Poets, you might want to look into this! How dope. We're Back! Mic Nice hosted by Lyrical Forte! We will be bringing you a variety of programming every week! Join us as we spotlight the best of spoken word/Poetry, Conscious Music ,special live interviews with some of the greats, whether they be known or you … Continue reading Mic Nice Hosted By Lyrical Forte
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Say what?! How cool is this! Click the link to watch the video. A poet and a scientist have teamed up to fight air pollution with what they call the world’s first “air-cleansing” billboard. Poetry professor Simon Armitage and chemistry professor Tony Ryan of the University of Sheffield in England joined forces to create the … Continue reading Billboard Pushes Clean Air With Poetry, Pollution-Eating Particles (via ABC)
Additional Info P4CM Official Poet Janette...ikz shares a beautiful piece during Lyricist Lounge 4 on "Waiting". Check out http://www.P4CM.com for more poems and the date of the next Lyricist Lounge. Information courtesy, YouTube
The Urbana Grand Slam Finals are this Tuesday 5/20 in NYC! Info below. Competing for a spot on Team Urbana 2014 to be sent to Oakland in August for the National Poetry Slam will be: Anthony Ragler Crystal Valentine Jared Singer McPherson Megan Falley Olivia Gatwood Omar Holmon Tiffany Woodley Join us at 7pm this … Continue reading Urbana Grand Slam Finals
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Robert Frost would be proud. Although the iconic poet lived and wrote in Derry more than 100 years ago, poetry is still being created at his farm, now a state historic site and the home of the Hyla Brook poets. The Robert Frost Farm’s 2014 Hyla Brook Reading Series [opened May 14] with poet, literary … Continue reading At Frost Farm, poetry series presents masters of language (via ConcordMonitor)
Additional Info The Shaina Lynn performs a piece for her hometown New Orleans at the Bowery Poetry Club. COMMENT, LIKE, SUBSCIBE! Follow me @theshainalynn and visit my fan page on Facebook.com/theshainalynn http://twitter.com/#!/theShainaLynn http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shaina-... Purchase Pursuit of Nappiness http://pursuitofnappiness.bigcartel.com/ http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pursuit... Information courtesy, YouTube
Interesting article. Click the link to read it in its entirety. The importance of poetry... Could you defend it if you had to? In the state that was home to Emily Dickinson and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, where Edgar Allan Poe was born and where Robert Frost died, critics of new national education goals fear that … Continue reading Poetry lovers fear its role in schools is in decline (via BostonGlobe)
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