Many of the writers I work with fuss with their current story, poem, or essay forever, before moving on to the next story, poem, or essay they want to write. “I just want to read through one more time,” more than a few of my clients insist. “I want to be 100 percent sure before I send it out.” Now, I’m all for revision. In fact, I often insist that writing is 85 percent about revision. But once you’ve reviewed your piece for structure, full development of key moments, syntax and word choice, there’s not much point to reading it one more time.

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Designed by Microsoft and Kyoto University, the programs write poems inspired by images and human descriptions.

The writer, who died at 89, invested common words with the power of a constructive, shaping force.

Some of the most searing poems by Korzhavin, who has died, at the age of ninety-two, focus on his decision to go into exile, to America, in the seventies. By Masha Gessen.

Kate Tempest

Crystal Good

Stephen Colbert connects hip hop song verses to Tolkien via Gilbert and Sullivan

It’s not surprising, perhaps, that Emil Cioran isn’t much read in England. Born in Romania, but winning a scholarship to the University of Berlin in 1933.

Steven Jesse Bernstein

The robots are quickly and surely coming for our jobs, and we've comforted ourselves thus far with a palliative that goes something like this: They can't do our creative work. They won't do our journalism or make our art or write our poetry. Except that the startup Narrative Science has $6 million to execute its human-free reporting.

All poetry is driven by sex, whether or not it acknowledges the impulse.

Kanye West - Self Conscious on Def Jam Poetry

Adelle Givens - That Shit Ain't Funny on Def Jam Poetry

Marshall Soulful Jones, part of Team Nuyorican 2011, 2nd place finishers at the National Poetry Slam in Boston, performs "Touchscreen". The Bowery Poetry Club NY

Spoken word: an oral history of twerking

My 14-part poem, *ACID FIRE LOVE: a postmodern sonnet* is available for free download on Amazon until Friday... It is a psychotropic explosion of literary flavors, and I think you should read it. Either that, or it's a mishmashed bowl of pig salad and the worst thing you've ever injected into your brain. You decide! It's free!

Katie Makkai - spoken word Poem "Pretty." Transcript can be found here: http://dianasmanylifetimes.blogspot.com/2010/11/katie-makkai-pretty.html

"Chris Tse was the 1st place winner on the 21st of December with a score of 57.3 with his poem I'm Sorry I'm a Christian. Make sure to check out more of Chris at: www.facebook.com/tselikec www.twitter.com/chris_tse www.youtube.com/tselikec www.tselikec.blogspot.com hitchrisback@gmail.com"

Johnny Tornado recorded live on June 6, 2009 at Cafe Coda in Chico California at the first ever Chico Poetry Slam's Summertime Invitational... In Front of a standing room only crowd here is Johnny in Round One doing "Punk Rock Love Poem" ... He has never performed and gave out his poetry like this before!!! He went on to make it two more rounds to become the first winner take all grand slam champion of the 09 Summertime Invitational

Spoken word poem "A Daughter in Islam" by Naim Owens.

Kevin Holmes from Santa Cruz at Café Culture in Chico, CA. 2010.

Mike Epps - "I Love the Hood" on Def Jam Poetry

Michael Claude competed in the Vancouver Poetry Slam Semi Finals #1 on March 26th. This is Michael's poem Lullaby For a Hyacinth

Naim Owens spoken word poem, "Muslim Remedy." YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NemoOwens Twitter: https://twitter.com/NaimOwens Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheFloet

Vancouver Poetry Slam. Hannah Johnson, spoken word poem: "Harrison Ford's Biceps."

"We wouldn't need so many damn rape poems if America had listened the first time." That's just one of many powerful lines from "Rape Poem To End All Rape Poems," written and performed by the Rutgers University slam team. The pe...

"I love my old, rickety bicycle, But it has definitely seen better days. "

Author and poet Maya Angelou (MY'-ah ANJ'-eh-loh), who rose from poverty, segregation and violence to become a force on stage, screen and the printed page, has died. She was 86.

The best, 'peat-slathered', writers on the dark stories and stark geography of these inhospitable regions

Broken Salty tears and soggy pillows are all that still remain Her heart has shattered empty, mere shards are all that's left   A broken promise shattered dreams hope and faith have fled &nbsp...

Charles Wright, a master of capturing landscape and meditation in verse, has been named the next Poet Laureate of the United States by the Library of Congress. It is the latest in a long list of honors and awards for Wright, who is considered one of the greatest American poets of his generation.

The diaries of First World War poet Siegfried Sassoon are being published online for the first time.

8/27/2014 "The Ruminant" Written By: Micaela J Sloan (Cae) Background Photo Source © 2014 Micaela J Sloan