Jewel Rodgers shares journey to becoming first African American Nebraska State Poet
At just 27 years old Jewel Rodgers is making her name known across the poetry world and beyond using her art to push conversations forward and make a change in her community.
19 Black Poets Whose Work Will Move and Inspire You
The following Black poets elevate the conversation around social justice, equality, education and hope. Their insightful, ...
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Poet Aja Monet’s Cure for Loneliness
If poets are often characterized ... As she writes in her poem “castaway,” “the wound teaches us to remember where tomorrow glows.” Black artists have been doing this for centuries, ...
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Poetry Rising features visual artists, music, writings – and of course poetry – as part of Black History Month
When that ran its course, Pitters started hosting the Open Poetry Program on KYRS in 2004. With this program, he brought together not just the voices of poets, but artists of many mediums.
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The Poetry of Bombs and Trenches and Mustard Gas
Sassoon and Owen capture in verse the sheer frightfulness of trench warfare; they are the supreme English war poets of their ...
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Black History Month: Poetry Slam
Join us for NPCC’s 2nd Annual Black History Month Poetry Slam on February 21st from 7PM to 9PM, a night dedicated to the power of spoken word and the voices of Black poets. Eight talented poets ...
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Pasadena Village Poetry Gathering Focuses on African American Poets
Pasadena Village & Villager Jim Hendrick invite the public to a poetry gathering to discuss the works of African American ...
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“Black Dictionary”
A consultant, an artist, a model, and a former staffer to the Surgeon General walk into a wine bar to decide what’s in and what’s out.
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Saint Mary’s explores Black history through poetry at ‘Harlem Legacy’ event
In the other room, attendees read their own poems or works by famous poets. The organizers lined both rooms with poster boards showcasing renowned Black poets from the Harlem Renaissance, many of whom ...
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Poetry becomes music at Black History Month event
caption George Elliott Clarke speaks to an audience at Halifax Central Library on Saturday during 5 Poets Breaking into Song, a Black History Month event. Music and poetry merged at Halifax Central ...