Harvest Roundup for Poets
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November InterBoard Selections
*See related story about Gary Blankenship.
The Nov IPBC">November IPBC selections are in. Competitors have grown to 16 boards, adding Cambio, American Academy of Poets, iVillage and Poetry Free for All in the last month.
1st - Enlightenment Marilyn Injeyan - MindFire
The clarity of these images, filtered through the controlled movement of the stanzas, reflects the meditative calm of the protagonist, framed by screaming.
2nd - A Letter From Your Sisters JP Reese -Writer's Block
The poet engages with the suicides Sylvia Plath and Anne Sexton, taking on the ugliness of their despair with unsparing sensual appetite.
3rd - Remnants Tara A. Elliott - Callahan's Saloon
A portrait pieced together with the same care with which the forensic anthropologist reconstructs the life of the girl-child from some vanished time.
HM - Compost Heap Phil Stinson - Rabbit Hole
Words to Say D.G. Anthony - CriticalPoet
The County Coroner Teri Browning - CriticalPoet
5:51 AM H. Novack - About.com
To Grow Fur Jael Williams - Café Utne
Disquieting Muses announces new issue
This zine, is always a treat, and this issue is no exception. The latest issue includes an interview with Bitter Oleander's Paul B. Roth. You'll also find their nominees for the Pushcart Prize Anthology, as well as some of the most interesting lit on the Net.
Margaret Stevenson's paintings an inspiration to any writer
Local poet and author Dan Stevenson, who coordinates my neighborhood Barnes and Noble Poetry Reading Night, recently shared some of his mother's artwork with me. As a southern writer, I find poetry in the landscape with which my area is blessed. Dan's mother, Margaret Stevenson, finds that poetry visually. I came away from looking at her paintings thinking if they were poems, I'd call them lyrics. So I asked Dan to share some background about his mom, and I wanted to share his words with you.
"Margaret Stevenson was born in Winnsboro, South Carolina, in 1917, and she never left until recently. She moved to Camden for retirement to be close to her children. She was born on a small farm outside of town, and grew up around nature, which she at times wanted to leave behind her. She moved to town and was part of a large family where she helped to care for the other
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