Poet's Tongue Presents A Vision-themed Reading At Borders Books Featuring Braille

PRLog (Press Release) - Nov 09, 2009 -
DOUGLASVILLE, GA -- On Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Alice Shapiro's new work will be featured, with a special appearance by Destiny White who will read one of Shapiro's poems in Braille.  The reading's theme ("Vision") includes poems about physical sight as well as visionary topics like an imaginary scene of the afterlife by local poet Carlene Tejada.  Lisa Street will also read.

*  The New York Times reported that over 200 million people in the U.S. want to write a book.
*  Over 11 million people Googled "poems" in June 2009.
*  Poetry Magazine receives over 30,000 submissions per year - and publishes about 300.
*  Interest in poetry and drama has grown by 33% since 1992

To show how easy it is to be positive and creative in difficult times, Alice Shapiro, owner of Poet's Tongue says, "Reading, and especially performing poetry can lift your spirits, channel frustration, anger and hopelessness into creative outlets, and improve your public speaking and confidence skills -- something of a plus for job interviews."  Her company has designed a simple, step-by-step Poetry Karaoke program especially for beginners showing them how to create a poetry reading at home or in the community.   Shapiro also notes that “Lots of people can't sing but they enjoy karaoke, so why not up the ante and give people another way to express themselves.”  She generously allows others to read from her book, which helps them to get a venue, and provides material for the beginner.

In addition to serving the novice poet, Shapiro believes “This Poetry Karaoke program is also of value for families to share thoughts and feelings, learn more about each other, improve interpersonal relationships, and enjoy entertainment alternatives to excessive computer and X-Box use.”  But she hasn't entirely thrown the baby out with the bath water.  Customers who purchase a Poetry Karaoke Home Event Guide ($99.00) for home parties or a Venue Event Guide ($199.00) for more advanced community performances, are eligible to enter the 2010 Poet's Tongue Video Competition to win $500.  The program, as well as competition guidelines can be found at her website page http://aliceshapiro.com/poets-tongue

Shapiro's first collection of poems Cracked: Timeless Topics of Nature, Courage and Endurance was released this year by TotalRecall Press.  She is being nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize.  Also a playwright, Shapiro won the Bill C. Davis Drama Award for a one-act verse play (Four Voices) and will be releasing two new books in 2010.  Poet's Tongue has brought poet and educator Linda Hohenberger on board to provide youth poetry/performance workshops.  Shapiro has lived in Georgia since 2005.

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