With the Poetry In Voice / Les voix de la poésie recitation contests, students choose classic and contemporary poems from the senior anthology for grades 9-12. Then they learn them deeply, commit them to memory, hone their recitation skills, and compete for over $75,000 in travel and prizes. Learn more …
Teignmouth's seventh annual poetry festival features Liz Berry, Hannah Lowe, Inua Ellams, Vanessa Kisuule, Jean Atkin, Roselle Angwin, Rosie Jackson and Graham Burchell, Robert Garnham, Bob Devereux, Dawn Gorman and Tom Sastre over four days in a friendly seaside setting. Learn more here.
In fact, every day is #todayspoem day. With the #todayspoem hashtag, you can share an excerpt from any poem that happens to have made your day. Everyone shares their #todayspoem experience a little differently, with an image, a link, an excerpt, whatever fits in a tweet. Each tweet is enough …
In celebrating World Poetry Day, March 21, UNESCO recognizes the unique ability of poetry to capture the creative spirit of the human mind. A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999. One of the main objectives of …
Join Kim Goldberg on World Poetry Day for the launch of her eighth book, Devolution, poems and fables of ecotastrophe (from Caitlin Press). Can poetry transmute climate grief to climate action? Is every creative act an act of extinction rebellion? What is the role of imagination and myth-making in times …