Poetry On The Web

Poetry has become an essential part of my being (from Iowa City Press Citizen) While in class at the University of Iowa, where he is earning his Ph.D. in English, his phone rang. He figured it was one of his three kids, so he didn’t think much of it. But when he looked at his […]

Poetry Pairing | ‘Once Upon a Midnight Dreary’ (from The New York Times blog) For your Halloween pleasure, this Poetry Pairing matches Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” with a 2009 article, “For Poe, This Has Been the Year to Die For.” …   Poet Philip Schultz embraces ‘My Dyslexia’ at age 58 (from The Cleveland

Sophomore slams his way to the top of Austin poetry scene (from The Daily Texan) When Zach Caballero steps onto the stage, he hears the cheers and claps from the audience. He takes a second to breathe, and the room goes quiet. He has performed poetry across the nation from Los Angeles to Boston, yet

Texas Grand Slam Poetry Festival (from Maroon Weekly) The dim outside lights of Revolutions Café & Bar make it difficult at first to tell whether or not you’ve actually come to the right place. People laugh over their ashtrays and sangrias as you settle down in the back, dogs wandering aimlessly between the tables…  

‘To Be Heard’ IFC documentary features University Heights high school, spoken word (from New York Daily News) Focusing on three students at University Heights high school in the Bronx, the movie shows how a unique program called Power Writing combines spoken-word poetry, performance and literacy advancement to give teens the tools necessary to tell their

‘Deaf Jam’ take a new look at poetry slams (from St. Louis Beacon) With ties to rap and hip-hop, U.S National Poetry Slams have gained popularity among teenagers, however not often including the deaf. In “Deaf Jam,” a group of students from The Lexington School for the Deaf show their obsession, frustration and gumption as

Humorous Poetry? Huh? (from WordStock) The funny thing about poetry, excuse the pun, is that poetry is often considered as having only one genre. If someone doesn’t like a poem, they will usually say “I don’t get/like poetry.” Then it’s bye bye poetry, Baby with the bathwater…   Mount Marty professor among presenters at book

Youth Speaks – 2011 Take Back the American Dream Conference – Slam Poetry (from Justice Through Music Project) JTMP has been attending the TBAD 2011 Conference, and one of the events was a poetry slam performance by someone from “Youth Speaks”, an organization that “places young people in control of their intellectual and artistic development.”

Here are a few links to what is going on in the world of poetry and spoken word on the web. Enjoy! Poetry for the undocumented in SoCal (from KPCC) In the last couple of years, undocumented young people have stood up in public as never before to lobby for the Dream Act, the federal