“Ah, ah, ah . . .”: The Horrific Plight of Count von Count
TThe Count, a sinister Romanian emigre who currently lives on Sesame Street in Brooklyn, New York, suffers from an obsession with counting, known in medical circles as arithmomania. Those who are cursed… Read More
“Poem In October” by Dylan Thomas
"Robert Graves summed up all lines of attack when he denounced Thomas as 'a demagogic Welsh masturbator who failed to pay his bills.' Over the years there have been honourable critical exceptions… Read More
“Self-Pity / Paranoia / Bitterness / Bile / Weird Lips . . .” Matt Groening’s Guide to the Modern Creative Artistic Types, as True Today as it Was in 1984
How much have poets changed since 1984?… Read More
“After the Rain” by Anthony Hecht
“It was Hecht's gift to see into the darker recesses of our complex lives and conjure to his command the exact words to describe what he found there. Hecht remained skeptical about… Read More
“Bring Me the Sweat of Gabriela Sabatini” by Clive James
“In a culture growing weak from forgetfulness to be memorable should be the aim.” - Clive James… Read More
“The King of Legoland,” a Short Film by Dunun
Music by Hunting Charlie's Band(e) Samuel Vielliard. Video by Micaël Reynaud.… Read More
“Last One Out” by Ernest Hilbert in the New Issue of Drunken Boat
"To be haunted, for an American poet today, is a rare and enviable condition. Not by personal demons—everyone has those, and when poets write about them they are really haunting themselves. To… Read More
“An Exercise in Love” by Diane di Prima
"Diane di Prima, revolutionary activist of the 1960s Beat literary renaissance, heroic in life and poetics: a learned humorous bohemian." - Allen Ginsberg… Read More
“A Bridge Too Far” a Short Film by James Miller
A1(M) overnight bridge demolition between Darlington & Dishforth.… Read More
Periodic Table of Heavy Metals . . .
Thanks to composer and E-Verser Trevor for sending this one in. Good find.… Read More
Keyboard Cat Strikes Again: Learn Your Punctuation People!
Total winnings: $0.… Read More
Start ’em Young! Call of Cthulhu for Beginning Readers
I am me. And who are you? I am Cthulhu, And you, my friend, are through. … Read More
Kipling Cross and New Criticism Street: A Poet’s Tube Map
Courtesy of Robert Peake. … Read More
“Corn and Gumballs Quarters Only / Do Not Jiggle Knobs or You Will be Banished . . .”: Found Poem Discovered at the Mouth of Long Cove on Neck Island by Botanist and Naturalist Javier Penalosa
Jan Schreiber submits a found poem forwarded to him by botanist and naturalist Javier Penalosa.… Read More
David Yezzi’s Opera Firebird Motel Performed in Delaware
(Contains mature language and subject matter. Not recommended for younger audiences.)… Read More
“Sunrise with Sea Monsters” by Ernest Hilbert
Coming in 2013: All of You on the Good Earth guides the reader through chambers occupied by visionary gravediggers, spaced-out movie stars and pugnacious comic book characters come to life, frenzied dropouts,… Read More
“Center City” by Ernest Hilbert
The bank that inspired this poem is now an Apple store, for whatever that's worth . . . … Read More
“Balloon Man” by James Matthew Wilson
James Matthew Wilson teaches in the Department of Humanities and Augustinian Traditions at Villanova University and is an editor of Front Porch Republic (frontporchrepublic.com). He has published many essays, poems, and… Read More
“Couple” by Justin Quinn
Justin Quinn was born in Dublin in 1968 and educated at Trinity College. Since 1995 he has taught American literature at the Charles University, Prague. He has published three books of criticism,… Read More
“Sepsis” by C. Dale Young
C. Dale Young practices medicine full-time, serves as Poetry Editor of the New England Review, and teaches in the Warren Wilson College MFA Program for Writers. He is the author of The… Read More
Support “Music After”: Marathon Concert Representing Creative Musicians Downtown on September 11th
Music After is a marathon concert, co-produced by composers Eleonor Sandresky and Daniel Felsenfeld, to take place on September 11, 2011 at Joyce SoHo on Mercer Street, commencing at 9:18am and finishing… Read More
“One to a Customer!” Yeah, with Five Different Rums in It, That’s Probably a Good Idea
"On National Rum Day, enjoy the rummiest classic recipe we could find. From our 1941 edition of W.C. Whitfield's drink mixing masterpiece 'Here's How,' a Zombie cocktail that calls for no fewer… Read More
“Confusion . . . Distaste . . . Impatience . . . Inadequacy . . . Ambivalence . . . . Television”: Notes on Poetry
Thanks to Casey for sending this one in. … Read More
Feel Guilty Riding the Bus? Too Much Pollution? Not Enough Exercise? Never Fear! You Can Ride the City Cycle!
The 14 passenger hybrid City Cycle! Thanks to Andrew for sending this in. … Read More