Angela presented her poem to Barilla corporation
To understand the next bunch of photos, you have to know the history:
1. Barilla the Italian food conglomerate took an ad in the Ravinia Music Festival program quoting Leonardo da Vinci to the effect that music was the highest of the art forms, higher than lowly poetry.
2. Ron Offen, editor of Free Lunch, a national poetry journal, objected and somewhat tongue in cheek threatened that poets would picket Barilla, with signs saying "Barilla unfair to poets!"
3. Sergio Pereira, U.S. marketing VP of Barilla, made peace by offering to co-sponsor with Ron a poetry contest of poems on Italian cooking.
4. Out of some 400 entries, Angela's poem, "Let the Tomatoes Come to You" was chosen as the winner.
5. Angela was invited to Barilla headquarters in Parma, Italy, to visit and to present her poem.
6. Barilla Vice President, Luca welcomed us to the company, gave us a tour and took us to lunch. After hearing the poem, the Vice President of Communications requested permission to reprint it in the company newspaper.
1. Barilla the Italian food conglomerate took an ad in the Ravinia Music Festival program quoting Leonardo da Vinci to the effect that music was the highest of the art forms, higher than lowly poetry.
2. Ron Offen, editor of Free Lunch, a national poetry journal, objected and somewhat tongue in cheek threatened that poets would picket Barilla, with signs saying "Barilla unfair to poets!"
3. Sergio Pereira, U.S. marketing VP of Barilla, made peace by offering to co-sponsor with Ron a poetry contest of poems on Italian cooking.
4. Out of some 400 entries, Angela's poem, "Let the Tomatoes Come to You" was chosen as the winner.
5. Angela was invited to Barilla headquarters in Parma, Italy, to visit and to present her poem.
6. Barilla Vice President, Luca welcomed us to the company, gave us a tour and took us to lunch. After hearing the poem, the Vice President of Communications requested permission to reprint it in the company newspaper.
posted by Dwight | 5:23 AM
1 Comments:
What's in all those packages? A lifetime supply of pasta? Does that mean you'll both abandon your low-carb diet? DO we get to read the poem?
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