“Intimacy Fair” was written after reading Wisława Szymborska’s stunning poem, “Miracle Fair.” I was interested in thinking about the countless types of intimacy, and how we can share different sorts of closeness with other people, other creatures, and ourselves.
Natasha Rao on "Intimacy Fair" |
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Poet Wins BookTrust Lifetime Achievement Award
The first poet to win this award, the Afro-Guyanese writer John Agard was recognized for his "outstanding contribution to children's literature." “By being the first poet, I’m excited, because I see it also as a mark of recognition for poetry. Because let us not forget that going right back in our evolutionary DNA, poetry was the medium of utterance, ecstasy, a lullaby, an incantation."
via THE GUARDIAN |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Dana Levin on Wanda Coleman's "The Woman and Her Thang"
"Standing at the magazine rack at Beyond Baroque, I opened Coleman’s chapbook at random and read: 'She kept it in a black green felt-lined box.' Ten monosyllabs—how I loved saying them, each one a kind of floating stone in the mouth—introducing the speaker’s 'thang': seductive and dangerous, wreaking havoc on her love life." |
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18th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
January 10-15, 2022
We are pledged to create an extraordinary week of virtual poetry workshops and events for you in the safety of your home.
Workshop Faculty: Kim Addonizio, Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Chard deNiord, Mark Doty, Yona Harvey, John Murillo, Matthew Olzmann and Diane Seuss. One-On-One Conferences with Lorna Blake, Sally Bliumis Dunn, Nickole Brown, Jessica Jacobs, and Angela Narciso Torres. A special Craft Talk by Kwame Dawes. Special Guest Poet: Yusef Komunyakaa. Poet-at-Large: Aimee Nezhukumatathil. Apply by November 15! |
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