[New-Poetry] "baiku" and other odd lots

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News of the Weird: Poetry enjoys a resurgence, especially among Harley-riding bikers (and some even write three-line "baiku")
       
Chuck Shepherd – Sun Feb 8, 12:00 am ET
Poetry enjoys a resurgence, especially among Harley-riding bikers (and some even write three-line "baiku")


Poetry enjoys a resurgence, especially among Harley-riding bikers (and some even write three-line "baiku")

LEAD STORY: Poetry enjoys a resurgence, especially among Harley-riding bikers (and some even write three-line "baiku")


Poetry on the Rise: Twelve local poets jumped into the frigid Green Lake in Seattle in December, just because they thought it would be a good way to publicize their art. "It's not enough to write," said one. "You need that audience." [United Press International, 12-14-08] 


The Ontario Court of Appeal overturned the conviction of Antonio Batista in November, declaring that his "death threat" against a Missassauga city council member, in the form of a sonnet on long-neglected potholes, was more likely literary expression. [Globe & Mail, 11-5-08, National Post, 11-29-08] 


Jose Gouveia, 45, recently published "Rubber Side Down," a book of poems by bikers about the open road (including 17-syllable "baiku"), some from the educationally upscale Highway Poets Motorcycle Club of Cambridge, Mass. [Boston Globe, 10-21-08] 


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