Ever since I first read the lines: Glory be to God for dappled things For skies of couple-colour as a brinded cow; For rose-moles all in stipple upon trout that swim; when I was no more than 12 year old, I have been in love with the musical quality of Gerard Manley Hopkins poetry. His [...]

Among the other things dropping into my mailbox this week are updates from Quickmuse, which is rapidly developing into a mini-media sensation. It”s been written up in a few offline newspapers and journals, which has, I”m quite sure, made it easier for the QM folks to entice known poets to feature in their advertised poetry [...]

Publishers have 15 more days to make their nomination for the Library of Congress” biennial Rebekah Johnson Bobbitt Poetry Prize. Nominations for the $10,000 may be made for the best book of poetry published by a living U.S. author in 2004 or 2005. The selection will be made by a prize jury of three judges [...]

Dame Louise Bennett-Coverly, Jamaican poet and cultural icon, passed away Wednesday at the age of 86. Better known as Miss Lou, the poet and performer is one of the best loved of all Jamaican artists. Her presence has loomed large in the popular Jamaican culture for decades, and she has been honored by both her [...]

From my mailbox this morning: Dear Fellow Poet, The editors of The Backwaters Press are pleased to invite you to submit your best poems for consideration in an anthology of contemporary Nebraska poetry tentatively titled Nebraska Presence: The State of Poetry. This collection will afford readers across the state and the nation a view of [...]