Stop all the clocks: which poems make grown men cry?
The title of a new poetry anthology, Poems That Make Grown Men Cry, is very silly. I know one man who cried reading One Day, another who blubbered over Beckett… Read more »
Poem that made fun of generic brand videos becomes a generic brand video
Last month, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency published a poem by Kendra Eash entitled “This is a generic brand video” which poked fun at the stock language and footage that is often used… Read more »
In memory of Ned O’Gorman
Ned O’Gorman, poet, author, and educator died earlier this month at the age of 84. He was the author of a memoir, The Other Side of Loneliness, a few books… Read more »
Poet Hugo Williams seeks kidney donor
A campaign is under way to find a new kidney for the T.S. Eliot Prize-winning poet, Hugo Williams. Williams, who has published numerous poetry collections over a long career, has… Read more »
Saudi Arabian book fair removes “blasphemous” works by Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish
The works of revered Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, who died in 2008, have been removed from the Riyadh International Book Fair in Saudi Arabia after objections to the “blasphemous” nature of… Read more »
Serhiy Zhadan, Ukranian poet, beaten at protests
Kharkiv, among other cities across Ukraine, has been the site of a series of protests over the last few months after Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych backed out of a trade… Read more »
Kirsten Stewart writes a poem
For a long time now on MobyLives we’ve sought to understand the enigma that is Kirsten Stewart, a.k.a Bella Swan, a.k.a K-Stew. She might be everyone’s favourite brooding YA character but let… Read more »
Maxine Kumin, 1925-2014
On February 6, poet Maxine Kumin passed away in her home in Warner, New Hampshire, the Boston Globe reports. She was 88. Kumin’s poetry career began over sixty years ago, as she explained… Read more »
“Illustrious commander is on the road of advance” and other romantic wintry poems from the DPRK
Get a fire started. Let that bottle of wine breathe a bit. Roll out your favorite bearskin rug. Get good and oiled up. That’s right, it’s time for some winter… Read more »
Two new poems by Sappho discovered on an ancient scrap of papyrus
Two new works by the Greek poet Sappho have been discovered on an ancient piece of papyrus. James Romm writes at The Daily Beast that the poems were discovered when the anonymous… Read more »