Sunday Picnic Is Singing With Sappho

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Sunday, every Sunday, let's have a community picnic. It's probably been a long week, and it's lovely to have a few minutes to sit back and relax and enjoy some good conversation in a less formal space. Feel free to bring something for the Picnic Basket - a poem you liked this week, a thought you had or something you experienced, or even something completely unrelated to poetry whatsoever that you just feel like sharing. Just take a moment to say hello, and maybe have a bite to eat; no one is going anywhere fast, and the shade promises some relief from the everyday heat. Let’s get to know each other a bit better, here under the branches of the poet’s tree.

Signup For Next Community Week: Exploring the Body Politic

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Poetry, chants, and song have long been a way for people to interact with their own governments and laws, a way for people to communicate support or contempt of law, to critique government, and to advocate for change. Poetry can be used as a persuasive tool to affect both cultural and legal change, and can be used a a way of critiquing government and legal systems. For our next community themed week, let's explore the various ways poetry interacts with politics.

Ideally we will have one post each day from Monday, Feb. 17th through Saturday, Feb. 22nd, related to our topic. You need feel not limited to the modern era or any particular culture or system of governance; a post about the political connotations of Sappho's conception of beauty would be as appropriate as one reflecting on, say, Pete Seeger's extraordinary testimony before the House Committee on Un-American Affairs, August 18, 1955. Original poetry, remix poetry, poetry complements, translations, meta, roundups of recommended media and more are likewise welcome.

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