Two years ago, as part of my hometown’s annual literary festival, I competed in a teen poetry slam. For winning, I was given the opportunity to…… Read more “THE POWER OF POETRY #30: LAUREN GILMORE”
THE POWER OF POETRY #29: A.M. O’MALLEY
THE POWER OF POETRY — A.M. O’Malley I first found poetry when I was nine years old in a beat up paperback copy of Alfred Tennyson’s collected…… Read more “THE POWER OF POETRY #29: A.M. O’MALLEY”
THE POWER OF POETRY #28: “Warrendale, a Chance Medley with Lines from “Brother of Leaving”” – Cal Freeman
Warrendale, a Chance Medley with Lines from “Brother of Leaving” The Warrendale neighborhood sits on the far west side of the city of Detroit. I describe my…… Read more “THE POWER OF POETRY #28: “Warrendale, a Chance Medley with Lines from “Brother of Leaving”” – Cal Freeman”
REVIEW: THE CRYING BUCK – DONNEY ROSE
I have been competing at the National Poetry Slam for almost ten years. During that time there are people who you see on a consistent basis and…… Read more “REVIEW: THE CRYING BUCK – DONNEY ROSE”
THE POWER OF POETRY #27: Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick
Poetry, like any art, is about connection, either to our inner-self or to another being. In the darkest or most joyous times of our life, everything is…… Read more “THE POWER OF POETRY #27: Shannon Elizabeth Hardwick”
REVIEW: DON’T SMOKE IN BED – SARA JUNE WOODS (SAUCEPOT)
Funny, chaotic, spilling over with breathy exuberance, centered in the imagination but anchored in the relational points of who we meet and greet and love in…… Read more “REVIEW: DON’T SMOKE IN BED – SARA JUNE WOODS (SAUCEPOT)”
THE POWER OF POETRY #26: “REVENGE OF THE NERDS” – ROB STURMA
The Power of Poetry: Revenge of the NerdsBack in the day when I was still a fledgling emcee with the acronym FIRST-MC, I wanted to be KRS-ONE…… Read more “THE POWER OF POETRY #26: “REVENGE OF THE NERDS” – ROB STURMA”
