tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post413126048329433908..comments2019-11-27T06:37:55.897-08:00Comments on It's About Time Writers Reading Series: It's About Time's Poet Populist, Mike HickeyEsther Altshul Helfgotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17197997357138853342noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-68389345344070581222008-11-07T08:43:00.000-08:002008-11-07T08:43:00.000-08:00congrats. nice to see you as opposed to the others...congrats. nice to see you as opposed to the others nab the populistic flag. you ask...the library should have a seattle writers/poets section. they do not. why would that be?<BR/><BR/>did i notice sherry reniker's name upcoming. where's she living these days. look forward to that.<BR/><BR/>best to poet & series<BR/><BR/>nico vassilakisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-74580230265296885572008-10-14T20:58:00.000-07:002008-10-14T20:58:00.000-07:00Great question, Mike. I'd like poems to help us un...Great question, Mike. I'd like poems to help us understand the human condition, especially in this time of global need.<BR/><BR/>Here's what Tree Swenson, of the Academy of American Poets, has to say about poetry in the time of confusion:<BR/><BR/>The staff at the Academy of American Poets has assembled a selection of poems on Poets.org that we each have turned to during the recent confusion, and we hope they will open the possibility of a different kind of reflection in the fog of uncertainty. Poetry can provide solace, give voice to despair, restore optimism, or simply remind us of our common connection through words. As William Faulkner said in his Nobel speech, "The poet's voice need not merely be the record of man, it can be one of the props, the pillars to help him endure and prevail."<BR/><BR/>Yours,<BR/>Tree Swenson,<BR/>Executive Director of the Academy of American PoetsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-255918469191512973.post-58653390535595798162008-10-14T19:54:00.000-07:002008-10-14T19:54:00.000-07:00I'm happy and very proud to be the official candid...I'm happy and very proud to be the official candidate for Poet Populist as nominated by the It's About Time Reading Series. So gentle reader I ask you, what role and what agenda would you like to see the Poet Populist advance in Seattle, the most literate city in the United States?Michael G. Hickeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02105579807608576138noreply@blogger.com