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Quick pre update tidbit:

=====>   I'm broadcasting a new program called "FEED YOUR HEAD" via the
   internet Wednesday nights.  It features live and recorded spoken
   word as well as genre-defying sets of music.

   Visit http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/urbanfunk/ for the details.

   Rock on.

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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
ISSN: 1523-6587

   July 2 - 8, 2001

   this week:

   ~ 2001 PSH Poetry Contest Begins.

   ~ This week featuring poets from HOUSTON, TX, BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS,
     VA, and MINNEAPOLIS, MN

   ~ New websites listed in all three Poetry Super Highway links
     categories.

   ~ Featured this week in the PSH Bookstore is IN OUR OWN WORDS: A
     GENERATION DEFINING ITSELF - VOLUME 3 edited by MARLOW PEERSE
     WEAVER

   ~ PSH Chat Room Schedule.

   ~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.

   ~ Click on LANGUAGE STRIPS for a brand spanking new episode of
     HORROR VACUUI which was drawn exclusively for left handed people.


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2001 POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY POETRY CONTEST

   Just two days since the contest announcement went out and we've
   already received entries from over a dozen poets!  Add this to
   the over 50 sponsors who've donated over 200 prizes to be shared
   amongst contest entrants, and this promises to be our biggest and
   bestest contest ever!

   Click on "2001 CONTEST" from the main PSH menu for all of the
   details, prizes, and entry guidelines.

   Or e-mail guidelines@PoetrySuperHighway.com for a personally
   electronically delivered copy.  


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POETS OF THE WEEK

   ~ This weeks featured poets are ANGELIQUE JAMAIL, CHRISTINE LENNON,
     and ALEX STOLIS, the judges of the 2001 Poetry Super Highway
     Poetry Contest:

   ANGELIQUE JAMAIL (Houston, Texas) earned her degree in English -
   Creative Writing from The University of Houston.  Her first book of
   poems, Gypsies, came out in late 1998, and she expects to complete
   her second book, Barefoot on Marble, this summer.
   
   CHRISTINE LENNON (Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia) is a web designer
   and freelance artist/writer, and active in the Confederate Air
   Force. Previously, she has also been a magician's assistant, an
   "extra" in a few movies, a computer operator, a licensed artist in
   New Orleans' French Quarter, a soldier in this girl's U. S. Army,
   a baker, and a student of all things interesting. She is also a
   Master Poet in Ardeon's Poets Guild.

   ALEX STOLIS (Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a Drug and Alcohol
   Counselor who works primarily with adolescents and their families.
   His poems have appeared in a number of print journals as well as
   on-line publications.  He tied for place in last years Poetry Super
   Highway Poetry contest.


   Read their work online by clicking on FEATURED POETS from the main
   Poetry Super Highway page.

   ~ Submit your work for consideration for featured poet of the week.
   Information available online.  (Click on SUBMISSION GUIDELINES from
   the PSH main page.  All submissions are saved for new consideration
   each week (for six months.)


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NEW POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LINKS

   ~ Here are all of the new sites added to the Poetry Super Highway's
     3 links sections.

   You can find the actual links on the PSH website in the 3 poetry
   links categories.


   NEW ONLINE POETRY RESOURCES LISTINGS THIS WEEK:

   ~ NATIONAL POETRY SLAM2001, SEATTLE
   Official Website for The National Poetry Slam2001, held in Seattle.

   ~ CREATIVITYWEB.NET
   Submit, read and comment on poetry. Topsites list for creative
   websites, and a search engine for creative / poetry sites

   ~ BLUES AND FOLK MUSIC
   hundreds of photos and video stills etc etc from a unique video
   archive of acoustic musicians and poets.....

   ~ THE WORKS OF EZRA PLAITH
   Like short "poetry"?  How about some a little on the weird side?
   Hell, are you just bored? well then COME ON DOWN to Ezra Plaith's
   lame website!  I promise you even the cursors will knock you out of
   your boredom!  And don't forget to check out the crap I've drawn!
   Just click de link.  And remember, kiddies, I am always adding new
   sh-t so don't just visit once, if you like what you see...

   ~ BERKSBARDS
   BerksBards is a nonprofit poetry organization in Berks County, PA.
   We are the organizers or BardFest, a thirty-day poetry festival
   that runs throughout April. BardFest 2001 featured local and national
   poets including Billy Collins, Sonia Sanchez and Ace Boggess. The
   site also includes information on poetry happenings throughout the
   year. Members receive a monthly newsletter and the opportunity to
   network with other poets, publishers and lovers of poetry throughout
   the year at Poet Potlucks.

