“Sixteen Saltines” by Jack White
The first single from Jack White's first solo album. Check it out. … Read More
Six Poems by G.M. Palmer
“G.M. Palmer uses authentic and striking language to summon ancient Hellenic gods and heroes, achieving nothing less than an astonishing reanimation of their passions, jealousies, and wars. Palmer's poems, hard and elegant,… Read More
*KICKING IN THE AQUARIUM* by Paul Siegell
". . . countless wildly inventive descriptions of peak emotional states. Siegell's sense of awe just keeps on coming." - RATTLE… Read More
“I’m Gonna Wash That Moon Right Out Of My Hair” by Laura Spagnoli
Laura Spagnoli is the author of the chapbook My Dazzledent Days (ixnay press, 2012). Her poems have appeared in various places, including Jupiter 88, ONandOnScreen, and The Apiary, and her story “A… Read More
“The Rest of the Story” by Quincy Lehr
"Gifted with truly biting wit, Quincy R. Lehr is equal parts Beau Brummel and Jacques Brel, Lord Byron and John Dryden, Bob Dylan and Lenny Bruce. He is an Augustan satirist, of… Read More
“development” by Ryan Eckes
"What immediately strikes me about OLD NEWS is the commingling of journalistic brevity with everyday vernacular. This combination naturally pulls irony to the surface, which is refreshing in an era when popular… Read More
Thou Shall Not Commit Logical Fallacies
Do you see posts on FaceBook that make you grind your teeth because they're so simplistic and sanctimonious, leaving out the many and varied complexities of life and politics? How about messages… Read More
“Econo Motel, Ocean City” by Daisy Fried
Daisy Fried is the author of two books of poems, My Brother is Getting Arrested Again (2006) and She Didn’t Mean to Do It (2000), both from University of Pittsburgh Press.… Read More
“Cuttings (Later)” by Theodore Roethke
"The greenhouse land of Roethke's father and uncle provided a setting particularly suitable to the development of these esthetic ends. But the most important reason Roethke chose to write a sequence of… Read More
“Walnut Street” by Ernest Hilbert on Philadelphia Inquirer Website
Ernest Hilbert’s debut collection is Sixty Sonnets (2009). His second collection of poetry, All of You on the Good Earth, will appear in 2013. He lives in Philadelphia. … Read More
“Rome” by Thomas Devaney
Thomas Devaney is poet, teacher, and critic. He is the author of two poetry collections A Series of Small Boxes (Fish Drum, 2007) and The American Pragmatist Fell in Love (Banshee Press,… Read More
“Gold On The Ceiling” by The Black Keys
"In a time of global austerity, The Black Keys work simply and efficiently, with a minimum of tools and a wealth of ideas, to produce the richest, fattest, coolest music around."… Read More
Relative Profundity of the World’s Lakes and Oceans (with Cool Facts about Whales, Chilean Miners, and Sunken Ships)
xkcd.com is a webcomic "of romance, sarcasm, math, and language." Check out this very cool poster displaying the relative profundities of the world's oceans and lakes.… Read More
“Marilyn Looks Back On Her Dazzledent Days” by Laura Spagnoli
Laura Spagnoli is the author of the chapbook My Dazzledent Days (ixnay press, 2012). Her poems have appeared in various places, including Jupiter 88, ONandOnScreen, and Apiary, and her story “A Cut… Read More
“Often I Am Permitted to Return to a Meadow” by Robert Duncan
"The meadow is of the poet, but is Other than the poet as well, and in such ambiguity resides the linguistic tension needed for the poem to resolve itself as completed utterance.… Read More
Cynthia Thinks Some Creative Minds Have Way Too Much Free Time
I love to see creativity and science mix.… Read More
“In Our Room” by W.S. Di Piero
"Di Piero hopes to evoke something of the true mystery of present and recalled experience, and his poems powerfully enact this desire."—The Philadelphia Inquirer… Read More
“Untitled [You did say, need me less and I’ll want you more]” by Marilyn Hacker
"I think of her magnificent virtuosity in the face of all the strictures to be silent, to name her fears and her desires, and in the process, to name ours. Let's face… Read More
Why Do Old Books Smell?
I will admit that I am greatly comforted by the warm, slightly musty smell of an old book . . . Thanks to Pilar for sending this one in. … Read More
Birdy Sings “White Winter Hymnal” by Fleet Foxes
Jasmine van den Bogaerde (born 15 May 1996), also known by her stage name Birdy, won the music competition Open Mic UK in 2008, at the age of 12. Her eponymous debut… Read More
“Sonnet LXXVII” by William Shakespeare
Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear . . . … Read More
“Alien vs. Predator” by Michael Robbins
"Michael Robbins's poems dissolve like the host on the tongue of a man who realizes he is still drunk from the night before. They are miniature ships in bottles briskly shaken. They… Read More
“On Reading Crowds and Power” by Geoffrey Hill
"Is Hill the greatest living English poet? Many critics (including Harold Bloom) have said as much, since the 1970s, when a few dense books inspired transatlantic admiration. After four decades with just… Read More
Talk about the Deep Blue Sea: Check out this 101 Meter World Record Dive, Directed by Matthew Brown
"Here is William Trubridge attempting to break the world record of freediving the deepest in history . . . diving straight down with no fins, no oxygen, no assistance."… Read More
“Dream Song 77: Seedy Henry rose up shy” by John Berryman
"For I am the penal colony's prime scribe." - John Berryman … Read More
“Poem of the Spanish Poet” Read by Mark Strand
Thanks to C. Dale Young for posting this over at his blog. … Read More
“Olives” by A.E. Stallings
Sometimes a craving comes for salt, not sweet, For fruits that you can eat Only if pickled in a vat of tears— A rich and dark and indehiscent meat Clinging tightly to… Read More
“Some People Just Shouldn’t Be Allowed to Use PhotoShop”: Cynthia Urges You to Go Ahead and Let it Out at Kvetch.com
When you say "degree in relevant field" you have no idea what you're talking about.… Read More
“Comrade Brummell” by Quincy Lehr
Quincy R. Lehr’s poetry, criticism, and essays have appeared in numerous journals in North America, Europe, and Australia. He co-hosts the long-running Carmine St. Metrics reading series in New York City; he… Read More
“Bright-eyed MFA Students Shelling Out Their Moolah to Join This, That, or the Other Fief as Vassals”: Ernest Hilbert Interviews Poet Quincy R. Lehr
Quincy R. Lehr's poetry, criticism, and essays have appeared in numerous journals in North America, Europe, and Australia. He co-hosts the long-running Carmine St. Metrics reading series in New York City; he… Read More