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Hey GuysAs of Friday 20th August, 2010 Poetry Cafe KL.ning will cease to exist. Bit never fear! I am already in the process of moving us to a new site, namely here www.poetrycafekl.com ; I am in the middle of migrating the site and developing it so it can function in the same way the ning site does ie with interactive members, groups, and all the media options to add vid, pics, mp3 and other stuff.Please be patient with me as I learn how to do it.…See More

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We Have Moved!

Hey Guys

As of Friday 20th August, 2010 Poetry Cafe KL.ning will cease to exist. Bit never fear! I am already in the process of moving us to a new site, namely here www.poetrycafekl.com ; I am in the middle of migrating the site and developing it so it can function in the same way the ning site does ie with interactive members, groups, and all the media options to add vid, pics, mp3 and other stuff.

Please be patient with me as I… Continue

Posted by Elaine Foster on August 16, 2010 at 3:45pm

Howl - a film by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman

"James Franco stars as the young Allen Ginsberg - poet, counter-culture adventurer and chronicler of the Beat Generation. In his famously confessional, leave-nothing-out style, Ginsberg recounts the road trips,

love affairs and search for personal liberation that led to the most

timeless and electrifying work of his career, the poem HOWL. Meanwhile,

in a San Francisco courtroom, HOWL is on trial.…

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Posted by Elaine Foster on August 12, 2010 at 6:30pm

Thought of The Day

"In the haste of life and the press of action it is difficult for us to examine our feelings, to express them coherently, to express them poetically, and yet the impulse to poetry which is an impulse parallel to civilisation, is a force towards that range and depth of expression. We do not want language as a list of basic commands and exchanges, we want it to handle matter far more subtle. When we say 'I haven't' got the words', the lack is not in the language nor in the emotional state, it is… Continue

Posted by Elaine Foster on August 12, 2010 at 6:30pm

Undressing Emily Dickinson - Poetical Porn

Poet Laureate Billy Collins's interview with NPR and subsequent reading of his poem "Taking Off Emily Dickinson's Clothes" sparked an angry debate in online poetry forums - Listen to it here -

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128272101

What do you think of Billy's poem? And does it deserve, as one angry poet retorted, a response entitled "Taking Off Billy Collins'… Continue

Posted by Elaine Foster on July 12, 2010 at 10:30pm

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She does not want you because she needs you

She needs you to want herShe needs you to need herAnd as much as she needs you to love hershe realized that you don’t know her Not knowing the person she isThe gal you see with smiles all the…Continue

Started by Thato Heather Jul 24, 2010.

iNSPIRatIonAl QueEn 2 Replies

They call me the “inspirational queen”For I liberate emotions within a unique sceneIf you need help I will be of your serviceAnytime any day until you are all left in a hospiceI motivate in order to…Continue

Started by Thato Heather. Last reply by Thato Heather Jul 14, 2010.

Poetry exchange with India and the theatre of the oppressed 2 Replies

In most places, poetry slam and spoken word are being used by poets andtheatre practitioners in the community as a form of social inclusionand community building, encouraging interaction and…Continue

Tags: india, theatre of the oppressed

Started by Elaine Foster. Last reply by Elaine Foster Jul 12, 2010.

work in progress ;) any feedbak woul be great.. 1 Reply

Box of IdeasIdeas change the world.Ideas might comebut they never go.You can work it if you let it flow.Ideas get lost but once born,they never die.Still am working foran ideato get bornfrom this…Continue

Started by maysoun. Last reply by Elaine Foster Jun 9, 2010.