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Autumn poetry fills the air as we revisit best poems of September 2021
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 9 months agoIt is a month for celebrating poetry and we are doing so in two ways. First congratulations goes to...
'Poetry chose me': Iowa City’s Dan Campion lets the currents of verse flow in new book
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLightning struck Dan Campion more than a half century ago as he sat in his high school English class...
'Moving' experience: Poet laureate inspires Worcester students
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWORCESTER — It was an unforgettable experience for Solei Banks. Banks put her hand over her heart...
Cape Cod Poetry winners, including one poem portraying homelessness
Cape Cod Times via Yahoo News· 6 months agoAn anonymous poet uses the words of God as a call to action for people to "love thy neighbor" and...
Introducing Poetry from Daily Life, a new weekly feature from Missouri's poet laureate
Springfield News-Leader via Yahoo News· 8 months agoAs Missouri’s 7th Poet Laureate, I asked News-Leader Editor-in-Chief Amos Bridges what he thought...
Judith Ferrara uncovers new perspectives on Stanley Kunitz's mother in 'A Feast of Losses'
Worcester Telegram & Gazette via Yahoo News· 11 months agoIn his award-winning poetry, Worcester's Stanley Kunitz sometimes sought the elusive father, unknown...
John Burnside, Scottish poet and novelist, dies aged 69
The Independent via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoJohn Burnside, the multi-award-winning Scottish poet and novelist, has died aged 69. The news was...
Former Kentucky poet laureate Frederick Smock dies at 68
The Courier Journal via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrederick Smock, former poet laureate of Kentucky and longtime English professor at Bellarmine University, died Sunday of cardiac-related issues. He was 68. Smock was familiar to readers of ...
Beilue: Cornette Library nears 50th, son of namesakes keeps ties with alma mater
Amarillo Globe-News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoDr. Jim Cornette was a student at the college in Canyon two name changes, nine school presidents and...
In Puerto Rico, Unearthing Family Ties I Thought Were Lost
Conde Nast Traveler via Yahoo News· 1 week agoAlex Green To this day, few things help me slip into sleep. When I was younger, though, my father...