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Your Voice: Joe Hoover, S.J. – inviting us in: the 2023 Foley poetry contest | (via America Magazine)

The Your Voice section of The Poet's List showcases articles and blog posts written by poets. These pieces may or not be about poetry. Most often, they are on topics with which the poet finds passion. You can find more of these posts, here: Your Voice. Full Title: "Building a world and inviting us in: the … Continue reading Your Voice: Joe Hoover, S.J. – inviting us in: the 2023 Foley poetry contest | (via America Magazine)

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Massachusetts Poetry Festival brings community together in person after long hiatus (via Boston Globe)

In hindsight, it seems prophetic that the Beverly-based poet January Gill O’Neil named her most recent collection “Rewilding.” Published in 2018, the book found a receptive audience during the pandemic, when folks were searching for meaning and hearing an awful lot about vacated land returning to its original state. “That book endures,” says O’Neil. “There’s … Continue reading Massachusetts Poetry Festival brings community together in person after long hiatus (via Boston Globe)

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Vermont’s capital city celebrates poetry with parade, display of poems (via Fox News)

As spring starts to blossom in New England, some Vermont communities come to life with the sites and sounds of written verse. "These are the honey makers The maple sap tappers The pollen gatherers The elixirs healing the future from the spirits of the past," a woman recited from a poem written by Buffy Aakaash, of Marshfield, … Continue reading Vermont’s capital city celebrates poetry with parade, display of poems (via Fox News)

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How Poetry and Performance Combined to Become a New Genre (via NY Times)

“What you say, and how you say it, means everything,” Joshua Bennett writes in the introduction to his vibrant cultural history of spoken word poetry. “Truth is embedded in the telling. Indeed, the telling is another kind of truth altogether.” It is in the telling that the true magic of spoken word, and Bennett’s intricate … Continue reading How Poetry and Performance Combined to Become a New Genre (via NY Times)

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Here’s a look at Sacramento’s poet laureate (via Sacramento Bee)

Andru Defeye shouldn’t be here. Sacramento’s current poet laureate, a 38-year-old Oak Park resident, was selected for his title in February 2020 with little published poetry. Born without stomach muscles, which led to serious childhood health issues, he tells people his first poem, at age 13, was a suicide note. He moved to Sacramento in … Continue reading Here’s a look at Sacramento’s poet laureate (via Sacramento Bee)