THE POETS ARE ON....!

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POETS ON ____ Announcement:

Happy New Year! We're pleased to provide the following updates to the POETS ON ____ Series below:


POETS ON THE GREAT RECESSION

Lawren Bale December 2011
("How have we come to a juncture in history where a few bond traders can systematically bankrupt whole nations?")

Mary Krane Derr December 2011
("I morbidly wonder how I will lug around my laptop and journals and protect them from the snow and rain if I ever become homeless.")

Michael Helsem December 2011
("...something i had not been used to seeing: ... an air of brokenness.")

Marie Marshall December 2011
("The recession has driven me (back) into the arms of Emma Goldman and Durruti, back to Revolutionary Barcelona in 1936, back to the political works of Bakunin, but also to the words of Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, and even those of Thomas Jefferson,...")


POETS ON ADOPTION

Jeffrey Thomas Leong November 2011
(father was adopted; adopted a baby girl from China)

Duduzile Mabaso December 2011
(in South Africa, was adopted as a baby)

We are still open to participations from other poets who wish to share about their experiences and effect on their poetry. The Participation Call for POETS ON THE GREAT RECESSION is at http://poetsonrecession.blogspot.com/2011/10/call-for-participation.html, and for POETS ON ADOPTION at http://poetsonadoption.blogspot.com/2011/03/call-for-participation.html. Please spread the word.

Thanks for engaging,

Eileen Tabios
Curator, POETS ON ____ Series
Contact Info: GalateaTen@aol.com