News and Links for Poets

The Liberation Anthology is now available. There will be a book launch on January 13, 2012 at Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA  02143.

Well it's not summer anymore, but the links below are still worth a look. Poet Daniel Bosch has been urging students and peers to write homophonic compositions, using existing words to translate or re-write familiar texts. One of my favorites is Ladle Rat Rotten Hut. The entire text of that and the book from which it comes is available at the Anguish Languish site. Link below.

Poet Wendell Berry was writing about sustainability long before it was fashionable. Read his 17 principles for the healthy functioning of sustainable local communities at the second link below.

http://www.justanyone.com/allanguish.html

http://home.clara.net/heureka/art/berry.htm

Robert Frost, like so many presidents, is responsible for numerous tourist destinations - Robert Frost slept here, George Washington slept there. The Frost Place in Franconia, NH hosts a hearty series of workshops and readings which you can learn more about by visiting http://www.frostplace.org/