Poets and Poetry

"Poetry slams began in Chicago in 1984," reads Bill MacMillan, the evening's "bout manager" and de facto emcee, as he goads a standing-room-only crowd in Madison's Bartell Theatre.  

Guest post from our pal, Brian , on how one of my favorite poets of the 60s captured interstitial time to make art.  

Eli Khamarov once said " Poets are soldiers that liberate words from steadfast possession of definition" while Yolanda Giovanni Jr described the best poet is when he captures a reader ...."Ever been kidnapped, ...  

Celebrate the quadracentennial of one of history's greatest poets, with poems, prose, translations, a biography and more from Poets.org  

The granddaddy of spoken word events, the National Poetry Slam, is coming to Madison this August 3-9. Poets representing 80 teams from all over North ...  

Record company Naxos has just issued a CD titled "Schubert Lied - Romantic Poets, vol.  

The poets are going to the show. Next week, the Nebraska Writers Collective team will head to Madison, Wis., to compete at the 2008 National Poetry Slam.  

Poet Audrey McLaren has delivered another inspiring book of poems. In her latest work, I am the Djembe, Audrey allows us access to the rich, complex emotional tapestry that is her life. (PRWeb Jul 31, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Audrey/McLaren/prweb1150404.htm  

The Worcester Poets Asylum has been sending teams of poets to the National Poetry Slam Finals performance poetry competition for more than a decade, and this year's team is among the most experienced to date. Really, the only thing the team is lacking is funding - the Poets Asylum has been on...  

Former Madisonian Kyle Myrhe, now of Minnesota, is among the poets appearing at the National Poetry Slam. With 76 teams of poets from the United States, ...  

BOLTON'S first youth poetry slam takes place at Bolton Central Library tomorrow night.  

With 76 teams of poets from the United States, Canada and Europe converging on Madison to attend the annual National Poetry Slam festival Aug.  

... I have heard in the voices of the wind the voices of my dim killed children ...  

Two local softball teams, Driftwood and Casey's/Poet's, placed in the top five teams in the Class D tournament this past weekend in Wahpeton. Casey's/Poet's took fourth place while Driftwood took fifth.  

David Gordon Green, that poet of the cinema, is the last person you'd expect to find directing a Judd Apatow male-buddy comedy about two potheads who start a drug war.