Wednesday 7 October 2009

POETRY LECTURE

THIS IS AN INTERESTING LECTURE ABOUT POETRY ENTITLED THE DARK ART OF POETRY BY THE POET DON PATERSON ...
I PARTICULARLY LIKED THE BIT ABOUT THE NOMADIC SAHARAN TRIBES REMEMBERING WHERE WATERHOLES ARE BY USING POEMS. AND ALSO THE BIT ABOUT THE FOUR DIMENSIONAL CUBE THAT MADE PEOPLE GO MAD.

http://www.poetrylibrary.org.uk/news/poetryscene/?id=20

IMAGINE HIM TALKING:



THE QUOTE I AM USING FOR MY DISSERTATION IS:

"AFTER ALL, ONLY PLUMBERS CAN PLUMB, ROOFERS ROOF AND DRUMMERS DRUM; ONLY POETS CAN WRITE POETRY"

THE CUPBOARD.

GET
INVOLVED.

www.thecupboardonline.wordpress.com

DELLER BBC INTERVIEW

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/collective/A4055717

"The Folk Archive raises absorbing questions about British-ness. How do the strange events and visual ephemera of modern life create an image of a country’s psyche? What are the stories floating behind the glimpses of protest, anger, chaos and fun? Most importantly, how do these objects and images explain the motivation behind creativity? In fact, what makes this collection of photographs, videos and weird stuff so interesting is wondering why they exist at all."