   ~ STARING AT THE STARS
   Mostly an attempt at a discussion group for poets from Dallas, TX
   but everyone is welcome.


   NEW ONLINE PUBLICATIONS LISTINGS THIS WEEK:

   ~ LIVEPOETS.COM
   "...dedicated to promoting quality spoken word and providing an
   interface for poets and their audiences." - Gabrielle Bouliane,
   founder

   ~ POETSUSA.COM
   Poets,  fiction writers, essayists, reviewers, literature from
   Alicia Ostriker,  Karen Swenson, Daniela Gioseffi,  Grace Paley, 
   Rochelle Ratner, Enid Dame, Jennifer Ley, Gabrielle LeMay, Pwu Jean
   Lee, Madeline Tiger, Myra Shapiro and more.

   ~ NJPOETS. COM
   Famous poets of New Jersey:" The Poetry State." Home to Walt Whitman
   (Camden years), William Carlos Williams, Allen Ginsberg of Paterson,
   Daniela Gioseffi, Amiri Baraka,  C.K. Williams of Newark, Robert
   Pinsky of Red Bank, Gerald Stern of Lambertville, Joe Weil of
   Elizabeth, Joe Salerno of Caldwell, Alicia Ostriker, Yusef Komunyaaka
   of Princeton. Stephen Dunn of Stockton and many more Pulitzer Prize
   and National and American Book Award winning poets, their poetry,
   biographies and photo portraits of poets.

   ~ PRAXI MAGAZINE (POETRY, ARTICLES)
   Praxi Magazine, poetry, articles volume no1, Lefevre, Debord, Breton,
   Valaoritis, Pagoulatos, Chrisostomidis, Papalexandrou, Barzouka.

   ~ THE UNDERGROUND POETS SOCIETY
   African American Poetry at its finest and a Tri-annual Poetry
   Contest. This society showcases the talent of today and the future
   from poets all over the world! Come see for yourself!

   ~ LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN - A WRITER'S RESOURCE
   A web site for writers and poets writing on the subject of life in
   a small town.  Reference guide to on-line writing workshops.  Small
   town photography and quotes from small town newspapers.


   NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK:

   ~ HOUSE OF MIRTH
   Illustrated fantasy entitled Plenty of Room Between the Trees
   suitable for adults masquerading as children of all ages. Also
   collections of  poetry and prose extravaganzas. The illustrated
   work survives comparison with Goodnight Moon and was not in fact
   influenced by the Babar books except for that cluster of trees not
   unlike Van Gogh's Olive Grove. As see on site.

   ~ FARHAN NOOR : MY POETRY BOOK
   'The Ache Of Being' is a collection of poems. It boasts some of
   very intense poems. True words to depict true meanings. Each poetry
   relates to our individual life in its own special way. Read the
   nominated best poems on the website and post in your own comments
   about it.

   ~ HOWARD CAMNER: POET BIO
   A brief biography of poet Howard Camner, including his years in New
   York as headliner with the west End Poetry Troupe. This site also
   includes a listing of Camner's major publications.

   ~ POETRY STILL FRAMES
   A collection of my poetry

   ~ POEMS OF GLENN LOGAN
   Contains poems selected from "Prayers to a Dead God /125 Poems,"
   which was published in the spring of 2001 by North American
   International as Volume One in their new series, "21st Century
   American Poets."  The book has received excellent reviews on
   Amazon.com and elsewhere.

   ~ GEDICHTEN RICHARD STEEGMANS
   Modern dutch poetry from Richard Steegmans with poems about love,
   arts, music, sports, labour, nature, etc.

   ~ MEGALIT
   An illustrated poem or an illustration with a poem?anyway it's a
   megalit neosymbolic webart.


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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE

   ~ Check out our online bookstore for personal recommendations as well
   as Amazon.com's complete catalog of books, music and whatever the
   hell else they've started selling these days.

   ~ Featured this week in the PSH Bookstore is IN OUR OWN WORDS: A
   GENERATION DEFINING ITSELF - VOLUME 3 edited by MARLOW PEERSE WEAVER

   Volume 3 of the book series that is voicing the realities of the
   generation born 1960 to 1982. Song lyrics, poetry, essays and short
   stories. A generation telling it like it really is, "in its own
   words".

