Additional Info Subscribe for more poetry! http://bit.ly/alldefpoetry Starr Seward, of SlamCharlotte performing, "Mutant Cookie" at the 2016 National Poetry Slam. → CONNECT WITH STARR SEWARD ← https://www.facebook.com/starrsayword Information courtesy, YouTube
Poets and publishers from around the world converge upon Bridgewater College Jan. 12-15 for a conference to celebrate poetry, creativity and the global exchange of ideas. The command performance, which is free and open to the public at 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 15, will feature readings from 12 to 15 selected poets, reprising works representative of … Continue reading Bridgewater College to host International Poetry Festival (via News Leader)
Additional Info My 1st time ever doing this poem in front of anyone. Information courtesy, YouTube
Most of 2016 was merely sickening, before the year ended up as painful as a boot kick to the exposed duodenum. Nor am I in the mood to affirm the permanence or enduring power of much of anything: I’m too busy gaining weight, erupting at my children, and losing touch with my friends. These days, … Continue reading The Best Books of Poetry in 2016 (via The New Yorker)
Additional Info Sonia Sanchez on Season 1 Episode 2 of Def Poetry Jam Information courtesy, YouTube
Poetry isn’t only found in old books, it’s also broadcasted on the radio. A course offered by the Ohio State Department of English looks at alternative rock lyrics as poetry. Alternative Rock Lyrics as Poems will be offered in Spring 2017 as an upper-division level course for English majors, English 4560, and as a Cultures … Continue reading English course compares rock music to poetry (via The Lantern)
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When Matt Foley started organizing poetry slams and performances with local poetry group The Unspoken Word a few years ago, it was tough to fill seats. You need at least five people in the audience (who aren't performers) to serve as judges, Foley says, and there were times when they had to cancel a slam … Continue reading Local poet Matt Foley talks about the power of words (via Charleston City Paper)
Additional Info Falu, finalist at the 2013 Women of the World Poetry Slam, performs during WOWPS prelims in Minneapolis, MN. Information courtesy, YouTube
Erin Adair-Hodges, a poet, essayist and blogger, is the winner of the 2016 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. Her manuscript, “Let’s All Die Happy,” will be published next fall by the prize’s sponsor, the University of Pittsburgh Press. The award is given to a writer’s first full-length book of poems and named after the first … Continue reading Author Erin Adair-Hodges wins Starrett Poetry Prize (via Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
