As Kate noticed here, there appears to be a dearth of blogging about poetry on general lit blogs. In an effort to change my own dearth, I have been blogging about poetry every Tuesday for a few months now. I think it’s time to expand the fun to the larger blogosphere. To that affect, I’m starting a weekly poetry meme. Here is the inaugural Poetry Tuesday meme:
Step 1: Select one of the poets laureate. A list with short biographies can be found here. Read a little bit about your selected poet and then tell us who you selected and why.
Step 2: Imagine you have been selected as the next poet laureate. What kinds of poems would you write (Americana, political, free verse, haiku, etc.)? What kinds of programs would you start/endorse? What would you do to promote poetry among the masses?
And . . . the giveaway. In honor of the inaugural Poetry Tuesday meme, I’m also having a giveaway. Everyone who completes today’s or next week’s meme and leaves a comment will be entered into a drawing to win their choice of either the former poet laureate Ted Kooser’s The Poetry Home Repair Manual: Practical Advice for Beginning Poets or the current poet laureate Charles Simic’s newest collection, Sixty Poems. All those who complete both today’s and next week’s meme and leave comments will be given a bonus entry in the drawing, for a total of three entries. Welcome to Poetry Tuesday!
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My, what a good idea! So often book bloggers tend to ignore poetry…I know, there are so many other books to read/review out there, but the poor poets have to eat too!
I’d love to participate in this, although I may need to cheat a bit and post on Wednesday or Thursday…
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