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Emeryville Wants Your Poetry (via EastBayExpress)
Bay area poets! Calling all Billy Shakespeares! The City of Emeryville seeks your best villanelle, sonnet, haiku, free verse, or any other kind of poetry you deign to write (as long as it doesn't exceed fifteen lines) for its new contest, Poems on the Emery Go-Round. The Poet Laureate program of Emeryville (which is a … Continue reading Emeryville Wants Your Poetry (via EastBayExpress)
(Video) Marshall Davis Jones | Spelling Father
Additional Info Poem: The world needs a father Spell coordinator : Young man your spelling word is 'Father' 6year old student: Father, 'M','O','T',';H'.'E','R' Information courtesy, YouTube
Chapel Hill teen’s ‘Dream’ wins poetry contest (via Chapel Hill News)
Voices, the Chapel Hill Chorus, recently announced Natalie Sherman-Jollis as the winner of its “American Dreams” high school poetry competition. Sherman-Jollis recently completed her sophomore year at East Chapel Hill High School. This fall she will be attending the N.C. School of Science and Mathematics. In addition to writing poetry, she enjoys competitive sailing, playing … Continue reading Chapel Hill teen’s ‘Dream’ wins poetry contest (via Chapel Hill News)
(Video) Clayton Jennings | Get This Off My Chest
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Maine recovery center uses art, poetry to take a hard look at heroin (via Boston Globe)
Click the link below to read in full. The clothes hang from a pressed-tin ceiling in the middle of a narrow storefront — worn T-shirts, tattered jeans, a limp sweater, a dirty work boot. They seem unremarkable, except for this: They came from the bodies of overdose victims, nearly all of whom had been killed … Continue reading Maine recovery center uses art, poetry to take a hard look at heroin (via Boston Globe)
(Video) John Doe | My World
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Editing Poetry: ‘SAY IT OR DON’T SAY IT’ (via Writer’s Digest)
Click the link beneath the excerpt to read the full piece. He hits it on the nail! As poet and Pulitzer nominee Clifford Brooks states below, “…just as it is crucial that a writer creates his or her own voice, the way we edit is also a matter of self-discovery.” I couldn’t agree more. I’m a … Continue reading Editing Poetry: ‘SAY IT OR DON’T SAY IT’ (via Writer’s Digest)
(Video) Shaina Lynn | L.I.F.E.
Additional Info Poetry in Motion. Do you dream? Written, Filmed, Edited, & Performed by Shaina Lynn [Shaina3x] Produced by Texescargot *Download* soundcloud.com/shaina3x/l-i-f-e Information courtesy, Vimeo
Artist welcomes community to open-mic poetry sessions in Bearden (via KnoxNewsSent)
Joseph Woods’ love of the spoken word has led him to a new name, a hip-hop music career, becoming Knoxville’s Poetry Slam Master, and most recently starting up a monthly open-mic poetry event known as Po’ Boys and Poets. Black Atticus, as he is known among friends and the poetry community, walks into Big Fatty’s … Continue reading Artist welcomes community to open-mic poetry sessions in Bearden (via KnoxNewsSent)