Rhythmic word lovers can express themselves – or just listen as others do – while celebrating a passion for poetry next weekend. The fifth annual Modesto Poetry Festival will be held Saturday, Feb. 4, sponsored by the Modesto-Stanislaus Poetry Center. The daylong festival at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church features opportunities to write poetry, share information, … Continue reading Festival celebrates poetry in Modesto (via The Modesto Bee)
Additional Info Performing for Denver during semifinals at the 2015 National Poetry Slam. Follow Button on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/SG5Xm0 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
Another One By Ron Padgett When you’re a child you learn there are three dimensions: height, width, and depth. Like a shoebox. Then later you hear there’s a fourth dimension: time. Hmm. Then some say there can be five, six, seven… I knock off work, have a beer at the bar. I look down at … Continue reading For the film ‘Paterson,’ poet Ron Padgett wrote four original poems (via PBS)
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Spitshine Poetry, the only poetry club on campus, hosted an open mic night Wednesday where students were free to come and share their own work to an audience of students and other poets. “I’ve never done it before,” music composition senior Jocelyn Chambers said. “I’m freaking out.” Those who attended ranged from first-timers to experienced poets, … Continue reading Spitshine Poetry hosts poetry open mic night for students (via Daily Texan)
Additional Info Every first Monday at CAMP Bar in downtown Saint Paul. Neil Hilborn, performing at Button Poetry Live, July 2016. 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
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. Solace Souls Coalition & Open Mic is a coalition … Continue reading Your Voice: Prentice Powell on fatherhood, heartbreak & healing through poetry | (via Bliss for Singles)
“Paterson” is set in Paterson, N.J., and concerns a bus driver, played by Adam Driver, who is also named Paterson. Already you may be getting a sense of the resonant circular prayer wheel that is Jim Jarmusch’s new film. Paterson the man is a poet — although most people don’t know it — and he … Continue reading ‘Paterson’ is poetry in motion (via Boston Globe)
Additional Info Every first Monday at CAMP Bar in downtown Saint Paul. Sabrina Benaim, featuring at Button Poetry Live, January 2017. Information courtesy, YouTube
Jacob Polley has won the 2016 TS Eliot prize with Jackself, a collection described by the judges as “a firework of a book”. The loosely autobiographical poems use the “Jack” of nursery rhyme and local legend to tell the story of a childhood in rural Cumbria, from the “cartilage stew and spreadable carrots” of school … Continue reading 2016 TS Eliot prize won by Jacob Polley’s ‘firecracker of a book’ (via Guardian)
