Poetry G.P.S.

It’s 2:30 pm. Do you know where your poets are?

Poets have always struggled for recognition, fighting small print runs, an indifferent reading public, and the general impossibility making a living with poetry. Worst of all, most people don’t even know where to find poetry when they need it.

Over at the Poetic Asides blog, Robert Lee Brewer is compiling a meta-directory of poetry event listings around the United States. Want poetry? Use this highly scientific Poetry G.P.S. to find a reading near you. Start in New York. Head to Chicago. Then go south to Atlanta.

Check the crowded comments section for more directories from other cities, including Pittsburgh and Dublin. (Thanks, Practicing Writer)

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