Poetry Matters (1)

Here is a short round-up of things poetical.

• Poetry pamphlets and their rising status, The Guardian
• The Stephen Spender Prize, Times Online
• 2009 Cat Protection Writing Competition, The Cat Magazine
• One (poem) for the road, trucking odes, The Sydney Morning Herald
• The Scottish Natural Heritage site has a new database for Gaelic 'nature' words.
  
• Poets have been preparing for the seventh National Poetry Day in Vietnam.
• Digital poetry explained by Christopher Funkhouser.
• Digital Poetry and Art Links
• Swansea Learning Lab: podcasting and visual poetry
• Oxford seeks to appoint new Professor of Poetry