Poem for Rent
Encyclopedia
Poem for Rent is a nonprofit project
for arts
distribution. This is done mainly by posting poems
on bulletin board
s, in the same format like standard "house for rent" posts, with several detachable tear-offs in the bottom. One difference is that instead of a telephone number
, quotes from the poem are written on the tear-offs. This way, anyone who passes by can read the poem and pick a tear-off with a quote they liked from the poem.
during October 2005. One of those was documented in the Hebrew creation site Tzura http://www.tzura.co.il/tshsd/yezira.asp?codyezira=24483&code=2403. Those were poems of famous Israeli poets such as Yehuda Amichai
and Nathan Zach
, as well as poems of the Polish
poet, Nobel Prize
winner, Wislawa Szymborska
. During 2006, the concept expanded to other types of arts, such as painting
for rent and comics
for rent. By the same time, the project has also expanded geographically: poems for rent appeared also in Switzerland
and The Netherlands. In its summer 2006 issue, the Dutch poetry magazine
"Awater" dedicated an article to the project, titled "Wat Bezielt" (What Inspires). http://bltvn.kb.nl/index.html?http://bltvn.kb.nl/browse.php?type=4&ts=1034153063&jrg=1139565009
Nonprofit organization
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for arts
ARts
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distribution. This is done mainly by posting poems
Poetry
Poetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
on bulletin board
Bulletin board
A bulletin board is a surface intended for the posting of public messages, for example, to advertise things to buy or sell, announce events, or provide information...
s, in the same format like standard "house for rent" posts, with several detachable tear-offs in the bottom. One difference is that instead of a telephone number
Telephone number
A telephone number or phone number is a sequence of digits used to call from one telephone line to another in a public switched telephone network. When telephone numbers were invented, they were short — as few as one, two or three digits — and were given orally to a switchboard operator...
, quotes from the poem are written on the tear-offs. This way, anyone who passes by can read the poem and pick a tear-off with a quote they liked from the poem.
History
The first poems for rent were posted in IsraelIsrael
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
during October 2005. One of those was documented in the Hebrew creation site Tzura http://www.tzura.co.il/tshsd/yezira.asp?codyezira=24483&code=2403. Those were poems of famous Israeli poets such as Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai
Yehuda Amichai was an Israeli poet. Amichai is considered by many, both in Israel and internationally, as Israel's greatest modern poet. He was also one of the first to write in colloquial Hebrew....
and Nathan Zach
Nathan Zach
Nathan Zach is an Israeli poet.-Biography:Born in Berlin, Germany, to a German father and an Italian mother, Zach immigrated to what was then known as Palestine in 1936 and served in the IDF during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War....
, as well as poems of the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
poet, Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winner, Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska
Wisława Szymborska is a Polish poet, essayist and translator. Many of her poems feature war and terrorism...
. During 2006, the concept expanded to other types of arts, such as painting
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
for rent and comics
Comics
Comics denotes a hybrid medium having verbal side of its vocabulary tightly tied to its visual side in order to convey narrative or information only, the latter in case of non-fiction comics, seeking synergy by using both visual and verbal side in...
for rent. By the same time, the project has also expanded geographically: poems for rent appeared also in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and The Netherlands. In its summer 2006 issue, the Dutch poetry magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
"Awater" dedicated an article to the project, titled "Wat Bezielt" (What Inspires). http://bltvn.kb.nl/index.html?http://bltvn.kb.nl/browse.php?type=4&ts=1034153063&jrg=1139565009
External links
- Poem for Rent homepage (in Hebrew).