“Rather than killing it off, modern technologies like email, social networking sites such as Facebook and online media players are helping poets reach new audiences.”
Signs of growth, by the numbers:
- The number of entries for the Foyle Young Poets Award more than doubling from 2003 to 2008 to almost 12,000.
- The number of pamphlets sent to the Poetry Book Society for publication rose from 37 to 90 between 2006 and 2008.
- Websites like Poetry Archive, which enables people to listen to recordings of poets like TS Eliot and Allen Ginsberg reading their work, are now enjoying unprecedented success. Poetry Archive . . . now receives 135,000 visitors a month and a million page hits. (via Daily Telegraph)
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