As a recent addition to the Jackson Heights Poetry Festival (I’m Rebecca, the new intern. Hi.), I would like to explain to the readers of this blog why poetry, among all other activities, is so important.
But like most things, a word once explained can often lose its value, and much like most things, in our speech we are regulated. Our thoughts become the subject of scrutiny. Who we are can become uncertain, a clash of our own expectations and the expectations of others.
In my opinion, a good poem should remind its reader of something unique once noticed, in fantasy or reality. It is an expression which is simultaneously an explanation. The ways in which people express themselves are becoming increasingly technologized, with children learning to use the Internet before they’ve read their first full book.
The emergence of organizations which seek to encourage more traditional written and spoken forms of communication is essential to the preservation of these arts and the mental framework they provide.
The Jackson Heights Poetry Festival invites you to leave your home, join your neighborhood, and speak your mind.
Join us at Terrazza Café for our next event – the monthly FIRST TUESDAYS open mic night, this Tuesday March 3rd at 7 p.m.
Looking forward to meeting you there!
Rebecca
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