The new column is up!

I've been slacking so this month's column it's a bit of a two-fer: the Olympic poet gets some love and the passing of one of the great poets, Lucille Clifton, gets some holler.

http://gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=49767.html

http://www.gotpoetry.com/News/article/sid=35243.html

Let's start the year with a bang, yes? My new column is up!

Poetry is Doomed #21: The 2009 Inaugural Poet 

I have to work in the morning, but I wanted to get the setlist up:

1) Crutches
2) Spock With A Beard
3) Make Love To Your Mind (co-wrtten with Bill Campana)
4) A Snowy Day
5) The Saint of Lines That Should Not Be Crossed (or, Things Christian Poets Are Too Saved To Say)
6) Nursing Home
7) Cthulu Calls For Love
8) Jesus, Judas & The Case of the Old Woman's ( Read more... )

Let me begin by saying that Atlanta poet Jon Goode deserves every accolade he receives in this article courtesy of CNN.com ( Read more... )