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Tanka Poetry: The Heart Of A Sailor By M. Kei

First, World Class Poetry offered “Twitter Haiku and Other Gems” by Gene Myers. Now, our second Twitter chapbook focusing on Japanese short forms is available for free through the World Class Poetry Toolbar.
“The Heart Of A Sailor” is a collection of 26 tanka poems by gay poet M. Kei, a volunteer skipjack crewman in the [...]

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Meet "Irreverent Twits"

Just a quick note to say that the latest Twitter chapbook, Irreverent Twits, has been published. You can download it now with the World Class Poetry Toolbar. Free.

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Twitter Haiku and Other Small Gems

Gene Myers is a poet and journalist in New Jersey. I am proud to announce that he now has a digital chapbook available under the imprint of World Class Poetry. It’s available for free with the WCP Poetry Toolbar.
I was so impressed with Gene’s poetry I wrote this in the introduction of the chapbook:

Gene Myers’ [...]

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Twitpoem Chapbook Is Now Available For Free

For the last week I’ve been frustrated. I’ve tried to publish the May 2009 issue of my Twitter poems chapbook, but I’ve been running into some challenges that have held up the process.
For starters, I bought a new laptop, an Acer AspireOne. It’s a tiny little Ferrari of a laptop, but it really is a [...]

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Here, Two More Poetry Chapbooks Just For You

Yesterday I announced the addition of the second chapbook by Gary B. Fitzgerald to the World Class Poetry Toolbar. Today I’d like to offer you two free poetry chapbooks available for download.

Going Dutch – Going Dutch is actually a couple of years old, but I’m making it available for free for the first time. These [...]

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Hardwood Poetry Chapbook Is Now Available

Hardwood, Gary B. Fitzgerald’s chapbook, is now available through the World Class Poetry Toolbar. Download the toolbar for free and enjoy Gary’s poetic verses.

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Two Free Poetry Broadsides – All Yours With The WCP Toolbar

I’m feeling generous. I decided to add a new feature to the World Class Poetry Toolbar. If you are a regular user then you can refresh your toolbar (I’ve sent a message through the toolbar to remind users how to do that). Directly to the right of the radio bar you will see the Adobe [...]

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My Book Review Reading List

Thanks to Diane Lockward for her list of poetry journals that read submissions during the summer. It’s a three-part list here, here, and here.
The newest member of the World Class Poetry Toolbar family is Mannequin Envy.
Books waiting in the cue for my review:

Lassoed With A Decorative Tongue
Watch The Watering Can
Graffiti Verite (DVD)
The World Of Richard [...]

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What Do Ron Silliman And Slate Magazine Have In Common?

Tomorrow is Memorial Day here in the U.S. and I’ll be taking the day off. So no blog post.
Meanwhile, a review of Sam Hamill’s Measured By Stone.
Speaking of which, what do Rattle reviews, Belinda Subraman, WGLT Poetry Radio, American Blues Network, Ron Silliman, Chekhov’s Mistress, Virginia Quarterly Review Blog, Dark Matter, Poetry Hound, The Kenyon [...]

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