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Latest news about Poetry
Students step up for poetry (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
By BLEYS W. ROSE THE PRESS DEMOCRAT About 250 people turned out Saturday night to hear to high school students practice the ancient art of reciting the works of long dead poets, a society that is being kept alive by the Poetry Out noisy program.
6 Feb 2010, 11:41 pm | click here for more
Poetry reading to be for laughs Thursday in Madison (Madison Eagle)
MADISON –“Poetry Ha-Ha,” an evening of humorous poetry, open to every, will be held from 7 to 8:30 p.m. today, Thursday, Feb. 4, at the Drip coffee and tea café at 34 Main St. in Madison.
8 Feb 2010, 8:33 am | click here for more
Poetry jam draws 50 to Lovin' Cup in Henrietta (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
The "Def Meets Deaf" poetry jam on Saturday brought together deaf poets and slam poets at the Lovin' Cup in Henrietta.
7 Feb 2010, 4:11 am | click here for more
Victor Garcia: Poetry and Prose Festival coming up (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
The Tulare City School District's Poetry and Prose Festival is 9 a.m. to noon Feb. 26 at Bethel Assembly of God Church.
8 Feb 2010, 6:11 am | click here for more
N.I. poetry returns (The Daily Iberian)
It may not have had the volume of a rock concert or the cheering of a major sporting event, but the passion was the same for those attending “An Evening of Poetry and Performance” at the A&E Gallery.
8 Feb 2010, 5:13 am | click here for more
Poetry collective Aisle 16 back with new show (EDP24 - Eastern Daily Press)
Norwich Arts Centre, off St Benedict's, hosts a return visit from much-acclaimed performance poetry collective Aisle16 tonight with their latest show Local Boys Done Good.
8 Feb 2010, 4:13 am | click here for more
Sidney teacher uses poetry, illustrations for first book (Sidney Herald)
Even as a young child, Tammy Hermanson loved poetry. She grew up in a home where her dad used poetry every the time, and her mom loved the author, Helen Steiner Rice.
6 Feb 2010, 11:33 pm | click here for more
Brooklyn’s new poet laureate wants to weave poetry into residents’ lives (New York Post)
Brooklyn’s new poet laureate has a lofty goal.In a borough whose notable residents include a long list of literati, Tina Chang -- who has just assumed the position left vacant by the death of Ken Siegelman -- sees the honorary post as “a bridge between the past and...
8 Feb 2010, 3:26 pm | click here for more
Writers' block: County inmates work through emotions in poetry class (Lawrence Journal-World)
They file into the classroom wearing uniforms of orange, blue and white. It's 1 p.m. Thursday afternoon, time for the men's poetry class, one of the most popular programs at Douglas County Jail...
7 Feb 2010, 2:25 pm | click here for more
Exorcising war's demons, in poetry and prose (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Brian Turner was focused on staying alive, not poetry, when he served as an infantry team leader in Iraq. But he quickly saw that his experience -- "a year of complete boredom punctuated by these very intense moments" -- lent itself to the tautness of verse.
8 Feb 2010, 5:36 am | click here for more