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Editor in Arrears
Michael R. Burch has been published over 750 times in literary journals and sundry publications in the USA, UK, Scotland, Canada, Iran, India, South Africa and Australia. His poetry appears at the bottom of the Contemporary Poets section, befitting, he says, his station in life and the arts. He has a poetry website at michaelrburch.com.
Poet in Residuum
T.
Merrill is THT's official Poet in Residuum. This is a mysterious
office.
Editor in Exile
Iqbal Tamimi is THT's Editor in Exile. She is a Palestinian poet who now
lives in England. She has been of invaluable assistance to THT in our search for
work by Palestinian poets and artists.
Book Publisher
Joe Ruggier has published a number of books by THT poets. He is, or should
be, world-renowned for having sold over 20,000 books by going door-to-door.
Essayist
Jeffrey
Woodward has written a number of essays for THT's "Blasts from the Past"
series.
Contributors of Special Note
We would like to especially thank the following poets for their numerous contributions and sage advice to THT over the years: Bill Carlson, Rhina Espaillat, Zyskandar Jaimot, Yala Korwin, Tony Marco, Richard Moore, Mary Rae, Joe Salemi, Harvey Stanbrough, and V. Ulea (Vera Zubarev).
What people "in the know" are saying about The HyperTexts .
. .
Thanks for having my poems on The HyperTexts ... It is one of my
proudest publications. -- Paul Stevens, poet and editor of The
Chimaera, Shit Creek Review and The Flea
Dear Michael B, Your site is the only place I have ever been on the Internet. Looking through literary magazines listed, poets, and comments, not to mention
the beautiful opening graphic, I'm just amazed ..." -- Jean Mellichamp
Milliken, editor of The Lyric
"As I told one of our members, The HyperTexts reads like a 'Who's
Who' in contemporary poetry today!" -- Michael Morton, Director of the Net Poetry
& Arts Competition
This [The HyperTexts] is Michael Burch's site, a fine uncluttered place
to visit and contemplate mostly New Formalist poets of the first order. Poets
and poems are added about once a month, so the site is worth putting on your
regular circuit. – Edge City Review, edited by Terry Ponick
You have a BEAUTIFUL website . . . And have given many a
beautiful page to so many fine poets. Let me thank you
wholeheartedly for all of us who know the value of
literary magazines of all sorts. -- Jim Barnes, poet and
editor of The Chariton Review
"Been reading The HyperTexts again the last few days, and I gotta say,
you have an amazing site. I'm still combing the web for quality stuff for Carnelian
and I don't see much of anything that tops your people. Not even Able
Muse." -- Allen Heinrich, poet and editor of
Carnelian
The HyperTexts is a terrific site, one which more than any
other I've come across reflects my own tastes and sympathies. --
James Bobrick, poet
The HyperTexts ... is, in my humble opinion, the Internet's absolute
best poetry-related website. --
Melanie Houle, poet
THT is getting to be one of the really grand old poetry sites. Congratulations on all the good
work! -- Richard Moore, poet
I'm very impressed with the work and research you did on the [Nadia Anjuman] article. The picture of her is wonderfully defiant. --
T. S. Kerrigan, poet
You have an unerring eye for what's best in my verse.
-- T. S. Kerrigan
... thanks for the great site, will visit it often ... --
Tom Ball, Global Country of World Peace
"Rhina Espaillat just told me about this site ... and it is wonderful! I am very grateful to you and
everyone else who works on the site for putting together such a thorough
representation of contemporary poetry and the work of the masters. It's like an
online Formalist, and that is a very high compliment from me, as that was
my favorite journal for many years. -- Jeff Holt, poet
"A FANTASTIC SITE. I was very impressed with the layout and the content."
-- Miriam Stanley, editor of
Rogue Scholars
The HyperTexts . . . aims to make available the best poems of
contemporary writers to more classic material from across the canon of English
poetry . . . the site also includes critical essays, articles and interviews.
Classifying material under headings such as 'Esoterica', 'Rock Jukebox',
Mysterious Ways', and 'Thanksgiving', the tone of the site is dynamic and
challenging. The site is likely to be of interest to writers and literature
students looking for an upbeat approach to poetry. There are also themed items
offering philosophical insights through quotations, full poems and reflections.
