When Rosemarie Dombrowski stood in front of her class and shared a poem about her son, who was diagnosed with autism and three congenital heart defects, it was not just a display of vulnerability with ...
Poet Brenda Hillman, who is the University of Virginia’s 2021 Kapnick Distinguished Writer-in-Residence – though she will be “residing” virtually this spring – wants you to know that poetry can add ...
This week’s guest on Poetry from Daily Life is Charles Ghigna — Father Goose — who lives in Homewood, Alabama. Charles has been a writer for fifty years and loves to “celebrate life through the eyes ...
“A lot of people walk out of here in disgust — or it’s just too much for them to take.” Anthony Flores is prepping me on the imminent verbal onslaught as we sit at the bar inside downtown slam-poetry ...
Ten years ago this fall, an executive who had managed the Jell-O account at General Foods published a collection of essays about American poetry. Its contents included a debunking of Robert Bly, a ...
From Los Angeles to Nevada, younger people are preserving a longstanding tradition one lyric at a time ...
Poetry for the People” is returning to the Coronado Public Library this winter. This ten-week free program is led by retired ...
Delaware poet David P. Kozinski and Rockwood Park and Museum are "a natural match" for sharing the power of verse with the ...
Along with teaching at Five Acre, Bridge is also the Clallam County Poet Laureate. She spent her childhood in Sequim with her ...