Poetry and Poets

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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…

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.…

Here is a sampling of the week’s events and how to tune in (all times are Eastern). Note that events are subject to change after publication.MondayCelebrate Indigenous cuisine at the “Reclamation Feast,” a seminar hosted by the Museum of Food and Drink and the Greene Space. During the 90-minute event, participants will learn to make…

4 Poems You Can Create From Your NewspaperNatalie Proulx📰 Making newspaper poetryLeah UmanskyA cento poem. Cento is a Latin word, meaning “patchwork.” In this type of poetry, you’ll patch together lines from articles, headlines, quotes or even photo captions to create a poem of your own.Here’s how to make a cento poem.

Poets adore alliteration, the repetition of consonant sounds in adjacent, nearby or connected words.See how Carolina Ebeid grabs the reader’s attention by repeating the “b” sound in the first few lines of the poem “Albeit”:Because I have wanted to make you somethingbeautiful, I borrowed a book on how to keepa bee-hive made of glass.And how…