Truth and lies. Killing and survival. Sex, war, and rock and roll.
This weekend, thousands of people will be going on a three-day poetry bender.
“In America, a lot of people have an idea of poetry that was shaped by their experience being taught it — an idea that it’s difficult, challenging, and they have to get it right,” said Martin Farawell, director of the Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival.
“In fact, you don’t have to get it right any more than you have to get a piece of music right. People have powerful connections to it, often in ways they can’t explain. ”
The 15th biennial poetry festival, taking place in Newark, New Jersey, is the largest poetry festival in the country. It attracts the most prominent poets to read their work and discuss issues in contemporary poetry.
Music is among the wide range of topics leveraged by poets. Music and poetry have had a long relationship, and this year’s festival features many sessions about that love affair.
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