This is the home of the poetry club of Warren, NJ, which began on March 4, 2007. This blog is both a record of the things we’ve read and a resource center for learning more about poetry. Feel free to chime in. We’d love to hear your thoughts.
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Denise – what an excellent idea to have a poetry club! Poetry should definitely be kept alive by reading it aloud, and in the course of running your club you are also building up an excellent resource. I shall re-visit often!
Classic Poetry Aloud
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Hi Denise,
You have a very sophisticated and rich website. Sounds like you’re taking poetry very seriously!
I was literary researcher for a documentary film that includes interviews with Galway Kinnell, Grace Schulman, Hayden Carruth, Donald Hall, and late Stanley Kunitz. The film is entitled “Hyam Plutzik: American Poet”–it’s about the poet at the University of Rochester who was a Pulitzer finalist in 1961. It was directed by Oscar nominee Christine Choy and Ku-Ling Siegel. We’re showing it at festivals, poetry societies, and other gatherings. Do you meet only on line or do you have gatherings where a film like this could be shown. You can see a trailer of the film at http://www.hyamplutzikpoetry.com
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Regards,
Carlos
Denise–
I was astonished and delighted to find that you’ve posted my poem titled “The Blue Water Buffalo”, and even more delighted to note that I’ve been hobnobbing– on your list, anyway– with some extraordinary, well-known poets. Thanks so much for happening upon my water buffalo, and for including it here. I’m very gratified.
Marilyn Taylor
Poet Laureate, State of Wisconsin