�  Welcome to the final Poetry Super Highway Newsletter for 2007. A
   reminder that if you were a featured Poet of the Week in 2007 you are
   now eligible to submit poetry again. (Any individual poet is eligible
   to be published as Poet of the Week once during a calendar year.) For
   complete submission guidelines, please click on "Submission
   Guidelines" from the main PSH menu.

   �  Happy New Year!


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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 535 - ISSN: 1523-6587

December 31, 2007 - January 6, 2008

   this week:

   ~ This week featuring poets from ITASCA, IL and BEAUMONT, TX

   ~ 2 new poetry and writing related link added this week.

   ~ ACROSS MY SILENCE by JACK COOPER featured this week in the PSH
     Bookstore.

   ~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Jan 13 Open Reading

   ~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.


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POETS OF THE WEEK

   ~ This week's featured poets are MICHAEL LEE JOHNSON and JARVIS BLACK:

   MICHAEL LEE JOHNSON (Itasca, Illinois) is a poet and freelance
   writer. He is self-employed in advertising, and selling custom
   promotional products. He is the author of The Lost American: From
   Exile to Freedom. Michael is also nominated for the James B. Baker
   Award in poetry, Sam's Dot Publishing. He is a contributor in the
   Silver Boomers poetry anthology about aging baby boomers, by Silver
   Boomer Books. Michael Lee Johnson presently resides in Itasca,
   Illinois, United States.He lived in Canada during the Vietnam era and
   will be published as a contributor poet in the anthology Crossing
   Lines: Poets Who Came to Canada in the Vietnam War Era publication
   scheduled for early 2008. He has been published in USA, Canada, New
   Zealand, Australia, Scotland, Turkey, Fuji, Nigeria, Algeria, Africa,
   India, United Kingdom, Republic of Sierra Leone, Thailand, Kuala
   Lumpur, and Malaysia.

   JARVIS BLACK (Beaumont, Texas) is a writer, artist, and musician who
   was born, raised, and lives in the wasteland of Beaumont, Texas. He
   is the author of two anthologies of bitter, hostile, foul-mouthed
   poetry: 5000 Miles From Anywhere Recognizable, and Broken By A
   Promise, Poisoned By A Kiss. His third anthology of work, The Mad
   House Stays is due out soon. He recently quit smoking, but is hoping
   to bum one off of you. Please.

   Click on "FEATURED POETS" from the main PSH menu to read their work.


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NEW POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LINKS

   Here are all of the new sites added to the Poetry Super Highway's 
   poetry and writing links sections.

   You can find the actual links on the PSH website in the 3 poetry links
   categories. Click on "Add Your Link Here" from the main PSH menu to 
   add your poetry/writing website to our directory.

   NEW ONLINE POETRY RESOURCES LISTINGS THIS WEEK

   ~ ATTLEBOROUGH POETRY COMPETITION
   Information about the Attleborough Poetry Competition.

   NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK

   ~ JENNIFERETHINGTON.COM
   A plethora o'poems depicting my unique take on life.


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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE

   Featured this week in the Poets of the Week Books section of the PSH 
   Bookstore:

   ACROSS MY SILENCE by JACK COOPER

   Stephen D. Chandler, author of "The Story of You," writes about
   "Across My Silence, "One need not be a passionate conservationist or
   lover of animals to be charmed by Cooper's admiration of them. The
   awe he feels in "The Turtles of La Escobilla" for the turtles'
   unstoppable life force in the face of human cruelty runs deeper than
   an environmentalist's tantrum. And that, in the end, is the deep
   place where only poetry can go. Beyond the topical and beyond the
   political into the eternal. Cooper's poems are all tickets to that
   deep place."

   Paperback, 144 pages, published by World Audience, Inc., (Jan., 2007)


   ~ If you are or were a featured poet of the week on the Poetry Super
   Highway AND  you have a book available through Amazon.com, please let
   me know so we can feature your work in the Poetry Super Highway
   Bookstore in a new section just for former featured poet's books.
   Write books@PoetrySuperHighway.com with your name and the title of
   the book.


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UPCOMING POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY LIVE EVENTS

   Our Live events are hosted through BlogTalk Radio and can be accessed
   during the event by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/psh and
   clicking on the "Click to Listen" button.

   You can listen to the shows through your web browser as well as call
   in and ask questions live through by dialing (646) 716-7362 during
   the live broadcast.

   Can't or don't want to call in? You can ask questions live during the
   show's broadcast time by sending an instant message to RickPoet on
   AIM.

   If you can't make the live time, you can also listen to any past show
   by visiting http://www.blogtalkradio.com/psh and clicking on the
   show's title. (As well as subscribe to all of our shows through
   iTunes or any other software you use to listen to podcasts.

   UPCOMING SHOWS:

   Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday January 13, 2:00 pm (pacific)
   Call in and read your poetry, open mic style. No content or style
   restrictions. Share details about your local poetry community with
   our listeners. We want to hear you!

   RECENTLY ARCHIVED BROADCASTS:

   December Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday December 16, 2:00 pm (pacific)
   Hear callers including the poet laureate of New Hampshire, as well as
   callers from Lawrenceville, NJ, Sioux City, IA, Birmingham, AL,
   Chicago, IL and Atlanta, GA in our December 2007 open reading.

   Poet Violet Monday Interview and Reading
   Friday December 14, 3:30 pm (pacific) - THIS FRIDAY
   Violet Monday will share some insights about her writing and poetry, 
   read some of her published work, and answer caller questions. Cynthia 
   Cheng, a journalist and a friend of Violet's, would facilitate 
   Violet's interview.

   November Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday November 18, 2:00 pm (pacific)
   Here poets from all over the US and Canada in the archived November
   edition of the PSH Live Worldwide Open Reading.

