Monthly Archives: November 2006

Cloudy Day Art #69 – Thank You

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This week’s poetry podcast is in celebration of last week’s Thanksgiving holiday here in the states. I decided it would be a great time to give my humble thanks to you my listeners, readers, and subscribers. Your feedback and continued support helps keep this show going.
Thank you.
I feature a poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox entitled [...]

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The Lament of the Non-Slam Poet

Just read a great post by StrUHT dealing with poetry slams and the mentality behind them. I highly suggest reading it and checking out the article he refers to ”Do We Still Need the Poetry Slam?” by Carlos Andres Gomez.
I really do enjoy the experience of a poetry slam, but unfortunatley the lesser, quiet, more introspective [...]

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The Importance of Poetry

Here’s a great article on the importance of poetry.
There’s actually an odd correlation between these ideas: poetry is either inadequate, even immoral, in the face of human suffering, or it’s unprofitable, hence useless. Either way, poets are advised to hang our heads or fold our tents. Yet in fact, throughout the world, transfusions of poetic [...]

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The Poet who saved the NEA

Here’s a great article on Dana Gioia, the chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. He’s a poet and is the creative force behind such great projects as “Poetry Out Loud” which I featured on Cloudy Day Art #65.
Some of you probably believe that the NEA’s take on poetry is probably too upscale for [...]

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Cloudy Day Art #68 – Poetry Mix

This episode of the Cloudy Day Art poetry podcast is a mix of six poems that I’ve pulled together from across the web. I do hope that you enjoy them. I know that its been a long time comin’, I’m back after a slight hiatus. Thank you to everyone who has subscribed.
I also feature some [...]

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