� In the 24 hours since we launched the 7th Annual Great Poetry
   Exchange, 22 poets pledged to send their books to another randomly
   selected participant.. (Not bad for a day's work) Join in...send your
   book to someone, get a book from someone else. See the entire list of
   books pledged so far by clicking on "Great Poetry Exchange" from the
   main PSH menu! (P.S. Would have been a few more, but we're serious
   about the 50 words or less in the book description. Thanks in advance
   for reading our guidelines before joining in.)

   � Join us next Sunday, February 10 at 2:00 pm for the next PSH Live
   Open reading. Tune in to hear callers from all over share their
   poetry and, be brave, call in and read a poem of your own. It's a
   world-wide open reading! Click on PSH Live from the main PSH menu for
   the details and to listen to recent shows in the archives.


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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 540 - ISSN: 1523-6587

February 4-10, 2008

   this week:

   ~ This week featuring poets from MANHATTAN BEACH and VALLEY CENTER, CA

   ~ 3 new poetry and writing related link added this week.

   ~ DUTIES OF THE SPIRIT by PATRICIA FARGNOLI featured this week in
     the Poets of the Week Books section of the PSH Bookstore.

   ~ PSH LIVE Schedule: Open Reading February 10 - Next Sunday!

   ~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.


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POETS OF THE WEEK

   ~ This week's featured poets are:

   BRIAN MICHAEL TRACY AND BRANDON CESMAT:

   BRIAN MICHAEL TRACY (Manhattan Beach, California) was born, raised
   and educated in Boston, Massachusetts. He received his BA from
   Stonehill College and his Master零 in Urban Planning from the Harvard
   University School of Design. He currently owns and manages a
   commercial real estate company in Los Angeles, California. His work
   has appeared in Gentle Strength Quarterly and Yogi Times Magazine. He
   recently produced and recorded a CD of poems and songs entitled
   Midnight Tea. His first book of poetry entitled Driving With Dante
   was published through Conflux Press In November, 2007. He resides in
   Manhattan Beach, California.

   BRANDON CESMAT's (Valley Center, California) Driven into the Shade
   received a San Diego Book Award (Poetic Matrix Press). Cesmat won the
   2008 Cardiff-by-the-Sea Invitational Poetry Slam. He earned his MFA
   from San Diego State and teaches for CSU-San Marcos and California
   Poets in the Schools. He is a member of the bi-national collective
   Acanto y Laurel and performs with the inter-disciplinary arts
   ensemble Drought Buoy. Of Driven into the Shade, Maria Melendez (How
   Long She雍l Last in This World) writes, 袍hese poems exemplify what
   can happen when a man grows love poetry from the land; in this case,
   the land that love springs from, and flows to, is the land of
   California---its crows and coyotes, its organic hybridity between
   cultures. Through this feeling of eros from and for a place, the
   reader participates in a deep connection to the creative earth.�
   Cesmat survives with grace at the edge of a canyon with his wife and
   sons. His story collection Party Crasher is forthcoming from
   Caernarvon Press.

   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 PUBLICATIONS LISTINGS THIS WEEK

   ~ MIMA'AMAKIM
   Artistic Exploration of the Jewish Religious Experience. Poetry,
   prose, art-work. Annual print publication, blog, video / audio
   recordings.


   NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK

   ~ POETRY & ARTWORK OF SHAWN NACONA STROUD, THE
   A collection of my artwork and published poetry 

   ~ BOOKS BY SAM SILVA
   Books by Sam Silva


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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE

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

   DUTIES OF THE SPIRIT by PATRICIA FARGNOLI

   Readers will discover many facets of Fargnoli's voice, but two
   attributes that will most impress readers are, first, the almost
   shimmering gladness with which Ms. Fargnoli replies to the gifts of
   beauty and of human love; and, second, the compassion with which she
   addresses whatever is beyond her own intimate surroundings."-Mary
   Oliver

   Duties of the Spirit comprises deeply moving, lyrical and
   unforgettable explorations of the joys and fears that come with
   growing older in America.

   Patricia Fargnoli, a retired psychotherapist, is a Macdowell fellow
   and associate editor of The Worcester Review. Her first book,
   Necessary Light, was selected by Mary Oliver for the May Swenson
   Poetry Award, Utah State University Press, 1999.

   Paperback, 80 pages, published by Tupelo Press, (April, 2005)


   ~ 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 February 10, 2:00 pm (pacific) - NEXT SUNDAY!
   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:

   January Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday January 13
   The January edition of our open reading featured callers from Tacoma
   Park, Maryland, Sioux City, IA (Our first call in regular!), a slew
   of callers from North Carolina, Valley Center, California and
   Virginia (D.C. area.) Please ignore all the wrong buttons I pressed.

   December Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday December 16
   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.


   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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   TOM HOWARD/JOHN H. REID SHORT STORY CONTEST � CLOSING SOON
   Sixteenth year. Fourteen cash prizes totaling $5,250. Top prize
   $2,000. Seeks short stories, essays and other works of prose, up to
   5,000 words. Winning entries published online. Both published and
   unpublished work accepted. Fee per entry is $12, payable to Winning
   Writers. Postmark deadline: March 31. Judges: J.H. Reid, D.C. Konrad.
   Submit online or mail to Winning Writers, Attn: Tom Howard Short
   Story Contest, 351 Pleasant Street, PMB 222, Northampton, MA 01060.
   Winning Writers is proud to be one of "101 Best Websites for Writers"
   (Writer's Digest, 2005-2007).

   More information: http://www.winningwriters.com/tomstory

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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

   Submission deadline: April 30th 2008.

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   A Poets' Seder: Submissions Wanted
   This is an open call for poetry submissions for A Poets' Haggadah to
   be published in April, 2008 in conjunction with the Poets' Seder
   event at Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, CA. We're
   accepting submissions of poetry specifically written to reinterpret
   the components and themes of the Passover Seder. Please visit
   http://www.PoetSeder.com/ for complete submission guidelines.

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   This is the cheapest way to get bookstore quality books of your 
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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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