Another poet recently
linked to this short older article by Blood Pudding Press editor Juliet Cook,
called ‘Five Highly Recommended Living Poets’ – which prompted her to re-read
the article to find out if she still felt strongly about those poets – and she
did. Thus the article is linked to
below, as well as a quote from the beginning of the article AND small snippets
from the sections related to each of the five poets.
“the land of poetry
happens to be a very multifaceted, highly-powerful, super-charged, vibrant, and
dynamic realm abuzz with many colonies of exciting poets who are alive and
writing today and who are very much relevant to current lives and the current
zeitgeist”
“~Rebecca Loudon:
Idiosyncratic and throbbingly visceral, Loudon mines loaded terrains of mental
illness, longing, sex and other insatiable desires”
“~Lara Glenum: … I
found myself thinking of it as 'post-apocalyptic porno poetry' and then I
thought that it wasn't just post-apocalyptic, it was also post-porno-and kind
of post-gender-and maybe even post-HUMAN”
“~Kristy Bowen:
Evocative in its own unique way and flirting with themes related to femininity,
the paranormal, the historical, and peculiar memory banks”
“~Tess Gallagher: For
slightly more traditional tastes, Gallagher is a poet who has been publishing
poignant, naturally descriptive, powerfully emotional, and non-didactic
political poetry for years, some of it drawing upon her own life experiences
including her childhood, her world travels, her loving relationship with fellow
poet Raymond Carver and painful loss of him to an untimely death”
“~Lynn Crosbie: …obsessively
and lushly fixated upon the seamier side of popular culture, the more
dysfunctional side of romantic relationships, and other dark underbellies”
***
In other, more recent
poetry-related news, TOMORROW OCTOBER 15
IS THE LAST DAY TO SUBMIT YOUR POETRY CHAPBOOK TO THE BLOOD PUDDING PRESS
CONTEST (more details here - http://bloodyooze.blogspot.com/2012/09/blood-pudding-press-is-accepting.html). Submissions will be accepted up through
midnight the night of October 15!
Speaking of Blood
Pudding Press, it’s not too late to investigate the Halloween Treats section of
the Blood Pudding Press etsy shop here - http://www.etsy.com/shop/BloodPuddingPress?section_id=12101200.
(The bloody mummy zombie
mug below recently sold out, BUT a new one was painted last night and just
needs to be glazed & fired before added to the BPP shop within about a
week, just in time for Halloween. Boo
hiss.)
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