   This series now includes 440 voices from more than 40 countries.
   Songwriters, recording artists, poets, journalists, academics,
   individuals from all walks of life, the person next door, the one
   that works with you. Every hue of the rainbow. All the complexities
   and nuances that make up a most interesting generation.


   ~ If you are or were a featured poet of the week on the Poetry Super
   Highway AND you have a book available through Amazon.com...please
   let me know so we can feature your work in the Poetry Super Highway
   Bookstore in a new section just for former featured poet's books.
   Write mailto:books@PoetrySuperHighway.com with your name and the title
   of the book.

   You can learn more about or order this selection (or virtually any
   other existing book, video or audio recording) by clicking on
   BOOKSTORE from the Poetry Super Highway's main page.


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PSH CHATROOM CALENDAR

   (Access the chat room by clicking on PSH CHATROOM from the PSH main
   page.  You need to have a JAVA capable web browser.)


   ~ FEATURED POETS MEET AND GREET
   Every Sunday, 2:00 PM (pacific)
   A weekly PSH chat for informal chat as well as to say hi to incoming
   and outgoing featured PSH Poets of the Week.

   ~ LIVE SPOKENWORLD.COM
   Every Sunday, 8:00 PM (pacific)
   Chat with Bob Nelson as he broadcasts his one hour spoken word show.

   ~ XDROM : OBSIDIAN
   Every Thursday, 6:00 PM (pacific)
   The Detective Series.  Musical drama. Where you'll find the
   darkness and the street. Live improv episodes. Award-winning
   artists. Original Music (streaming mp3). Poetry. Visual art.
   Quotes. Teaching resources. Text & voice chat.
   URL: http://www.xdrom.com


   ~ Looking for people to run unique poetry related events in the chat
   room ... If you would like to schedule an event in the Poetry Super
   Highway Chat Room and/or host the chat room from your website (all of
   which is FREE), please mailto:chat@PoetrySuperHighway.com for details.


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POETRY CLASSIFIEDS

   ~ For information on placing Poetry Related classifieds ads on the
   Poetry Super Highway web page and weekly e-mail outburst,
   mailto:classifieds@PoetrySuperHighway.com

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   CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Steel Point Quarterly

   We still need poetry and prose for the summer and fall 2001. It won't
   be long until we'll have to sharpen up the ol' Excalibur (poetry
   award - details on the site- prose awards to be added) and hand out
   the $25 award in January. So check out our submission guidelines and
   send in your submissions today!

   We are especially looking for prose: flash fiction 500 - 2000 words,
   articles about writing (poetry or prose) for our quarterly column,
   personal essays and book reviews (poetry or prose). Better chance of
   acceptance if you thoroughly read (prior to submitting) and strictly
   follow the submission guidelines posted on our site.

   http://steelpoint.net/

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   Passage Publishing - Pathway to self-Publishing
   No more rejection letters!

   Expand your writing opportunities with a complete and affordable
   publishing package for individuals and businesses.

   Your book will be formatted, assigned a barcode and ISBN number.
   Photography and artwork are acceptable.   Additional services are
   available including cover design (or design your own), editing and
   marketing.  We manufacture only high quality, perfect bound books.

   Our Printer - Writers press, Boise, Idaho
   Don't delay - see your book in print!

   http://www.upcountrycreations.com
   mailto:upcountrygirl@qwest.net

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   Listen to FEED YOUR HEAD, an internet broadcast radio show of
   live and recorded spoken word and genre defying sets of music.

   Hosted by Los Angeles Spoken Word artist Rick Lupert

   Wednesday nights, 9-11pm (pacific)

   http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/urbanfunk   

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   How many folks do you know who are truly happy? Do you believe you
   can change your destiny? What choices do we have in our lives? Heard
   all this stuff before? Then go buy a dozen doughnuts or read "Enjoy
   yourself It's Later Than You Think" By Michael Levy

   http://www.pointoflife.com --- Your Life, Your Choice.

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   Stop by and see samples from A FALLING STAR by Robert Diskin,
   a collection of poetry and photography. 

   http://fp1.centurytel.net/ctn04863/a_falling_star.htm

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   Limestone Circle is always looking for quality poetry and artwork/
   photography for future issues.  Published twice a year, LC features
   well-crafted, accessible poetry from both new and established poets.

