Yesterday, CK posted a link to a TIME article titled "Poems for the People." The article is in the June 18, 2007 issue (which is not the issue pictured to the right-- I thought the "what's next" was fitting for the crappy article.)Let me share my favorite quote from the article: "Chances are, you don't read much poetry, at least not the new stuff. Don't feel bad, hardly anybody does." I beg to differ--I firmly believe there are tons of people hungry for poetry. When I volunteered at the 2007 Decatur Arts Festival I partnered with a lady who told me how her daughter's middle school English class spent a longer period of time on poetry than what was originally planned because of the student interest. I chat with people on Myspace who at a first glance or chatting with, you wouldn't think would have a poetry interest, but they do.
TIME at its best, here's a caption from the article:
Champion students representing all 51 states, stand on stage at the Poetry Out Loud Competition at George Washington University in D.C., May of 2007.
I must have an immature moment-- Grossman can suck it!
are any of the poets responding to this p/o/shit article?
ReplyDeleteMM--I thought about writing something and sending it to times, but I am still thinking what I want to say.
ReplyDeleteI sent the link to Duhamel, to see if she had read it yet. I'm curious as to what her thoughts on the topic will be. I'm sure she could write a smashing poem as a reply, such a poem would probably make me melt.
Too bad Sexton isn't alive. I'd pay to see what she'd write as a response.