16 Wednesday Jul 2014
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“A century ago, poetry did not appear in little magazines devoted to it, but on the pages of newspapers and mass-circulation magazines. The big magazines and even the newspapers began declining about the time they stopped printing poetry.” — William Logan
This is a great article. Read it here: Poetry: Who Needs It?
21 Wednesday May 2014
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Poet’s Billow contributor and winner of the 2013 Atlantis Award, Lisa Summe, has two poems in the newest issue of Revolution House. This is a great magazine to check out. Click here for a link to the journal.
16 Wednesday Apr 2014
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The Poet’s Billow editors, Michelle Bonczek and Robert Evory, are giving a poetry reading Thursday April 17th at Talking Leaves bookstore in Buffalo, New York. If you are in the area we hope to see you there. Reading starts at 7pm.
19 Wednesday Mar 2014
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This is a great bit of weird news.
A Russian teacher stabbed his friend,
(According to the courts)
Because the man disparaged
Poems, RIA reports.
It started as a friendly chat
Last week, in the Urals.
The men were drunk, discussing books
Just gabbing like old pals.
15 Saturday Feb 2014
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For those who are going to the AWP conference in Seattle or for those who live in the area The Poet’s Billow is teaming up with Poetrie and Orange Monkey Press out of California to put on an awesome poetry reading. Also, we will buy you a drink! Hope to see you there.
March 1st
The Black Bottle
2600 1st Ave
Seattle, Washington 98121
25 Saturday Jan 2014
10 Thursday Oct 2013
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Winter issue of Zymbol which can be purchased here: http://zymbolmag.com/bookshelf/2013-autumn-winter/
inaugural issue of the new journal Deluge, which can be found: http://www.radioactivemoat.com/deluge-issue-one.html
20 Saturday Jul 2013
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The Poets Billow is happy to announce the winner of the 2013 Pangaea Prize. Here is an except from Caitlin Scarano’s Entry. Visit our Literary Art Gallery to read seven of her finally crafted poems.
Losing It
God came to me like a drunken man
running from a car accident. God came
at me with a mouth full of snow, blood
& broken teeth. I used to be alone.
I used to wake up without an arm across my neck.
No boys or gods licking the sole of my shoe
or testing the rope ladder hooked in my lower lip.
Sinning is storytelling –
you always look them in the eye. Your body
always betrays you. God came to me
like the accident itself. No, he came at me like the tree
that parted the car, or the girl that parted
the windshield. The only car accident I was ever in
was the night I lost my virginity in the backseat.
God wasn’t there.
Just a frightened, frightened boy.
17 Wednesday Jul 2013
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Alanis Morissette’s 1996 hit “Ironic,” a catchy song that doubles as a true/false quiz for every middle school English teacher in America, is finally ironic.
Sisters Eliza and Rachael Hurwitz have righted all of Morissette’s wrongs in a cover called “It’s Finally Ironic,” with lyrics like “He won the lottery, and died the next day/from a severe paper cut from his lottery ticket/It’s a black fly in your chardonnay/that was specifically purchased to repel black flies.”
Check it out at Salon!
16 Tuesday Jul 2013
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El Jones, poet laureate of Halifax and Women’s Studies professor at Acadia University, joins Jian to express a more nuanced take on the controversy that has erupted around a planned Chris Brown concert in the Halifax area.
The Dartmouth, N.S. show is set to feature controversial R&B singer Chris Brown, who pleaded guilty to assaulting his girlfriend, pop star Rihanna, in 2009.
Check out the radio interview on the show Q with Jian Ghomenshi
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