“The Curfew Tolls” by Miles Burrows
Miles Burrows is the author of A Vulture's Egg (1966). His poems have appeared in British Poetry Since 1945 and Poetry Review. … Read More
Ernest Hilbert Reads from All of You on the Good Earth at the New Jersey Poetry Festival
Ernest Hilbert Reads "Sunrise with Sea Monsters" and "Cover to Cover" from All of You on the Good Earth at the Tenth Annual New Jersey Poetry Festival, May 19, 2013. … Read More
“Ladies of the Roman Empire” by Devon Bixler
Devon Bixler was raised in Blacksburg, Virginia and educated at NYU. He lives with his wife in Los Angeles, where he's pursuing a career as a high school History teacher.… Read More
Quincy R. Lehr Reads “Who Killed Bambi?”
Filmed at Carmine Street Metrics, May 12th, 2013… Read More
“The Blown” by Mark Waldron
“Mark Waldron is the most striking and unusual new voice to have emerged in British poetry for some time.” - John Stammers… Read More
Composer Gabriel Kahane Sets Matthew Zapruder’s Poems from Come On All You Ghosts, Performed by La Jolla Music Society
"Composer Gabriel Kahane blurs the boundaries between popular and classical idioms with 'Come On All You Ghosts,' his setting of three poems by San Francisco-based Matthew Zapruder, for voice and string quartet."… Read More
“Graffiti” by Eric Norris
Eric Norris is the co-author (with Gavin Geoffrey Dillard) of Nocturnal Omissions, available from Sibling Rivalry Press. He is also the author of Cock Sucking (On Mars) and the chapbooks Takaaki… Read More
“The State of Poetry Wants to Know. I Want to Know!” Geoffrey Hill’s Highly Amusing Oxford Professor of Poetry Lectures
The English department at Oxford University has generously posted Hill's recent lectures online as free podcasts. The hour-long lectures are far more lively, amusing, and, at times, riotously funny than one has… Read More
Ernest Hilbert’s Poem “Between Sides Seven and Eight of Die Walkure” in the Summer Issue of Listen! Magazine
Listen: Life with Classical Music is North America’s classical music magazine covering people, places and events; recommendations of recordings, books, and film; and all the many ways our lives are touched by… Read More
“Easter Parade” by Sophie Mayer
“Full of zest, variety and intellectual ambition. There is no such thing as a typical Mayer poem, diversity being her great strength. Dazzling.” - Jane Holland… Read More
“Melhill Feast” by William Barnes
Thanks to David Yezzi, for acquiring and sharing the rare first Thomas Hardy-edited edition of Barnes. … Read More
“In the Trance” by Brenda Hillman
"It is impossible to put boundaries on your words, even if you make a poem. Each word is a maze. So you are full of desire to make a memorable thing and… Read More
“EACH CLIMBER BRAND NEW IN HIS SKIN”: ANNOUNCING THE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION OF THE THIRD COOPERATIVE FINE-ART BOOK BY DAVID YEZZI AND ERNEST HILBERT
This delightful handmade concertina book extends vertically to reveal two poems about mountains, one each by David Yezzi and Ernest Hilbert. Only twelve copies available for sale at $30. … Read More
“Leather-Bound Road” by Luke Kennard
“His language is exciting and it feels to me that he’s a truly 21st-century writer, taking inspiration from all over the place, unafraid of barriers and conventions.” - Ian Mcmillan… Read More
“Reborn, An Elegy for Jeff Hanneman” by Jeff Holt (with Audio)
Jeff Hanneman, guitarist and founding member of extreme heavy metal band Slayer, died recently of liver failure at the age of 49. He was known for his aggressive and dynamic guitar work… Read More
“An English Peasant” by George Crabbe
"Nature's sternest painter, yet the best." - Lord Byron… Read More
“[I was a priapic boy: the prow of a galleon]” by D.A. Powell
"Here is work that manages to be entirely of-the-moment while at every turn it announces (without preening over it) not merely an awareness, but an actual confidence with such prosodic traditions as… Read More
“Insomniac Romance” by Lynn Levin
Lynn Levin’s newest collection of poems is Miss Plastique (Ragged Sky Press, 2013). A poet, writer, and translator, Lynn Levin is also the author of three previous collections of poems: Fair Creatures… Read More
“Spilt Coffee in Slow Motion” by Alexander Long
Alexander Long's books include Vigil (New Issues Poetry & Prose, 2006) and Light Here, Light There (C&R Press, 2009). A chapbook, Still Life, won the 2010 Center for Book Arts Chapbook… Read More
Sonnet 24 from “Astrophil and Stella” by Philip Sidney
Rich fools there be . . . … Read More
“The Ungrateful Garden” by Carolyn Kizer
"We cannot do without Kizer and never could." - Los Angeles Times… Read More
“Left on Mission and Revenge” by Quincy Lehr (with Audio)
Quincy R. Lehr's collections include Across the Grid of Streets, Obscure Classics of English Progressive Rock, and Shadows and Gifts. He is the associate editor of The Raintown Review, and he lives… Read More
RIP Ray Harryhausen, Maker of Monsters and Gods
He was the first great special effects master. He made the skeletons dance, the Cyclops stalk, the saucers fly. He dazzled our Saturday afternoons and stuffed our dreams with fantastic monsters, and… Read More
“PROUD WITHOUT COMPLACENCY, AUTHENTIC WITHOUT CHEAPNESS”: CHRISTOPHER BERNARD REVIEWS ALL OF YOU ON THE GOOD EARTH
Critic Christopher Bernard reviews Ernest Hilbert's latest collection All of You on the Good Earth over at Synchronized Chaos. … Read More
“Ye Goat-herd Gods” by Sir Philip Sidney
This past weekend, I attended the annual Goat Races held at the Slyfox Brewery out in the verdant home counties west of the city. I enjoyed a Helles Bock and laid out… Read More
“Never Run Away” by Kurt Vile
The first official video from his simply fantastic new album. Everyone I talk to about it says the same thing. "Yeah, I got it and I haven't stopped listening to it since… Read More
“The Choir” by Jeff Holt
There is a good deal of darkness in Jeff Holt's poems, yet his sprightliness of language and his gift for form can make them an invigorating experience for the reader. - Richard… Read More
“A Lyric to Mirth” and “Upon Shark” by Robert Herrick
"It takes great wit and interest and energy to be happy. The pursuit of happiness is a great activity. One must be open and alive. It is the greatest feat man has… Read More
“I Fear the End of the Happy Dream”: James Dickey and Robert Lowell Discuss Dreams, 1969
Dickey does most of the talking, but it’s a glimpse into a long-gone world. online pharmacy buy bactrim online cheap pharmacy… Read More