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It’s Summer, Have Some Poetry on a Stick
From Minnesota’s KSTP: The Minnesota State Fair isn’t the only place you will find something on a stick. This week, Jason Davis meets up with a poet who distributes his poetry the Minnesota way. David Bengston thinks outside the box. In order to get his poetry out into the public, he prints cards of poetry [...]
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Poetry inside the box -- Publishing
In Long Beach, Ca., there’s a new place to submit poetry: community drop boxes. According to a local business organization, the innovative idea is meant to boost business as well as consumer creativity. The boxes are affixed outside... Read Post
Meeting Poet S.A. Griffin & Viewing The Poetry Bomb
S.A. Griffin is one of those cool poets who really lives for poetry and spreading he word about poetry. Recently, he's undertaken what I think is just an awesome poetic experiment called The Poetry Bomb. Basically, he bought a bomb,... Read Post
The New York Times asks, “Does Poetry Matter?” -- Poetry News
In response to David Biespiel’s essay in this month’s Poetry Magazine, Gregory Cowles investigates whether or not poets have a place in civic life: I had some fun substituting “pipe fitter” for “poet” throughout Biespiel’s essay (“A... Read Post