These are balanced by critical appreciations of featured poems and discussions
on style and form. Online since November 2001, an archive is available,
containing a comprehensive range of material. The site is user friendly,
includes links and makes use of frames. -- Intute "best of the web"
article by Elaine and Dr. Bella Kogan
The HyperTexts is the Web site for the
online poetry journal which aims to make available the best poems from the work
of contemporary writers to more classic material from across the canon of poetry
in English. Edited by Michael R. Burch ... the site also includes critical
essays, articles and interviews. Classifying material under headings such as:
'Esoterica', 'Rock Jukebox', Mysterious Ways', and 'Thanksgiving', the tone of
the site is dynamic and challenging. The site is likely to be of interest to
writers and literature students looking for an upbeat approach to poetry. There
are also themed items offering philosophical insights through quotations, full
poems and reflections. These are balanced by critical appreciations of featured
poems and discussions on style and form. Online since November 2001, an archive
is available, containing a comprehensive range of material. The site is user
friendly, includes links and makes use of frames. -- Humbul Humanities
Web
Paul Sonntag's "Uncle Flatboot" Review of The HyperTexts
can be read by clicking here.
Here's a quick excerpt: The HyperTexts is, beyond anything else, a
place for people who love poetry just for the sheer magic of the language and
who have no interest in literary taxonomy restricting their reading to narrow
genres or schools. The HyperTexts is a bit like a shelf of battered
books in a cozy little coffee shop you've just discovered. You know the scene:
it's raining buckets outside, you don't have anywhere to go or anything else to
do for the rest of the day, and the place is deserted except for you and the
heavy-lidded barista. You get your cuppa, stake out a fat, threadbare easy chair
and start digging ...
Laurel Johnson's review of The HyperTexts for Midwest Book Review can be
read by clicking
here. Here's an excerpt: Visiting
The HyperTexts turned out to be an exhilarating and enlightening
adventure. The site is easy to navigate and positively loaded with memorable
poetry and essays ... I found gems written by past poetic masters and new,
compelling offerings from contemporary poets ...
So nice of you to drop me a line and pass on the information [about the addition of Alfred Noyes's "The Highwayman" to THT's Masters page]. The world needs more with your generous and caring spirit. The fact that you take the time to put the poetry up for others to enjoy and your willingness to communicate on points such as this speaks volumes about your values and character. You are a gentleman sir! -- Noel Paton
I continue to send people to your The HyperTexts web site and periodically check it
out myself. Having my poems there has been a highlight of the past year for me.
-- George Held, poet
"Rhina P. Espaillat ... told
me about The HyperTexts a little while back, but I did not have the opportunity
to visit your website at any length until today. Let me say that I am astounded
by the depth and quality of what I find there! It's an electronic poetry
library second to none. I teach a poetry writing workshop at the Writer's Voice
of the West Side YMCA in Manhattan, and I definitely will direct my students to
your site in the future." -- Lee Slonimsky, poet
Ethna Carbery -- what a
wonderful lyric discovery! Never heard of her (maybe Yeats' presence as a
contemporary has overshadowed her) ... what I've read is terrific. -- Tony
Marco, poet
I have just read the poems of T. Merrill; this is an extraordinarily beautiful page. His poems make me cry, some are so full of the pain of one's own silent feelings. His photographs and art are stunning. I am so pleased to have read him here, so glad in the way of all things wonderful that he found your site and you found him. I cannot say enough, so instead I will say too little. As I have said before, this is truly a beautiful web site, you should be very proud of it. -- Mist (a mysterious reader we're very pleased and blessed to have)
... I like what you've been doing with Mysterious
Ways and Grace Notes and the THT site altogether. (Fascinating Dickinson meditations a great addition.) Terrific poets
being added all the time -- I've certainly never come across a finer poetry
e-zine/anthology. Keep up the fine work! -- Tony Marco, poet
Read your Thanksgiving page on your site (which just keeps
getting better and better) and was really touched by the integration of text and
feeling and vision. Kudos to you for that magnificent presentation. -- Michael
Bennett, poet
What a delightful and touching tribute to "The
Gipper." It's a shame more people can't
be less political and recognize the enormous gifts this man left us. -- Moore (Mike)
Moran, poet
"The HyperTexts [is a] beautiful internet poetry
site." -- Rhina Espaillat, in a letter to Norman Kraeft
"People have asked me how this invite [to read at the Library of
Congress] happened to come my way, and I tell them it’s probably because a few
years ago, when I was just venturing onto the web, I got a big helping hand from
a gentleman named Michael Burch." -- Jared Carter, THT Featured Poet
[Jared
Carter is far too generous and far too modest: obviously it's his outrageous
talent and stellar craftsmanship that got him invited to read at the Library of
Congress. But THT is a good place to peddle one's wares, if one happens to be a
poet, and we do show up number one in Google searchers for many of the poets we
publish, making THT a good "launch point" for poets seeking
ever-widening orbits. -- MRB]
As usual, your piece on Thanksgiving inspired me and lifted my spirits ... I
was also deeply touched by the story of Staff Sgt. Olson and his buddies. How I wish my dear cousin Tommy could have celebrated an Alive Day, but was
gunned down by a sniper in Viet Nam in 1968. Thank you for your wonderful
website. -- Catherine Chandler, poet
"[Makoto] Fujimura was a great read, and I very much enjoyed your piece on [Ronald] Reagan. You yourself deserve kudos for keeping up such a great and detailed site -- I always enjoy browsing and reading The HyperTexts." -- Tara Elliott, poet and co-editor of Triplopia, on-line at www.triplopia.com
"I paid a visit to The HyperTexts tonight and see that your excellent work
continues, adding artists to the growing list of contemporary poets.
