Comments on: Haiti http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/01/haiti/ Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Don Share http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/01/haiti/#comment-27575 Don Share Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:38:11 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=8136#comment-27575 An update from Doctors Without Borders: http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/15/haiti-update-from-do.html An update from Doctors Without Borders:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/01/15/haiti-update-from-do.html
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]]> By: Don Share http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/01/haiti/#comment-27494 Don Share Thu, 14 Jan 2010 15:06:32 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=8136#comment-27494 Addenda from Brian here: http://therumpus.net/2010/01/more-on-haiti-part-2/ http://therumpus.net/2010/01/more-on-haiti-part-3/ http://therumpus.net/2010/01/more-on-haiti-part-4/ Addenda from Brian here:

http://therumpus.net/2010/01/more-on-haiti-part-2/
http://therumpus.net/2010/01/more-on-haiti-part-3/
http://therumpus.net/2010/01/more-on-haiti-part-4/
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]]> By: Eric Landon http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/01/haiti/#comment-27466 Eric Landon Wed, 13 Jan 2010 23:32:04 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=8136#comment-27466 Maybe the 20 staff at the Foundation could lobby the lawyers to look at the terms of the Lilly endowment and see if there's any way of releasing any money to a special fund? Or match dollar for dollar any monies raised through charity readings etc. Maybe the 20 staff at the Foundation could lobby the lawyers to look at the terms of the Lilly endowment and see if there’s any way of releasing any money to a special fund? Or match dollar for dollar any monies raised through charity readings etc.
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]]> By: Kent Johnson http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/01/haiti/#comment-27461 Kent Johnson Wed, 13 Jan 2010 22:31:35 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=8136#comment-27461 Again, I'll bet a gala fund-raiser reading in NYC --big-name poets reading with Haitian diaspora poets, the event co-sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Project, Academy of American Poets, etc., with some music and a star MC-- would raise a good deal of money and provide a good deal, too, of what you refer to above, Don: Emotional support. Given the magnitude of the disaster, some sort of special collective gesture from the U.S. poetry community (if I may use that word) seems called for. Again, I’ll bet a gala fund-raiser reading in NYC –big-name poets reading with Haitian diaspora poets, the event co-sponsored by the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Project, Academy of American Poets, etc., with some music and a star MC– would raise a good deal of money and provide a good deal, too, of what you refer to above, Don:
Emotional support.

Given the magnitude of the disaster, some sort of special collective gesture from the U.S. poetry community (if I may use that word) seems called for.
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]]> By: Brian Spears http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/2010/01/haiti/#comment-27459 Brian Spears Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:27:43 +0000 http://www.poetryfoundation.org/harriet/?p=8136#comment-27459 Thanks very much for the kind words. I plan to keep updating as I can. Thanks very much for the kind words. I plan to keep updating as I can.
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