Tuesday, August 31, 2010

News at Eleven (Back Page): Poetry rained from the skies

on Saturday night in Berlin as 100,000 bookmarks printed with poems by 80 poets from Germany and Chile were dropped on the city from a helicopter.

Lasting for half an hour, the initiative was intended as a protest against war and a message of peace, as well as a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the independence of Chile.

from The Guardian: Berlin 'bombed' with poetry

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