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In addition to being a poet and educator, Tapp is also one of the organizers of Poetry in Voice, a youth-centred Canadian ...
The following are the winning poems from the 2025 Nature in Verse Poetry Contest ... by the Friends of Seymour Library. Admission is free and open to the public, and no registration is required.
BRAINERD — Submissions are now open for a poetry contest sponsored by the Lake Country Journal, Central Lakes College Verse ...
Colgate’s poems attend, delightfully and exceptionally ... at least.” Balanced free verse — with echoes, at times, of Yusef Komunyakaa — prevails, with several ghazals thrown in: The ...
Ever thought about writing a poem? Why not take the leap? In a new series, award-winning poet Jessica Traynor shares insights to help you find your voice. Because I am supposed to be working on a new ...
We didn’t want a poem that was too long, and we thought something that rhymed would be more fun — and easier — to memorize than a cascade of free verse. Millay, who was born in Maine in 1892 ...
SP: Yes — the American poet Walt Whitman. He self-published this volume of poetry back in 1855. Walt Whitman is known as the “father of free verse.” So you could trace both Allen Ginsberg and Amanda ...
The nub of being poet laureate seems to be being asked what the point is of being poet laureate’ - THE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: ...
An Invitation to Tesla's Colorado Springs," takes readers through a day in the life of the famous Serbian-American inventor who lived in the Springs for eight months from 1899-1900. Rather than a ...
While she has primarily focused on poetry performances, Endashaw is also a newly published author. Her debut novel, “Maturing in Free Verse,” was published in September after almost a year’s ...