[New-Poetry] Bards of YouTube

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/24/AR2008042403638.html
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Poetry in Motion, Thanks to YouTube
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Billy Collins's poem "Now and Then" in animated form. (Youtube) 
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Sunday, April 27, 2008; Page N02 


April is National Poetry Month, and thanks to YouTube it has never been easier to celebrate. Sure, you could crack open a dusty old Robert Frost anthology and savor the rhythm of the verses inside your head, but most poems are simply more powerful heard aloud. Check out Alicia Keys performing her powder keg of a poem, "P.O.W.," or Nikki Jean's emotionally charged requiem for a lost friend, "Black." 


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