Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
“Space Monkey” by David Alpaugh
DAVID ALPAUGH: “I’m attracted to poetry by its thrilling language—the electricity generated by the A & B of metaphor ‘running beautiful together.’ Visual poetry increases the voltage, counterpointing the poem’s words with a third dimension that commands the eye and affords the complex pleasure of a triple-read. The circular, vortex-driven background of ‘Space Monkey’ forces [...]
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Sunday, January 18th, 2009
“Strip Taze” by David Alpaugh
DAVID ALPAUGH: “I’m attracted to poetry by its thrilling language—the electricity generated by the A & B of metaphor ‘running beautiful together.’ Visual poetry increases the voltage, counterpointing the poem’s words with a third dimension that commands the eye and affords the complex pleasure of a triple-read. In ‘Strip Taze’ the text begs a luridly [...]
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Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Essay: “What’s Really Wrong with Poetry Book Contests” by David Alpaugh
David Alpaugh WHAT’S REALLY WRONG WITH POETRY BOOK CONTESTS? Note: As winner of the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize and owner of SmallPoetry Press, David Alpaugh has both won and run a Poetry Book Contest. Isn’t that a rhetorical question? Everyone knows what’s wrong with poetry book contests. They’re rigged! In 2004 the web site Foetry [...]
