Dec
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Does poetry thrive in recessions?
Filed Under Poegles
So, we’re officially in a recession, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Everyone is taking it on the chin right now- even puppet shows. But what about poets? “The good thing about being a poet is that it is impossible to have an economic downturn. That would mean that at some point there might have been an upturn,” suggests the Seattle Post Intelligencer in a fine article on the poet Ed Skoog.
We hope you’ll keep poegling, fellow poeglers, no matter what comes of our collective fortune.
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