The Joys of Living a Poetic Life

Poetry is a threat if there are things in your system that are very hard to face because poetry is about being open and being spiritually, mentally, and emotionally well. A poetic life may mean sacrificing material overabundance, otherwise known as clutter, but you always sacrifice something, and to us, it's worth it.

Poetry is about consciousness and the pleasures of art. Other art forms can provide a bridge to your poetic self, if there are obstacles that need to be overcome. Yoga reestablishes and retrains breathing when parts of your natural self have been suppressed by a civilization that does not find those parts supportive of its values.

9.10.09

Prizes for Identifying Literary References :)

Who said there's no money (read: reward) in an Arts degree? Tonight, at the awesome Robson Reading Series, I won the children's book "Alphabad" by poet Shannon Stewart--by identifying a couple of literary references in her poems. It's really good (a delightfully articulated piece of literary mischief, it clacks along as satisfyingly as a handmade wooden toy car on the end of a satiny string) and that, of course, is just my level ;)

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