Poetry News

In more ways than one, poetry is cool at the Highland Park Public Library. Since 2005, the institution's Friends of the Library has sponsored a series of free poetry-related events, including readings by poets, open mic nights, and writing workshops.

I would thank her for the the bicycle shops that fix tires without charge and Costco samples on Saturdays, in fact, I would thank her for all of the free things ever except price quotes, I might not thank her for those.

TURNING 21 is a traditional coming-of-age, for organisations as well as people. And if any proof were needed that Glasgow Women's Library has reached maturity, one needs only to look through the pages of the 21 Revolutions, an ambitious collection of new work created for the Library by some of the leading artists and writers in Scotland.

"Friends, with me everything is okay," read the message posted on Facebook by Serhiy Zhadan, Ukraine's most famous counterculture writer.

Our weekend show emphasizes interviews with writers, filmmakers, actors, and musicians, and often includes excerpts from live in-studio concerts.

Sunday morning in southern Wisconsin arrived with 6 inches of fluffy new snow hanging in the backyard trees.

Poet Gini Dellow, who raises money for the STARS charity, is producing her own hand-made Mother's Day cards as part of her fund-raising efforts.

Slam Poetry at Bellerose is hosting an Open Mike Night on Tuesday, March 11 at the Second Cup on Bellerose Drive.

High school poetry will be celebrated at an April 10 Poetry Slam, and entries are being accepted now.

Potterne Springs WI is holding a poetry by candlelight evening from 8pm to 10pm at Wiltshire Scout Centre, Potterne Wick.

A LANDMARK Barry building is destined to go under the hammer as the Vale Council attempts to flog it at auction later this month.

People of all ages have a story to tell and the exhibition opening this month at Gallery 625 presents these diverse, personal expressions.

Glass bottles and balls are nothing new. But glass as poetry is a concept that's not often explored - which is why three new exhibits at the Museum of Glass are such a delightful juxtaposition.

Wilks Library: Monthly writers' group, first Thursdays from 6-7 p.m. All writers welcome, no matter their experience.

In early March, the 30th anniversary of the 1984-85 miners' strike will be marked with three performances of The Miners' Hymns - a 50-minute sound/film project by the American director Bill Morrison and the Icelandic composer JA3hann JA3hannsson, which premiered at Durham Cathedral in 2010.

The poems in "Click and Clone" are so electric, so unique and so much fun to read that we can only imagine how much fun Equi had in writing them.

Now available online for free, the newest issue of the Delaware Poetry Review features a generous selection of poems by nine authors with ties to the Delmarva Region.

Margaret Wise Brown died in 1952 of an embolism. Her sister kept a trunk of her possessions including more than 60 manuscripts of unpublished work.

POETRY EVENT RETURNS: The Warwick Museum of Art will bring back its popular Mad Poet's CafA© with a performance from spoken word artists Brother's Keeper this Saturday at 7 p.m. Warwick Museum of Art will bring back their popular poetry event, Mad Poet's CafA©, starting Saturday, March 8 at the Museum.

The historic walls of the Michigan Theatre were plastered with poems, and the stage echoed with songs inspired by the creative efforts of Jackson's youth Wednesday night.