http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/calabash-08%e2%80%94imagine%e2%80%94festival-dispatches/ A blog from the Poetry Foundation where contemporary poets debate classic and contemporary poetry from America and around the world. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:12:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/calabash-08%e2%80%94imagine%e2%80%94festival-dispatches/#comment-3679 Petrick Fri, 06 Jun 2008 11:27:41 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=854#comment-3679 It is with great pleasure that I marinate in the lyrical flow. For years we have been searching for poetic or artistic redemption. The answer is in Calabash. More of us should support this great Festival. It is with great pleasure that I marinate in the lyrical flow. For years we have been searching for poetic or artistic redemption. The answer is in Calabash. More of us should support this great Festival.

]]> http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2008/05/calabash-08%e2%80%94imagine%e2%80%94festival-dispatches/#comment-3678 Emily Warn Sat, 31 May 2008 15:29:34 +0000 http://pf/harriet/?p=854#comment-3678 Wonderful post--I love how the acoustic "choruses and hymns carrying over the acacia bushes" tail off and mix with the amplified spoken words of poems. One love, as you say, or is that one poem? Is there a place on the Internet we can listen to Claude McKay reading his signature poem, or do we just need to book our tickets to Calabash? Thanks for the dispatches!! Emily Wonderful post–I love how the acoustic “choruses and hymns carrying over the acacia bushes” tail off and mix with the amplified spoken words of poems. One love, as you say, or is that one poem?
Is there a place on the Internet we can listen to Claude McKay reading his signature poem, or do we just need to book our tickets to Calabash?
Thanks for the dispatches!!
Emily

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