a bus full of poetry {poetry thursday}
My husband gets up before me almost every day (except for the nights I suffer from insomnia). So sometimes when I make my way to my laptop in the morning, I will find a clipping from the newspaper waiting for me. Something he thought I might want to know. (love this)
Earlier this week, I came upon a little clipping about a magic bus full of poetry. It seems that Wave Books has a bus that has been traveling around the country during September and October celebrating poetry with poetry readings and other events. 50 cities in 50 days.
My reason for telling you this is because the bus will be in Portland on October 24 and will be back in Seattle on October 27. If you are in this neck of the woods, you might want to check it out.
To read more visit this article at The Washington Post and this article at The Believer (which, by the way, is a very interesting online publication I have just stumbled upon).
And also check out the Poetry Bus Tour blog (I am calling it that...because...well, I think it is a blog).
A bus full of poets and poetry...sounds like a nice way to spend a few weeks doesn't it?
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Reader Comments (7)
Yes it does!!
Still sending good thoughts to you and your grandfather~~~~~
holy poetry bus!! that looks like fun! and so is their blog. :) thanks for the link. mostly i just like learning about all the strange POSSIBILITIES in life. they are endless.
okay. met makes fun of me all the time for how hippie i am (it's just because he's in denial of his side :) ) but i have ALWAYS wanted to take over an old school bus and paint it funky colours and drivedrivedrive. i think a POETRY bus is even MORE fantastic...i'm checking out the link right now!!
:)
much love to you, and your grandfather, too!!
p.s. for the love of g**, please tell me you read the post about the ostrich. LOL
Small world, Liz.
This May, a little bit before their official tour, Wave Books sent a group of their poets to Miami, and so I got to meet Josh Beckman and Noelle Kocot. Really great press, and a wonderful venture.
One of my favorite blog poets, Nick Carbo, has a bunch of photos ot their visit on his blog, http://carbonator.blogspot.com/2006_05_01_carbonator_archive.html" REL="nofollow">The Carbonator. Yes, I'm in some of the photos, too. Very scary.
By the way, these guys drink and smoke a ton--they make me feel really, really prissy and old.
cool...this sounds like such a
cool idea...
unfortunately for me,
i don't think i will be
anywhere
near the area....
heehee
Wave Books is part of the company I work for. Everyone is so nice there! Definitely check out the bus!