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We came to the island. We stayed in the house.Rain and sun. Bougainvillea. Pink cedar.How many shadows slipped along wallsor whetted the leaves of century plants? Announcement: "British poets have won all of this year s Forward prizes, with Caroline Bird s...THE AIR YEAR taking best collection, Will Harris s RENDANG winning best debut, and Malika Booker winning for best single poem." (The Guardian)#pdnewshttps://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/25/forward-poetry-prize-goes-to-audacious-erotically-charged-the-air-yearReview: "[Kooser's] 15th book of poetry, 'Red Stilts,' demonstrates that poets, like fine wines, continue to improve with age." (Lincoln Journal Star)#pdnewshttps://journalstar.com/entertainment/books/review-kooser-offers-poetic-peace/article_89580df6-ee08-5256-8147-a8e046a3367a.htmlInterview: "I am not interested in writing about myself in a direct way and purposefully try to distance my poems from the personal the use of 'us' and 'we' does that and can be alternately inclusive or implicating." (The Adroit Journal)#pdnewshttps://theadroitjournal.org/2020/10/12/in-this-broken-unbroken-place-a-conversation-with-tracy-zeman/Essay: "Because I am no art expert, although I have studied the classics, I want to try to think about Twombly through the poems of Catullus. These two spirits seem to me somehow in tune." Anne Carson (Lit Hub)#pdnewshttps://lithub.com/anne-carson-the-sheer-velocity-and-ephemerality-of-cy-twombly/Obituary: "Lee Sharkey, a poet and peace activist with an empathetic soul, who mentored writers in Maine and around the world, died Sunday from pancreatic cancer. She was 75." (Portland Press Herald)#pdnewshttps://www.pressherald.com/2020/10/21/maine-poet-activist-and-mentor-lee-sharkey-dies-at-age-75/ What Sparks Poetryis a serialized feature in which we invite poets to explore experiences and ideas that spark new poems.In our current series,What Translation Sparks, we ve asked a group of poet-translators to share a seminal experience in translation. How does the work of translating poetry feel essential to the writing of one s own poetry? Our contributors reflect on inspiring moments as intricate as a grammatical quirk and as wide-ranging the history or politics of another place. They are sleeping, mountain-heads, headlands,and the gullies, too the fallen leaves and the tribe of slow-footedcreatures the dark earth grows Or as every other late 80s action heromy mother successfully jumping off of a skyscraperonto another skyscraper my mother hunting thePredator with a cigar lodged in her mouthmy mother saying sonofabitch in the coolestway imaginable how long we donelived us-folk,for whom heavenis live broadcast.our down-at-the-heelplace. filthy barefoot. The girl is pacingback and forthin my mind insideher payphone booth.Her penniesare like fancy moths. With your support, we make reading the best contemporary poetry a treasured daily experience.Consider a contribution today. We are thrilled to introduce our new editorial board, whose range of individual experience and expertise will bring new poems and publishers to our thousands of readers.SUBSCRIBE TO POETRY DAILY S NEWSLETTERSubscribe to our daily newsletter to receive the daily poem, poetry news and features, and related opportunities from our sponsors via email. You can opt-out or manage your subscription preferences at any time.

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