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The 9th Annual Poetry Super Highway
Great Poetry Exchange

The mission of the Poetry Super Highway is to expose as many people to as many other people's poetry as possible.

What?

Send a book - Get a book. In February 2010, the Poetry Super Highway will coordinate a great free exchange of poetry publications amongst poets worldwide.

It's not a contest. There are no judges, entry fees, winners, or losers.

Last year, 92 poets participated both sending their book and receiving another poet's book from a randomly selected other participant

By agreeing to participate, someone will be exposed to your poetry, and you will be exposed to someone elses poetry.

How?

To participate you must volunteer to mail one copy of one poetry book that you have written to one other person participating. Just one book. In exchange, you will receive in the mail one copy of one poetry book written by a different participating poet.

Please note it is a circular exchange. You will be sending your book to a different poet than you will be receiving one from.

E-books are not eligible for the Great Poetry Exchange. (Though we will have an e-book exchange later in the year.) Your book must be a physical entity. Even if it's self published, or 'one of one' that you printed from your computer and stapled together...but please, no e-books.

In early March, we will randomly assign the books to each participant and email to you the name and address of the person you are supposed to send your book to.

We will also list your book and description on this web page along with the link to your website for all to see. In addition we will list the new books in our weekly e-mailed update which goes out to thousands of people.

Please note, as the Great Poetry Exchange is open to everyone on planet Earth, it's possible that you will be required to send your book to someone outside of your own country which will, of course cost you more in postage than it would to send it domestically.

Also. we'll ask that you send us an e-mail in March once your book has actually been sent so we can keep track and make sure that all participants who send a book also get one.

You also must agree to send out your book within 2 weeks of being notified of who to send your book to.

To submit your book, please go to our
ONLINE SUBMISSION FORM

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Books Pledged So Far:

About There by Larry Bierman
120 pages in four parts, the first three parts are in the form of dream songs (1)Right to the Ruins, (2) Left at the Light, and (3) You Can't Miss It. The fourth part is the Coda - a sing long poem in the form of an abstract monologue. Availabe through Amazon.com for $12.95.
http://www.beggarbooks.com/

The Addled Buddha by Simon Lenthen
An unpublished collection of poetry that contains eighty poems of the finest quality divided into 5 sections.

and what did you want? by John Richardson
In this, his second collection of poetry, Jay Arr writes revealingly about his family and friends exploring relationships and their common history.
http://www.bluegatepoets.com/

Anthem by CL Bledsoe
CL Bledsoe's debut full-length poetry collection.
http://www.ghotimag.com/

Confessions by David Fisher
A collection of poems that confess to the reader the inner thoughts, emotions and struggles of the author.

Dragon's Dance Volume One by Lawrence Berger
A CD of my spoken word poetry.

Dreams of Awake by CW. Hobbs
A collection of dark poetry. A diary of pain. A journey into the mind of the lunatic breathing within us all.
http://stores.lulu.com/wolfbite71

The Eye of the Tiger by Margaret Boles
A small book of poems with a section about Africa and travel, a section about Ireland and the Celtic Tiger, and a section about my place in the scheme of things

e.s.p. by Michael Leong
Puns, acronyms, anagrams, plays on words abound, though in the service of some deeper feeling. It’s all in what you don’t see, but when the shell game’s over, you’ll be feeling Leong’s words stitched on the inside of your pockets. —Kevin Killian
http://michaelleong.wordpress.com/

Every Other Week by Cassandra Dallett
A story of love and murder. A taste of what it's like to love a young black man suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the wars waged right here on the streets of Oakland, California.
http://sites.google.com/site/cassandradallett/

Final Story by Marcia Nehemiah
Final Story is a 64-page collection of poems that address personal issues in a universal way and have been described as moving, wise and lovely.
http://marcianehemiah.com/

Go West, Francine by Jim Babwe
12 ekphrastic poems. Uncharacteristically brief.
http://www.recursivemediaone.com/

