Crackles of Speech

❧ If you enjoy traditional poetry with a sense of fun and adventure, visit Steven Withrow’s blog, Crackles of Speech. Withrow, a frequent commenter at my own blog, has made his first collection available as a PDF, free to any who ask. Take a look. Enjoy.

Poetry in the Barn ❦ Galway Kinnell

 

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Poetry in the Barn

August 5, 7:00 PM • $15 • The Edgecomb Barn in Warren

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Summer Work & Play

Just a brief note to all my subscribers.

I’m still alive. Summer carpentry has picked up and I haven’t had it in me to sit at the computer during the summer evenings. I promise all, especially those who have recently subscribed, that I’ll get back to poetry soon.

I’ve started a novel set in Vermont. Once I have the first several chapters, I may post them.

I’ve also been working on poetry, naturally enough, and there are several poems I’d like to analyze. But  summer’s green invitation idles at the door and my children won’t let me be. So, I’ve been enjoying a sort of summer vacation. Send me a note if any of you are dying to have me discuss a given poem. Next in line is a poem by Edwin Arlington Robinson.

Anyway, I’m here. I continue to respond to any and all comments.

❧ Patrick Gillespie

Vermont Poetry Newsletter • July 28 2011

[The Vermont Poetry Newsletter is not issued by me but by Ron Lewis, by whose permission I post this. PLEASE NOTE: I have edited his newsletter so that links are provided rather than text. If I cannot find a link, I will either omit the relevant portion of the newsletter to avoid copyright violations, or I will provide an alternate link. Please contact Ron Lewis if you would like to receive his Newsletter in full. All images are linked.]

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Vermont Poetry Newsletter

Your Poetry & Spoken Word Gateway
In The Green Mountain State

July 27, 2011 (Previous issue: 05/22) -

In This Issue:

1. About VPN
2. Newsletter Editor/Publisher’s Note
3. Writing Assignments/Suggestions/Exercises/Prompts
4. Poets House Reading + Display of All the Poetry Books Published In the Last Year!!
5. Bookstock in Woodstock
6. All Ages Slam in Barre, July 29th
7. BigTown Gallery Poetry Reading Series
8. Support Your Vermont Lit Mags
9. The Why’s of Joining Writing Groups
10. From the Enchanted Tower to the World of Po-Biz
11. NEPC – The New England Poetry Club
12. WordTemple Poetry Series Audio Recordings
13. Poetry Northwest Journal Revived
14. University of California Press Suspends Poetry Series
15. The History of English in Just 10 Minutes
16. The Subversive Character of Prose Poetry, Part I
17. The Subversive Character of Prose Poetry, Part II
18. Why We Keep Rereading Donald Justice
19. Nature Poetry at Audubon Zoo
20. Poetry Society Lobbied by Red Wheelbarrow
21. Walt Whitman@TweetsofGrass
22. Expressing Loss, Anger Through ‘Slam’ Poetry
23. The Milosz Road: From Origins to Global Fame
24. New Book By David Budbill
25. The Unforgiving Cinderblock
26. Lightsey Darst, Poet and Dancer
27. Letter From Poland: On Translating Poetry
28. Sculpture of Exiled Poet Brodsky Graces U.S. Embassy
29. Barzakh, New Literary Journal; Marilyn Hacker Interview
30. Burlington Book Festival
31. Brattleboro Literary Festival
32. 2011 Lecture Series @ Vermont Studio Center
33. Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference 2011
34. Great Poetry Links: Onomatopoetic Words
35. Poetry Quote – Robert Frost
36. Linebreak Poem
37. American Life in Poetry Poem
38. US Poets Laureate List
39. Vermont Poet Laureates
40. US Poet Laureates From Vermont
41. New Hampshire Poet Laureates
42. US Poet Laureates From New Hampshire
43. Contact Info for Editor/Publisher of VPN: Ron Lewis
44. Vermont Literary Journals
45. Vermont Literary Groups’ Anthologies
46. Vermont Poetry Blogs
47. State Poetry Society (PSOV)
48. Year-Round Poetry Workshops in Vermont
49. Other Poetry Workshops in Vermont
50. Year-Round Poetry Writing Centers in Vermont
51. Other Writing Groups in Vermont
52. Poetry Event Calendar

1.) About the Vermont Poetry Newsletter Network

The Vermont Poetry Newsletter Network is made up of people of all backgrounds, ages and skills who appreciate the craft of poetry and want to promote it in the beautiful state of Vermont. This network consists of workshops, open mics, poetry performances and other literary events, providing opportunities to meet local poets, talk about and enjoy poetry, and motivate and inspire yourself in whatever writing projects you are involved.

The mission of the Vermont Poetry Newsletter is to foster the poetry arts community in the Green Mountain State, home to more writers and poets per capita than any other state in the nation.  Its goals are to serve as a resource for and about VT poets; to support the development of individual poets; and to encourage an audience for poetry in Vermont.

Dating from 2009, the Vermont Poetry Newsletters are being archived on a blog maintained by poet Patrick Gillespie at PoemShape.