You might wonder where poems come from. I’d like to write a poem, you think. But what should I write about? From poet Sharon Olds: “What you know that I don’t know is what you can tell me in a poem.
Dorothea Lasky’s Thunderbird arrived at my apartment several days after I ordered it, and a couple days after I expected it. The book, her latest book of poetry, published by Wave Books in 2012, is ...
Poet Laureate and Youth Poet Laureate AnnouncementKulturally LITLIT Fest at ConnCATNew HavenOct. 4 Yexandra “Yex” Diaz and Henry Mead were crowned New Haven poet laureate and youth poet laureate, ...
In 1969, John Giorno got an idea: offer poetry via phone. Now, the quirky project is back, and it’s spreading to Brazil, Hong ...
Read Part 1: ‘I Am the Bridge’: How a poem being presented at an African cultural event in Arvada was created by 50 people from different ethnicities and cultures In the days leading up to her part in ...