Poets on Tragedy

In response to the story of the young New Jersey girl who lost control of a submachine gun at a shooting range outside Las Vegas and killed her instructor, poet Gregory Orr shares his own personal story of killing his brother in a hunting accident.

Poet Daniel Johnson writes an article and poem in remembrance of his slain friend, journalist James Foley, who was killed in Syria in August.

Article in Huffington Post | the poem

I’ve come to think most posts only get major notices in the newspapers when they die.

Canadian, Blackfoot Nation poet, Zaccheus Jackson,  dies in train accident. He was a prominent member of Vancouver's poetry slams.

NPR reports that outspoken Iranian poet, Simin Behbahani, called The Lioness of Iran, has died.