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U.S. poet laureate Ada Limón returning to Cape Cod roots to unveil new poetry project
WBUR Boston· 6 days agoRadio Boston chats with poet laureate Ada Limón about her upcoming project, “You Are Here: Poetry in Parks.”
Herricks High School teacher Alan Semerdjian will be Nassau County's poet laureate
Newsday· 4 days agoHigh School teacher Alan Semerdjian has been teaching the written word for more than 20 years in the...
How Boston's Poet Laureate feels the joy of Juneteenth through 'The Electric Slide'
WBUR Boston· 1 day agoJuneteenth commemorates the day in 1865 that the last known group of slaves, in Galveston, Texas, were finally freed, more than two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation was ordered ...
Why is there a poem on a picnic table in Beech Forest? Cape Cod display first of 7 in U.S.
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 4 days agoPoet Laureate Ada Limón recalling her first visit. She arrived in Provincetown for the first time on...
Remembering a poet; paving paradise; keeping Portsmouth special and more: Letters
Portsmouth Herald via Yahoo News· 6 days agoRemembering Portsmouth Poet Laureate Elizabeth Knies Elizabeth Knies has passed away. Liz first came...
Juneteenth 2024 in NYC: What to do this Emancipation Day
New York Daily News· 20 minutes agoOn Juneteenth, New York City continues to offer a wide array of events to commemorate June 19, 1865 — the day U.S. Army soldiers brought news of emancipation to enslaved Black people in Galveston ...
In Charleston, a Modern Art Scene Thrives
AFAR· 4 hours agoPerhaps it’s the sea-soaked air that weighs on your skin, the aroma of jasmine and gardenia, or the pink and blue cotton candy winter skies, but...
Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho becomes OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
Press Association News via AOL· 4 days agoThe Queen with Children’s Laureate and poet Joseph Coelho who has been made an OBE (Justin...
Juneteenth events: Walking parade in Greenville, gala and fashion show in Spartanburg
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 5 hours agos writings. The program also includes a musical performance by Loretta Holloway and poetry from Poet...
Faith: Finding wisdom in poets' words
Austin American-Statesman· 6 days agoEach speaks with passion but listens with equal enthusiasm, allowing the other to explore her thoughts — to conjure what both eventually give a nod to: A...
