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Alex Grant's Blog
November 23, 2009
- I haven't blogged for a while -- lots of things going on to keep me away from it...and all of it good! Last week I was nominated for a Pushcart Prize - ( http://www.pushcartprize.com/ ) -- the poem is here: http://www.redheadedmag.com/poetry/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=89:alex&catid=36:poetry&Itemid=59 I was also featured on Verse Daily on Friday -- ...
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November 12, 2009
- A poem from "Bloody Heaven", my manuscript-in-progress. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - and if you don't like it - well, you can get up and leave any time you like and nobody will think ...
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November 3, 2009
- I'm finally going to see him - tonight, in Durham, NC - a 75-year-old living legend who probably will never tour again(his manager stole his retirement fund - only reason he's touring). I've loved this guy for more than 30 years - I hope this is as great as I think it's going to be...
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November 2, 2009
- A poem from "The Twilight Zone", my recently-completed full-length manuscript. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - and if you don't like it - well, you can get up and leave any time you ...
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November 1, 2009
October 16, 2009
- Too busy tonight(preparing for a reading tomorrow night) to do much - but here's something... When You Are Old When you are old and gray and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty ...
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October 15, 2009
- A poem from "Fear of Moving Water", my recently-released full-length collection. This poem is a Renga - a series of linked haiku - each stanza being a separate haiku(5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables) - each of which should stand alone, but should also link to the preceding and successive stanzas to form a whole - that's the theory, anyhow. I plan on posting these on a ...
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October 8, 2009
- A poem from "Fear of Moving Water", my recently-released collection. This poem won honorable mention for the 2005 Arts & Letters Poetry Prize. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - ...
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October 6, 2009
- Cover poetry - a poem by the brilliant Swedish poet - translated by Robert Bly. Better than what you've been getting lately! I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - and if you don't like it - well, you ...
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October 5, 2009
- A poem from "Fear of Moving Water", my recently-released collection. This poem won honorable mention for the 2005 Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - and if ...
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October 4, 2009
- A poem from "The Circus Poems", a recently-completed full-length collection. This poem was a 2008 finalist for Smartish Pace's Erskine J. Poetry Prize and appeared in issue 16. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the ...
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October 2, 2009
- A poem from "Bloody Heaven", my collection-in-progress. The poem originally appeared in a different form in Poemeleon. I've included a link to the Edward Hopper painting the poem is written after. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you ...
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October 1, 2009
- A poem from "Fear of Moving Water". The poem(which is actually an untitled section introduction in my book) was first runner-up in The Missouri Review's 2008 Audio Contest. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the ...
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September 30, 2009
- A poem from "Fear of Moving Water". The poem won honorable mention for the 2005 Pablo Neruda Poetry Prize. I plan on posting these on a regular basis - kind of a drip-feed virtual poetry reading. This way, you don't have to leave home and sit in a noisy coffee-house, you don't have to sit through the open-mic and the sales-pitches - and if you don't like it - well, you ...
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September 29, 2009
