I think you misunderstand, Jess. This was only tangentially about politics or poetry. It was primarily a social occasion, Woodstock with fewer drugs, an excuse for folks to get together who otherwise only see each other at industry conventions.
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>Maugre your well-reasoned point, Miekal (and I'm happy for you that you
>used a new vocabulary word), nothing changed, when in fact change was
>entirely possible. I guess all those hundreds of poets marching around
>at least felt good about themselves. That's the only plus--and it's an
>important one, isn't it Mieka?--besides that candy shop--that I can
>see. But my question remains--and it's an honest one: What was the use
>of it all?
>
>Women's shelters, and homeless shelters could have been built had these
>poets arrived with tools in their hands. Infrastructure could have been
>repaired.
>
>The pocket change from those thousands alone could have helped some
>charity, or fed the hungry and housed the homeless.
>
>This army of poets could have volunteered for any number of needy causes
>from monitoring the environment to cleaning the streets, from picking up
>stray dogs and cats, to searching for missing persons.
>
>But I admit, it was a courageous thing for all of those poets to get
>together and risk not having a good time.
>
>Jess
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