Page, Stage and Screen: Can You Guess This Award-Winning Poet?
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Page and Screen: Can You Guess This Versatile Author?
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Make a Poem From Newspaper
Imitation is the best kind of flattery. All creative people, whether they be writers, artists, dancers, singers or actors, know that. Think about the performers on a TV show like “The Voice,” who sometimes perform the song of a judge they are targeting. Sometimes, it is imitation that gets them on the team of their…
Erasure Poetry At Home
The past year has been difficult for many people. The pandemic, the politics, the job loss and the isolation — most Americans have had to find some new coping mechanisms to make it through. Here’s one: erasure poetry.Creativity can be healing in difficult times, but it’s not always easy to tap into those creative juices.…
State Poets Laureate Deliver Brightness After Invitation From New York Times
In their Times pieces, the writers gave thanks for some phenomena specific to their states — “proximity to water, August at Narragansett Beach, / and lobster,” in Rhode Island, for instance. But there were also many common threads: gratitude for natural wonders, for neighbors, family and health care workers, for health itself.Pulling the project together…
Do You Recognize the Locations Described in These Poems?
In 1914, Carl Sandburg published a poem that began:Hog Butcher for the World,Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat,Player with Railroads and the Nation's Freight Handler;Stormy, husky, brawling,City of the Big Shoulders:What is the name of the city in the poem? (Hint: Despite having sports-team mascots that include Bulls and Bears, this city is not the high-finance…
