I don’t really need to rationalize the reasons why profiles of poets are a content stream on Travalanche, though it has has theatre and show business at its core. But I will. All poetry was originally performed before it was written. The drama evolved out of performed poetry in Ancient Greece as one, two, three, and more actors were added to the chorus. Lyric is a component of song; and plays are often written in verse. In modern times, poetry has been performed on the lecture circuits, the vaudeville stage, on radio and record albums, and in cafes and coffee houses. And in the early days of cinema, narrative poems were often adapted into films. When I read for pleasure or for stimulation, it’s usually something like Milton or Whitman, and that justifies it enough for me.
To date, poets have been merely lumped into my “books and authors” section on this blog, which somehow now has around 700 posts, mixing together books old and new, fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, indiscriminately. Hopefully, then, this will be a useful tool for navigation.
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