Poet Matthew Chase Whittemore hopes to raise $1,500 on Kickstarter for his “News Made Poetry” project. Above, we’ve embedded a video about the project.
Here’s more about the project: “Over the next year I’m going to read the New York Times, pick one article and then, by sampling words, ideas and phrases from that text, write a poem. Five days a week, I’m going to post this poem, along with the heavily noted newspaper clipping, to NewsMadePoetry.com. News Made Poetry is a poetry project for those who love poetry and for those who ask, ‘but whats the point?’ My goal is to build a bridge that connects poetry with everyday life, so that all can find the poems accessible. It is also a project aimed at helping people read the news.”
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