Grit by Corey Mesler
A small collection of shorter poems.
http://www.coreymesler.com/

in the bird museum by Kristy Bowen
"Kristy Bowen's poems are sexy and smart. The poems in the bird museum fool around with dictionaries, notebooks, concordances, and the ways that bodies get lost and found in real and imaginary places. There are dance halls and graveyards here, footnotes and invocations." --Susan Denning

Imperfectionist by Terry McCarty
Poems from 2009 including Martin Scorsese Meets The Munsters, Dying in the Material World, Pretty Good World After All, Impossible Dreams and Sending Up Flares (The Facebook Poem).
http://www.poetry-arts-confidential.blogspot.com/

In the Strongest Light by Terry Bat-Sonja, edited by Amelie Frank
Terry Bat-Sonja's courageous collection which examines her life after the death of her physicist husband Phil. Includes lovely color plates of Terry's original paintings. She has since gotten her MFA in Art at SUNY Buffalo. Edited by yers truly.

Listening For Light by Ken Head
"Listening For Light", a Selected Poems containing sixty-seven poems, was published during 2009 by Poetry Monthly Press, from whom it is available. In its influential Small Press Listings, U. K. poetry magazine Purple Patch placed it seventh among the ten best individual collections of that year.
http://www.poetrymonthly.com/

The Love Poems by Kathleen Matson Blurock
Like Shakespeare, unfathomable. The LOVE POEMS examines sexual love, love for one's child, alive or gone, the love of friends, silver threads that connect through time, love of one's home, the inner space of the inner space, and love of art, music, fashion. Love transforms beyond our imagination.

Make Mine Rare/ Neon Windows by William Vollrath
Two companion chapbooks with a combined fifty plus poems. "Make Mine Rare" is a poetic salute to love, lust and other passionate infirmities. "Neon Windows" is a collection of more philosophical musings on our contemporary world

Mammon: A Poem in Three Acts by John Mills
In this poem-play, four people come to terms with the reality of the Great Recession. The poem-play unfolds as each confronts ubiquitous and universal greed, finding death and life along the way.
http://john.a.mills.home.att.net/

Mein Krap by Daniel Irwin
Colorful, non-rhyme underground verse, 6"x8", 70 pages, soft cover. Good for a laugh or for burning at the local fundamentalist book burning.

The Moon is Always in Transit by J. Barrett Wolf
Poems of love and romance, but nothing that would find itself at home on a Hallmark card.
http://www.jbarrettwolf.com/

The Odd Eye Sees by Scott A. Nicholson
Contains the complete series of poems re-imagining Homer's epic Odyssey through everyday modern-life, though dramatized with much creative liberty to shadow its events, as well as collecting together a modest sample of Scott A. Nicholson's best.

The Painter by Marie Lecrivain
A long form narrative poem with illustrations by Aurora Antonovic. Published by Lummox Press.
http://www.poeticdiversity.org/

Patches by Gloria Derge
Unique, individually designed chapbook-sewn binding containing 18 poems/one page each. Designed and prepared by the poet

Pax Vobiscum: Anti-War Poetry Collection by Patricia D'Alessandro
Seventh poetry collection dedicated to Germany's sculptor / artist / pacifist KATHE KOLLWITZ, published Dec/2009,Pacific Copy&Print /
Sacramento. Poems written from the heart for PEACE throughout the world. $15.00, (includes s/h fee). I'm also an essayist / artist / photographer writing for 50 years, after age 50.

Prosthetic Gods by Jonathan Penton
“Jonathan Penton’s take-no-prisoners approach and whiplash lines tear away the facades of America’s cultural heroes until the reader stares at Ground Zero. Then, Penton offers a tempered hope based on what emerges from bare soil, instead of the promises of yet another icon based on artifice." --Vernon Frazer
http://www.unlikelystories.org/

real.m by Michael J. Alfaro
Poetry.
http://silencedpress.com/

Rodeo for the Sheepish by Ellyn Maybe
Poetry/Music CD / Poetry Ellyn Maybe / Music Harlan Steinberger and Tommy Jordan / Hen House Studios

Saving Camelot by Katherine L. Gordon
90 pages, many illustrations, adventurous, evocative poetry. ISBN 0-9682733-2-7

