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Tony Williams @ 11-30-09 21:56
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 Happy Birthday, Ben!
Posted by Michelle McGrane - 11-30-09 04:56 - 6 comments
Hope it's a good one!
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 Blindspots
Posted by TimLove - 11-29-09 10:59 - 8 comments
Here are some jottings that I'm trying to put into shape.

"I don't like it" vs "I don't get it"
Can the distinction be made? Sometimes surely, but it depends on the context.
  • Social situation - In the tutor/pupil situation perhaps it's easier for the tutor to say "I don't like it" and the pupil to say "I don't get it". In judges' reports you might not often see lines quoted that the judge admits to ...read more
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 Favourite Poetry Collections of 2009
Posted by Michelle McGrane - 11-28-09 11:43 - 14 comments
If anyone is interested, Part One and Part Two of 'Favourite Poetry Collections of 2009' are up on peony moon.


Part One includes recommendations from Moniza Alvi, Ian Duhig, Sheenagh Pugh, Dorianne Laux, Alison Brackenbury, Clare Pollar ...read more
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 The Poets on Fire Chess League
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 Christmas / Winter poems
Posted by Jaybird - 11-26-09 14:57 - 18 comments
hello all - i need to get together a list of 10-12 christmas / winter poems at some speed - any suggestions from all those big ol' poetry brains out there? thanks!
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 Unacknowledged theft
Posted by Tom Chivers - 11-25-09 23:14 - 11 comments
I was just listening to a CD tonight and remembered that a couple of lines from one of my (published) poems totally steals from the band Godspeed You! Black Emperor... Specifically, the lines in my poem 'Hasty Excise':

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The sudden light of the Tube is like waking from a dream, or falling into one