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Trains of Winnipeg
© Paula E. Kirman
Page 2
Sep 7, 2001
Indeed, Holden's main goals with the project is to promote spoken word poetry, and poetry in general, as an art form that is unique and exciting. "It's really important that people realize that this is a naturally exciting artistic medium. It's not this annoying thing they had to study in high school, if they were taught it at all. It's a vibrant, alive thing. I think that oral presentation, whether it is live or recorded, can lead people to read poetry as well in books. We're moving into a time when text that you read will continue to be very important for along time to come, but we are also moving into a time where people are literate with more than just words."
A different version of this article appeared in the Summer, 2001 issue of Prairie Books Now.
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