“O Carib Isle!” by Hart Crane
"In the years since his death, Crane has earned recognition as an ambitious and accomplished—if not entirely successful—poet, one whose goals vastly exceeded his capabilities (and, probably, anyone else's) but whose talent… Read More
“Upon Julia’s Breasts” by David Yezzi
For Julia Child's birthday, a little ditty by David Yezzi, after Herrick. … Read More
David Sylvester’s Book Traveling at the Speed of Life
Cross-continental superhero cyclist David Sylvester, author of the newly-published memoir Traveling at the Speed of Life, joins E-Verse to discuss his epic journeys and offer his hilarious Top Five Movie Bicycles. … Read More
“Harmonia Sacra” by Ernest Hilbert in the New Issue of B O D Y Magazine
Ernest Hilbert's poem "Harmonia Sacra" appears in the new issue of B O D Y magazine. Also read poems by Ed Skoog, Louis Armand, and Betsy Brown. … Read More
“This Be The Verse” by Philip Larkin
“Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth.” - Philip Larkin… Read More
“Pasiphae” by Joanna Pearson
Joanna Pearson grew up in North Carolina, attended UNC-Chapel Hill, and later earned her MFA in poetry from The Johns Hopkins University Writing Seminars. The Rites and Wrongs of Janice Wills (Arthur… Read More
“Crane” by David Yezzi
David Yezzi’s poetry collections include Azores (2008) and The Hidden Model (2003), and his criticism and poetry have appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Wall Street Journal, and Best… Read More
“We Were Somewhere around Barstow on the Edge of the Desert When the Drugs Began to Take Hold”: Fear and Loathing on the Road to Hollywood, Full Film
"America, just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries… Read More
“Preparation” by Ellen Bryant Voigt
"Voigt is a poet of knowledge, and knowledge in the living, messy world.” - Robert Pinsky… Read More
Cynthia Proclaims New Research “Shocking, I Tell You, Just Shocking”
The Georgia Institute of Technology is working on some new research about a renewable source of power caused by rubbing different materials together . . . and you thought static electricity was… Read More
“Under Sirius” by W.H. Auden
"Dog Days" (Latin: diēs caniculārēs) are the hottest, most sultry days of summer. In the Northern Hemisphere, the dog days of summer are most commonly experienced in the months of July and… Read More
“This is a Photograph of Me” by Margaret Atwood
Throughout her writing career, Margaret Atwood has received numerous awards and honourary degrees. She is the author of more than fifty volumes of poetry, children’s literature, fiction, and non-fiction and is perhaps… Read More
“Gross Domestic Product Will Burn Your Glamor” by Pussy Riot
Pretty brave to butt heads with Putin. That's pretty punk, if not simply daft. You have heard about their trial in the news. Well, here they are, Pussy Riot!… Read More
“Dead Brother Super Hero” by Michael Dickman
Come on out and see the legendary Michael Dickman at the E-Verse Equinox Reading Series on Tuesday, September 18th, at Robin's Books in Philadelphia. … Read More
“Ape and Coffee” by Russell Edson
Reclusive by nature, Edson has still managed to publish eleven books of prose poems and one novel, The Song of Percival Peacock (available from Coffee House Press). … Read More
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Ever wonder how movie ratings are assigned? Smoking? F*&k? How many times? Adult situations? Here's a guide. … Read More
“The Touring Shakespeare Company’s Visit is Eagerly Awaited in Grozny in 1953” by Tim Turnbull
Tim Turnbull's poetry is published by Donut Press, his latest collection being Caligula on Ice and Other Poems. He also creates entertainments for the stage; the most recent of these was Tim… Read More
“Bells” by Joanna Pearson
The precise gaze and chiseled language of the poems in Oldest Mortal Myth authoritatively convey a broad and deep knowledge. Whether a re-imagining a Greek myth in order to infuse it with… Read More
“Shattered,” a Short Film by Tyler Stableford
"After achieving his dream summit, an elite climber finds himself empty. Broken and untethered, he searches for a fulfillment more lasting than a faraway peak."… Read More
Say Ahhhh: This Spray Will Get You Instantaneously Drunk
"I don't know when the WA|HH Quantum Sensations spray is coming to the United States, but it's not coming soon enough. Created by the French American scientist David Edwards, it gets you… Read More
Elderly Animals: Photographs by Isa Leshko
"Many of the animals who were photographed for this project were reared on factory farms before they were placed into sanctuaries. Others were beloved pets who were well cared for since an… Read More
“The Eagleman Stag,” an Animated Short by Mikey Please
"The larger our past gets the smaller our present feels." The 2011 BAFTA award winning short film from Mikey Please.… Read More
“Tea” by by Jehanne Dubrow
Jehanne Dubrow is the author of three poetry collections, including most recently Stateside (2010). In autumn 2012, Northwestern University Press will publish her fourth book of poems, Red Army Red. Her first… Read More
“Pro Femina” by Carolyn Kizer
Kizer’s experience as a women and poet in the male-dominated world of 1950s America has shaped her work in countless ways. As Melanie Rehak in the New York Times put it, Kizer… Read More
“CASH FOR GOLD” by Ernest Hilbert in the New Issue of the Boston Review, with Audio!
Ernest Hilbert is author of Sixty Sonnets and poems in Swallow Anthology of New American Poets and Poetry: A Pocket Anthology.… Read More
“The Cost” by Anthony Hecht
Anthony Hecht is an aristocrat among poets. It’s not that his work stands apart from others’, but that his poems hold themselves to a high standard, and in their purposes and sympathies… Read More
“Sugar Sand Stitched Lip” by Heyward Howkins
After getting his start playing guitar in Philadelphia's The Trouble with Sweeney, Heyward recently embarked on a solo career. Heyward is currently recording a debut release with a full band and innovative… Read More
from “Ancillariums” by Kevin Varrone
Kevin Varrone’s latest book, passyunk lost, and a companion chapbook, The Philadelphia Improvements, were recently published by Ugly Duckling Presse. His previous collection, id est, was published in 2008 by Instance Press.… Read More
“Sources of the Nile” by Tiel Aisha Ansari
Tiel Aisha Ansari is a Sufi data analyst living in the Pacific Northwest. … Read More