Here's an assignment for you:
step one - go to Google and type in poetry blogs
step two - be amazed at the gigantic, completely unpronouncable number that pops up
step three - hug me because I feel like one teeny tiny drop in one freakin huge 0cean
the number I got was 13,100,000 ... ouch
I don't even know what to do with that number it's so big. Obviously, the blogosphere has taken poetics to heart. It makes sense really, everyone from angst-ridden sixth graders to eighty-year-olds write poetry; it's a cross cultural, cross-generational,, cross-gender experience.
So since today is a rainy boring day, I thought it would be fun to wade through the massive amount of results (at least as many as I can before my eyeballs fall out of my head) and pick the most interesting poetry blog.
Ladies and gentleman, the winner is....EMBARGO poetry
yes, it means exactly what you think, these poets are writing poetry in the style of and based on countries the US currently has an embargo against. I think they take the creative cake in my book.
If you want t0 check some out just click here: http://embargopoets.blogspot.com/
The poetry seems very simple, the basics that we learned in grade school at play instead of a more educated writing style. However the images and truth brought out by the word choices are very moving. Good choice on the winner. They should get more publicity, people have a right to read that.
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