The Auburn YMCA Writer's Voice Program’s Fall Poetry Reading took on many subjects Friday, including poems about politics, pets, love and lemon bars. Within the many themes, Donald Trump beat out Wegmans for multiple mentions. Founding director Jim Delaney opened the reading, saying he was not going to do any of his “problems with girls … Continue reading Poets share their personal reflections at reading in Auburn (via The Citizen)
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“I always had a wild, weird voice,” the poet John Wieners once told an audience in San Francisco. That was 1990, and he was referring to his speaking voice — which he joked Martha Raye had left to him in her will — but he could as well have been accounting for his odd, belatedly lauded place … Continue reading Two new books give poet John Wieners an overdue look (via Boston Globe)
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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 Camonghne Felix "Misogyny loves a vulnerable girl. Misogyny … Continue reading Your Voice: Camonghne Felix – The Dangerous Appeal of the Young Girl | (via Huffington Post)
The poet and novelist Ben Okri has repaid the compliment of being cited as an inspiration in Jeremy Corbyn’s first major speech as Labour leader – in a poem celebrating a new dream of political power bringing peace, health and happiness. Corbyn, in his first speech as leader to a Labour conference, namechecked Okri, along … Continue reading Ben Okri salutes Jeremy Corbyn in poetry with A New Dream of Politics (via The Guardian)
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Everywhere Matt Mason goes in the world, the story is the same. Young people love poetry. They just hate the stuff they’re taught in school. Mason, an award-winning slam poet and executive director of the Nebraska Writers Collective, has heard it from the students he works with in Omaha. He heard it in Belarus in … Continue reading Poet brings slam to countries’ budding young wordsmiths (via Omaha)
Additional Info Listen, relate, and laugh along with Joseph Solomon as he details his struggle with being a Tall Guy. He shares how he pushes past stereotypes in pursuit of finding what God sees him as. Follow Joseph Solomon- Facebook Page: http://Facebook.com/whatisjoedoing Twitter: @whatisjoedoing Instagram: @whatisjoedoing YouTube Channel: http://YouTube.com/chaseGodtv Website: http://www.chaseGod.tv Information courtesy, YouTube
SWMS = Sturgis Williams Middle School The second annual Sturgis Williams Middle School poetry contest was held recently, with the 20 best poems selected based on creativity and originality. The winning writers were then treated to a hike to Poets Table near Harney Peak in Custer State Park. Those students were seventh-graders Gabby Bertalot, Jade Breidenbach, … Continue reading Winners named in second SWMS poetry contest (via Rapid City Journal)
