The Itinerant Poetry Librarian: Antwerp Audio

Since May 2006, The Itinerant Poetry Librarian has been travelling the world with a library of ‘Lost & Forgotten’ poetry, installing the library & librarian and archiving the sounds, poems and poetry of the cities, peoples and countries she meets. Welcome to the project's blog . . . Our Itinerant Poetry Librarian lives wherever her library is - come join the cause!

FAQs: • Yes we carry our entire life and the library with us as we go • Yes, it is quite heavy • No, we're not mad. As Charles Simic said, 'But what if poets are not crazy?' That's the spirit boyo!

We exist to: remind people of the importance of free public libraries...subvert mainstream channels of distribution...remind people that access to knowledge should be free and not dependent upon economic wealth hierarchies... show people that poetry/art can provide answers to questions we ask of life...experiment in existing outside of 'the market' – thereby, instead, investing in social capital, social innovation and community.

We aim to make life taste better. Word.

Wednesday, 22 November 2006

Antwerp Audio

A poem called Family Room, written and read in the original Japanese by Yasuhiro Yotsumoto, with a Dutch translation read by Erwin the Antistresspoet. Performed and recorded live at the Hopsack cafe, Antwerp, Belgium on November 12 2006

A sound poem performed by Peter Waugh, of Labyrinth poetry group (Vienna). Recorded live at the Hopsack cafe, Antwerp, Belgium on November 12 2006

A poem performed by Philip Meersman, of the sound and wordscapes experimental group Artiesten Collectif JA! (Belgium). Recorded live at the Hopsack cafe, Antwerp, Belgium on November 12 2006