On a sunny morning, Ghislene Moret examined the mounds of flowers and notes scattered along Rue de la Fontaine au Roi, where terrorists gunned down nearly half-a-dozen diners earlier this month. “This is all about love,” she said. “Love overcomes hate. We’re still standing. That is the essential message.” Attached to a mailbox nearby was … Continue reading Postcard from Paris: Healing Pain With Poetry (via Voice of America)
Additional Info In our weekly poem, poet Gregory Pardlo reads 'Written by Himself' from his collection 'Digest,' which won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for poetry. Information courtesy, YouTube
Watch the poem here! "If you think it's cool or edgy to hate selfies, it's not cool, it just means you're uneasy about the fact that girls believe they are beautiful." This is how two young women begin their "Ode to the Selfie." In under two minutes, poets Megan Falley and Olivia Gatwood manage to … Continue reading This Spoken Word Poem Is The Ultimate Love Letter To Selfies (via Huffington Post)
Additional Info SPEAK LIKE A GIRL (Megan Falley & Olivia Gatwood) perform at Bates College. Information courtesy, YouTube
Greg Pardlo submitted “Digest,” his slim book of poems, to the major publishers. All rejected it. He sent it to Four Way Books, which is, like the poet, literary and decidedly non-profit. In 2014, Four Way published his 75-page book. When Pardlo won the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for poetry, “Digest” had sold 1,500 copies. I … Continue reading He Won the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. He’s a Grad Student in…Nonfiction? (via The Good Men Project)
Additional Info Poet// Sophia Thakur @Sophiathakur http://www.soundcloud.com/sophiathakur http://www.sophiathakur.tumblr.com Guitarist// Fee Daisal @FeeDaisal http://www.soundcloud.com/Deefaisal Filmed and edited by Jamal Anthony @JamalAnthony1 Information courtesy, YouTube
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. By Tricia Caspers-Ross So many people tell me they … Continue reading Your Voice: Tricia Caspers-Ross – A Poetic Argument | (via Auburn Journal)
Barbara Lawlor, Gold Hill. When a newcomer to Gold Hill asked former resident Edie Eilender if she knew any poets in the small mountain town, she became inspired. She wrote poetry and she knew people who wrote poetry and all of them, being typical mountain, atypical city folks, were kind of misfits and the poetry … Continue reading Misfits create 15 years of poetry (via The Mountain-Ear)
Additional Info Writer/Speaker: @jonjorgenson Music: Cody Martin Color Correction: Barrett Kaufman Information courtesy, YouTube
The College Programming Board made themselves busy in Friends Hall on Friday preparing for their Slam Poetry event. “I completely forgot about this bad mamma-jamma,” junior Chris Cortez said, lugging a speaker across the room. At the back of the hall, others were laying out refreshments upon a table for guests’ enjoyment, while another adjusted … Continue reading Students Perform at Poetry and Spoken Word Event (via The Ramapo News)
