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1. Letter from the Editors

Dear Readers,

We resume our prose series this week with "A Soul in Wonder," a review by Sean O'Hogain of Angel Hill, by Michael Longley, from the Dublin Review of Books:

"Michael Longley has said that he hopes that by the time he dies his work will look like four really long poems: 'a very long love poem; a very long meditation on war and death; a very long nature poem and a playful poem on the art of poetry'. While one should be mindful of DH Lawrence’s advice to 'never trust the artist; trust the tale', Longley’s remarks are still a useful tool in approaching his latest collection, Angel Hill."

Look for it here.

Enjoy the holiday and this week's poems!

Warmest regards,

Don Selby & Diane Boller

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2. Sponsor Messages

 SHENANDOAH Seeking New Editor
Shenandoah Editor and Visiting Assistant Professor of English

The Department of English at Washington and Lee University invites applications for a three-year position beginning Fall 2018, with a possibility of renewal.
Closes: Oct 11, 2017

http://shenandoahliterary.org/blog/2017/08/shenandoah-seeking-new-editor/

 Vermont College of Fine Arts MFAs in Writing
Vermont College of Fine Arts offers a traditinal low-residency MFA in Writing program—now celebrating its 35th year—along with a residential MFA in Writing & Publishing program.

 ellipsis...literature and art
Accepting submissions until November 1. Honoraria and a prize judged by Srikanth Reddy. https://ellipsis.submittable.com/submit

 Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 13-16, 2017, Atlantic City area, NJ. Presented by Murphy Writing of Stockton University. 24th year!

Featuring Pulitzer Prize winners Stephen Dunn and Sharon Olds. Join us for small, intensive workshops in poetry, fiction, nonfiction and memoir. Enjoy challenging and supportive sessions, insightful feedback and an encouraging community. Scholarships available. Register early and save: www.stockton.edu/wintergetaway

 2017 UNT Rilke Prize
Wayne Miller's Post-, published by Milkweed Editions, has won the 2017 UNT Rilke Prize. The $10,000 prize recognizes a book written by a mid-career poet and published in the preceding year that demonstrates exceptional artistry and vision. 

The judges also selected three finalists for this year's Rilke Prize: Christopher Bakken's Eternity & Oranges (University of Pittsburgh Press), Ruth Ellen Kocher's Third Voice (Tupelo Press), and Dana Levin's Banana Palace (Copper Canyon Press).

 Palm Beach Poetry Festival
January 15-20, 2018, Delray Beach, Florida 
Deadline to apply for workshops: November 10
Workshops, readings, interview, gala and performance events with Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Chard deNiord, Beth Ann Fennelly, Ross Gay, Rodney Jones, Phillis Levin, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Tim Seibles. Admission is by application. For more information, visit www.palmbeachpoetryfestival.org or email srw@palmbeachpoetryfestival.org

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3. Poetry News Links

News and reviews from around the web, updated daily:

• Declan Ryan reviews The Promised Land: Poems from Itinerant Life, by André Naffis-Sahely. (Los Angeles Review of Books)
• Rebecca Foust introduces "When the World as We Knew It Ended" by Joy Harjo. (Women's Voices for Change)
• David Roderick introduces Rick Barot's "From." (San Francisco Chronicle)
• Paul Mariani remembers John Ashbery. (America)
• Ira Lightman's mission to uncover poetry plagiarism. (The Guardian)
• Eileen Myles on John Ashbery. (Out)
• Roddy Lumsden's "The Drop of a Hat," introduced by Andrew McCulloch. (The Times Literary Supplement)
• Ben Lerner remembers John Ashbery. (The New Yorker)
• And more...

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4. New Arrivals

These new arrivals are available for purchase via Poetry Daily/Amazon.com.

• Prickly, Mather Schneider (NYQ Books)
• Platypus, Joel Allegretti (NYQ Books)
• A Primer for Poets & Readers of Poetry, Gregory Orr (W.W. Norton & Company)

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5. This Week’s Featured Poets

The work of the following poets will appear as Today's Poem on the days indicated:

Monday - Mary Woodward
Tuesday - Patrick Donnelly
Wednesday - A. R. Ammons
Thursday - Frank Ormsby
Friday - Elke Erb
Saturday - T. J. McLemore
Sunday - Dan Gerber

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6. Featured Poets September 4, 2017 - September 10, 2017

These and other past featured poets may be found in our archive:

Monday - Gabrielle Calvocoressi
Tuesday - Lawrence Joseph
Wednesday - Nicholas Samaras
Thursday - Brittany Perham
Friday - Maryann Corbett
Saturday - Martha Rhodes
Sunday - Anna Lena Phillips Bell

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7. Last Year’s Featured Poets

These poems will be retired from our archive during the coming week.

Barbara Duffey, "The World's Longest-Running Scientific Experiment, 2010"
Jamie Asaye FitzGerald, "Deciduous"
Robert B. Shaw, "The Loss of the Joy of Cooking"
Dick Allen, Two Poems
Ginny Wiehardt, "Gramercy"
Jay Rogoff, "Stragglers"
Sarah Blake, "Rats"

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8. Poem From Last Year

As Han-Shan Observed

As Han-Shan observed, 
sometimes there is no Zen 
only hermits plodding up and down Cold Mountain, 
the taste of lotus petals, 
sometimes one of those rains 
that make you think of stooped shoulders.

Dick Allen
Zen Master POems
Wisdom Publications

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