How Life Looks at 81
Ted Kooser says farewell to his "American Life in Poetry" series with his own poem, "Red Stilts." "Rather than riding a horse into the sunset, let me clop away down the block on handmade stilts with this title poem from my new book, to be published Sept. 8 by Copper Canyon Press."
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What Sparks Poetry:
Vivek Narayanan on “Ode to Cement”
"Most of all, however, Curt was interested in cement, its powerful malleability. Cement could allow you to fashion new things never before seen on the landscape, or it could just as well slink back to imitate the forms that were already there. I, on the other hand, was not a ready fan of this material. I couldn’t deny that it disgusted me, had always disgusted me, but now especially, when the hum of construction was all-present in Indian cities as to never stop. Cement was simply a mainstay in the air we breathed." |
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Tom Howard/Margaret Reid Poetry Contest
Deadline: September 30
18th annual contest sponsored by Winning Writers and co-sponsored by Duotrope. $8,000 in cash prizes includes $3,000 for the best poem in any style and $3,000 for the best rhyming or traditional-style poem. Entry fee: $15 per poem, maximum length 250 lines. Published and unpublished work accepted. Final judge: S. Mei Sheng Frazier. All cash prize winners will be published on WinningWriters.com. See guidelines, past winners, and enter online at winningwriters.com/tompoetry. |
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