Apparently NaPoWriMo has not one but two logos? Which one do you prefer? I like this one by Maureen. It has an exquisite corpse quality to it that appeals to me. For the month of April, I’ve decided to give this poem-a-day challenge a try. Instead of posting the poems here, however, I’m going theContinue reading “Mo on NaPoWriMo”
Category Archives: Writing
NaPoWriMo 2007
Every poet knows that April is the cruelest month and that fact alone makes it the perfect time for National Poetry Writing Month or NaPoWriMo 2007. This year there’s even a logo for it. All that is required of you, dear poet, is one poem a day. Are you in?
Oulipo: A Story of Three Peas
Your irony doesn’t please me a bit, replied the other, and you’ll not learn a thing. Check out Raymond Queneau’s tale about three alert peas. Yes, peas. “A Story as You Like It” meets hypertext here. Read/create/enjoy.
Visualize This
If you have always wanted to see your ideas quivering before you like a constellation of stars, you might enjoy the visual thesaurus. Type a word into the box at the top of the page. The website produces what they call a "ThinkMap" charting that word and all the associated meanings. The target audience, asContinue reading “Visualize This”
A “Best of” for the 21st C
The annual Best American Poetry series is one of those publications that most poets I know love to hate. Check out a new "best of" book that chooses work published only on the Internet. I found favorites of mine, such as Peter Jay Shippy and I also "discovered" poets new to me, such as AnneContinue reading “A “Best of” for the 21st C”
SnowGlyphs by Geof Huth
Visual poet Geof Huth is always creating amazing things that I never really imagined possible. Check out his poems in the snow at Unlikely 2.0. And if you ever end up in Schenectady, New York, on a snowy day, pay close attention to everything you see.
Resources for the Resourceful
Have you found Duotrope’s Digest to be useful? I just learned about it via Jilly’s Poetry Hut.
All Things Fluxus
It is with great glee that I recently discovered the FLUXLIST. (Click here for a previous post on Fluxus.)
Born Yesterday
A new issue of Born Magazine is up. Each edition of Born features collaborations of poets, web designers, and composers. A good one to start with is Another Evening Reminiscing by Jan Weissmiller and Matt Krygowski.
The 1000 Journals Project
The 1000 Journals Project is an ongoing experiment (can experiments be ongoing?) in which random collaborators make books together. I’ve been keeping journals for years and go to this website for instant inspiration. It’s wonderful.
Soft Architecture
I’m just learning about Canadian poet Lisa Robertson through Ron Silliman’s blog. Here’s the first few paragraphs of her manifesto, Soft Architecture: The worn cotton sheets of our little beds had the blurred texture of silk crepe and when we lay between them in the evening we’d rub, rhythmically, one foot against the soothing foldsContinue reading “Soft Architecture”
New Media – Selections from How2
At How2, Redell Olsen has compiled a great sampling of new media art. Sentence in France allows us to navigate the map and for each town or landmark, poetry guides us. For example, "Yellow is tired but bursting with talk." The artist, Ceridwen Buckmaster, describes her work as "a map, graffiti, a measure of time."Continue reading “New Media – Selections from How2”
Revision is a Castle in France
A friend of mine told me that he was teaching revision in one of his classes last week. None of the students claimed to have ever even heard of the word "revision" before. My friend wrote the word REVISION on the board, then he asked them to study it and make a guess as toContinue reading “Revision is a Castle in France”
Write More Poems
Want to write a poem a day this month with a company of strangers? Shanna explains how it works on her blog. (If you start tonight you will have only missed one day!)
Where to Share
If you are an alterer of books, here’s a blog spot where you can share your favorite pages. (Example = Changing of the Guard 33, Dan Waber & Meghan Scott)
