Poetry Tips: Farewell Poems

I’ve noticed that some of my favorite websites are no longer “active” such as Read Write Poem. There are also friends who want to move away, relatives who I’ve lost touch with thanks to busy lives, etc. So that is the inspiration for this week’s idea of writing farewell poems. Maybe you are bidding farewell to a favorite restaurant, an old friend, a loved one who has passed, no matter how big or small, bidding farewell is part of life. Good luck to all who try it.

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Cerise Open Submissions

Cerise Press, an online journal, is currently seeking submissions and
has recently published the third issue:

http://www.cerisepress.com



Cerise Press, an international online journal based in the United
States and France, builds cross-cultural bridges by featuring artists
and writers in English and translations, with an emphasis on French
and Francophone works.

Cerise Press hopes to serve as a gathering force where imagination,
insight, and conversation express the evolving and shifting forms of
human experience.

Submissions in fiction, poetry, translations, art and photography are
considered year-round. For essays, interviews, or reviews, please
query first.

Please visit the guidelines: http://www.cerisepress.com/guidelines

For samples of previously published work, the current and past issues
are available online: http://www.cerisepress.com/

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Poems Found by Poet Hound

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=238492
“Mr. Attila” by Carl Sandburg

http://www.righthandpointing.com/Issue15/kozlowsky.html
“Funeral” by Michael Kozlowsky


Also, Hosho McCreesh sent out an e-mail regarding their book, Sunlight at Midnight, Darkness at Noon, as it is the book’s one year anniversary and there are more copies for sale, this is what Hosho sent:

“Memorial Day is the 1 year anniversary of SUNLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, DARKNESS AT NOON.

"1 year anniversary", you say, "that's a little self-indulgent"--yeah, that's true. But there will likley be a sale of the book (in case you're interested in picking one up)--and we made this really fun book trailer to boot...so, hope you all enjoy this!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAzCI_uV8QQ

Our deepest thanks go out to Kim, who delivered on the sound design!”

Get a copy if you haven’t already, it’s available for half price and it’s an excellent book. I interviewed both Hosho McCreesh and Christopher Cunningham about this book, check those interviews out here on Poet Hound at:
http://poethound.blogspot.com/search?q=sunlight+at+midnight


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Happy Memorial Day

Happy Memorial Day everyone! I'll have posts for Wed-Friday of this week so please drop in Wednesday. I'll be out of town this weekend so we'll see how posting goes for next week, in the meantime, enjoy the sunshine!

Poetry Tips: Scrapbook Poetry

This week use your creative juices to create poems by cutting words from magazines, journals, etc. Or create a scrapbook of your favorite poems and pair them with pictures of friends and loved ones. The idea is to use multi-media to express yourself and have some fun!

Good luck to all who try, please drop in next Wednesday for more and enjoy your Memorial Day Weekend…

River Styx Poetry Contest Open Submissions

Hurry, deadline is May 31st for a chance to win $1500 for your best poem at River Styx’s journal! You may submit up to three poems with a $20.00 entry fee to:
River Styx
International Poetry Contest
3547 Olive Street, Suite 107
St. Louis, MO 63103

For details go to:
http://ww.pw.org/content/international_poetry_contest

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Poems Found By Poet Hound

http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/21448
“Green Shade” by Henri Cole

http://www.juked.com/2010/05/okaybeesting.asp
“Okay, Bee Sting” by Christy Crutchfield

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Gregory Orr's How Beautiful The Beloved

Gregory Orr was born in Albany, NY in 1941 and is the author of many poetry collections. His book, How Beautiful The Beloved by Copper Canyon Press in 2009. My father-in-law brought this to me and I enjoyed it thoroughly. While I did not take the time to ask permission to post some of the poems full-length I can still offer up some brief notes about these wonderful love poems. The love poems could easily be about a higher power, a lover, or about the Earth. Each poem offers up its own perspective for us to interpret as we wish.

One poem which you can read in its entirety is “praising all creation” by using this link:
http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/catalog/index.cfm?action=displayPoem&Book_ID=1397&Poem_ID=1267
This is a poem I feel would be dedicated to the idea of an omniscient creator in which we are charged with taking care of our world and praising it for its abundances. Lines such as “That’s our job—to keep/The sweet machine of it/Running as smoothly as it can,” are meant to convey our own responsibilities in life to keeping our world a place worth living in.

One poem in particular, on page 30, brings home the idea of love and grief. The opening line “That T-shirt—it smells/Of him. Don’t wash it.” It ends with the line “Grief leading me by the nose.” It is a very short but very powerful poem that leaves me feeling bereft of a loved one whether I have suffered a loss or not. Gregory Orr is able to convey much while saying little which is the ultimate test of a poet in my estimation. Paring down the words yet leaving us with an emotional sensation is a way a poet shows their true “craftsmanship,” if you will. This poem reminded me of a friend of mine who passed away long ago and so Gregory Orr has executed this poem perfectly for those of us who have ever suffered in losing a loved one.


The poems range from joy to sorrow, omniscient to very personal, and I urge you to pick up a copy for yourselves either at the local library, book-store, or on-line.


To learn more about Gregory Orr, go to Poets.org at this link:
http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/218


If you would like to purchase a copy of How Beautiful The Beloved for yourself, you can buy a copy for $16.00 (not including Shipping & Handling) at the link below:
http://www.coppercanyonpress.org/catalog/index.cfm?action=displayBook&book_ID=1397


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Poetic Forms Database

Find every type of poem and it’s definition here at poets.org:
http://poets.org/page.php/prmID/197

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Poetry Tips: The Front Page

Most of us only see headlines on-line and in newspapers these days. Today take your inspiration from news headlines and see what poems can be inspired by them. Whether it be the weather, sports, the politicians, there is plenty up for grabs!

Good luck to all who try it, please drop in next week…

Beloit Open Submissions

Beloit is open year round and accepts submissions via their on-line submission manager or via snail mail. It is highly recommended that you read an issue or two before submitting to get an idea of the poems they publish. You may send up to five pages while including your contact information to:
Beloit Poetry Journal
PO Box 151
Farmington, ME 04938
For further details, go to:
http://www.bpj.org/bpj_about_submit.html

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Poems Found by Poet Hound

https://sites.google.com/site/humor2010rhp/daniel-wilcox
Daniel Wilcox’s “The Last Exit”


http://www.blossombones.com/archives/summer09/nalley_s09.html
Kathleen Nally’s “To me, transcendence. To you, a train.”


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Sorry again...

My apologies for not having a post for Tuesday. I've been working on sewing a costume for the dance recital this year and ran out of time over the weekend, but please drop in tomorrow for more Poems Found by Poet Hound...

Poetikat

Poetikat is a spunky blog with fun pics and poems, check it out at:

http://www.hyggedigter.blogspot.com/

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Poetry Tips: Hail the Sunshine

Like the lyrics in the song “Aquarius” the sun is shining more and creating longer daylight hours. This week write poems in tribute to the sun and all that sunshine brings: picnics, swimming pools, boat rides, long drives, etc.

Good luck to all who try it, please stop by next week…