What is Political Poetry?

The Richmond Poets Laureate announce an August 18th event at Bridge Storage, a reading and discussion of the nature of political poetry to be led by Richmond Poet Laureate Rob Lipton and a stellar panel of Bay Area poets including Rene Vaz, Rafael Jesús González, Amos White, Alison Luterman and Fred Dodsworth.

Questions may arise on whether there a genre of poetry that is political and how this might this differ from poetry that is ostensibly not considered political. Indeed, is the very act of creation a political act in its own right?

Rob Lipton will moderate, with these distinguished poets on the nature of poetry as a creative act that can or cannot be separated from the world we live in. Each poet will read poetry of their own as well as of others that they consider illustrative of their approach to this question. Following this, we will have a round table discussion which will include audience participation.