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Poetry supporters and Stanza offenders

Rus of Poetry and Poets in Rags tells us that two papers other than News and Observer do a great job of publishing poetry — the Oregonian and the Washington Post — but they also screw up the lines and stanzas in their online versions.

Yikes!


Here’s May Swenson’s, after David Biespiel discusses it
[ in the Oregonian]

For doubles-spacing, the Washington Post does it all the time. Here’s Pinsky discussing O’Hara last month

Same poem with stanza breaks [at Book of Joe].


And here’s a poem by Dorianne Laux turned into a prose poem by the Oregonian.

1 Comment

  1. muyiwa

    i direct a poetry competition here in an higher institution of learning in Nigeria,Africa .i’d be glad if u could support or provide one.thanks andcool….

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