The Maelstrom http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/directory en-us Copyright 2006, Yuku feeds@yuku.com (FeedMaster) webmaster@yuku.com (WebMaster) Sat, 07 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:27:20 GMT Yuku Feeds 1.0 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 Yuku http://static.yuku.com//feed/bypass/images/button-yuku.png http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/directory Yuku - free hosted forums and profiles 88 31 {pics-1.1 "http://www.icra.org/ratingsv02.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (nz 1 vz 1 lz 1 oz 1 cz 1 ) "http://www.rsac.org/ratingsv01.html" l gen true for "http://yuku.com" r (n 0 s 0 v 0 l 0 )) Search Search Domain q http://yuku.com/search/direct/ <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of November 3rd ~7 ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17327/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-November-3rd-7.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,
Poetry & Poets in Rags blog
We proceed by looking back this week. Our first link is to an excellent article on Langston Hughes. Then comes a relook at Roberto Bolaño; the saving of Lin Zhao's writings; and the emergence of more of Siegfried... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17327 Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:27:20 GMT <![CDATA[ Submit a love poem to The Times ~2 ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17326/t/Submit-a-love-poem-to-The-Times-2.html .
The Times: John Keats: How to write a love letter
This is an article in The Times on love poetry, that ends with a call for love poems. It says this at the last paragraph:
feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17326 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 02:33:17 GMT <![CDATA[ The Inheritors ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17325/t/The-Inheritors.html

The Inheritors.

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17325 Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:23:00 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 27th ~5 ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17324/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-27th-5.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

Kay Ryan, the US Poet Laureate, launched a new community college project that she calls "Poetry for the Mind's Joy." A federal judge in NH is allowing New England College's suit against former faculty member... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17324 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:45:49 GMT <![CDATA[ Was I just spooked? ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17323/t/Was-I-just-spooked-.html

Was I just spooked?

The inner cave was vast in size

feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17323 Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:53:13 GMT <![CDATA[ Autumn Sun ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17322/t/Autumn-Sun.html Autumn Sun

In the glimmer of morning's golden light
on stained glass hillsides of uncounted hues,
the crisp air carries birdsong clear and bright;
glad celebrations voiced in ones and twos.

Time inside tree cathedrals will inspire
thoughts of nature linking God and man.
Breezes through the leaves create dancing fire;
evoke the changes of the... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BoardFlak) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17322 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:16:48 GMT <![CDATA[ The Confederate Brigadier ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17321/t/The-Confederate-Brigadier.html The Confederate Brigadier

The brigadier drew forth his sword and studied the terrain;
an unknown field, a new battle, same enemy again.
Tidy ranks of ragged men stretched out on either side
in mottled hues of homespun clothes; the brigadier felt pride.

Though pressed and battered sore, his men had never faltered yet.
"Ready yore weapon gentlemen, an' fix... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (BoardFlak) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17321 Sun, 25 Oct 2009 06:08:46 GMT <![CDATA[ Halloween Screams ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17320/t/Halloween-Screams.html Not from fright are my Halloween screams,
but indecision affecting my night time dreams.
The kids just can't decide what to be,
and it's really getting to me you see.

A soldier, lifesaver, or a cowboy,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jim AKA RapidFire) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17320 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:41:40 GMT <![CDATA[ Out of pocket and out of favour. A rant ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17319/t/Out-of-pocket-and-out-of-favour-A-rant.html Out of pocket and out of favour.

Those M.Ps who have made false claims.

To further their own ends and aims.

 feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17319 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:36:04 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 20 ~2 ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17318/t/Poetry-amp-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-20-2.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,
The blog posts of the Poetry & Poets in Rags links for this week begin with five black and white photos in a row. The reason? It is the week of unearthing. Federico Garcia Lorca's body is about to be exhumed, if... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17318 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:27:54 GMT <![CDATA[ A ways to go ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17317/t/A-ways-to-go.html He just set the bar too high
Just got done reading "Blueberries"
Do you know what would happen if I wrote that?
It'd probably come out "Strawberries" or some crazy foo-foo fruit

I mean the he's the only guy in like 200 years
To make a living writing this crap
Except the "Bicycles" chick or whatever
And somehow I (as in modern-day poet)
Am supposed to strive to be as good as him
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (MWK2005) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17317 Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:22:35 GMT <![CDATA[ from east to west - fall 09 ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17316/t/from-east-to-west-fall-09.html Our fall issue includes featured poets, Melissa Crowe, Dave Morrison& Lynne Shapiro, featured artists, Brianna M. Allen, Jennifer Barnett-Hensel, Jeff Filipski, Audrey Hotchkiss & Donna Kuhn, and "spoken word" poets, http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17316 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 12:01:43 GMT <![CDATA[ All Out of Signs ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17315/t/All-Out-of-Signs.html out, longer seeking destination from
their "certainly the same
story" getting back to here.
Nature clicks all over the place -
wake up in a subtle garden
each morning, gold and green.
All out of signs
no time left on the clock
hearing bouncing back, forth
hints we have to make a decision
telling me we have to go.

With no one around
things still went down;
never meant to last
... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Lunar) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17315 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 01:09:26 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 13 ~6 ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17314/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-13-6.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,
It is Nobel week. And those literature selectors did the scandal-ridden prize no service by giving Nobel's money to another European--this after last year's statement by Horace Engdahl: "There is powerful... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17314 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 01:36:44 GMT <![CDATA[ Memories ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17313/t/Memories.html
Memories of an earlier time in my life,
occupied with anything but... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Jim AKA RapidFire) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17313 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:31:40 GMT <![CDATA[ The Stranger ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17312/t/The-Stranger.html

The Stranger


[-] feeds@yuku.com (Sharon Bullard) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17312 Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:52:08 GMT <![CDATA[ Hello ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17311/t/Hello.html I will take a look around this evening.
]]> feeds@yuku.com (solante52) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17311 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:58:36 GMT <![CDATA[ Taking liberties too far a small but heartfelt rant ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17310/t/Taking-liberties-too-far-a-small-but-heartfelt-rant.html Taking Liberties too far

The lack of enforced discipline.

Is where our troubles all begin.

The evidence is plain to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (poeticpiers) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17310 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 19:58:19 GMT <![CDATA[ Screams in the Blazing Fires (content warning) ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17309/t/Screams-in-the-Blazing-Fires-content-warning-.html deep within her core
burn the blazing fires
of destruction and devastation

She screams
spitting upon her face
with molten lava
weeping with tears of flames

my body
deep within my core
burn the fires of emotions

I scream in pain
anguish
desperation
fear

I spit on the faces of others
I choose to destroy
for this
I will burn in the fires of eternity

My body to be left... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Sharon Bullard) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17309 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:17:05 GMT <![CDATA[ Poetry & Poets in Rags of October 6th ~2 ]]> http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17308/t/Poetry-Poets-in-Rags-of-October-6th-2.html Dear Poetry Aficionados,

As always, the news in poetry happens in and comes from around the globe. We begin this week just 25 miles from here in Massachusetts. Iranian dissident Ala Khaki spoke to a group of Roxbury Latin students about the crime of... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Rus Bowden) http://maelstrom38102.yuku.com/topic/17308 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:03:30 GMT