Below is an exerpt from the opening preamble to a series of columns (also below) entitled, Poetry is Poetency, which contained snippets of news pertaining to assorted encounters between The State and The Poet:
"The Peoples Republic of Poetry is an organization of poets, artists and writers, largely based in Canada, but with allies in other parts of the world. Among its other activities, the Peoples, Republic of Poetry (PRP) regularly monitors the samizdat literature of assorted totalitarian countries for news of concern to poets."
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