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  Poetry Bug Bites Podcast 'ers Poetry is one of the oldest forms of the written word. In preliterate societies, poetry was frequently employed as a means of transcribing centuries of oral history, giving us great poetic / epic works like The Ramayana or the works of Homer (like the Iliad).

There is something powerfully visceral about the written word, and while I have always been more adept at writting prose than poetry there is something that calls to me and forces me to pick up a new poetry book on a regular basis.

A good author of prose knows that sometimes, hinting at a thing will draw more emotion from a reader than glorying in all the gory details. A good Poet will master this same tool much more effectively, and be able to wield it like a sword to draw the emotion out of his reader. More than that, a good Poet will use the whitespace of the page as effeciently as the written word to heighten the tension and feelings of the reader.

Why am I talking about the universal power and draw of poetry on the my Blog which is generally devoted to Podcast News?

You guessed it, several Poetry Podcasts have now been added to our Podcast Directory!

Our directory is growing quickly and we now have a Poetry section thanks to the feedback from some of our visitors!

If you are new to Podcasting and found us while searching for something to do with Poetry, you should definately check out this incredible use of the Podcast medium by these poets! Click here to learn more about Podcasting, so you can take advantage of this resource!

If you know of any other poetry podcasts, add them to our podcast directory, or contact the podcaster and ask them to do it!   ¶ 09:47