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1. John Lundberg: New Website Aims To Be An iTunes For Poetry

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 962
   The new website PoetrySpeaks is aiming to serve as a social networking hub and online marketplace for poets […] immediately clear that PoetrySpeaks casts a wide net: among the home pages collage of clickable poet heads, spoken word poet Kevin […] video version). The site is, quite literally, banking on your interest in poetry. Here are a couple of the poems for sale
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2. Why poetry matters

   
   Brad's Reader — Authority 123
   Of all the literary forms that have fallen out of fashion, I think poetry suffers the most. The mainstream public […] simply doesn’t have an interest in poetry, and it shows in the painfully low sales numbers of compilations of poetry books. I […] think a large reason for the miserable popularity of poetry is because reading a poem is not a passive activity. It takes
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3. Voice Recognition: 21 Poets for the 21st Century | Book review

   
   The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority 982
   an anthology edited by Al Alvarez, bombastically entitled The New Poetry . Alvarez introduced his selection with a now […] -famous essay in which he expressed his belief that the postwar English literary scene had become insular and moribund, its poetry […] . His anthology, conceived to counter this process, championed younger poets whom he believed capable of "open[ing] poetry
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4. Why does poetry matter?

   
   Later On — Authority 498
   Interesting review : Why Poetry Matters (Why X Matters) by Jay Parini A review by Denis Donoghue If you […] were to write a book called Why Poetry Matters , you would be wise to concede, as Jay Parini does, that "to most people […] time doing such a thing." Especially if, again like Parini, you have also written poetry, fiction, literary criticism
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5. Pan African poets go live and into cyberspace

   
   kagablog — Authority 447
   The Badilisha Poetry X-Change 2009 calendar of poetry exchanges and collaborations continues with a weekend of poetry […] rhythms, myth, history, observation and reflection. 2007 Poetry Slam Champion Warsan Shire is a London-based, Somali poet who […] ), Warrick Sony (Kalahari Surfer) on acoustic instruments, and isiXhosa vocal improviser David Mayekane. Badilisha Poetry
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6. Romantic Poetry

   
   Feel Free to Read — Authority 143
   Romantic Poetry 1. Romantic poetry is a progressive, universal poetry. Its aim isnt merely to reunite all the separate […] species of poetry and put poetry in touch with philosophy and rhetoric. It tries to and should mix and fuse poetry and prose […] , inspiration and criticism, the poetry of art and the poetry of nature; and make poetry lively and sociable, and life and society
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7. Poetry makes nothing happen… or does it? -- Don Share

   
   Harriet: The Blog — Authority 553
   You see the phrase, “poetry makes nothing happen” trotted out over and over again, attributed to W.H. Auden as some […] sort of evidence for the reductiveness and hermetic inutility of poetry.  And yet… This ignores the fact that the phrase […] context is absolutely enormous – the poem actually says: For poetry makes nothing happen: it survives In the valley
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8. Project Runway And Poetry

   
   The Huffington Post — Authority 962
   Stephen Burt The Poetry Foundation If you follow contemporary poetry but you havent been following "Project Runway […] ," the popular cable TV show now in its sixth season, you might be surprised to hear that the show holds lessons for poetry […] people being creative than any television show ever." Another poetry blogger, Tim Jones of New Zealand, proposes a show
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9. Poetry Marathon at the Serpentine Gallery, London -- Fred Sasaki

   
   Harriet: The Blog — Authority 553
   Philip Larkin* Poetry contributor Caroline Bergvall attended the 50-some poet, 36-hour poetry marathon at the […] of a highly ambitious poetry event. The internationally reputed Serpentine Gallery in Hyde Park has for the past 4 years […] . This year they decided to create it as a Poetry Marathon. Some 50 poets were slated to take part, each reading for approx
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10. New Century Poetics and Poets Online

    
    POETS ONLINE - the blog — Authority 113
    Today is the New Century Poetics: A Poetry Colloquium at Centenary College of New Jersey. I am presenting in a […] session on "Resources and Publication Options" along with Peter Murphy , poetry organizer and poet; Melissa Hotchkiss , co […] , editor of Double Room, publisher of Apostrophe Books . My own focus today is on publishing online and online poetry
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