Can Poetry Matter - Part 2 (nyt reg req) "Today photography is considered by many to be the most effective way to convey the plight of war's combatants, victims and mourners. But during World War I it was through poetry that many Britons came to share the horror of life and death in the muddy trenches of northern France.....To this day, every time Britons go to war, the opening lines of Rupert Brooke's 1914 poem, "The Soldier," are remembered: "If I should die, think only this of me:/That there's some corner of a foreign field/That is forever England."..."
posted by Voyageman
on Nov 30, 2002 -
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Can Poetry Matter? Written 11 years ago but still relevant today. Will the spectacular $100 million gift to Poetry Magazine (
see below) make a difference? Or will the spark be ignited as poetic forms muscle their way in and around other mediums, as with
Def Jam Poetry which will now looks like will have
another season on HBO, and has now opened on
Broadway; “singing poets” such as
Floetry (soon to play live at SOB in NYC),
Abiyah , and revivals of classic masters
The Last Poets. Purists may cringe.
posted by Voyageman
on Nov 19, 2002 -
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