Poetry Out Loud

With all the gloom and doom about the economic situation in Greece and Britain, it's good to be reminded of some positive developments and events.

Have a look at this BBC report and video footage from the States
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8650614.stm)

Homer, Ginsberg, Ferlinghetti, Adrian Mitchell, the Nuyoricans: all impressive oral poets and performers (to name a few). It's great to see American teenagers performing Shakespeare out loud, with such enthusiasm and talent.

Better to read this than the latest blog on Gavin Hewitt's Europe ("The Greek Meltdown"), where Hewitt writes:

"The Germans could end up financing better pensions for the Greeks than they receive themselves".

For more:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/gavinhewitt/2010/04/the_greek_meltdown.html