Reading Material

Copy of the Pushcart Prize book for 2007 arrived at home yesterday. I've had a chance to skim through it and read a few poems. I think it will serve as a good companion for reading the next few days.

Making Room

"I'm alive today, therefore I'm just as much a part of our time as everybody else. The times will just have to enlarge themselves to make room for me, won't they, and for everybody else." ~ Stevie Smith

That dangerous mind....

"Too many poets delude themselves by thinking that the mind is dangerous and must be left out. Well, the mind is dangerous and must be left in." ~ Robert Frost

Congratulations Kelli

• Congratulations to Kelli Russell Agodon for her Pushcart nomination by 32 Poems!
• 87 year old Ferlinghetti recognized by France for his poetry.
• Over the weekend I listened to a number of podcasts from Poetry Magazine's web site. The following one concerning a poem by Dean Young caught my fancy and I thought I'd pass it along. [click here]