John Heath-Stubbs, British poet famed for his poetry inspired by classical myths and winner of the 1973 Queen”s Gold Medal for Poetry, died this morning at the age of 88. His most famous poems include his long poem on King Arthur, Artorius, in 1972, and a series of poem sequences written for Hearing Eye Publications [...]

Just a followup on this morning”s post about the best Christmas read aloud poetry.. Associated Press announced yesterday that the “CEO of a media company” paid $280,000 for a hand-written copy of Clement Clarke Moore”s 1822 poem, “Twas the Night Before Christmas”. The author apparently wrote the poem out and signed it for an acquaintance [...]

There”s been a round of interesting happenings and writings around the poetry world this week. Some of them are fascinating little tidbits to sprinkle into your conversation when you want to sound erudite. A few speak so well for themselves that any commentary from me would be completely superfluous. Check out a few of these [...]

“Poets don”t just come out of an overwhelming emotional experience. They come out of study and hard work.” -Gregory Donovan, co-editor Blackbird magazine A grad student at Virginia Commonwealth University has unearthed a previously unpublished sonnet by Sylvia Plath. The poem was apparently written in Plath”s senior year at Smith College, and was written in [...]

What is news about an economist doing on a blog about poetry? Because occasionally, I find something that I believe is so important, everyone should hear it and know it. This is one of those things – not just the announcement about the award of a Nobel Peace Prize, but the person and organization that [...]