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jjhunter

Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.

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poetree_admin

This is the thread for non-personal, i.e. 'general' poetry news. Submission deadlines for poetry-related 'zines, news re: poets from outside the comm, and so on.

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jjhunter

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poetry: Seamus Heaney's last words

Nobel Prize-winning poet Seamus Heaney’s last words were sent in a text message he wrote to his wife just minutes before he passed away: “Noli timere” – Latin for “don’t be afraid.”

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If you've posted or have read remembrances of Seamus Heaney since his passing the other week, please feel encouraged to link to them in a response to this thread.

Edited Date: 2013-09-08 05:48 pm (UTC)

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jjhunter

Brain Pickings: A Vintage Scientific Paper Published as a 38-Stanza Poem

I wrote my abstract, sent it in,
With words that don’t offend.
Imagine my horror to find that I
Am scheduled at the end.

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primeideal

This is wonderful, thanks. Last year I had the great pleasure to hear a math talk all in verse, it's the kind of thing I'd love to write my own of one day.