<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Brad&#039;s Reader &#187; Poetry</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.bradsreader.com/category/poetry/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.bradsreader.com</link>
	<description>Reading, Writing &#38; Publishing in a Digital Age</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:19:46 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Why poetry matters</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/11/why-poetry-matters/?rss_cid=1645?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID1645&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/11/why-poetry-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:43:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bradsreader.com/?p=1645</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the literary forms that have fallen out of fashion, I think poetry suffers the most. The mainstream public simply doesn&#8217;t have an interest in poetry, and it shows in the painfully low sales numbers of compilations of poetry books. I think a large reason for the miserable popularity of poetry is because reading [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/the-problem-with-poetry-today/' rel='bookmark' title='The problem with poetry today'>The problem with poetry today</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/10/rediscovering-poetry/' rel='bookmark' title='Rediscovering Poetry'>Rediscovering Poetry</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/poetry-from-prison-guantanamo-detainees-speak/' rel='bookmark' title='Poetry from prison: Guantanamo detainees speak'>Poetry from prison: Guantanamo detainees speak</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/11/why-poetry-matters/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Rediscovering Poetry</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/10/rediscovering-poetry/?rss_cid=1559?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID1559&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/10/rediscovering-poetry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:37:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bradsreader.com/?p=1559</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spend a lot of time on this blog writing about ebooks, publishing and writing fiction. While I love writing about those topics, there is one subject that I have neglected over the last year or so &#8211; poetry. During my college days I really dived into poetry in a big way, analyzing poems from [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/the-problem-with-poetry-today/' rel='bookmark' title='The problem with poetry today'>The problem with poetry today</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/07/spam-as-literature-turning-junk-email-into-poetry/' rel='bookmark' title='Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry'>Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/technology-and-poetry-make-strange-bedfellows/' rel='bookmark' title='Technology and Poetry make strange bedfellows'>Technology and Poetry make strange bedfellows</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/10/rediscovering-poetry/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>NPR Books: Arab poetry flourishes in Middle East</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/03/npr-books-arab-poetry-flourishes-in-middle-east/?rss_cid=708?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID708&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/03/npr-books-arab-poetry-flourishes-in-middle-east/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 20:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2009/03/npr-books-arab-poetry-flourishes-in-middle-east/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here in the United States, poetry doesn&#8217;t get much attention. Books of poetry hardly every make the bestseller list (I can&#8217;t think the last time one did, if ever). And most poets can only survive by teaching or holding some other job. But in the Arab world, poetry is very popular and even big business. [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/08/poetry-flourishes-in-the-united-arab-emirates/' rel='bookmark' title='Poetry Flourishes in the United Arab Emirates'>Poetry Flourishes in the United Arab Emirates</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/02/podcasts-helping-writers-in-more-ways-than-one/' rel='bookmark' title='Podcasts: Helping Writers in More Ways than One!'>Podcasts: Helping Writers in More Ways than One!</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/07/spam-as-literature-turning-junk-email-into-poetry/' rel='bookmark' title='Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry'>Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/03/npr-books-arab-poetry-flourishes-in-middle-east/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Nicholas Hughes, son of poet Sylvia Plath, kills himself</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/03/nicholas-hughes-son-of-poet-sylvia-plath-kills-himself/?rss_cid=709?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID709&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/03/nicholas-hughes-son-of-poet-sylvia-plath-kills-himself/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2009/03/nicholas-hughes-son-of-poet-sylvia-plath-kills-himself/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This story is making the rounds pretty quickly on the intertubes this morning: Sylvia Plaths son has reportedly committed suicide by hanging himself, according to this CNN article. As most of you probably know, Sylvia Plath was the very tragic poet who gassed herself to death (in the oven) in 1963. Nicholas Hughes was a [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/08/new-us-poet-laureate-named/' rel='bookmark' title='New US Poet Laureate Named'>New US Poet Laureate Named</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/05/poet-turned-dictator/' rel='bookmark' title='Poet-turned-Dictator'>Poet-turned-Dictator</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/04/who-wrote-frankenstein/' rel='bookmark' title='Who Wrote Frankenstein?'>Who Wrote Frankenstein?</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/03/nicholas-hughes-son-of-poet-sylvia-plath-kills-himself/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>More on politicians, presidents, and literature</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/01/more-on-politicians-presidents-and-literature/?rss_cid=592?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID592&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/01/more-on-politicians-presidents-and-literature/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 22:45:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classic Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Literary News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2009/01/more-on-politicians-presidents-and-literature/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I&#8217;m surprised at who is also a fellow literature junkie, no matter how low a politician they might be. Case in point: Yesterday I wrote this post about Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and his penchant for quoting poetry during press conferences. Well today, the Chicago Tribune caught on to his literary musings in this [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/literature-heavily-influenced-bob-dylan/' rel='bookmark' title='Literature heavily influenced Bob Dylan'>Literature heavily influenced Bob Dylan</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/03/follow-up-sex-in-literature/' rel='bookmark' title='Follow-up: Sex in Literature'>Follow-up: Sex in Literature</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/12/gov-blagojevich-allegedly-tried-to-fire-paper-editorial-board/' rel='bookmark' title='Gov. Blagojevich allegedly tried to fire paper editorial board'>Gov. Blagojevich allegedly tried to fire paper editorial board</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/01/more-on-politicians-presidents-and-literature/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Gov. Blagojevich &amp; poetry make strange bedfellows</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/01/gov-blagojevich-poetry-make-strange-bedfellows/?rss_cid=593?