http://enudelmanx.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Edward Nudelman en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:52:12 GMT 2010-01-07T18:52:12Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718456 .   It is with great sadness that I announce to all my friends and faithful readers here on Gather that it's time for me to go.  I'm making a clean break, so you won't be finding any more . . . Mon, 22 Jun 2009 18:30:43 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977718456 Edward Nudelman 2009-06-22T18:30:43Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190673               POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 4, Number 5      ~Haiku Extravaganza~ The early forms of haiku . . . Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:34:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977190673 Edward Nudelman 2007-11-30T15:34:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977181465                 POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 4, Number 4      ~The Poetry Slam~   In the . . . Mon, 19 Nov 2007 14:52:49 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977181465 Edward Nudelman 2007-11-19T14:52:49Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977175274   Here is the logo for the Thirteen Blackbirds Poetry Group and eventually for the Poetry Magazine.  It's a linoleum "woodcut" illustration which my wife, Susan, just made.  Pretty . . . Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:22:25 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977175274 Edward Nudelman 2007-11-12T21:22:25Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977167494             POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 4, Number 3.  Power of Poetry:  Richard Rorty's Story    Richard Rorty . . . Mon, 05 Nov 2007 13:57:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977167494 Edward Nudelman 2007-11-05T13:57:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977167043                                      . . . Sun, 04 Nov 2007 13:05:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977167043 Edward Nudelman 2007-11-04T13:05:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977153992               POETRY CENTRAL   Volume 4, Number 2   ~ Charles Simic ~ Note to reader.   Please click . . . Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:25:08 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977153992 Edward Nudelman 2007-10-22T13:25:08Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977140966                 POETRY CENTRAL   Volume 4, Number 1   ~How to Read a Poem~     The poem must resist the . . . Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:35:50 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977140966 Edward Nudelman 2007-10-08T13:35:50Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977135161   I've finally got my poetry blog up and running.  It is a weekly blog with poetry, essays and critiques of contemporary poetry.  There is also a link to my published poems in poetry . . . Tue, 02 Oct 2007 18:02:36 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977135161 Edward Nudelman 2007-10-02T18:02:36Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123442   Words are like harpoons. Once they go in, they are very hard to pull out. -Fred Hoyle Words are alive; cut them and they bleed. -Ralph Waldo Emerson It's a good thing to be a student of . . . Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:12:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977123442 Edward Nudelman 2007-09-21T11:12:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977117089   Our creative writing final exam in my junior year at Mercer Island High School was an oral presentation on one of our favorite authors:  give a little history, show their impact from a literary, . . . Fri, 14 Sep 2007 18:05:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977117089 Edward Nudelman 2007-09-14T18:05:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977112010                     POETRY CENTRAL   Volume 3, Number 5   ~Poems on Poems~    A poem should be motionless . . . Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:39:31 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977112010 Edward Nudelman 2007-09-10T13:39:31Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977109390             Have you ever considered how difficult it used to be to trash your gems?  Not that long ago, the process involved a series of advanced cerebellar functions.  . . . Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:01:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977109390 Edward Nudelman 2007-09-07T12:01:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102732             Clearing the Writing Palate   Last night my wife and I had a long walk on a secluded beach in Maine.  It was about 6 PM, 75 degrees, clear, . . . Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:09:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977102732 Edward Nudelman 2007-08-31T14:09:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977098638               POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 3, Number 4  ~Viral "Poetry Particles" Found in English Major~   Poetry is viral.  It . . . Mon, 27 Aug 2007 14:39:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977098638 Edward Nudelman 2007-08-27T14:39:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977095580             Are you fed up with Gather glitches?  Had it up to here (points to his forehead) with slow-downs, publishing nightmares and connecting problems?  . . . Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:54:16 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977095580 Edward Nudelman 2007-08-24T11:54:16Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977088845               My senior year at Mercer Island High School was spent cavorting with the intelligentsia of seventeen and eighteen year-old wannabe's in what . . . Fri, 17 Aug 2007 13:17:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977088845 Edward Nudelman 2007-08-17T13:17:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977084179                   POETRY CENTRAL    Volume 3, Number 3  ~Books that Change your Way of Thinking~       . . . Mon, 13 Aug 2007 11:27:55 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977084179 Edward Nudelman 2007-08-13T11:27:55Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977081802   Are you left brained or right brained?  Do you really care?  Does it affect how you write?  Are you one of those who can never really get the two terms straight, and usually drop . . . Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:54:47 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977081802 Edward Nudelman 2007-08-10T12:54:47Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977070419   POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 3, Number 2  ~ The Pre-Raphaelite Germ    In the mid-1800's a group of artists and poets, including Dante Gabriel Rossetti, William Holman . . . Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:53:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977070419 Edward Nudelman 2007-07-30T12:53:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977067958   In a brilliant essay in the latest issue of Poetry Magazine, entitled Beach Reading, David Orr (New York Times Book Review) explores the lure, fascination, wonder and inspiration of reading and . . . Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:05:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977067958 Edward Nudelman 2007-07-27T14:05:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977061186     If I had the energy, I’d write about my daughter Kate who’s giving her parents their first grandchild.  She lives in sunny California and texts me nearly every day.   . . . Fri, 20 Jul 2007 11:51:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977061186 Edward Nudelman 2007-07-20T11:51:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977057095   POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 3, Number 1  ~ A Soldier's Poet:  Woodbine Willie~       You will not have heard of Geoffrey Anketell Studdert Kennedy, in all . . . Mon, 16 Jul 2007 12:02:54 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977057095 Edward Nudelman 2007-07-16T12:02:54Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048817   My wife is extremely artistic.  However, if you asked her if she considered herself an artist, she’d categorically reject the notion.  Of this I’m certain.  Yet she has . . . Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:29:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977048817 Edward Nudelman 2007-07-06T11:29:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977042702                 When I was fifteen I read my first poem.  Here are the first four lines of forty-five:   Something there is that doesn't . . . Fri, 29 Jun 2007 11:49:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977042702 Edward Nudelman 2007-06-29T11:49:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032347                 POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 2, Number 5  ~ Poetry of Death ~     [please click on the colored words, as hotlinks, . . . Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:40:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977032347 Edward Nudelman 2007-06-18T11:40:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977029889                             Friday Writing Essential, Edward Nudelman, Member Editor   For those who haven’t . . . Fri, 15 Jun 2007 03:29:29 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977029889 Edward Nudelman 2007-06-15T03:29:29Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019042                 POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 2, Number 4  ~ A Jar in Tennessee ~   After reading the first poem I ever read by Wallace . . . Mon, 04 Jun 2007 12:55:09 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977019042 Edward Nudelman 2007-06-04T12:55:09Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977005120                   POETRY CENTRAL  Volume 2, Number 3  ~ Publish or Perish? ~  How do I get my work published?  Are . . . Mon, 21 May 2007 13:40:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977005120 Edward Nudelman 2007-05-21T13:40:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976992330                 POETRY CENTRAL   Volume 2, Number 2    ~The Poet Laureate ~    The term poet laureate refers . . . Mon, 07 May 2007 12:44:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976992330 Edward Nudelman 2007-05-07T12:44:17Z