� 27 E-books so far will be given away in the E-Book Free-For-All

   Join in!
   
   27 e-books have been sent in for the Poetry Super Highway's 4th
   Annual Great E-Book Free-For-All since we announced it on Tuesday
   week. Join in! Send us your e-book during the month of April and
   we'll add it to the pile of e-books which will be freely available to
   download by anyone on earth for 24 hours on May 1st, 2008...a
   free-for-all.

   More info? Click on "Great E-Book Free-For-All" from the main PSH
   menu or e-mail ffa-guidelines@poetrysuperhighway.com to have them
   sent to you.

   � Listen to Last Weeks PSH Live open reading in the Archive
   Click on PSH Live, from the main PSH menu to hear last week's open
   reading which featured a record number of poets from all over the US
   (oddly enough with a large # of Texas poets) sharing their work. Our
   next open reading is Sunday May 4th at 2pm (pacific). Save the date
   and call in to read!


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THE POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY WEEKLY VIRTUAL UPDATE
http://PoetrySuperHighway.com/
Issue # 550 - ISSN: 1523-6587

April 14-20, 2008

   this week:

   ~ This week featuring poets from CAVITE PHILIPPINES and LONDON, UK

   ~ 4 new poetry and writing related link added this week.

   ~ THE POROUS DESERT by DAVID CHORLTON featured this week in the
     Poets of the Week section of the PSH Bookstore.

   ~ PSH LIVE Schedule:Open Reading Sunday, April 6 - TOMORROW!

   ~ Poetry / Writing related Classified Ads.


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POETS OF THE WEEK

   ~ This week's featured poets are:

   AYN FRANCES DELA CRUZ and PAUL MURPHY

   AYN FRANCES DELA CRUZ (Cavite, Philippines), 22, is a lecturer at De
   La Salle University-Dasmarinas and University of Perpetual Help-Dalta
   System. She is currently studying for her MA in Comparative
   Literature at the University of the Philippines. She was a fellow for
   the 7th UST National Writers Workshop for English poetry. Her work
   has been published in the Philippines (Kanto, Kilometer 64,
   Philippine Graphic, The Literary Apprentice Light, Philippine
   Panorama, Perlas ng Silangan, Paliparan, ANI 33, Very Short Stories
   for Harried Readers, Road to Remembrance), United Kingdom (The
   Argotist Online), USA (Nimrod International Journal, The Bathyspheric
   Review, Rumble Microfiction Magazine, The Flask Review, Blood Orange
   Review, Strangeroad), Argentina (Zone), and India (Kritya), with work
   forthcoming in Canada (Ygdrasil). A vegetarian-bum-poet, she spends
   her free time walking the streets of Cavite. 

   PAUL 'BEAST OF THERNAL BATH' MURPHY (London, England) spends most of
   the winter keeping warm. In the summer he seeks southerly places,
   preparing himself for the coming Winter. Paul Murphy is not a bear.

   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 

   ~ THE NATURE OF WORDS
   Premier literary event of Central Oregon announces third annual
   Rising Star Creative Writing Competition for youth of the Pacific
   Northwest.

   ~ WRITEN4U
   Personalized poetry, post your work, and more


   NEW INDIVIDUAL POETS PAGES LISTINGS THIS WEEK 

   ~ BAD PANTOMIME
   Poems and memoirs

   ~ POETRY & MUSIC ENSEMBLE
   Features McMonty, Canadian author/singer/songwriter, with work from
   Snake Crossing, a musical pastiche from his poetry collections that
   include: Guy Street Poems, Girls Talk, Lyrical Tomfooleries.
   Publications include Chicago Quarterly Review, Neon, Happy, Yellow
   Mama, Word Slaw. Muses, agents, venue-owners, labels welcome.


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POETRY SUPER HIGHWAY BOOKSTORE

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

   THE POROUS DESERT by DAVID CHORLTON

   The Porous Desert is a collection of poems rooted in the Arizona 
   desert with a few detours to higher ground. David Chorlton was born
   in Austria, grew up in England, and spent several years in Vienna
   before moving to Phoenix in 1978.

   Paperback, 60 pages, published by FutureCycle Press, (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 May 4, 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:

   Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday April 6, 2:00 pm (pacific)
   The April, 2008 edition of our open reading featured readers from
   Dallas, Austin and Katie, Texas, Los Angeles, Augusta, Maine, Tempe,
   Arizona, Portland Oregon, Kansas City, Encinitas, California, and
   Birmingham Alabama. Listen to the show in our archive!

   March Worldwide Open Reading
   Sunday March 9
   The March edition of our open reading featured readers from Santa
   Monica, CA, Valley Center, CA, North Carolina, Augusta, Maine and
   Portland Oregon.


   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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   WAR POETRY CONTEST � CLOSING NEXT MONTH
   Seventh year. Fifteen cash prizes totaling $5,000. Top prize $2,000.
   Submit 1-3 unpublished poems on the theme of war, up to 500 lines in
   all. Winning entries published online. Sponsored by Winning
   Writers. $15 entry fee, payable to Winning Writers. Postmark
   deadline: May 31. Judge: Jendi Reiter. Include cover sheet with
   contact information. No name on poems. Submit online or mail to
   Winning Writers, Attn: War Poetry 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/war

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   Buy This Book!
   Full Circle: Escape from Baghdad and the Return(A True Story).
http://www.amazon.com/FULL-CIRCLE-ESCAPE-BAGHDAD-RETURN/dp/0977711781/ref
=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1208020082&sr=1-1
   The book chronicles a prominent Iraqi Jewish family's escape from
   persecution through the journey of one family member: A 10-years old
   boy who witnesses public hangings and the 1941 Krystalnacht (Farhood)
   in Baghdad. Advertise Your Book With Us! Author & Book Promotions --
   a resource directory and book promotion service for authors!
   http://www.freewebs.com/authorpromotion

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   Announcing the release of Within Lanaia's Garden of Darkness, take
   Lanaia's hand and come travel with her through her garden of
   darkness, collecting all the things the darkness has to offer.
   Traveling through the darkness with the supernatural and spirits,
   only if you dare. Remember at the end of the garden, there is always
   a ray of light called hope. You can get this book of poetry of the
   darkness available everywhere by February 14, 2008 but you can
   purchase from the A. G. Press web site http://www.agpress.50megs.com,
   just go to the bookstore.

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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 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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