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3 Poems Published in The Bicycle Review Issue 14

rickpoet — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 23:19:58 +0000

The Bicycle Review online journal of poetry, prose and photography has just published 3 previously unpublished poems of mine in their latest issue. Check ‘em out here. Thanks Bicycle Review!

The Night Goes On All Night – Noir Anthology Released

rickpoet — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:20:52 +0000

Just released from Ain’t Got No Press is “The Night Goes On All Night”…an anthology of noir-inspired poems, edited by Rick Lupert and published in conjunction with the Los Angeles Poetry Festival’s “Night and the City” Noir Festival. This collection contains work from 24 poets exploring their own noir-de-vivre with humor, grit, nostalgia, and the requisite fedora. Including an introductory note about “noir” from Los Angeles Poetry Festival director Suzanne Lummis.

Click here to see the complete list of contributors and read a few tidbits.

The Night Goes On All Night – Noir Anthology

rickpoet — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:01:53 +0000

$10.00

The complete list of contributors:

E. Amato, Michael C. Ford, Michael Cluff, Brendan Constantine, Mike Daily, Gloria Derge, Peggy Dobreer, Jerry Garcia, Joelle Hannah, Kris Huelgas, Elizabeth Iannaci, Jack Bowman, Ruth Nolan, Marc Olmsted, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Angela Penaredondo, Douglas Richardson, Anthony Seidman, Eric Steineger, Eric Tuazon, Mehnaz Turner, Wyatt Underwood, Wanda VanHoy Smith and Florence Weinberger

A Few Sample Tidbits:

Her feelings
for him
were as warm as a
1955 Buick Special
convertible
recently gutted
by fire
over on
Middlefield

Michael C. Ford

The truth is, the city waits for the right
moment to knock you up before it runs you over.

Mehnaz Turner

This is the room with a red door, where every night I struggle, as my Mistress of Insomnia mounts me, pins my arms in between her thighs, then stitches my eyelids open…

Anthony Seidman

We started wearing
dark glasses between the house & the garage.
Panorama City had no view; from any window
we saw another window.

Brendan Constantine

I never spoke again
for the rest of my days,
which really wasn’t much of a feat
since I only lived another week.

Douglas Richardson

The night goes on all night.

Eric Steineger

How To Be A Zombie published in new Write Bloody Anthology

rickpoet — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 07:19:49 +0000

I’m pleased as punch (haha, what does that even mean?) to report that my poem “How to be a Zombie” was just published in the new Write Bloody book “Aim For The Head”, an anthology of Zombie Poetry edited by Rob Sturma! Check it out here.

Rules For Poetry Finalist in Wergle Flomp Contest

rickpoet — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:52:01 +0000

Turns out my poem “Rules for Poetry” just earned a finalist spot in the 10th annual Wergle Flomp humor poetry contest sponsored by Winning Writers. Very excited to have earned a spot in this small group in a contest that attracted over 2300 entries! Check out the poem, and all the other winners and finalists here. (Rules for Poetry originally appeared in Rattle #33, “Summer 2010 Tribute to Humor” and also appears in my free e-book of the same name. Thanks Winning Writers!

New Feature, Interview and Poems At Examiner.com

rickpoet — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:36:36 +0000

Thanks so much to Apryl Skies for this awesome feature of me on the Examiner website HERE. Also check out the full interview HERE and this additional link to another poem she published along with my bio HERE. Thanks Apryl!

Download my new free e-book “Rules for Poetry”

rickpoet — Sun, 01 May 2011 07:00:13 +0000

Download my new, free e-book “Rules For Poetry” (May, 2011). It contains 16 new poems from 2010/2011 including the title piece which originally appeared in Rattle Magazine’s tribute to humor. This is my fifth free e-book.

All 5 can be downloaded here.

Rick Reading at the Baines House in December, 2011

rickpoet — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:09:42 +0000

Thanks to Joanne Baines for this slew of new videos of me reading at the Pondwater Society reading this past December. Check them out: (use the arrow keys to the left and right of the video to scroll between the 8 videos in this play list.)

Sinzibuckwud! The Poet’s Experiences in, and on the way to and from, Montreal, Québec, Canada by Rick Lupert

rickpoet — Mon, 31 Jan 2011 20:03:16 +0000

$12.00

Rick Lupert’s 13th collection of poetry, written during a week-long adventure in, and on the way to and from, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Rivers are crossed, food is eaten, French is spoken, art is looked at…and it is all disassembled with Lupert’s characteristic wit. This poetic travelogue is a must for fans of Lupert’s work and anyone who is considering travelling to Montreal…or who has ever been…or who has ever heard the word “Montreal.” Sinzibuckwud is the native Canadian word for “Drawn from Wood”…as in maple syrup. Sweetness is also drawn from these poems…Sugar off with Lupert. (106 Pages, Ain’t Got No Press, December 2010)

Click here to read poetry from Sinzibuckwud!

“Rules for Poetry” poem and mp3 on Rattle blog

rickpoet — Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:00:47 +0000

A new spoken word version of my poem “Rules for Poetry” appears on the Rattle Magazine blog here: http://rattle.com/blog/2011/01/rules-for-poetry-by-rick-lupert/

This poem appeared in the special “Tribute to Humor” section of the Summer 2010 issue of Rattle.