Poetic Chill = Warmalist Shill
Gulf News, reporting from Dubai on the threat to humanity posed by iambic cooling:
The deterioration of poetry is just as dangerous a phenomenon as global warming, a researcher claimed on the fourth day of the Dubai International Poetry Festival (DIPF) on Saturday.
Dr Mohammad Weld Abdi, a cultural consultant based in Abu Dhabi, said poetry was a “basic pillar of civilisation and an expressive device that allows us to discover humanity and the meaning of brotherhood”.
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He said: “In recent times we have heard much about the phenomenon of global warming. But the regression of poetry is just as dangerous for society. Throughout the 20th century poets have been decreasing in number but no other medium has the power to express dreams and aspirations so well.
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“In this digital age, poetry has acquired new features and remains sacred and holy. But we need to find new ways to disseminate works of poetry, especially by fully utilising the internet..”
Try Twitter. Great for haiku, free verse and short-form doggerel. Seuss, cummings and Nash, eat your dead poet hearts out.
julescrittendeniambic cooling’s threat to humanity. just when you thought we were safe from calamity. http://www.julescrittenden….
See what I mean?
Thanks, Blair, and good luck at the lefty writers conference. Don’t forget your other two heads. Don’t want to disappoint.
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:41 pm on Sunday, March 8, 2009
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