Posted on February 23, 2010 by sophiegps
Instead of writing poetry about current affairs, why not have a go at making poetry out of them? Newspaper and magazine articles provide an abundance of words ready for poetic manipulation. Cartoonist and poet Austin Kleon crafts his Blackout Poetry by erasing words in news articles with a marker pen. Often moving and always interesting, [...]
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Posted on January 26, 2010 by sophiegps
Global Poetry Systems is a user generated world map of poetry found at www.southbankcentre.co.uk/gps
Poetry that travels: Imprisoned in a cage of sound, even the trivial seems profound.
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Posted on November 17, 2009 by amitgps
Alan Bennett has written a new play called “The Habit of Art”. It’s a play about poetry, music, theatre, creativity and inspiration. It’s now on at the National Theatre. I’m sure that’s enough information to induce those who are sensible to immediately procure themselves a ticket.
Hold your horses. The play is sold out until 24 [...]
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Posted on October 26, 2009 by Learning&Participation
GPS is Global Poetry System, a new website from Southbank Centre that creates a user generated world map of poetry – find out more at www.southbankcentre.co.uk/gps.
Litfest, one of the country’s oldest literature festivals, has been mapping poetry everywhere – from war memorials to tattoos, from children’s nursery rhymes to public art.
Oral historian Marie-Claire Balaam has been [...]
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Posted on October 8, 2009 by davidcooper1978
At the moment, I seem to be spending much of my time looking at, and thinking about, maps. Maps seem to be everywhere and play such important roles in our everyday lives: from Harry Beck’s iconic map of the London Underground, to the sat-navs that direct our journeys by road, to Google Earth which allows [...]
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Posted on August 5, 2009 by amitgps
Abergavenny is Poetryville. The town is filled with words. There’s poetry in the air. I know this because I’ve just been there on the GPS map.
What an enchanting visit it was. The Year 6 students of Ystruth Primary School have recently taken to the Abergavenny streets, collecting found words and phrases. They then arranged them [...]
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Posted on May 29, 2009 by TrishT (Southbank Centre)
It’s engraved on a statue in the town square, remembered in nursery rhymes sung to us as children, spotted in a line of graffiti on our way to work in the morning. Poetry is everywhere.
Look out for Global Poetry System (GPS), an exciting new Southbank Centre project coming soon.
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