   Want more information?  E-mail the editor at renjef@earthlink.net
   for our submission guidelines, or send a business-size SASE to
   P.O. Box 453, Ashburn VA 20146-0453

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   STILL AVAILABLE! �Singing in the Key of L by Barbra Nightingale
   (80 pages) Winner of the NFSPS 1999 Stevens Poetry Manuscript Award
   Signed copies direct from author. �$10 includes postage.

   Also available, Greatest Hits 1980-2000
   Pudding House Press �(12 poems)
   Signed copies direct from author ��$10 includes postage

   bnighting@aol.com

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   The 2001 Connecticut Poetry Festival
   August 17th and 18th, Middletown, Connecticut
   Featuring Mark Doty and many other fine poets.
   http://www.ctpoetryfest.org

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   /noserialmice publishes poetry and other creative efforts.  There
   are no line, content, or language restrictions.  We will publish
   poetry in other languages as long as an English translation is
   sent along.

   http://www.noserialmice.com

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   Visit Anthology and read about our annual poetry and prose contests,
   submission guidelines for our nationally distributed literary
   magazine and all of the products and services at our website,

   http://www.anthologymagazine.com

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   Continuing in the tradition of Kenneth Patchen, UWP combines the
   artforms of poetry and painting in highly collectable framable
   broadsides. Sample $1.50. "Scar Lit" by Mark Edward Marston $6
   (2001 Pariah Press, signed, 34pgs).

   United Workers Press, 167 Bichner Lane, Mahtomedi, MN, 55115.

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   This month in the Lummox Journal you'll find an interview with
   Holly Prado, poetess extraordinaire, member of the Cahuenga Press
   & teacher of the craft of writing. Rene Diedrich graces us with
   another essay, this time on the book, Drinking With Bukowski (a boo
   I'm pleased to be included in). Mark Terrill reviews Nate
   Graziano's Seasons From the Second Floor and C. Mulrooney takes on
   some major literary puffballs and triumphs easily.  The usual Tid
   Bits section is joined by Letters to the Dog.  Some poesy rounds it
   out.

   You can order Lummox by sending $2 (or $20 for 12 issues) to Lummox,
   POB 5301 San Pedro, CA 90733-5301.

   The Lummox Society of Writers (LSW) Newsletter is out.  A compendium
   of over 65 mags and presses that I recommend to send poesy & fiction
   to. Names and addresses and guidelines.  All for just $2 + a SASE
   w/ $.55 postage.  Or Join the LSW for a mere $5 per year and get 2
   newsletters and some other goodies.  We are nearly 90 members and
   growing.

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   PUT YOUR POEMS ON T-SHIRTS!

   (or your pictures, images, website logos on t-shirts, sweatshirts,
   coffee mugs, and mouse pads.)

   Set up your store for free and earn commission from every sale or
   order merchandise for yourself or for gifts.

   visit:
   http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/storeref.aspx?refbyckpoet
   for the details.

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   CALLING ALL WRITERS!

   Interbang magazine wants your poetry, fiction and articles of any
   length, on any subject.

   Write your name and address on each page of your submission.

   Visit our web site at http://www.interbang.net and click on the
   "Writer's Guide" link for more information. You can also obtain a
   copy of the Writer's Guide by sending an email to
   mailto:writersguide@interbang.net.

   Get a free sample copy of Interbang No. 8! Call (310) 450-6372 for
   more information.

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   Call For Submissions: The Circle Magazine is accepting submissions
   for both the print and online versions. Pays in copies of the
   quarterly print zine. Currently, we are seeking short stories,
   features and poetry...any topic, any style. Also accepting artwork
   and photographs. We are also seeking columnists for the web edition
   on a variety of subjects. We are a literary magazine and respect
   those working to advance ideas through language, preferably without
   the gratuitous use of obscene language or content. Press run is
   usually between 2,000-5,000+ copies, depending on ad revenue.

   E your submissions to circlemag@aol.com or put a stamp on it to:
   The Circle Magazine, 173 Grandview Road, Wernersville, PA 19565.
   More info can be obtained at our site - http://circlemagazine.com/

   Copies of The Circle can be ordered at the same address...$4.00.

   Direct your poetry submissions to: Michael Clipman, Poetry Editor

   All other submissions to: Penny Talbert, Editor


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