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more about #poetry more comments → Rooo sez BISH PLZ: Oh. Oh, dear. Not that I can afford to be vain about my "early poems", but I'm not sure who decided this was a good idea. #kristenwiigreadssuzannesomers more » elephante: :-/ I love Kristen Wiig, but I'm pretty sure she stole this from Garfunkel & Oates (the "Pregnant Women Are Smug" ladies). [www.youtube.com] more » andBegorrah: The Vaginosis Monologues. The Cant, ohs. The Chode Not Take. Where the Side-eye Ends. Man, Fred. Peeves of Ass. #kristenwiigreadssuzannesomers more » mariamariamaria: Summer of death just end already. R.I.P. Jim. more » hussein persepolis hussein: Damn. My heart just keeps on breaking. more » Blank-Blank: Norman Borlaug also died today - he was responsible for engineering wheat crops that helped curb global hunger, especially in Mexico and India: "By M... more » ritualtheory: I was utterly shocked by this, somehow. Despite almost killing himself over and over as a kid he had such a tremendous life-force ~ it hardly seems po... more » AjaxNangerini: Jim Carroll... RIP ... A voice of a generation and a legend. He portrayed New York in one if it's grittiest eras with a beauty in his depiction. He "w... more » angelheadedhipster: "That, I realized, is the great beauty of dreams: the devil may inevitably find a way to jerk you off, but you can always wake up before he makes you ... more » bluebears: Sad. He was unique. more » boobookitteh: The gravity here is just sick for revenge It's like my lungs are filled with chains . . . The sky seems so low, It hasn't moved this slow Since the vi... more » LucilleMcGillicuddy: Couldn't help myself. more » R_Claw: Oh noes! Video no longer available!!! :-( more » chocopina: **finger snaps** @ willie shatner more » funnyface: I was just saying yesterday that that particular bit about the Cheechakos and Sourdoughs was like bad Romantic poetry. And then Shatner went and did ... more » -
#comicrelief
"When Even Sex Is Like A Song I've Heard Too Often…"
Kristin Wiig reads from the "early" poems of Suzanne Somers; hilarity ensues. Lesson learned: Don't waste your affection on dogs. [The Wow Report] -
#rip
Poet Jim Carroll Dies At 60
Punk rock poet Jim Carroll, who is perhaps best known for his memoir, "The Basketball Diaries," has died of a heart attack. As Patti Smith told the New York Times, Carroll's "work was sophisticated and elegant. He had beauty." [NYTimes] -
#wordsmithofwasilla
William Shatner Turns Sarah Palin Into Poetry
Tired of making fun of Sarah Palin? Us neither. Watch William Shatner give a poetic reading of her farewell speech, and, after the jump, a mashup of Palin and a possible 2012 competitor. More » -
#poetryinmotion
Ode To A Restoration
Although it wasn't found sufficiently romantic to serve as a setting in a new Keats biopic, the poet's actual Hampstead house - where he lived, wrote, and fell in love - has been restored to its 19th century state. [Telegraph] -
#eyecandy
Ed Westwick In GQ: Poetry
In MotionEmotions
Is it just me, or is Ed Westwick, aka Gossip Girl's Chuck Bass, reminiscent of a modern day Lord Byron in this GQ photo shoot? Just me? Well: I added poetry by George Gordon Byron to images of Westwick. Enjoy.
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#poeticinjustice
Ruth Padel & Derek Walcott: The Clinton Vs. Obama Of Poetry?
In what one columnist has compared, perhaps erroneously, to the battle between Clinton and Obama, British poets Ruth Padel and Derek Walcott find themselves at the center of a scandal that includes allegations of racism, sexism, and sexual harrassment. More » -
#caroling
Poetry In Motion
Carol Ann Duffy has been named Britain's poet laureate. Duffy, the first woman to hold the post in its 341-year history, is known for a wide and varied body of modern poetry. [NYT] -
#willsworld
Hark!
Gentles: 'Tis "Talk Like Shakespeare Day!" For on this 24th of April, the bard turns 445. [CNN] -
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#penismightierthanthesword
Children's Crusade: Should This Girl Be Risking Her Safety?
CNN ran a brief profile today of a young Pakistani girl whose openly anti-Taliban poetry is bringing her notoriety. We admire her, but can't help wondering...is this kind of exposure safe? More » -
#presidentialpoetry
The President-Elect Selects A Poet
In non Rick Warren news: Yale University Professor of African-American studies and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elizabeth Alexander has been selected to write and read a poem for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration ceremony on January 20.
