Gwyndyn Alexander releasing poetry collection Poets Are Not Useful

AUSTIN, Texas - Sept. 16, 2014 - PRLog -- When asked how she came up with the title, Alexander stated that it was easy. One dim night at a bar sparked the Poets Are Not Useful  collection. Alexander was engaged in a drunken conversation with a scientific, critical man who wanted to know why poets even existed. He inquired whether or not poets were even useful at all. That’s how Alexander decided that poets are not useful. Poets are essential. Alexander dedicates the entire book to answering that inquisitive man’s question and defining life through poetry.

The poems are heavily inspired by a combination of historical legends, childhood memories, and life experiences used to prove the function of poets.

Ten percent of all proceeds from “Poets Are Not Useful” will go to the nonprofit organization, protect.org . Protect.org is a nonprofit organization that focuses on the protection of children from child abuse and neglect. A victim of child abuse herself,  Protect.org’s efforts are very near and dear to Alexander’s heart.

Poets Are Not Useful is Alexander’s fifth book of poetry.  Alexander is currently working on another collection of poems inspired by New Orleans. Alexander lived in New Orleans for ten until the “Great Levee Failure of ‘05” destroyed her home, business, and lifestyle.

Although she was born in San Francisco, CA, Alexander considers the “Big Easy” her one and only home. One poem in particular,  “Poet in Atlantis” was inspired by Alexander’s life in New Orleans. Alexander currently resides in Austin, Texas, but hopes to return to New Orleans one day.

More informaton on Gwyndyn Alexander and Poets are Not Useful can be found at https://www.facebook.com/poetsarenotuseful and  https://twitter.com/GwynTAlexander.