Poet News
Neruda is back in the news with investigations on his possible poisoning.
The Hindu does a short piece on protests poetry.
The Huffington Post has a story on Rupi Kaur, "The Poet Every Woman Needs to Read.
A tale of two Iranian poets: "Iran has long been one of the few countries where poetry enjoys mass popularity. So, it came as no surprise that the death earlier this week of the poet Moshfeq Kashani was treated as a major event with a special message from Supreme Guide Ali Khamenei paying tribute to the poet and miles of coverage in the official media. Kashani collapsed and died during a ceremony honoring another poet in Tehran…At the same time, however, the same authorities that heaped praise on the 89-year-old Kashani were determined to prevent any attempt at marking the first anniversary of the execution of another poet, the much younger Hashem Shaabani, who was sentenced to death by hanging on a charge of “waging war on God”.
The New York Times obituary of poet Rod McKuen.
In local news…
I've added new quotes on writing strategies and narcissism to my book page for Writing in the Age of Narcissism.
Poet Affirmations
We haven't done these in a while. These are all by poet Mark Nepo and these quotes can help guide us all through ways of seeing and intellectualizing what we write about:
"Live loud enough in your heart
and there is no need to speak."
"Birds don’t need ornithologists to fly."
"If you can’t see what you’re looking for, see what’s there."
"Before fixing what you’re looking at, check what you’re looking through."
"No amount of thinking can stop thinking."
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