Levi Asher, Jamelah Earle and Caryn Thurman
The most original literary anthology of the year! Action Poetry roars forth with the energy and unpredictability of an online flash mob. Representing the voice of today's interconnected age with the words of more than fifty new writers, Action Poetry will leave you wondering what else the mainstream doesn't want you to know about.
Action Poetry is meant to be enjoyed, read aloud, puzzled over, but not forgotten. Foreword by David Amram.
Levi Asher, Jamelah Earle and Caryn Thurman are the producers of LitKicks.com.
There's a theory among neurological scientists that poetry is actually the native form of brain activity. Our minds are wired for rhyme and meter. Non-poetic, linear, rational thinking, according to this theory, was a later development in the evolutionary path.
There are some alarming consequences to the realization that our brains are organically wired for poetry, For instance, the theory implies that less evolved animal forms must be still thinking in poetry. Your dog or cat is sitting there right now composing free verse.
The idea of literature as the organic form of thought forms the basis of Action Poetry. Action Poetry represents the idea that poetic awareness is all around us. It permeates our lives like water permeates a sponge. Turn off your cell phone for a minute. Stop thinking, walking, talking and doing whatever else it is that you do. Close your eyes and listen to what you hear. There is a poetry slam going on in your brain right now, if you listen hard enough.
