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100 Thousand Poets for Change returns Sept. 27-29 to Santa Rosa

In 2011, Guerneville poet and web site editor Michael Rothenberg came up with the idea of staging poetry readings all over world on the same day, coordinated via the Internet. He called the project “100 Thousand Poets for Change.” While the idea grew that first year to include [...]

By | September 18th, 2013|0 Comments

Santa Rosa celebrates ‘100 Thousand Poets for Change’

Last year, Guerneville poet and web site editor Michael Rothenberg had an idea. He wanted to use the Web to instigate a loose aggregation of poetry readings all over the world, all devoted to fostering peace and protecting the planet. That idea became the first “100 Thousand Poets [...]

By | September 24th, 2012|0 Comments

100 Thousand Poets for Change goes global

What happens when the ancient art of poetry ventures out on the Internet? Verse goes viral. About six months ago, Michael Rothenberg, 60, a poet and web site editor who lives in a cabin on a wooded hillside at the edge of Guerneville, had a idea. He wanted [...]

By | September 19th, 2011|1 Comment

100 Thousand Poets for Change

You wouldn’t necessarily expect a worldwide movement to start in Guerneville, but via the Internet, all things are possible. Michael Rothenberg, a poet and web site editor who lives in Guerneville, has been working on an event he calls “100 Thousand Poets for Change.” It’s actually a collection of events [...]

By | June 20th, 2011|0 Comments