Curious, I clicked on Ronald
Reagan. Sure 'nuff, the man was a poet, more
of a versifier -- a graceful one, it turns out -- and that counts too. I have
mixed feelings about R.R. I did pay attention to his passing, which was
also the passing of a certain optimism and genteel America in the 20th
Century, the "American" Century, that is now history. You have
undoubtedly
written one of the finest tributes to the man and president. With luck, it
will end up in his library!
I have one personal recollection. I used to work at the tip of Manhattan
near the helicopter pad where the President landed when he paid a visit to
NYC. One day, I happened to catch a glimpse of President Reagan waving from
the window of his limo as his motorcade headed uptown. Unaccountably, I
waved back." -- Hudson Owen, poet
"Mutual friend Rhina Espaillat e-mailed me on Friday . . . I am going to
explore the Internet to find The HyperTexts, a poetry site about which
Rhina waxes ecstatic . . . and she doesn't 'ecstacize' easily!." -- Norman
Kraeft, in a letter to THT editor Michael R. Burch
"Last couple of days, have been glancing at poets I hadn't previously read on THT. Gotta say ... you've put together an extraordinarily high quality site! ... I've yet to find one with THT's
consistency of excellence." -- Tony Marco, poet
"What an answer to a formalist poet's prayer!" -- Norman Kraeft
"The Hypertexts has provided me with so much
inspiration and beauty already that I also wanted to thank you for your
admirable and far-reaching work." -- Terese Coe
"Last night I visited the handsome HyperTexts once again. What an attractive publication!" -- Deborah Warren, poet
"Dear Michael Burch--What a pleasure to make connection with you. Never read anything about the current situation with poetry which makes any more sense." -- Jack Butler, poet"I continue to turn to your anthology for the delight of reading other writers. Thanks for all the careful attention you have given it." -- Jan Schreiber, poet
"On The HyperTexts you can read William Blake or Wilfred Owen alongside Richard Moore and Leo Yankevich, and build your own bridges from the past to the present. There is always something new on the site, and the visitor will always encounter thought-provoking, beautiful poetry. Well worth the visit. -- Mary Rae, poet and editor of Romantics Quarterly
"Like your choice for featured poet [Harvey Stanbrough]. How
wonderful that you keep turning up and promoting such exquisite quality, month
after month! -- Tony Marco, poet
"I'm so impressed with all the talent you've added to the website! Truly, it's an oasis in the desert."
-- Jennifer Reeser, poet
"Mike, looks great! Thrilling I'd even go so far as to say. Other than my two
books this is the most satisfying transference from private to public page I've
experienced to date. Thanks so much."
-- R. Nemo Hill, poet
"I have been reading the poems and commentary on your marvelous website. What you have done is most impressive. I was pleased to see so many fine writers featured in your pages." -- Jared Carter, poet
"What you run is hardly a 'small journal,' but one of the best literary
resources on the internet. I tell everyone about it, and brag about being on
it." -- Rhina Espaillat, poet
"Wonderful site you have. I learned about it thru Eratosphere and I have to say I am
much impressed with what I've been reading. Thank you for the obvious care you
take in selecting your poets and poetry." -- Laura
Heidy, poet
"I've just visited the site--after a long time away from the internet
altogether, because I've been up to the ears in projects, paperwork,
translations and houseguests!--and I want to tell you how lovely it is, and
how unfailingly interesting and instructive it remains. The addition of new
work by Yala [Korwin], and the use of the photograph to accompany one of her poems,
are great assets to the site and one more gift you've given the reading
public." -- Rhina Espaillat, poet