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID593&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/01/gov-blagojevich-poetry-make-strange-bedfellows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Literary News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2009/01/gov-blagojevich-poetry-make-strange-bedfellows/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though poetry isn&#8217;t quite a dead art form, it has sure lost a lot of popularity over the years. Perhaps that is why it&#8217;s amusing&#8230;ah&#8230;sad that it has taken a corrupt politician like Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to thrust this forgotten art back into the spotlight, at least temporarily. Today, after the Illinois House [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/12/gov-blagojevich-allegedly-tried-to-fire-paper-editorial-board/' rel='bookmark' title='Gov. Blagojevich allegedly tried to fire paper editorial board'>Gov. Blagojevich allegedly tried to fire paper editorial board</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/technology-and-poetry-make-strange-bedfellows/' rel='bookmark' title='Technology and Poetry make strange bedfellows'>Technology and Poetry make strange bedfellows</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/the-problem-with-poetry-today/' rel='bookmark' title='The problem with poetry today'>The problem with poetry today</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2009/01/gov-blagojevich-poetry-make-strange-bedfellows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Christian group gets book signing canceled at Waterstone&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/11/christian-group-gets-book-signing-canceled-at-waterstones/?rss_cid=495?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID495&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/11/christian-group-gets-book-signing-canceled-at-waterstones/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 02:32:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Author News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2008/11/christian-group-gets-book-signing-canceled-at-waterstones/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I think of banning books, I normally think about large piles of books being set on fire in the street, or even certain books being pulled from school libraries for one reason or another. But banning books hardly conjures up the image of a large bookstore chain canceling a book signing because a religious [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/04/what-is-americas-favorite-book/' rel='bookmark' title='What is America&#8217;s favorite book?'>What is America&#8217;s favorite book?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/canadian-catholic-school-board-bans-fantasy-novel/' rel='bookmark' title='Canadian Catholic School Board Bans Fantasy Novel'>Canadian Catholic School Board Bans Fantasy Novel</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/03/woman-admits-fabricating-memoir/' rel='bookmark' title='Woman admits fabricating memoir'>Woman admits fabricating memoir</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/11/christian-group-gets-book-signing-canceled-at-waterstones/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Make your next vacation a literary one!</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/08/make-your-next-vacation-a-literary-one/?rss_cid=336?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID336&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/08/make-your-next-vacation-a-literary-one/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 15:42:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Classic Literature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reading]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2008/08/make-your-next-vacation-a-literary-one/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You can read books written by your favorite classic authors, you can even read their biographies and study other works written by them. But if you really want to get into the head of your favorite writer, then why not visit the place where they wrote their best works? I came across an interesting snippet [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/06/the-crack-of-the-literary-world/' rel='bookmark' title='The &#8220;crack&#8221; of the literary world'>The &#8220;crack&#8221; of the literary world</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/06/why-is-some-fiction-literary-and-why-does-it-matter/' rel='bookmark' title='Why is some fiction literary and why does it matter?'>Why is some fiction literary and why does it matter?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/04/cant-bloggers-and-literary-critics-just-get-along/' rel='bookmark' title='Can&#8217;t Bloggers and Literary Critics Just Get Along?'>Can&#8217;t Bloggers and Literary Critics Just Get Along?</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2008/08/make-your-next-vacation-a-literary-one/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Drunken party at Robert Frost&#8217;s house?</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/drunken-party-at-robert-frosts-house/?rss_cid=272?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID272&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/drunken-party-at-robert-frosts-house/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:46:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2007/12/drunken-party-at-robert-frosts-house/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know if this story is funny, sad, or a little bit of both. I saw this news story this morning on Yahoo! (Robert Frost home vandalized). The home of the iconic American poet Robert Frost was vandalized. Not by poet-hating, knife-wielding drunks, rather by a bunch of teenagers (not confirmed, but police suspect [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/05/poet-turned-dictator/' rel='bookmark' title='Poet-turned-Dictator'>Poet-turned-Dictator</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/the-problem-with-poetry-today/' rel='bookmark' title='The problem with poetry today'>The problem with poetry today</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/07/spam-as-literature-turning-junk-email-into-poetry/' rel='bookmark' title='Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry'>Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/drunken-party-at-robert-frosts-house/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Poetry from prison: Guantanamo detainees speak</title>
		<link>http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/poetry-from-prison-guantanamo-detainees-speak/?rss_cid=204?utm_source=feed&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_content=postID204&#038;utm_campaign=RSS%2BFeed</link>
		<comments>http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/poetry-from-prison-guantanamo-detainees-speak/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:46:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brad Vertrees</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Poetry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://bradsreader.com.s47315.gridserver.com/2007/12/poetry-from-prison-guantanamo-detainees-speak/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Poetry can come from the most unlikely of places. The art form is not just limited to the world of academics (there&#8217;s plenty of poetry being written in popular MFA programs around the country) or those artsy folks that snub their collective noses at anything popular. There&#8217;s a book of poetry from one of the [...]


Related posts:<li><li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/technology-and-poetry-make-strange-bedfellows/' rel='bookmark' title='Technology and Poetry make strange bedfellows'>Technology and Poetry make strange bedfellows</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/09/the-problem-with-poetry-today/' rel='bookmark' title='The problem with poetry today'>The problem with poetry today</a></li>
<li><a href='http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/07/spam-as-literature-turning-junk-email-into-poetry/' rel='bookmark' title='Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry'>Spam as literature &#8211; turning junk email into poetry</a></li>
</li>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.bradsreader.com/2007/12/poetry-from-prison-guantanamo-detainees-speak/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

