The Poetry Foundation (publishers of Poetry Magazine) have published the results of a recent study that says that 90% of Americans value poetry and feel that it enriches their lives.
www.fdncenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml
I will be interested to look more closely at their methodology, as I can say that this does not conform very closely to my experience. Still, this is nice news and I thought I'd pass it along.
www.fdncenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml
I will be interested to look more closely at their methodology, as I can say that this does not conform very closely to my experience. Still, this is nice news and I thought I'd pass it along.
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Wed, April 19, 2006 - 10:20 AMValue it in what way? It is nice though and I am just going to pretend that it is true. -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Wed, April 19, 2006 - 1:26 PMAccording to the article, "a large majority of Americans feel poetry contributes to their understanding and appreciation of life and helps them to lead more engaged, satisfying lives."
This is certainly true for me! :) -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Wed, April 19, 2006 - 5:44 PMMe too (but then I'm a Canuck so my take is irrelevant) -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Wed, April 19, 2006 - 10:37 PMYeah, do your own study. Jeez! -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Thu, April 20, 2006 - 7:06 AMWhy bother when we can just piggyback everything you guys do? We're a nation of slackers, don't cha know. -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Thu, April 20, 2006 - 9:25 AMWho are some Canadian poets? Not counting Geddy Lee, of course. -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Thu, April 20, 2006 - 9:48 AMHoly fuck, that's funny
For real?
Don McKay
Jan Zwicky
Ken Babstock
Karen Solie
David O'Meara
Irving Layton
Al Purdy
Lynn Crosbie
Rhea Tregebov
George Elliot Clarke
Gwendolyn MacEwan
Margaret Avison
Milton Acorn
Roo Borson
Dionne Brand
Dorothy Livesay
Leonard Cohen
Michael Ondattje
that's off the top of my head, I could do some research if you like. -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Thu, April 20, 2006 - 12:10 PMWow! That's an impressive list for "off the top of your head"!
A quick search on the internet brought up a few more names, many unknown to me: www.library.utoronto.ca/canpoe...oet.htm
(Even if Barnaby was only jesting [Geddy Lee! LOL!], it's still nice to get the names out there.) -
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Thu, April 20, 2006 - 12:17 PMThe list are only poets that I have actually read at least a few of their pieces, although I really love Babstock and Solie and have read all of their works.
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Re: Most Americans Value Poetry, says study
Thu, September 28, 2006 - 7:03 AMI don't have any statistics to support this thought, but I think a good deal of that value attached to poetry comes from so many people writing poetry, and writing it out of times of emotional intensity. And of course, the poetry valued by that majority probably doesn't include the most demanding of the literary offerings which probably confound more than they "contribute to understanding." But poetry is that vehicle used to process what the senses take in, and since the senses are always taking in something, it makes sense to me that the images in poetry would be powerful. The images link directly to the busy senses.
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