the simple things in ordinary life-making them extraordinary.
Paperback, 160 pages, published by Bewrite Books, (May, 2003)
~ 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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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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ANNUAL LITERARY CONTESTS AT WINNING WRITERS
CLOSING NEXT MONTH: Tom Howard/John H. Reid Short Story Contest
Postmark Deadline-March 31: 15th year. $3,200 in prizes, including a
top prize of $1,200. Submit any type of short story, essay or other
work of prose. Both published and unpublished work welcome. Enter
online or by mail. Guidelines:
http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory
Wergle Flomp Humor Poetry Contest No Fee
Online Submission Deadline-April 1: 6th year. $3,336.40 in prizes,
including a top prize of $1,359. A humor contest with a twist. Submit
one poem online. Guidelines:
http://www.winningwriters.com/wergle
War Poetry Contest
Postmark Deadline-May 31: 6th year. $5,000 in prizes, including a top
prize of $2,000. Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up
to 500 lines in total. Enter online or by mail. Guidelines:
http://www.winningwriters.com/war
Margaret Reid Poetry Contest for Traditional Verse
Postmark Deadline-June 30: 4th year. $4,500 in prizes, including a
top prize of $1,000. Submit poems in traditional verse forms such as
sonnets and haiku. Both published and unpublished poems welcome.
Enter online or by mail. Guidelines:
http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret
Tom Howard/John H. Reid Poetry Contest
Opens-December 15. Postmark Deadline-Sept 30: 5th year. $3,500 in
prizes, including a top prize of $1,000. Submit poems in any style or
theme. Both published and unpublished poems welcome. Enter online or
by mail. Guidelines:
http://www.winningwriters.com/tompoetry
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We are only human; and we all have mood swings, whether we admit it
or not. Witnessing it page by page, you will find that this book
portrays life in Mood Swings, when we collapse into extreme emotions
to unearth ourselves. Often, those insecure fibers of our existence
demand the proper position in relationships, but your stubborn heart
may not want to hear it. Where on earth do you stand.with your
beliefs, lover or kin? Honestly, ones lessons are never completely
over until they finally gain wisdom. Read into the 5
(prose/illustrated) Genres and with admittance it blossoms into
self-love, romance, sensual sex, spirituality and ceases with death.
Ah! Take a deep breath, and you will moan from tingles of pleasure or
pain as you portrait yourself in "Mood Swings."
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Ron Cervero's Barbaric Yawp
In a long tradition of "outside" poets, from Whitman's "barbaric
yawp" through Bukowski, comes Ron Cervero, who has crafted a volume
of short rough poems which primarily are written as responses to
daily occurrences, or, more often, outrages.The outrage is keenly
felt, and Mr. Cervero's responses are often bitter and sardonic.
Cervero claims not to have read Bukowski before writing this volume
and while comparisons, especially eternally being at odds with the
Establishment, are evident, these poems are as fragmentary and
episodic as, say, videotaping a hanging surreptitiously with a cell
phone. Still, they add to define the personality of the poet, whose
tattooed legs and torso are displayed on the cover and whose unique
view becomes more clear with each poem.
David Mix
Northeast Review
More info:
http://www.xlibris.com/bookstore/bookdisplay.asp?bookid=38153
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Skysaje Enterprises Announces our 3rd annual poetry competition:
All styles welcome: Coffee house to couplets, Songs to Sonnets,
homilies to haiku and anything and everything in between! Send your
work in no later than April 30th 2007 and please noting longer than
50 lines per page! you may submit up to five (5) pieces per entry
along with the $5.00 non-refundable reading fee ( all funds go
towards paying the judges and/ or publication depending upon number
of entries received.) Make checks payable to L.Berger and send the
entries to:
Skysaje Enterprises
50 Amesbury Rd.
Rochester, NY 14623
Our 2nd annual contest was successful enough to warrant publishing a
chapbook of the winners ! copies are available at $6.00 per book
($5.00 per book and $1.00 for S&H charges! send in your entries today!
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I'D LIKE TO BAKE YOUR GOODS: The Poet's Experience on
His Honeymoon in Paris, Rome and Venice is Rick Lupert's
latest release and the author's 10th book written during two weeks
of bliss in the summer of 2004. Read sample poems, order the
book, and see a picture of the back of the author's wife's head
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