Seamus Heaney’s last poem published in Irish national gallery’s anthology

You can read this and see a picture of the painting that inspired it by following the embedded link.

Banks of a Canal
by Seamus Heaney
Gustave Caillebotte, c.1872

Seamus Heaney’s last poem published in Irish gallery’s anthology | Books | The Guardian

Jorge Luis Borges’ 1967-8 Norton Lectures On Poetry (And Everything Else Literary)

"Now, thanks to UbuWeb, you can not only read Borges, but hear him as well. They offer MP3s of Borges’ complete Norton Lectures, which the writer gave at Harvard University in the fall of 1967 and the spring of 1968". List of links to the eight Harvard lectures. It says he was virtually blind and gave the lectures without notes.

A Curse Upon the Poets

Hopewell Rogers - undergroundbooks.org:

[...]

In truth, old dead, I pray you rose again--
I pray you found, once rain and roots renewed
A mustard tree, a house to revel in,
A feast by mulled camaraderie imbued
(Or, if you tired of the gab of men,
A sylvan path, a stream, some solitude).
But if you died who once could hold a pen:
I wish you—cordially—disquietude. 

Uche Ogbuji

Descent

Pishsh!
The pishsh
Snow flies pishsh
Head height, foot flung,
Cold in crouching shock
As mouths Oh! into smiles

[...]

Read on: Link

'Amor en la Zona Colonial' by Natalya Handal | berfrois

"Why can’t you put your tongue in my mouth like you used to?" (Read all)

Southernmost Point Guest House

The name is taken from the first poem in the book. This is a sequel to the earlier volume, Last Night's Dream Corrected, which is also still available.

You can preview the list of contents here. For more information about the contributors and the book and for links to buy, please see http://newshortstories.com/southernmost-point-guest-house/. 

W.B.Yeats Reading His Own Verse

Happy Paddy's day.

Christmas ghost stories

Guardian Weekend magazine's Christmas ghost stories | Books | The Guardian

Starting with Repossession by Lionel Shriver

Seamus Heaney: Out of the Marvellous

"An intimate and original look at Seamus Heaney, the man and the artist. The film explores the key personal relationship in Heaney's life, that with his wife Marie, and follows him to Harvard, New York and London, to readings, signings and public interviews." Video: RTÉ Player. Available till 21 September 2013.

Yeats on modern poetry (BBC 1936)

Via Brain Pickings and Penn Sound archive

Poetry from each olympic nation - interactive map

Poems extracted from The World Record: International Voices from Poetry Parnassus, edited by Neil Astley and Anna Selby, published by Bloodaxe Books and Southbank Centre at £10 on June 26 2012. Of the featured poets, 145 will be at the week-long Poetry Parnassus as part of Southbank Centre's Festival of the World. (Guardian)

Sixty years in poems

Carol Ann Duffy invites leading poets to recall a year in verse


Here and there a bit cluttered by the "We Didnt' Start The Fire" type snippets, perhaps. Still fascinating to see what they make of the challenge.

Listen to readings of Philip Larkin by...

"... Like the clientele of a hyper-exclusive café, the evening’s readers—James Fenton, Saskia Hamilton, Mary Karr, Nick Laird, Katha Pollitt, Paul Simon, and Zadie Smith among them—sat in threes around small tables up on stage and took turns approaching the lectern to read a Larkin poem of choice. ..."

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2012/04/philip-larkin-reading-cooper-union.html#ixzz1tAKly3R4

The Forward poetry prize at 20

Photograph by Gallo Images/Getty Images

The Guardian | Books

"Set up to bring greater attention to contemporary poetry, the Forward prize celebrated its 20th anniversary this week. Fellow poets and writers pay tribute to those who have won the Best Collection"

As well commentary by other poets for each year, this epic feature also has links to poetry from all the garlanded books and more.

TS Eliot prize for poetry | Excerpts

TS Eliot prize for poetry | Books | guardian.co.uk

Poetry from the 2010 TS Eliot Prize short list - a generous ten excerpts and more than one poem from each. For the links please visit the Guardian page.

Human Chain by Seamus Heaney
New Light for the Old Dark by Sam Willetts
Seeing Stars by Simon Armitage
The Wrecking Light by Robin Robertson
What the Water Gave Me by Pascale Petit
You by John Haynes
Rough Music by Fiona Sampson
White Egrets by Derek Walcott
Phantom Noise by Brian Turner
The Mirabelles by Annie Freud