Further thoughts on the cultural labor of poetry and art. Not merely "is it good?," but "what has it accomplished?"...reviews of recent poetry collections; selected poems and art dealing with war/peace/social change; reviews of poetry readings; links to political commentary (particularly on conflicts in the Middle East); youtubed performances of music, demos, and other audio-video nuggets dealing with peaceful change, dissent and resistance.
Saturday, October 11, 2008
New from the Sidewalk Blogger
There are many costly bridges to nowhere. This one, set in the other recent addition to the United States (Hawaii, courtesy of the Sidewalk Blogger SMS), is suggestive of the uneven development of our great Union, and how a governor of Alaska could say "please," "thanks" and "thanks but I'll use the money on other things," when the inner cities crumble and infrastructure rots in the provinces.
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