Borders Open Door Poetry

Borders has created an online presence for poets – Open Door – and features an upcoming poetry contest judged by Mark Strand (my guess would be that he’s the “final” judge). The site also includes the opportunity to submit poetry questions, some of which will be selected and answered onsite by Paul Muldoon, and a “Gather and Write” space lead by Anthony Tedesco. There’s also the “Poetry Show,” Episode 1 of which includes videos of the following poets reading their works: Donald Hall, Taylor Mali, Oveous Maximus, Valzhyna Mort, Paul Muldoon, Patricia Smith, Mark Strand, Buddy Wakefield.