http://foetry.com/wp Foetry.com is closed, but the pages here were archived as of May 18, 2007. Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:35:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en is a poem by Christopher Woodman. See this thread for details. My thanks to everyone who has had a part in foetry.com. http://foetry.com/wp/?p=78 "I don't plan ahead," he told WW via email this week . . . "Perhaps he should. In an embarrassing appearance in Portland on Wednesday, Pinsky, former laureate, tried to rest on his laurels and failed miserably. Portland is notorious for being overly generous with standing ovations, but ... http://foetry.com/wp/?p=77 While perusing the foetry tags at Flickr, I came across this shot, taken by mr38, a flickr pro user. He graciously allowed me to repost it here. http://foetry.com/wp/?p=76 Discuss Jeffrey Levine's letter.Tupelo Press sounds tempting. After collecting $35 each for 1000 manuscripts during a questionable "open reading," the press has sent some (or maybe all) of the poets a subsequent form letter. Written by editor Jeffrey Levine, the letter is made to seem like it's a ... http://foetry.com/wp/?p=75 Trust No One http://foetry.com/wp/?p=73 The Wave Books Poetry Bus is coming to your town. But are you welcome? Update: a few "poetesses" (I'm using this ironically, k?) have now been added to the Portland stop. Maybe Matt Zapruder doesn't hate women after all! (Or, more likely, he saw my ... http://foetry.com/wp/?p=72 David Lehman, who edits the bestselling (for poetry) Best American Poetry Series, has often been criticized for his "editing" of the series, which is top-heavy with his friends and students. As revealed yesterday by the brilliant Jimmy, Lehman's wife, Stacey Harwood was included as one of the Best American ... http://foetry.com/wp/?p=71 Not. As much as some people want Foetry.com to go away, the site keeps plugging along. Posting drops a bit in the summer, but just as an FYI to all the closet fans: we're averaging about 250 unique visitors per day with 1,100 page loads. People are ... http://foetry.com/wp/?p=70 Reptilian brains often trigger a strike first response in the puny forearms: Knock the tops off of buildings, topple the electrical towers, fight Mothra's larvae.Many of you already knew that Boise State's Janet Holmes just can't get much right. But only two of you correctly guessed a surprise ... http://foetry.com/wp/?p=67 So the Harvard Crimson broke the big news that sophomore Kaavya Viswanathan (unintentionally?) plagiarized work by Megan McCafferty. It's true that this is commercial publishing and a half-million dollar advance was involved. But why did the Harvard Crimson kill a story implicating *star* poet/professors, Jorie Graham and Peter ... http://foetry.com/wp/?p=66