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Replay: Poets and Poetry "Poetry's unnat'ral... never you let yourself down to talk poetry, my boy." -- Charles Dickens, Tony Weller in The Pickwick Papers
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Replay: Poets and Poetry

Poetry and Politics

Poets laureate from some 30 states gather for a conference on poetry's capacity to bring about social, political and cultural change. The conference is the brainchild of poet Marie Harris (left), who, along with poets Wyatt Prunty and Lawrence Ferlinghetti, discuss the role of poetry in society.

Poetry and Politics

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