Poetry

In most social circles being into poetry has about the same social cache as having an STD.

Small children are introduced to poetry early in the guise of nursery rhymes and they can’t get enough of it. The lilt and the quirk of the language in these rhymes pleases them automatically and profoundly. 

But then something happens, and by the time a kid is a teenager they may as well stick a “kick me” sign on their own back if they want to carry around a book of poetry. And adults that are interested in poetry will find that even “top notch” bookstores usually have more titles on cake decoration than of verse. Where and why does poetry lose its fan base?

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Thank God census night has come and gone. Thank God literally. I’ve been bored witless by insecure atheists prattling on in the last few weeks and days about questions on religion.

For two things are sure. The census will show that a clear majority of Australians believe in a god. And religion is a clear force for good in our society.

“I wonder how many people still believe in God?” my 55 going on 15 year old DJ and artist brother in law Driller (that’s his real name) wrote on his Facebook page recently. “I certainly don’t. Do you?”

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