— With its change to a Web-only feature, Poet’s Choice is evolving. We’ll be asking a different poet each week to share with us a poem he or she has written. Mary Karr, who has been our eloquent columnist since March 2008, starts us off on this new format — — Saudi men ...

. WEIRD TAILS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM A KENNEL FULL OF DOGGEREL No More Their Roar two lions silencedno savannahs will knowtheir voicesold and sickbearded kings of beastslike Lear upon the heathtoothless and breathing heavilythe man in the zooshot them bothonce each behind the earthey fell as lionsne'...

Poetry News: — Reaction to the cancellation of The Dodge Poetry Festival — — Marilyn Hacker among new Chancellors for Academy of American Poets — — The Original Confessional Poet Tells All W.D. Snodgrass interviewed by Hilary Holladay: Poetry Foundation — — ...

Poetry News: — A rare work by American poet Sylvia Plath has been found among books handed into a charity shop in Glasgow — — MLA reports 21% drop in positions in English and foreign languages — steepest decline in 34 years association has collected openings. — — ...

Poetry News: — When the Civil War erupted in April 1861, Walt Whitman, at age 42, was too old to bear arms in the Union Army. It seemed that his best days as a poet were behind him as well. — — Lesbian Poetry Retrospective Part II — — Governor Doyle appoints Marilyn Tay...

Poetry News: — Who Owns That Prayer? — — Anthology traces lines of contemporary poets from across the sea — — Can science explain why ABBA is so catchy? — — A tribute to Jonathan Williams planned — — U.S. isn’t immune from poet’s obse...

Poetry News: — Aleda Shirley (1955-2008): An Appreciation — — On the Gurlesque part 2 — — Holy Shit — — Emerging writers are published with established writers around a loose theme — — The Beat Generation’s jazz sensibility still resonates ...

Poetry News: — Taking stock of the wood — — Wordplay features Philadelphia-based poet Ross Gay [links to MP3] — — This week’s poem is the delicate and flirtatious 16th-century French “Villanelle”, along with a brand new translation — — Jona...

Did you know that a toilet tank flapper can be used as a bathtub stopper? I did not, until my sister and I stayed at the Maplehurst Inn B&B in Knoxville, Tennessee, and were offered that hardware as a replacement stopper this morning. And due to an “overbooking” or a “mix-up&#...

Disputation of Jilly Dybka on the Power and Efficacy of Contemporary Poetry Publishing Hi — an announcement My first book of poetry, Trouble And Honey, is available for purchase at Lulu.com for a special recession-rate of $7.77. And if you live overseas, why not take advantage of the crappy fi...