Full Title: " Elizabethtown graduate Brianna Wiest uses her prose and poetry to address emotional intelligence, mental health issues (via Lancaster Online)" Brianna Wiest keeps a small notebook with her. Printed on its cover is a simple mantra, but one the Lancaster writer abides by closely: “Ideas become things.” Wiest says she writes new ways … Continue reading Elizabethtown poet Brianna Wiest addresses emotional intelligence, mental health issues (via Lancaster Online)
Additional Info Subscribe for more poetry! http://bit.ly/alldefpoetry Today's featured artists are the ladies of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe (Team NUYO) performing from PSI 2014 in Oakland, CA. This piece addressing street harassment will leave you breathless. "You ain't come out here lookin' like that for me NOT to comment." #EndStreetHarassment #TeamNUYO #NuyoricanPoetsCafe Information courtesy, YouTube
Nobody at the Favorite Poem Project’s Summer Poetry Institute is preaching or arguing about the importance of teaching poetry in school. Nobody has to. Teachers have come from 13 states to spend the week in Boston listening to poems and poets, reading favorite poems aloud, and talking about ways to help kids in grades K-12 … Continue reading Rhyme and reason: where the teachers go for their poetry fix (via Boston Globe)
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Adrian “Drii Notes” Kilen is a recording artist, producer, musician, songwriter and poet. But among all his designations, Christian is the one he wears most highly. He is a bright spark in the arts scene in Saint Lucia and is a star in his own class. He hails from the district of Vieux Fort and … Continue reading Drii Notes to the Stage (Via St. Lucia News Online)
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Boston's about to bust a rhyme. Dozens of prominent poets, including a former U.S. poet laureate, will commandeer the courtyard of the Boston Public Library on Thursday to read aloud from the city's first anthology of poetry. Organizers have dubbed the collection "City of Notions," a reference to a nickname that Boston earned in the … Continue reading Wicked good poems: Boston gets its 1st anthology of poetry (via Star Tribune)
Additional Info "Lift Off" is an original Spoken Word piece by artist, "Timeless Akili." The piece breaks down the importance of connecting older generations with younger. Information courtesy, YouTube
The first eight pages of Michael Robbins’s new book, “Equipment for Living: On Poetry and Pop Music” (Simon & Schuster), make reference to Annie Dillard, Harold Bloom, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Elton John, Kenneth Burke, Geoffrey Hill, Kenneth Koch, Adam Phillips, Frank O’Hara, Emerson, Boethius, Nietzsche, Freud, and Miley Cyrus. The book is a collection … Continue reading Can Poetry Change Your Life? (via The New Yorker)
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