Poetry has long been an action-packed artistic genre in Western North Carolina. Here, it’s not merely written but spoken, slammed and taken into schools (thanks to Poetry Alive! — which celebrates its 30th anniversary with an event at The White Horse on Aug. 15 — and LEAF in Schools & Streets, among other initiatives). In … Continue reading Poetic injustice: Locals respond to N.C.’s poet laureate debate (via MountainXpress)
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Music, poetry and good vibes will take over the UMMI and Living Village Community Gardens this Saturday in Jersey City. Host and co-organizer Dujuana Sharese, best known as the wordsmith behind local band Spoken Sound, was originally set to have a one-act concert in the community space. With help from Mark "Wyme" Santos of the … Continue reading Music, poetry festival hopes to ‘Rise Up’ in Jersey City (via NJ)
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Bay area poets! Calling all Billy Shakespeares! The City of Emeryville seeks your best villanelle, sonnet, haiku, free verse, or any other kind of poetry you deign to write (as long as it doesn't exceed fifteen lines) for its new contest, Poems on the Emery Go-Round. The Poet Laureate program of Emeryville (which is a … Continue reading Emeryville Wants Your Poetry (via EastBayExpress)
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Voices, the Chapel Hill Chorus, recently announced Natalie Sherman-Jollis as the winner of its “American Dreams” high school poetry competition. Sherman-Jollis recently completed her sophomore year at East Chapel Hill High School. This fall she will be attending the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics. In addition to writing poetry, she enjoys competitive sailing, playing … Continue reading Chapel Hill teen’s ‘Dream’ wins poetry contest (via Chapel Hill News)
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Click the link below to read in full. The clothes hang from a pressed-tin ceiling in the middle of a narrow storefront — worn T-shirts, tattered jeans, a limp sweater, a dirty work boot. They seem unremarkable, except for this: They came from the bodies of overdose victims, nearly all of whom had been killed … Continue reading Maine recovery center uses art, poetry to take a hard look at heroin (via Boston Globe)
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