fallen verses

It looks like just yesterday Borders launched “Open Door Poetry” on its site. An enjoyable video journal featuring Donald Hall, Taylor Mali, Oveous Maximus, Valzhyna Mort, Paul Muldoon, Patricia Smith, Mark Strand, and Buddy Wakefield: a broad blend of spoken word and academic voices, not just older and established poets, but also the new voice of Belorussian poet Valzhyna Mort.

They have also started a group on Gather:  opendoorpoetry.gather.com.

A note: I prefer Taylor Mali’s “What Teachers Make” from the Def Poetry Jam performance. The one in the Open Door Poetry seems excessively reserved, a bit toned down, from his earlier performance of it.  Considering what work of his I’ve been hearing on IndieFeed Performance Poetry more recently, his style does seem to have been more reserved, more contemplative.