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Poetry Friday: A Midsummer Week’s Dream – The Poetry Workshop

By Laura Baudo Sillerman Maybe, just maybe, you or a friend of yours (or both of you) should consider a poetry workshop.

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Poetry Friday: The Secret to Appreciating Poetry — Seeing and Hearing

The tradition from which modern poetry arises is the spoken tradition. One where meter was a guide to memory as troubadours traveled the countryside telling tales in verse.

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Poetry Friday: Happy Birthday, Sara Teasdale

Sara Teasdale first published at 23, going on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1918 for her volume of collected poems titled Love Songs.

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Poetry Friday: Kimberly LaRocca’s World

Mother of four sons and grandmother of one, Kimberly LaRocca knows all about challenges. In her first book, "Black Girl's Poetry for the World," she continues to defy them all.

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Poetry Friday: Ruth Stone – Poet, Survivor and National Treasure

We hesitated when writing “national treasure,” because the term is such a cliché, but in the case of Ruth Stone at 96, there is no better way to describe her economically.

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Poetry Friday: For Women’s Equality Day, a Thunder-Storm

Every so often, it feels appropriate for our Poetry Friday to receive a visitation from the fearless Emily Dickinson. Especially, perhaps, on Women's Equality Day.

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Poetry Friday: You Were There

We feel privileged to open WVFC’s discussion of the legacy of Sept. 11 with this contribution from Karol Nielsen, who has graced our Poetry Friday before and whose new book, "Black Elephants" (Bison...

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Poetry Friday: A Tribute to One ‘Mighty Woman’ as Written by Another

After the events of 9/11 our nation experienced a rebirth of patriotism and a new embrace of the symbols of democracy. One such symbol, the Statue of Liberty, gave us deep comfort as she stood stolid...

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Poetry Friday: Claire Bateman Considers Our Confusions with Courage

A daily meditation feed brought a lovely thought from Claire Bateman. Imagine our delight when she turned out to be not just a poet, but a clear and clarion voice and a courageous woman on the page....

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Thanksgiving Poetry Encore: Ginger Andrews

Andrews' poem reminds us that angels turn up unannounced, and what looks like hell may be a reminder to be thankful for your own corner of heaven.

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