Spam, shoes, & Czech poets
“Poetry in motion,” by Michelle Wranik from The Prague Post, looks at the growing audience abroad for Czech poets. ***** “A matter of shoes and the weight of books and…
"Poetry in motion," by Michelle Wranik from The Prague Post, looks at the growing audience abroad for Czech poets.
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"A matter of shoes and the weight of books and poetry," by Cesar Chelala from The Villager, is an interesting account of how a small kindness can impact people's lives--and how poetry can help give situations a bit of perspective.
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"Too Much Spam? Turn it Into Poetry and Hang it on Your Wall," by Michael Calore from Wired, looks at artist Linzie Hunter's idea of taking spam and turning it into art.
(As you probably already know, Nancy's also been using spam for poetry prompts on Fridays, which is a great way to kick off a poem.)
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Robert Lee Brewer is Senior Editor of Writer's Digest, which includes managing the content on WritersDigest.com and programming virtual conferences. He's the author of 40 Plot Twist Prompts for Writers: Writing Ideas for Bending Stories in New Directions, The Complete Guide of Poetic Forms: 100+ Poetic Form Definitions and Examples for Poets, Poem-a-Day: 365 Poetry Writing Prompts for a Year of Poeming, and more. Also, he's the editor of Writer's Market, Poet's Market, and Guide to Literary Agents. Follow him on Twitter @robertleebrewer.
