Walter Bargen is the Poet Laureate of Missouri, the first person to hold that post since its creation by Governor Matt Blunt in January, 2008. He has published numerous books of poems: Fields of Thenar, Mysteries in the Public Domain, Yet Other Waters, The Vertical River, Rising Water: Reflections on the Year of the Great [...]
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Meet Joyce Sutphen – The BCPaW National Poetry Month Featured Poet for April 29th, 2009
Posted in April, books, creative writing, emerging poets, internet poetry, internet poets, Joyce Sutphen, literature, lyric poem, lyric poetry, Mid-West, Midwest, Midwest poetry, Minnesota, Minnesota poetry, Minnesota poets, Missouri, missouri poet, missouri poetry, missouri writers, narrative poem, narrative poetry, National Poetry Month, National Poetry Month 2009, NPM, poem a day, poet, poet a day, poetry, poets, southwest missouri, Uncategorized, women poets, writers, writing on April 29, 2009 |
Joyce Sutphen lives in Chaska, Minnesota and teaches at Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota. She is the author of Naming the Stars (2003), Straight Out of View (Beacon Press, 1995), winner of the 1994 Barnard New Women Poets Prize, and Coming Back to the Body (Holy Cow! Press, 2000). Her poems have appeared [...]
Meet Stephen Dobyns – The BCPaW National Poetry Month Featured Poet for April 28th, 2009
Posted in April, books, contemporary poetry, contemporary poets, creative writing, death poem, death poetry, internet poetry, internet poets, literature, live poetry, lyric poem, lyric poetry, Mid-West, Midwest, Midwest poetry, Missouri, missouri poet, missouri poetry, missouri writers, narrative poem, narrative poetry, National Poetry Month, National Poetry Month 2009, NPM, poem a day, poet, poet a day, poetry, poetry of death, poetry performance, poetry reading, poets, southwest missouri, stephen dobyns, Uncategorized, writers, writing on April 28, 2009 |
Stephen Dobyns has published ten books of poetry and twenty novels. His books of poetry include Pallbearers Envying the One Who Rides (Penguin, 1999); Common Carnage (1996); Velocities: New and Selected Poems, 1966-1992 (1994); Cemetery Nights (1987), which won a Melville Cane Award; Black Dog, Red Dog (1984), which was a winner in the National [...]
Meet Billy Collins – The BCPaW National Poetry Month Featured Poet for April 27th, 2009
Posted in animatyed poetry, April, Billy Collins, books, contemporary poetry, contemporary poets, creative writing, DC poetry, DC Poets, internet poetry, internet poets, literature, live poetry, lyric poem, lyric poetry, Mid-West, Midwest, missouri poet, missouri poetry, narrative poetry, National Poetry Month, National Poetry Month 2009, New York, New York Poetry, New York Poets, NPM, poem a day, poet, poet a day, poet laureate, poetry, poetry performance, poetry reading, poets, southwest missouri, Uncategorized, Washington DC, writers, writing on April 27, 2009 |
William “Billy” Collins served two terms as the Poet Laureate of the United States, from 2001 to 2003. In his home state, Collins has been recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004. He was recently appointed Claire Berman Artist in [...]
