Or maybe something like Neil Young's upcoming CD. But the audience, & not just for poetry, is so fragmented now that maybe it can't happen for that reason alone... Doug On 23-Apr-06, at 5:18 AM, Ian Irvine wrote: > Given the changes to the mass media we might find that our > generation's 'Howl' presents itself in an unexpected form - perhaps > one of those 'e-cards' (poetry/image as per Vallum online) that do the > rounds ... like those dreadful 'half eaten chocolate bunny' pic I I > received last week - and from diverse international senders. A Flash > protest poem/or song that says it all and people email to their > friends? Or perhaps it will take the form of a 'fluxus' style online > poetry 'event' tapped into by people/poets/artists etc. all over the > world who are concerned about Neo-Liberal/Neo-Con attempts at > species/interspecies meltdown ... and rippling out over communication > channels ... Or a Documentary like the Aussie one on US soldiers and > their musical tastes. Douglas Barbour 11655 - 72 Avenue NW Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9 (780) 436 3320 Latest book: Continuations (with Sheila E Murphy) http://www.uap.ualberta.ca/UAP.asp?LID=41&bookID=664 Is that the flesh made word or is that the flesh-made word? Fred Wah