Poetry Magazine, Poetry in Mainstream News (April)

I've been subscribing to Poetry magazine this year. I can't say I'm completely enjoying my first few issues but April 2015 has much to recommend in it. The issue is dedicated to hip hop poetry and I enjoyed almost every poem.  Nate Marshall lists a 7-point blueprint for BreakBeat writing and Kenneth Goldsmith's conceptual manifesto ends the issue. Good fodder for discussion on what poetry is supposed to do. There are some truths in there, some narcissisms and quite a few contradictions.

I'm busy working on my NaPoWriMo pieces. Met a few new poets over there. Hello Poetry has gotten into NaPoWriMo in 2015.

Poetry In Mainstream News

Cat Poetry

Charles Bukowski’s Unpublished Cat Literature Can Be Yours In October (Flavorwire)

People

“I Am Not a Nature Poet”: Why Robert Frost Is So Misunderstood (Flavorwire)

I love it when my blog obsessions overlap. In 1975 Brit Pop Star David Essex appeared on Cher's solo TV show (YouTube). Now he's released a book of poetry, Travelling Tinker Man & Other Rhymes. (The Independent)'

Charles Simic Displays a Poet’s Voice and His Passions (The New York Times review)

Tomas Tranströmer died last month at the age of 83

• The Guardian
• The New York Times
• The Los Angeles Times

Poetry Drama

Stepson of poet Anne Cluysenaar receives life sentence for her murder (The Guardian)

Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti laments changing San Francisco (PBS NewsHour)

The new Maya Angelou stamp quotes Joan Walsh Anglund by mistake (People Magazine)

Making Poetry Vibrant (and Not Complaining)

Miami poet R.M. Drake reinvigorates enthusiasm for poetry through Instagram (Miami Herald)

No One Cares About Poetry? Right. Check Out China's Vibrant Scene (1,200 years later, is Chinese poetry entering a new golden age?) (PRI)

'Sidewalk Poetry' Project To Take Literature To Cambridge Streets—Literally (The Artery)

Gentleman Poet’s Hunt & Light Kickstarts New Poetry Book (Dan's Papers)

Remembering Peggy Freydberg, a 107-Year-Old Poet Whose Career Was Just Getting Started (Vanity Fair)

Take a Poet to Lunch in April (My San Antonio)