Poetry at The Olympics

Our favorite pole vaulter Alfred, Lord Tennyson will be attending the Olympic Games this summer. Well, at least his poetry will be a part of the games, according to this Huffington Post article:

Poetry will have a place at this summer's Olympic Games in London thanks to the Winning Words program, conceived of by National Poetry Day founder William Sieghart. Sieghart is working with London's Olympic organizing groups to display poetry throughout the city's Olympic Park. The project aims to bring some of the history of the park to life while also drawing attention to poetry itself.

In an interview this past week, British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy pointed out that poetry played a role in the original Olympic Games in Greece, adding: "I think it makes us healthier, as well as our running, jumping and marvellous physical achievements, to look more internally at art, music and poetry."

The plan is for Alfred Lord Tennyson's famous and inspiring line, "To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield," from his poem "Ulysses," to be the prominently displayed, while five new poems by some of the UK's best-known contemporary poets will be scattered throughout the grounds.

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