09-01-2016, 04:49 AM
In Australia, this week is National Literacy & Numeracy Week, and next week, Sept 3-11, is National Poetic Licence Week, so every day for the next two weeks we're reading, writing and workshopping a poem of a different form in class. Then they're going up all over the institute, being handed out randomly to passing members of staff, being written in chalk on the footpaths, whatever, as part of the Poem In Your Pocket initiative. You can find details here if you're interested.
Instead of a concerted programme of writing here, which takes quite a lot of time and effort and frankly, once a year is more than enough, may I humbly suggest you all become guerrilla poets in the real world? Do letterbox drops, stick poems inside books at the library, spread the love.
For poetry to reach more people, we can't just be sitting here relying on people somehow stumbling across our lovely little workshop. Real world, people. Infect it.
Instead of a concerted programme of writing here, which takes quite a lot of time and effort and frankly, once a year is more than enough, may I humbly suggest you all become guerrilla poets in the real world? Do letterbox drops, stick poems inside books at the library, spread the love.
For poetry to reach more people, we can't just be sitting here relying on people somehow stumbling across our lovely little workshop. Real world, people. Infect it.
It could be worse