Spy Poetry: Fearless by Tim Seibles

Editor’s Note: I have tried and failed many times to tame the earth’s green, to be the arbiter of which kind of green prevails. Daffodils, yes. Dandelions, no. Despite my interventions, the shoots keep shooting, wanted or not, the season’s “green will” …

Poetry in Frame: The Earth Laughs in Flowers

Sara Landry, a Southern Humboldt native who grew up in Honeydew and now calls Fields Landing home, brings a different perspective to our pages with Poetry in Frame, a column featuring her poetry paired with her photographs. It is a good time to For us all …

From Pune to Aragam: terror survivor returns to lead Kashmir’s first ‘book and poetry village’

Aragam, a tribal village located 70 km from Srinagar in Bandipora district, has become Kashmir’s first “book and poetry village”, where over 70 households have dedicated spaces for books. This project, which started in March last year, will now be managed …

Salman Sarwat’s poetry collection Khwab Rang launched at ACP

The Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi (ACP) on Saturday organised a book launch ceremony for renowned poet Salman Sarwat’s poetry collection ‘Khwab Rang’ at the Haseena Moin Hall. The event was presided over by Sahar Ansari and featured comments from …

Spoken words shine at El Camino’s 7th Annual Poetry Slam

A Poetry and music evening was held recently at Llandrindod Wells cafe bar

The event was introduced and led by Simon Rae of The Guardian and Radio 4. Poetry readings were given by Simon Rae, Catherine Smedley and Michelle Pearce, with harp recitals and singing by Dr Joe Botting. Music, poetry and songs were also performed by …

EVE Online studio CCP is making a medieval-style tome of epic poetry inked with the blood of players to commemorate the ...

At the close of this year's EVE Fanfest, CCP Games CEO Hilmar Veigar Pétursson took the stage to announce a surprising new commemoration of the long-running sci-fi MMO: An epic poem in the style of the ancient Icelandic sagas, written on genuine vellum …

Second generation Korean American wins New York poetry award

Utica University recently hosted Jason Koo, the winner of the Eugene Paul Nasar Poetry Prize, on their campus to read pages from his book and teach a class on campus. The Nassar Poetry Prize is awarded to one upstate New York poet for their published …

Library panelists discuss joy, activism with help from Ross Gay’s poetry

Sign up for our free newsletter to have Evanston news delivered directly to your inbox every weekday! If you’re struggling with finding joy these days, you might look to a discussion held Thursday at the Evanston Public Library titled Joy, Justice, …

How to build a secret poetry appreciation society

Kerry Dorey is a multi-hyphenate: he’s an actor and a voice artist; he leads sound baths at Village Yoga; and—between you and me—he’s a member of Pemberton’s growing Secret Poetry Appreciation Society. Poetry has always been in the wings for Dorey; he was …