QUICK TAKES - Jan. 20, 2009
ASSOCIATED PRESS
These are times when there aren’t enough dimes for those who rhyme.
The Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation has told poetry fans that it’s canceling its 2010 poetry festival, which had been held every other year in Morristown, N.J. It was the biggest festival of its kind in North America.
The foundation says it has lost 30% of its assets in the last year because of declining markets.
The festival attracted more than 10,000 people a year and cost about $1.3 million annually to put on.
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