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Dear Readers,
Our prose editor is on fall break this week, but our series will continue on Monday, October 8.
Enjoy this week's poems!
Warmest regards,
Don Selby & Diane Boller
2. Sponsor Messages
Sixteen Rivers Press announces a new anthology: America, We Call Your Name: Poems of Resistance and Resilience
In this book, over 200 poetsÂfrom Virgil and Dante to Claudia Rankine and Mai Der Vang, from Milton to Merwin, from Po Chü-i to Robin Coste LewisÂcall out to our country. “These poets have an urgent message to share with you,” writes Camille T. Dungy in the foreword. “This message is brand new, and it is also eternal. Read carefully. What you learn here might just save your life.” http://www.sixteenrivers.org
2019 UNT Rilke Prize
The 2019 UNT Rilke Prize, a $10,000 award recognizing the artistry and vision of a collection written by a mid-career poet, is accepting submissions through November 30, 2018. The winner will visit the University of North Texas April 3-4, 2019. Previous winners: Laura Kasischke, Paisley Rekdal, Katie Peterson, Mark Wunderlich, Rick Barot, Wayne Miller, and Allison Benis White.
ellipsis...literature and art
ellipsis...literature and art, an annual literary magazine published by the students at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, seeks submissions for its next issue. Honoraria and a poetry prize judged by Camille Dungy.
Online Poetry Coaching & Mentorship from Warm, Enthusiastic, Accomplished Poets
A OneRoom poetry coach can help you deepen your writing practice, improve your craft, and finish a big project like a chapbook or collection. Poet member Ash Goodwin says: “Oneroom helped me clarify my goals, and I’m ecstatic that in 2017 I completed more than 100 new poems in three different projects. I’ve made rich connections with fellow writers and love that element of community. My coaches offered perspectives, approaches and considerations that have shaped my writing practice for the better in many ways.” You can apply to join the program at https://www.joinoneroom.com/genre/poetry/apply. We look forward to hearing from you! .
15th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
15th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival - Delray Beach, Florida, January 21-26, 2019. Focus on your work with 8 of America’s most celebrated poets: Ellen Bass, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Stuart Dischell, Aracelis Girmay, Campbell McGrath, Matthew Olzmann, Gregory Pardlo, Eleanor Wilner. Six days of workshops, readings, craft talks, manuscript conferences, panel discussion, social events and so much more. Special Guest, Sharon Olds, Poet At Large, Tyehimba Jess. Visit palmbeachpoetryfestival.org to apply online. Deadline: November 12, 2018.
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Perugia Press Prize
A prize of $1000 and publication by Perugia Press is given annually for a
first or second unpublished poetry collection by a woman. Submit manuscripts
for the 2019 prize with a $27 entry fee between August 1 and November 15,
2018. Both online and paper submissions are accepted. Visit our website for
complete guidelines.
The 2018 winner, Girldom, by Megan Peak, is available from Perugia Press.
Perugia Press - Publishing the Best New Women Poets since 1997
P.O. Box 60364
Florence, MA 01062
3. Poetry News Links
News and reviews from around the web, updated daily: Alan Riach on the careers of Sorley MacLean and Sydney Goodsir Smith. (The National) Tamsin Taylor introduces "Bus-Ride," by A. L. Rowse. (The Times Literary Supplement) Carol Rumens introduces "The Gulls," by Howard Altmann. (The Guardian) Ted Kooser presents "The Mud Room," by David Mason. (American Life in Poetry) Rebecca Foust introduces "As imperceptibly as Grief," by Emily Dickinson. (Women's Voices for Change) Emily Sernaker interviews the poet. (Los Angeles Review of Books) Clive James on his new epic poem, The River In The Sky. (The Guardian) And more...4. New Arrivals
These new arrivals are available for purchase via Poetry Daily/Amazon.com.
Letters from Max: A Book of Friendship, Sarah Ruhl & Max Ritvo (Milkweed Editions) The Final Voicemails, Max Ritvo, ed. by Louise Glück (Milkweed Editions) Flyover Country, Austin Smith (Princeton University Press) My Studio, Clarence Major (Louisiana State University Press) Air, Light, Dust, Shadow, Distance, Mary Ann Samyn (42 Miles Press) The Fire's Journey (Part III: The Cathedral's Work), Eunice Odio / tr. Keith Ekiss with Sonia P. Ticas and Mauricio Espinoza (Tavern Books) The Cutting Songs of the Butcher's Son, Michael Cissell (Spartan Press) The Law of the Unforeseen, Edward Harkness (Pleasure Boat Studio) Blackbird, Bye Bye, Moniza Alvi (Bloodaxe Books / Dufour Editions, Inc.) Along the Flaggy Shore: Poems From West Clare, Carlow Reyes (Salmon Poetry / Dufour Editions, Inc.) Country House, Sarah Barber (Pleiades Press) Rods and Koans, Irena Praitis (Red Mountain Press) Sung with Words, Helen Sung / with Dana Gioia (Stricker Street Records) So Far So Good, Ursula K. Le Guin (Copper Canyon Press) Hold , Bob Hicok (Copper Canyon Press) Parole, Angie Estes (Oberlin College Press) My Girl's Green Jacket, Mary Meriam (Headmistress Press) Barnburner, Erin Hoover (Elixer Press) How to Tell If You Are Human, Jessy Randall (Pleiades Press)5. This Week’s Featured Poets
The work of the following poets will appear as Today's Poem on the days indicated:
Monday - Edward Hirsch
Tuesday - James Arthur
Wednesday -Mia Ayumi Malhotra
Thursday - Jessica Traynor
Friday - Rafael Campo
Saturday - Elizabeth Tornes
Sunday -Albert Goldbarth
6. Featured Poets September 17 - September 23, 2018
These and other past featured poets may be found in our archive:
Monday - Gig Ryan
Tuesday -Martin Corless-Smith
Wednesday -Rowan Ricardo Phillips
Thursday -A. Molotkov
Friday -Mark Neely
Saturday -Goldie Negelev
Sunday -Laura Carter
7. Last Year’s Featured Poets
These poems will be retired from our archive during the coming week.
Ghassan Zaqtan / tr. by Fady Joudah, "A Song"
Donna Stonecipher, "The Ruins of Nostalgia 21"
Kaveh Akbar, "Exciting the Canvas"
Jeffrey Harrison, "Eft"
Craig Santos Perez, "Rings of Fire, 2018"
Sarah Gridley, "Insofar"
Michael Bazzett, "Lazarus"
8. Poem From Last Year
A Song
The glory that has been evenly split
among everyone
into medals for the leaders
praise for rank and file
and pictures for the dead
has finished its cycle
and is leaning now
on sandbags so you can roll
and smoke your whole
tobacco pack
before the next war comes
Ghassan Zaqtan
translated from the Arabic by Fady Joudah
The Silence That Remains: Selected PoemsÂ
Copper Canyon Press
Copyright © 2017 by Ghassan Zaqtan
Translation copyright © 2017 by Fady Joudah
All rights reserved.
Reproduced by Poetry Daily with permission
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