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What Is Poetry For?
Jul 26th, 2010 | permalink: What Is Poetry For? | Category: poetryIn Chicago, February 2009, at the annual conference of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, eleven poets were asked the question, “What Is Poetry For?” Here is what they had to say. Poets featured: Martha Serpas Todd Boss Molly Peacock Major Jackson Cole Swenson Kim Addonizio Kimiko Hahn Willie Perdomo Beth Ann Fennelly Julie Sheehan Honor Moore For more information on all featured poets visit wwnorton.com and/or poemsoutloud.net. Music: “Instrumental” by The Microphones from The Glow Pt. 2. Permission generously granted by the good people at K Records in Olympia, WA (krecs.com)
What a lovely video.
poetry is a window into the soul,a way to release emotion from within, a way to become whole, and to others who read it it tells them that they are not allone that there are others who feel just like them.
my boy Willie PERDOMO ya’ll, best response ever (and all on the fly too!)