POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY suddenly it's winter again
Rick Lupert
11th annual summer Poetry contest. We will undoubtedlybe able to,
once again, offer a prize of interest to poets andwriters to every
single contest entrant, just for entering,regardless of their entry's
score. Join in! If you'd like to donate,books, subscriptions,
services, or anything of specific interestedto Poets and Writers in
exchange for promotional mention in ourclassified section and in all
contest correspondence for theduration of the contest, please click
on "SPONSOR THE 2008POETRY CONTEST" from the main PSH menu for all
the details.
€ PSH LIVE Open Reading next WeekJoin us next week, Sunday, June 8th
at 2pm (pacific) for a liveopen reading. Call in and read your poetry
or just tune in and listento the show. There are no content or style
restrictions. We'd love tohear your work! Click on PSH Live from the
main PSH menu to joinin or visit our page at BlogTalkRadio:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/psh
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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 557 - ISSN: 1523-6587
June 2 - 8, 2008
this week:
~ This week featuring poets from BARCELONA, SPAIN and TOKYO, JAPAN
~ 4 new poetry and writing related link added this week.
~ 2008 POET'S MARKET featured this week in the Poetry Resource Books
section of the PSH Bookstore.
~ PSH LIVE Schedule:Open Reading - June 8th - Next Sunday!
~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.
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POETS OF THE WEEK
~ This week's featured poets are:
RYAN CHANDLER and DONNA SEWELL:
RYAN CHANDLER (Barcelona, Spain) worked as a journalist for fifteen
years but recently gave up building walls to dedicate more time to
planting flowers. He recently wrote a collection of poems for a group
of local artists and is currently working on his first collection
which is a comic courtship between night and day.
DONNA SEWELL (Tokyo, Japan) followed her heart to Japan 11 years ago,
ended up in the suburbs of Tokyo, liked it well enough to stay this
long, but is now wondering where a new path might lead.
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
~ KAREN JAMES - DARK POET
Visit the world of dark poet Karen James. Discover her dark, haunting
poetry, enjoy her dream journal and photography. Read her bio and
latest news.
~ FLATPICK46
poetry, stories, and acoustic music
~ CURRENT EVENT SENRYUS
Daily news delivered in senryu.
~ NOTLOSTINFRANCE
A self exiled Poets piece of Internet where you can find both English
and French Poetry.
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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE
Featured this week in the Poetry Resource Books section of the PSH
Bookstore:
2008 POET'S MARKET
Includes over 1,800 completely updated listings Features exclusive
articles, interviews, and how-to guides, keeping readers up-to-date
on trends in the poetry publishing world.
Offers additional listings for the reader's personal enrichment,
including conferences and workshops, organizations for poets, print
and online resources, state arts organizations, and glossaries.
Readers will find all the information necessary to research markets
and submit poetry for publication. In addition to market listings,
the 2008 Poet's Market provides how-to material on preparing and
submitting manuscripts, identifying markets, relating to editors, and
other solid information that makes the book an ideal beginner's
resource as well as a trusted marketing guide that seasoned poets
turn to year after year. Includes the latest developments in poetry
writing and publishing through Insider Reports by and about working
poets and editors.
Paperback, 276 Pages, released by Writers Digest Books, (August, 2007)
~ 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:
Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday June 8, 2:00 pm (pacific) - NEXT SUNDAY!
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:
May Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday May 4
The May, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from
Cambrilla, CA, Princeton, West Virginia, Augusta, Maine, Calabasas,
CA, Birmingham, AL, Long Beach, CA, British Columbia, Canada,
Barrington, New Jersey and Del Rey Florida. This show also included
several callers whose work appeared in the Poetry Super Highway's
Holocaust Remembrance Day issue reading their poems that appeared in
that issue. Listen to the show in our archive!
April Worldwide Open Reading
Sunday April 6, 2:00 pm (pacific)
The April, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from
Dallas, Austin and Katie, Texas, Los Angeles, Augusta, Maine, Tempe,
Arizona, Portland Oregon, Kansas City, Encinitas, California, and
Birmingham Alabama. Listen to the show in our archive!
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 . . .
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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!
Fifth year. Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize $2,000.
Submit poems in traditional verse forms, such as sonnets and free
verse. Winning entries published online. Both published and
unpublished work accepted. Entry fee is $6 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, 2005-2008). More
information: http://www.winningwriters.com/margaret
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Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest. Write a poem, thirty lines
or fewer on any subject or write short story five pages maximum,
single or double line spacing, on any subject or theme, fiction or
non-fiction. Multiple entries are accepted. Postmark Deadline: July
31, 2008. Awards: Writing Contest First Prize is $500; Second: $250;
Third: $100. Poetry Contest First Prize: $250; Second: $125;
Third: $50. All contest winners will be published online in the Dare
to Dream pages, on August 31, 2008. Entry fees: Writing Contest: $10
per short story. Poetry Contest: $5 per poem. Info: Include title of
poem or story, 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. Entry 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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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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