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In the United Kingdom, they take these things seriously enough that the National Health Service funds poets in residence at hospitals and clinics. They pay good money to put poetry in doctors" waiting rooms and bring poets in to work with patients undergoing traumatic illness. Poetry, they say, is therapeutic, and they are willing to put their money where their mouths ...
Remember Minnesota, the state that doesn"t have an official poet laureate because the governor vetoed it? The story first made the news in May of last year when Governor Tim Pawlenty decided that establishing an official poet laureate for the state might open the floodgates and next thing you know every distaff art and its cousin would be demanding equal ...
On Thursday, French poet Patrick Huet unrolled nearly a kilometer of specially crafted material on which he had scribed his latest poem - Pieces of Hope to the Echo of the World. It was the first official measurement of Huet"s poem, an incident he describes in his blog. Huet"s intent was to write the world"s longest poem - and make it into the ...
It"s coming down to the wire for the several hundred poets across the nation who are gearing up for next week"s National Poetry Slam Finals in Austin, Texas. In Richmond, poets gathered at ComedySportz Improv Theater for a practice slam Sunday night. On Monday night in Kalamazoo (yes, Kalamazoo!), the Kalamazoo Slam Team hosted a special show to raise money for their ...
As often as I"ve mourned the loss of poetry venues here, noting how sad it makes me to click a link to a poetry journal or review or ezine or other publication, only to find that the editors have stopped publication, this announcement brings me a great deal of pleasure. Not only do I get to announce the birth of a new review ...
Last Friday, I wrote about Rick Lupert"s Poetry Superhighway, where Rick Lupert has been featuring some of the best poets in the world since 1997. At the time, I told you about his Great Poetry Exchange, and the Great E-book Free For All. I didn"t mention the annual Poetry Superhighway Poetry Contest, which has been running since 1998 for one reason ...
A short post at Stick Poet Super Hero led me to this story written by a woman living in the midst of the bombings in Beirut. Headlined Bombs, Rubble and Poets, it is written in prosaic, matter-of-fact language that blunts the impact of the world it presents - which makes it all the more horrifying when you realize ...
Double-scoop on the great poetry places on the web this week. Rick Lupert has been hosting one of the longest running poetry readings in the LA area since 1994 (That would be the Cobalt Cafe for those of you close enough to drop in on a Tuesday night), and building and maintaining the Poetry Superhighway since 1997. PSH is one of the ...
The blog I"m featuring this week is different - and this profile and interview will be different as well. On June 28, blogger Michelle EO posted : For every brave soldier that lost life in the war in Iraq, we will write a poem. Thus starts Operation Poem, a log with a heartfelt purpose - to honor servicemen who lose their lives in Iraq. ...
Think you know everything there is to know about Shakespeare? Find yourself looking for that perfect Bard quote? Ever have a need to settle a barroom argument about who said what in which Shakespeare play? If so, then Google has just made it easier for you. Google"s infamous Books project has completed scanning in the complete works of Shakespeare. You can now ...
