University Daliv Kansan / Thursday, September 7, 1989
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Art of reading poetry stirs University group
By Anita Meyer
Kansan staff writer
They weren't always used to performing. Some said they were very nervous before their first interpretation.
Yet the members of the student group Poets Alive said that the readings done for their fellow members was one step toward becoming a successful poet.
"Reading is an art," said Lisa Cosmillo Strite, president of the group. "It's not easy. This gives students a chance to read their own works and support other writers."
Poets Alive was formed in July 1988 when students of George Wedge, associate professor of English and sponsor of the group, got together to read their own poetry. Now, the group has eight active members.
"We all wrote but didn't know we had the common interests," said Scott Heim, vice president of the club.
Heim was the 1988 winner of the William Herbert Carruth Poetry Contest and was one of the poets featured at the first meeting.
"Now we are interested in finding people like us who are serious about
writing poetry and good at it," Heim said.
Poets Alive publishes a newsletter that contains submitted poems. The group meets every few weeks and at the meetings, members of the group often read their poetry aloud, Heim said.
He said the experience of reading at the meetings was the reason Poets Alive sponsored readings for the public.
"Reading takes a lot of practice," Heim said. "It's a form of oratory. It's a form of acting. It's kind of a form of self-expression. It's like watching a sport all your life and then playing it yourself."
"You need to be able to hear a poem," he said. "If you can't hear it, it's probably not very good. It helps you in certain ways to train your ear."
Poets Alive will sponsor more readings during the semester. Bruce Bond, assistant professor of English and author of "The Ivory Hours," will read in September, and Michael Johnson, author of "The Birds from I Know Where" and chairman of the English department, will read in October.
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