   GOT A SHOW IDEA?

   Poetry Super Highway Live would love to host your reading, interview,
   contest promotion or other poetry/writing related show. Please e-mail
   your show idea to Rick@PoetrySuperHighway.com, and we'll take it from
   there.


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POETRY CLASSIFIEDS

   For information on placing Poetry Related classifieds ads on the
   Poetry Super Highway web page and weekly e-mail outburst, send an
   e-mail to: classifieds@PoetrySuperHighway.com

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   New from Assume Nothing Press -

   "Get the Rollax Repliccas You Watned, Vermin: Poems, Directly
   Marketed" by E.V. Noechel: Noechel presents a chapbook of poems
   inspired by email subject lines. She has created poems that transform
   and reveal the social commentary these intruding emails hold.
   http://tinyurl.com/2ona8a

   Also available: "Peripheral Visions" by Scott Virtes 
   http://assumenothingpress.blogspot.com
   http://www.thepoetrymarket.com

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   THE DREAM QUEST ONE POETRY & WRITING CONTEST is open to everyone
   whether experienced or not. Anyone who loves to arrange words into  
   beautiful art or write a story worth telling. Guidelines: (1) Write a
   poem, thirty lines or fewer on any subject, form or style. And/or (2)
   Write short story five pages maximum, single or double line spacing,
   on any subject or theme, fiction or non-fiction. Multiple entries are
   accepted. (www.dreamquestone.com) Postmark Deadline: December 31,
   2007.

   Prizes: Writing Contest First Prize is $500; Second: $250;
   Third: $100. Poetry Contest First Prize: $250; Second: $125;
   Third: $50. All contest winners works will be published online in the
   Dare to Dream pages, on January 31, 2008. Entry fees: Writing
   Contest: $10 per short story. Poetry Contest: $5 per poem. To send
   entries by mail: Include title of poem(s) or stori(es), name,
   address, phone#, email, brief biographical info. (Tell us a little
   about yourself) on the coversheet; add a self-addressed stamped
   envelope for entry confirmation. Mail entries/fees payable to: 
   Dreamquestone.com"- Dream Quest One Poetry & Writing Contest, P.O. Bx
   3141, Chicago, IL 60654.

   Visit http://www.dreamquestone.com for details or to enter!

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   Limp Wrist is a new fagulous ezine launching in the spring of 2008.
   Don't worry, at Limp Wrist we don't discriminate; hetero and hom
    peeps alike are featured. Our first issue will contain a smashing
   interview with the splendid and talented Laure-Anne Bosselaar. Click
   here ( http://www.limpwristmag.com/guidelines.html )to read LW's
   submission guidelines -- you know you want to!

   The Limp Wrist launch party will be held in Atlanta, Georgia on
   2/28/08; contact Dustin Brookshire via email dustin@limpwristmag.com)
   for more details.

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   Announcing the fourth annual Skysaje Enterprises poetry contest.
   All entries must be typed in 12pts font preferably in times new roman
   or better font. All entries must be in English/American
   standard. $250.00 top prize and three $25.00 Honorable mentions will
   be awarded. $15.00 US entry fee must accompany all submissions,
   submit up to five pieces per entry. Make checks payable to L.Berger
   and send your entries to:

   Skysaje Enterprises
   50 Amesbury RD. 
   Rochester, NY 14623

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   R)v Press is currently accepting submissions for two great little
   mags. R)v Press is seeking poetry subs for its 5th issue. Please send
   3-5 unpublished poems. Shaya is seeking short fiction subs for its
   inaugural issue. Please send 1 unpublished short story of 1200 words
   or less.

   To get more specific information about the mags, and to familiarize
   yourself with the press, please visit our website at
   http://www.rvpress.net. You can also find a sample poem from Re)verb
   there, or pick up a copy of the mag to really feel what we want.
   Also, you can catch us on http://www.myspace.com/rvpress - feel free
   to add us as a friend!

   All submissions should include a cover note, short bio and SASE. We
   do not accept electronic submissions, so send it via snail mail to:
   R)v Press - Re)verb or Shaya (depending on what mag you are sending
   to) 11771 Tunstall St. Garden Grove, California 92845.
   We hope to "hear" from you soon!

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   Instant Publisher offers the ability for you to print professional 
   quality, perfect bound, with glossy full color cover books, which you
   lay out yourself directly from your computer.

   Your book can be any number of pages with any design you want in black
   and white or full color for the front and back covers.

   You simply download the Instant Publisher software to your computer, 
   lay out your book using any program you want (Publisher, Microsoft
   Word, Quark XPress, Adobe Indesign, etc...) and then when you're
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   In less than 2 weeks, you'll get your books in the mail!

   You can order as few as 25 books if you want. They can also provide 
   ISBN and Barcodes for your book if you want, and full color cover 
   design if you need it.

   This is the cheapest way to get bookstore quality books of your 
   poetry or any other work in almost any quantity.

   Visit http://www.instantpublisher.com/default.asp?afcc=1172 for
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   (or your pictures, images, website logos, poetry on t-shirts,
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   Also custom make your own books and CDs with full color art and
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   Set up your store for free and earn commission from every sale or
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   visit: http://www.cafepress.com/cp/info/storeref.aspx?refby=rickpoet
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   A Man With No Teeth Serves Us Breakfast
   is Rick Lupert's latest release and the author's 11th book written
   during two weeks in Boston and London during the summer of 2006. It's
   a reverse trip through the American Revolution with a special stop to
   tread on the remains of King George The III and an introduction by
   Brendan Constantine. Read sample poems and learn how to get your copy
   here: http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/noteeth.html

   See a video of Rick reading from this book here:
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ESl6nId6Mro

   See an interview with Rick at his weekly open reading here:
   http://youtube.com/watch?v=pyHYN0gXGP4

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