the 21st century poet

i spend a lot of time reading poetry books, and almost the same amount of time researching online, trying to learn about the poetry world. i feel like i have a lot of catching up to do!

the world is changing, and poetry right along there with it.

*the growing trend in writing twitter poems. take a peek at the poems submitted by four famous poets in honor of world poetry day. i think it's pretty great that poets made up a new form (one of many!) to mirror the latest way to communicate. it's the new haiku, i guess?

*a student at bryn mawr wrote her student thesis about poet marianne moore (who graduated from the college in the early 1900s). the interesting thing her project is available online, and it shows the original poem next to the student's interpretation, plus other relevant historical info about the poem. it's so super nerdy, but i love that the academic world is sharing with the rest of us.

look for some new poetry in next monday's post. 

be well,

b*

do a little dance. it's world poetry day

hello there, 

if it's been a better monday than usual, then it must be because it's world poetry day!

according to the UNESCO site, world poetry day's "main objective is to support linguistic diversity through poetic expression and to offer endangered languages the opportunity to be heard within their communities...to support poetry, return to the oral tradition of poetry recitals, promote teaching poetry, restore a dialogue between poetry and the other arts.. support small publishers and create an attractive image of poetry in the media so that the art of poetry will no longer be considered an outdated form of art but one." 

OK. so if you're confused about that last sentence, it is actually incomplete on their website.

yes, even their own copywriter couldn't get past the thought that poetry is an outdated form of art. either that, or they fell asleep while writing.  (oh dearest UNESCO copywriter, i know how you feel. i've been there, i really have.)

enjoy this fine holiday. i know i'm going to...

b*