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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· 6 hours agoAt every park, there will be an installation of a public art picnic table. The Cape Cod Times is...
Children’s Laureate Joseph Coelho becomes OBE in King’s Birthday Honours
Press Association News via AOL· 3 hours agoThe Queen with Children’s Laureate and poet Joseph Coelho who has been made an OBE (Justin...
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón wants you to picnic with poetry — at our National Parks - The Boston...
The Boston Globe· 4 days agoOn Friday, Limón returns to the Fine Arts Work Center — which Kunitz helped found in 1968 — to...
Juneteenth is next week, but Athens will host a celebration on Saturday. Here's what to know
Gannett via AOL· 16 hours agoJune 19 is Juneteenth, a national holiday and independence day for African-Americans which marks the official end of slavery in the U.S. in 1865, according to the National ...
Faith: Finding wisdom in poets' words
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThat’s why, as we at St. James’ Episcopal Church began to prepare for our fifth poetry, jazz and live painting performance, I thought to invite Amanda...
Grants from South Arts Will Fund Several Triangle Arts Programs - INDY Week
Independent Weekly· 8 hours agoEight Triangle artists and arts organizations were awarded grants from the regional nonprofit South...
What Black history is taught in SC? Education department says it’s enough, others disagree
The State via Yahoo News· 6 hours ago“Some have used this decision to promote a false narrative that South Carolina is avoiding the...
13 ways to celebrate Juneteenth in the D.C. area
Washington Post· 1 day agoThe Scotland community, founded by formerly enslaved people in Potomac in the 1870s and 1880s, hosts its second Juneteenth Heritage Festival with events...
This week in history
The Martinsburg Journal· 7 days agoTo read more, go to e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia at www.wvencyclopedia.org. June 9, 1927: Karl Dewey Myers was named the state’s first poet laureate
Dallas poet laureate: Here’s why poetry matters
Dallas Morning News· 6 days agoOn the one hand, interviewers constantly ask me: Why does poetry matter? On the other hand, though, whenever I know someone who is planning a wedding, or...
