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Poetry from Daily Life: Memorizing is like any muscle, growing stronger with use
The Springfield News-Leader· 18 hours agoWyatt Townley, the Kansas poet laureate emerita, advises taking a daily dose of poetry, like a...
'From the heart:' Praise won for poetry performers
Traverse City Record-Eagle· 14 hours agoSeveral young students performed poetry in a way that not only reached people, but grabbed state and national attention. Interlochen Arts Academy senior...
Colorado Springs teacher believes in poetry as deeper way to connect
Colorado Springs Gazette· 15 hours agoThe longtime Cheyenne Mountain Junior High School teacher likes to stuff a poetry unit into her...
Four Colorado Springs poets on their new books, inspiration, writing process
Colorado Springs Gazette· 15 hours agoIt’s National Poetry Month, and while poetry might not make headlines too often in our social media...
Lincoln University’s poetry slam supports new RSVP Center, puts spotlight on students
KOMU Columbia· 15 hours agoIn honor of Sexual Violence Awareness Month, Lincoln University’s newly instated RSVP Center hosted...
Prairie School student to compete at national poetry contest
The Journal Times· 16 hours agoIn middle school, Riley Saenim often had her head in a book. In recent years, her love of reading...
Longtime fixture of Worcester poetry Rodger Martin to be honored with Stanley Kunitz Medal
Gannett via AOL· 3 days agoNew Hampshire poet Rodger Martin "has earned the right to be called a citizen and poet of the...
Helen Vendler, poetry critic both revered and feared, dies at 90
Washington Post· 4 days agoHelen Vendler, a literary scholar and reviewer of poetry who was revered and feared in equal...
Helen Vendler Believed Poetry Matters
New York Times· 4 days agoThis was by way of saluting James Merrill as “one of our indispensable poets,” but Vendler was also making a case for the indispensability of poetry...
Winners of the Annual James Larkin Pearson Poetry Competition announced
News-Topic, Lenoir, N.C. via Yahoo News· 23 hours agoApr. 27—The sixth Annual James Larkin Pearson Poetry Competition at Whippoorwill Academy and Village in Ferguson helped celebrate National Poetry Month.
