Helicopter drops 100,000 poems on London
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London was bombed last night, by helicopter, right along the south bank of the Thames. Nobody was hurt, thank heaven, or thank the muses, because it was not explosives, but poems that rained down on the city. Read the whole story in the attached article from the Huffington Post.
Seriously, why do we not reach out and smack each other with art more often? What’s going on in your corner of the world to bring poetry to the streets?
See on www.huffingtonpost.com
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Those Londoners are nuts, I could tell you that from personal experience. (Just kidding!!!)
Haha, no wonder I like them!
What a fantastic idea plus they have a practical use as bookmarks
I know, isn’t that cute?
The Poetry Parnassus in London is said to be the world’s largest poetry event ever.
Doing things in a small way here: did you read my post about the Bolton Arts Trail?
No! I missed that one. I just went back to find it and am reading it now.
and your background foto looks awfully familiar….thanx for stopping by…
Yup, that’s Northumberland and Sunbury down there, at the meeting of the two branches of the Susquehanna.
I enjoy your blog. Good for the soul!
Thanx. I use to live in Norry…and Sunbury for that matter. Can’t miss it even from the air!
Yeah, that photo was just from a phone at the top of Shikallamy Lookout. I need to find a better photo.
Welcome those poetry bombs! Let it rain words and awesome thoughts!
Go Poe!
Sorry. . . I don’t know what that means. I just got excited there for a second. But it sounds cool, doesn’t it?
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