The Southbank Centre’s biennial Poetry International festival is back. This year’s celebration of the magic of poetry features four days of readings, workshops, performances, music, and films focusing on the themes of conflict, war, censorship and shifting politics. Since it was started by Ted Hughes back in 1967, the Poetry International festival has featured poetry … Continue reading Explore A World Of Poetry At The Southbank Centre (via Londonist)
Hit the link for a detailed rundown of the poets! A small group of poets from New Jersey and New York will be at WORD in Jersey City on Sunday, July 12, for the fourth edition of the Cross Poetry Reading Series. Claudia Cortese, Alice B. Fogel, Chris Slaughter and Jason Takayuki Ueda will perform selected … Continue reading WORD, Jersey City to hold Cross Poetry Reading Series July 12 (via NJ)
Some parents chastise their children for making up stories — Christian Campbell’s encouraged him. It inspired a lifelong passion for storytelling that has served the 34-year-old well. His poetry collection, Running the Dusk, was praised at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in Suffolk, England. It was also shortlisted as a Best First Book for the 2010 … Continue reading The art of storytelling in poetry (via Royal Gazette)
Hellooooo, Wisconsin. The fourth annual Poetry Slam will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Sunday [7/5] at the Pfiffner Building at Pfiffner Pioneer Park, 1100 Crosby Ave., as part of Riverfront Rendezvous. A poetry slam is a contest in which poets perform their work on stage. Five judges will be chosen at random from … Continue reading Poetry Slam returns Sunday (via StevensPoint Journal)
Poetry Flash, the venerable Berkeley-based poetry newsletter, is in financial trouble and faces possible eviction. As contributing editor Dawn-Michelle Baude has written in an e-mail circulated to supporters, “Poetry Flash is in dire circumstances, partly due to a $600.00 rent increase, taking effect on November 1, 2015." That's an increase of 27% over the current … Continue reading Berkeley-based Poetry Flash faces an uncertain future (via L.A. Times)
“It’s free. It’s fun. It’s not in Cambridge. We cater to a different community.” So says Janae Johnson, co-founder and slam master of the House Slam, housed at the Haley House Bakery Café in the heart of Roxbury’s Dudley Square. As they come upon the anniversary of just a single year of existence, the House … Continue reading House Slam Is Boston’s First Slam Poetry Team To Head To National Competition (via The ARTery)
Check out the link below for a full line-up of poets! Summer is underway and for lovers of the arts in the Farmington Valley that means it's time for the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. The Hill-Stead Museum's 23rd Annual Sunken Garden Poetry Festival launches Wednesday night with the first of five performances and NBC Connecticut … Continue reading Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Launches for Summer (via NBC Connecticut)
Full Title: MU student from Pontiac helps poetry slam team to third-place in national competition A Pontiac resident attending Eastern Michigan University teamed with classmates to earn third place in a national poetry slam competition. Gabriel Green was part of the EMU team that beat 68 other schools, including Harvard and Ohio State. “The experience … Continue reading EMU student helps poetry slam team to third-place in national competition (via Oakland Press)
McKensie Clayton of Eugene never really tried her hand at poetry, unless it was required as part of a school assignment. But then Diane McGinnis, the English teacher at Three Lakes High School in Albany's Oak Creek Youth Correctional Facility, told the young women incarcerated there they had an opportunity to enter a poetry contest. … Continue reading Former Oak Creek resident honored in poetry contest (via Albany Democrat-Herald)
Seventeen-year-old David Jones, who'll be a senior this fall at West Philadelphia High, was not surprised when he learned he had been named Philadelphia's next youth poet laureate. "It was super cool," he said after receiving the honor during a City Hall ceremony in front of his family, friends, and city officials including Mayor Nutter. … Continue reading David Jones named city youth poet laureate (via Philly)
