Poetry journal, Alex Leslie (editor), issue 6, poetryisdead.ca, $12 (one year subscription)
If you doubted that sound poetry would ever find a home on the printed page, feast your eyes on Steve Giasson’s erasure composition, “Perfect Lovers (Gay Porn Story Removed (O’s Remain),” a two-page dedication to the letter O that’s a cross between a connect- the-dots puzzle and a long-drawn-out orgasm. It’s an ideal flag bearer for this queer-themed issue of Poetry Is Dead, an assortment of essays, poems, stories and art that more often than not — and probably by chance — reads like a sex- themed issue. As with any collection this varied in style, every reader will find a mix of hits and misses. If tantalizing, cut- up emails are up your alley, you can read the lengthy — and challenging — splattering of sentence fragments called “ff or letters to a fellow fluency” by Pam Dick and Oana Avasilichioaei. Readers looking for marginally traditional fare will fnd the collection is bookended by two compelling creations: a poem-essay about growing up God-fearing and gay by Lisa Foad (“Here Be Monsters”), and a charmingly confusing interview between issue editor Alex Leslie and writer bill bissett, in which bissett spends four pages pretending he’s a William Burroughs narrative. Poet bpNichol, in his ABC: the Aleph Beth book, neatly summed up Poetry Is Dead’s unspoken mantra: “… POETRY IS DEAD. HAVING ACCEPTED THIS FACT WE ARE FREE TO LIVE THE POEM.” First and foremost, this sixth issue presents a congregation of people living through their writing. (Scott Bryson)
I’m pretty pleased to find this web site. I wanted to thank you for ones time just for this fantastic read!!
I definitely loved every part of it and I have you
saved to fav to look at new information on your blog.
I’ve been browsing online more than 3 hours
today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours.
It’s pretty worth enough for me. In my view, if all site owners and bloggers made good content as you did, the net will be
a lot more useful than ever before.
Somebody essentially help to make seriously posts I might state.
That is the first time I frequented your website page and thus far?
I surprised with the research you made to make this particular submit extraordinary.
Excellent activity!
Hello, I check your new stuff like every week. Your writing style is witty,
keep up the good work!
With havin so much content and articles do you ever run into any problems
of plagorism or copyright infringement? My site has a lot of
exclusive content I’ve either created myself or outsourced but it seems
a lot of it is popping it up all over the web without my authorization. Do you know any techniques to help prevent content from being ripped off?
I’d certainly appreciate it.
you’re actually a good webmaster. The site loading velocity is incredible.
It sort of feels that you’re doing any distinctive trick.
Moreover, The contents are masterwork. you have performed a wonderful process on this matter!
I’d like to thank you for the efforts you’ve
put in penning this website. I really hope to check out the same high-grade blog
posts from you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities has
encouraged me to get my very own website now 😉
I need to to thank you for this good read!! I definitely enjoyed every bit of it.
I have got you bookmarked to look at new things you post_