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Thomasville church celebrates Martin Luther King’s legacy (via FOX 8)
Full Title: "Thomasville church celebrates Martin Luther King’s legacy with music, actors, poets and spoken word (via FOX 8)" It started off with music and then flowed into several skits of empowerment at Citadel of Faith Christian Fellowship. Church officials decided to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday differently this year with an art theme. … Continue reading Thomasville church celebrates Martin Luther King’s legacy (via FOX 8)
(Video) Olivia Gatwood | Ode to My Bitch Face
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8-Year-Old Spoken Word Poet: ‘Please, Mr. Trump, Stop Tweeting’ (via NBC7)
Click link below to view video! An 8-year-old poet from D.C. has a request: "Please, Mr. Trump, stop tweeting. Stop teasing America." Christian Alvarado, a member of a youth spoken word program, performed his poem aimed at President Donald Trump live on News4 Thursday morning. "The poem that I wrote is called 'Disaster, Pain and … Continue reading 8-Year-Old Spoken Word Poet: ‘Please, Mr. Trump, Stop Tweeting’ (via NBC7)
(Video) Vanessa Tahay | Inside My House
Additional Info: Help Button Poetry grow: http://bit.ly/buttonpatreon2 Performing at the 2017 Get Lit Classic Slam. The Get Lit Classic Slam is the largest teen poetry competition in Southern California’s history – where high school students from schools throughout Los Angeles County face off to “slam” classic poems by poets like Neruda, Lorca, Hughes, Dickinson, Angelou, … Continue reading (Video) Vanessa Tahay | Inside My House
The Poetry I Was Grateful for in 2017 (via The New Yorker)
Among its many pleasures, poetry provides a furlough from narrative, from the causal basis of stories. 2017 was the year of the story: we’ve all been pinned to our screens waiting for the key predicates of various kinds of stories to be, at last, revealed. We’re living in some kind of kingdom of effects, dismal, paranoid, … Continue reading The Poetry I Was Grateful for in 2017 (via The New Yorker)
(Video) Micah Bournes | Stealing Bread
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Open Call for Poetry Submissions (via Bushwick Daily)
Full Title: "Open Call for Poetry Submissions for January's Edition of 'Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry' (via Bushwick Daily)" Open to residents and natives of the Bushwick section of Brooklyn, NY. We're announcing an open call for poetry submissions for our January installment of "Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry" curated by award-winning and Bushwick-born poet, Emanuel Xavier. The series features poems … Continue reading Open Call for Poetry Submissions (via Bushwick Daily)
(Video) Jared Singer | Silence
Additional Info: About Button: Button Poetry is committed to developing a coherent and effective system of production, distribution, promotion and fundraising for spoken word and performance poetry. Information courtesy, YouTube
Feeling blue? Could a poem be the answer? (via Guardian)
Full Title: "Poetry Pharmacy webchat: Feeling blue? Could a poem be the answer? Ask William Sieghart (via Guardian) Are you lonely, nervous about Christmas or frustrated with relatives? William Sieghart of the much-loved Poetry Pharmacy will be in to prescribe you a poem for your problems on Friday 15 December at 1pm GMT. Post your requests … Continue reading Feeling blue? Could a poem be the answer? (via Guardian)