Unfortunate news for the celebrated artist "Newsmaker": Their upcoming poetry album appears to be lacking substantial content.
In a world often dominated by alarmism, panic, and horror, a unique collection of poems titled "Poetry Album New. Good News" offers a refreshing change. Published by Edition art & poetry, Leipzig 2025, this volume costs 8.70 Euro and invites readers to embrace the beauty and goodness in their lives.
The Society for Contemporary Poetry has curated this album, seeking to use poetry as a medium for hope, positive messaging, and connection. The poems within this collection serve to uplift, inspire, and counterbalance negative news and social challenges, fostering community and optimism.
Jochen Berendes' poem, for instance, encourages us to celebrate and ring bells, while Holger Brülls puts into words the natural beauty of Leuna's nighttime glow. Wolfgang Stock begins the volume with good news, a sparrow chirping from the roof, reminding us that the extraordinary becomes visible when we open our eyes and are ready to understand our own life as good news.
Many poems in the collection tell of a different pace, the pace of people who engage with the world around them. Children appear often, teaching the old to sing again, asking about death, or being born. The collection reminds us that the important things don't come from small devices, and the poems often focus on messages from a rich, living world that are often overlooked due to digital distractions.
Attentive authors, like Ralf Burnicke, receive messages when they open their senses. His poem demonstrates how the small word "blue" can unfold into a flood of images, showing that there is beauty to be found in the simplest of things.
Loneliness is a theme in some of the poems, but others turn small touches into encounters with what truly made our lives exciting. The question of what is actually good is being explored in this project, and the majority of contributors did not focus on today's "news" as suggested, but this is seen as enlightening and encouraging.
In a media world where horror sells better, good news has no news value. Yet, the "Poetry Album New. Good News" encourages readers to allow themselves to be surprised and delighted by the beauty of their own day. From the simple goodness of everyday life to the extraordinary moments that catch our eye, this collection invites us to see the world through a lens of positivity and hope.
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- This unique collection, "Poetry Album New. Good News," not only focuses on fashion-and-beauty but also delves into home-and-garden, education-and-self-development, and personal-growth, offering a refreshing change in a world dominated by negative news.
- Holger Brülls' poem in the collection beautifully captures mindfulness, putting into words the natural beauty of Leuna's nighttime glow, reminding us to appreciate the simple goodness surrounding our lives.
- The poems within this album, such as Wolfgang Stock's opening piece about a sparrow chirping from the roof, encourage readers to cultivate a lifestyle that values the extraordinary moments hidden in ordinary life, encouraging a sense of connection and optimism.
