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It was an honor being published by GFT and then serving as Poetry Editor. Thank you Jack Miles. IMPORTANT INFO! GFT Press Closing. — Read on mailchi.mp/6b02fb3ccfe9/important-info-gft-press-closing

Bugs Bunny Has Appeared In More Films Than Any Other Cartoon Character – South Florida Reporter — Read on southfloridareporter.com/bugs-bunny-has-appeared-in-more-films-than-any-other-cartoon-character/

an evening of science-inspired poems read by artists, writers, scientists, and musicians, part protest and part celebration, with all proceeds benefiting the Natural Resources Defense Council. — Read on www.brainpickings.org/the-universe-in-verse/

Can poetry both challenge and uplift? Four new collections show us how. By Elizabeth Lund

“Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.” Benjamin Disraeli

This official site of the Arbor Day Foundation provides information about planting and caring for trees, our Rain Forest Rescue and Tree City USA programs, and much more. Buy trees and give a gift of trees through our Trees in Memory and Trees for America programs. — Read on www.arborday.org/

The Whole Harmonium: The Life of Wallace Stevens by Paul Mariani My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wallace Stevens was a complex man who wrote complex poetry—and many criticize the man and the poetry as cold and intellectual. From my 1984 masters theses until today, I have found heart and passion and music in Stevens work. Paul Mariani’s biography does a good job of revealing the same in the man and his work. Yes, Stevens was often boorish, hard to get to know, and sometimes expressed racist and bigoted opinions. Mariani does not shrink from showing that part of the man. But we also see Stevens “at play” in the warmth of the Florida Keys as well as in his poetry. The analysis and discussion of the poetry is good enough for a biography, allowing for the man to explain the poetry and the poetry to explain the man to some degree. Mariani concludes that Stevens “is among the most important poets of the twentieth and still-young twenty-first century,” placing him with Rilke, Yeats, and Neruda. I wou

The Whole Harmonium: The Life of Wallace Stevens by Paul Mariani My rating: 4 of 5 stars Wallace Stevens was a complex man who wrote complex poetry---and many criticize the man and the poetry as cold and intellectual. From my 1984 masters theses until today, I have found heart and passion and music in Stevens work. Paul Mariani's biography does a good job of revealing the same in the man and his work. Yes, Stevens was often boorish, hard to get to know, and sometimes expressed racist and bigoted opinions. Mariani does not shrink from showing that part of the man. But we also see Stevens "at play" in the warmth of the Florida Keys as well as in his poetry. The analysis and discussion of the poetry is good enough for a biography, allowing for the man to explain the poetry and the poetry to explain the man to some degree. Mariani concludes that Stevens "is among the most important poets of the twentieth and still-young twenty-first century," placing him wit

Copies of my books can be purchased locally in Fredericksburg VA at the Germanna Community College bookstore . Thank you Follett’s manager Kathleen.  

Copies of my books can be purchased locally in Fredericksburg VA at the Germanna Community College bookstore . Thank you Follett's manager Kathleen.  

The Spring/Summer 2018 issue of Piedmont Virginian Magazine contains three of my poems . Thank you Executive Editor Pam Kamphuis!

The Spring/Summer 2018 issue of Piedmont Virginian Magazine contains three of my poems . Thank you Executive Editor Pam Kamphuis!

Matt Black’s photo project The Geography of Poverty documents communities whose poverty rate exceeds 20%. — Read on www.mattblack.com/the-geography-of-poverty/

With great sadness, we acknowledge the passing this week of J. D. McClatchy, the author of eight volumes of poetry, from Scenes from Another Life (1981) to Plundered Hearts: New and Selected Poems (2014). McClatchy—known as “Sandy” to his fellow poets, and to his colleagues in the world of the opera, where he was a highly regarded librettist—was a tireless and brilliant champion of the literary arts. He was the editor or co-editor of dozens of volumes of other writers’ work, including James Merrill, Thornton Wilder, and Edna St. Vincent Millay, and long served as editor of The   Yale Review. As we send our condolences to Sandy’s husband, Chip Kidd, himself an author and celebrated graphic designer (and our colleague here at Knopf), today’s poem touches on what another poet, Howard Moss, termed “rules of sleep”—the post-midnight customs and early morning road maps known only to the two people in a couple. Going Back to Bed Up early, trying to muffle the sounds of small tasks, grindin

Remember you can read many of my published poems for free here: http://www.davidanthonysam.com/publications-and-prizes/

Remember you can read many of my published poems for free here: http://www.davidanthonysam.com/publications-and-prizes/

Five of my poems have  been published in Issue 4 of  The Mystic Blue Review  and you can view them here:  https:// themysticbluereview.wixsite. com/litmagazine/issues

Five of my poems have been published in Issue 4 of The Mystic Blue Review and you can view them here: https://themysticbluereview.wixsite.com/litmagazine/issues

The Pangolin Review will publish my poem “The Stone Bird Cannot Migrate” in their Issue #4 this July.

The Pangolin Review will publish my poem “The Stone Bird Cannot Migrate” in their Issue #4 this July.

Blue Unicorn has accepted my poem “Season of Disgrace” for publication in an upcoming issue. In 1987, they accepted my poem “ Hungry Inside ” I am pleased to have y work included again.

Blue Unicorn has accepted my poem “Season of Disgrace” for publication in an upcoming issue. In 1987, they accepted my poem “ Hungry Inside ” I am pleased to have y work included again.

Blue Unicorn has accepted my poem "Season of Disgrace" for publication in an upcoming issue. In 1987, they accepted my poem " Hungry Inside " I am pleased to have y work included again.

My poem “ Aide–Mé·moire ” has been published in Issue 86 of Burningword Literary Journal. The issue is also available for purchase in print or download as PDF from MagCloud .

My poem “ Aide–Mé·moire ” has been published in Issue 86 of Burningword Literary Journal. The issue is also available for purchase in print or download as PDF from  MagCloud .

My poem " Aide–Mé·moire " has been published in Issue 86 of Burningword Literary Journal. The issue is also available for purchase in print or download as PDF from MagCloud .

The Fredericksburg Literary and Arts Review has accepted three of my poems for publication. They previously published another.

The Fredericksburg Literary and Arts Review has accepted three of my poems for publication. They previously published another.

The  Heron Tree  has decided to publish two of my poems– “Brittle” and “Philemon”–in their visual poetry issue. This the fifth and sixth poems of mine they have accepted.

The  Heron Tree  has decided to publish two of my poems-- "Brittle" and "Philemon"--in their visual poetry issue. This the fifth and sixth poems of mine they have accepted.

The  Heron Tree  has accepted my poem “Brittle” for publication on its site. This the fifth poem of mine they have accepted.

The Heron Tree has accepted my poem “Brittle” for publication on its site. This the fifth poem of mine they have accepted.

The Heron Tree has accepted my poem "Brittle" for publication on its site. This the fifth poem of mine they have accepted.

Dear Poet Project – For National Poetry Month 2018, we present Dear Poet, a multimedia education project that invites young people in grades five through twelve to write letters in response to poems written and read by some of the award-winning poets who serve on the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. — Read on www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/dear-poet-project