The Secrets of Falling by LaDonna Witmer
A 122-page collection of poetry and photography that chronicle a woman's fall from grace, her climb back up, and everyone she meets on the long way down.
http://www.ladonnawitmer.com/

Selected Poems 2004-2007 by Jason Sturner
SELECTED POEMS 2004-2007 is a collection of unique poems written after the publication of Sturner's first book, Kairos. Cover art by Linus Gog.
http://jasonsturner.blogspot.com/

Shards: a Handful of Verse by Tom Berman
A collection of poetry written by a professional scientist presenting a somewhat different perception of life experiences. None of the poems are too obscure and most should be taken with a pinch of salt.

Smoke by Gisele Frazeur
Smoke is a collection of erotic poetry written by mother and daughter. The book was our final collaboration. It was undertaken while my mother was dying. We were oftentimes fortunate enough to share space in many of the same publications. What could be better in life?

Something Worth Leaving Behind by Joshua Vick
Book consisting of poetry dealing with many different topics.

The Song of the River by Francina Hartstra
Just as the river shapes its banks and the banks shape the river, these poems and the story they tell are an inseparable unity

Spirit Rising - Poetic Reflections by Helen Tinsley
Spirit Rising - Poetic Reflections is a collection of poetry that shares the experiences I have had and the lessons I've learned, while trying to stay grounded in spirit.
http://www.htinsley.com/

Streetlight Sonata by JR Simons
Gleaned from the pages of his MFA thesis, the poems in "Streetlight Sonata" speak of a childhood lived in a "still wild country," a youth spent seeking hedonistic pleasures and a maturity shaped by those days.
http://www.jrsimons.8m.com/

Stroking David's Leg by Ellaraine Lockie
Stroking David's Leg is a hand-bound chapbook of 39 pages published by FootHills Publishing. The poems are inspired by the author's international travels and was released in late 2009.
http://literati.net/ellaraine-lockie/

This is Not My Heart by Richard Cody
More than 70 poems written over the last decade or so and spanning styles from free and open verse to metered and lyrical rhyme. Subject matter is equally broad, covering slice of life observations on love, writing, and urban life, and fantastic flights of fantasy.
http://stores.lulu.com/rcodywrites

Three From Osage Street by Thomas Lisenbee
Three poets who grow up together in Girard, Kansas, who live on the same street,go through school together then move away and lose contact with each other meet at a high school reunion and decide to collaborate on a book of poetry that celebrates their small (pop 2500) town.
http://www.thomaslisenbee.com/

Valsalva by Buxton Wells
poems in ms., prospective cover design included

We Put Things In Our Mouths by Rick Lupert
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
A collection of humorous poetry from Amsterdam, Belgium and Paris. 110 Pages of poetic travelogue. "[Lupert] writes to us as if we were together, in a library say, a room where speech is forbidden. His poems are passed to us with a nod, a smile librarians can’t see.” ~ Brendan Constantine

A White Girl Lynching by Elizabeth P. Glixman
These poems are about what happens to people when they are "lynched." I interpret lynched as meaning having an important element of individual dignity disregarded by others or self. Many of the poems are women oriented. Some are about an animal’s right to care and respect.

Wsh I Could Dance by Larry L. Fontenot
Twenty-two poem chapbook published 2009. "Highly accessible, this powerfully revealing examination of the human condition is an intimate affirmation of life. Even as the narrator hovers at the edge of suppressed desire, or descends into darkness, the reader unquestioningly follows where he leads." Mary Margaret Carlisle Editor, Ampersand

A Man With No Teeth Serves Us Breakfast | I'd Like to Bake Your Goods | Stolen Mummies | Brendan Constantine is My Kind of Town
Up Liberty's Skirt | Feeding Holy Cats | Mowing Fargo
| I'm a Jew, Are You? | Lizard King of the Laundromat | I Am My Own Orange County
Paris: It's The Cheese
| Poetry Super Highway | Judaic Links | Rick's Bookmarks | Cobalt Poets
E-mail Rick
| Other Cool Rick Stuff / Upcoming Readings | Who The Hell Is Rick