Hailed and lauded as the world”s foremost spoken word performance and slam poet, Patricia Smith has easily transcended any label placed on her. Four time National Poetry Slam Champion, Pulitzer Prize nominee, journalist, playwright, poet – her work lifts off the page to take root AND wing, living in a way that many poets dream [...]

You may be wondering what a book of Cole Porter lyrics is doing on a bookshelf devoted to poetry. Lyrics, after all, are often seen as the redheaded stepchild of legitimate poets – which is a darned shame. The best of song lyrics often outshine lyric poetry in their timeliness, artistry and piquancy – and [...]

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Tony Brown”s continuing column at GotPoetry.com. In addition to Zero Point Zero, Tony hosts an open mike reading at the Reflections Cafe in Providence every Tuesday night, has work featured in 100 Poets Against the War and numerous other places and is just one of those poets who [...]

As often as I”ve mourned the loss of poetry venues here, noting how sad it makes me to click a link to a poetry journal or review or ezine or other publication, only to find that the editors have stopped publication, this announcement brings me a great deal of pleasure. Not only do I get [...]

I know, I know – it”s not Monday. I ended up taking a short, unexpected vacation earlier this week, and for that I apologize to those that had got used to reading the bookshelf, markets, Wedensday”s Poet, resources and featured blog on their regular days. I”m playing catch-up today with the Not-Xday editions of my [...]