Halloween Treats: Halloween Poems!

From http://www.poets.org

Poems about the Underworld

As little demons, ghosts, and devils prepare to roam through the neighborhood, Poets.org descends into fire and brimstone with a new essay on Poems about the Underworld.  Allow Poets.org to guide you through the abyss with a frightful collection of poems from Virgil’s Aeneid and Dante’s Inferno to contemporary work by authors such as Louise Glück, Rita Dove, Jack Spicer, and Dana Levin.  On the web at: www.poets.org/hell

Halloween Frightcast

Enter a haunted village where witches stir cauldrons and goblins fill their baskets with enchanted fruit. Listen to spooky readings of poems by Christina Rossetti, Ben Jonson, William Shakespeare on the special podcast for All Hallows Eve.  On the web at: www.poets.org/poetcast

Poets in the Graveyard

Find out which poets will be haunting your street this Halloween. You won’t need a crystal ball to uncover the authors entombed in your area. Instead, consult Poets.org’s Guide to Poets’ Graves. Find the jagged boulder that marks Ralph Waldo Emerson’s burial place and locate the library where the ashes of Langston Hughes lie beneath the floorboards. Take a trip to the graveyard to see the spare stone above the final resting place of E. E. Cummings, the tulip-strewn tomb of Sylvia Plath, and the wildly overgrown grave of Walt Whitman.

On the web at: www.poets.org/graves

Poem of the Week: Poems for Autumn

>Are you looking for autumn themed poems?  Check out this page of autumn poems, classic and contemporary, from Poets.org!

West Georgian Poet Wins $50,000 Whiting Poetry Prize

Paul Guest, a poet and part time teacher at West Georgia University, has won the prestigious Whiting Prize for his poetry for 2007.  Guest, who earned his M.F.A. from Southern Illinois University, was one of 10 American writers who won the prize for showing “exceptional promise” as a writer.  Guest, who has been paralyzed since age 12 from a bike accident, says, “Automatically they think [my work] should be sad because I am disabled,” he says. “At a reading, I think something I wrote is funny but no one laughs, or I laugh and they think, ‘He must be having an emotional fit or seizure.’”My poems are really intimate or seem intimate; I’m good at manufacturing intimacy. Then there’s irony, and my poems have different streaks of it. It would be boring to me if it wasn’t.” 

Ice Cream Sundae Treats: Wednesday, 10/24/07!

As part of our Teen Read Week celebration from 10/22 until 10/26, Mrs. Fleet is hosting an ice cream/sundae bar for members of the Blatant Bibliophiles and The Live Poet Society on Wednesday, October 24 during all three lunch periods.   This special day of treats is to help us celebrate 31 Flavorite Authors during October 2007.  Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Beasley will be assisting Mrs. Fleet with the yummy festivities.

Poetry at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center

The second Wednesday of every month, Callanwolde hosts a poetry reading. Coordinated by members of the Poetry at Callanwolde committee, guest poets frequently include nationally and internationally-renowned poets, in addition to local talents. Open-mic poetry readings are generally held several times each year, when local poets may sign up to give readings of their own work. Poetry Readings are held in the unique setting of Callanwolde’s historic Conservatory (green house), located behind the main house at Callanwolde Fine Arts Center.

 

For more information, visit the Callanwolde Fine Arts Center website.

Poetry Reading Cancelled

We regret to announce that the Poetry Reading scheduled for Friday, October 26 has been cancelled due to lack of interest and participants (only six people had signed up through Friday afternoon).

We will try to schedule another poetry reading in December and hope to get more participation from our students and faculty at that time.

Reminder: Poetry Reading Coming Up on 10/26!

Just a gentle reminder to all poetry club members that our poetry reading is scheduled for Friday, 10/26/07 during all three lunches.  Right now only one member has signed up, and the event is in danger of being cancelled due to lack of interest.

Please come by this week if you want to participate (and I hope you do—the club voted to have a poetry reading!)!  We also need you to encourage your friends and teachers to participate, too, so help spread the good word!

 Thanks!

Mrs. Hamilton

Reminder: Poetry Club Meeting Monday, October 8!

A quick reminder:  we will have a brief 15 minutes Poetry Club meeting on Monday, October 8 in the library!  We will be discussing the upcoming Poetry Reading for October 26, 2007.  If you cannot attend the 8:00 AM meeting or 3:30 PM meeting, see Mrs. Hamilton during your lunch.

We need your help in making our first poetry reading a success!  Thank you! 

Mrs. Hamilton

Poetcast: Podcasts from Poets.org

The Poetcast is the official podcast of the Academy of American Poets. Podcasts are like online radio shows, except that you don’t have to tune in at a given time. Instead, users “subscribe” to podcasts through software like iTunes, and episodes download directly onto your computer as they are released, hassle-free and free of charge.

You can listen to podcasts at your leisure, or, with portable devices like iPods, take them with you on the go. Click on the link below to hear sample Poetcasts, and see a range of subscription options.

Listen and Subscribe to the Poetcast

To subscribe to the Poetcast in iTunes, click on Advanced > Subscribe to Podcast and enter:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePoetcast

Save the date: Poetry Club Meeting October 8!

We will meet very briefly on Monday, October 8, 2007 at 8AM or 3:30 PM for a brief 15 minute meeting about our upcoming poetry reading.  Please come to the library for just a few minutes!

Thanks!

Mrs. Hamilton