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LENNY – S2/EP1: Open Book.

February 11, 2021 by bradleygalimore

LENNY – S2/EP1: Open Book.

“Random analogies and metaphors, Simple words and phrases,
Digestible poetry…
Combo meals,
Popular for mass consumption.
I desire none of that.”

Categories: "LENNY" - BRADLEY GALIMORE • Tags: African-American, Afro, art, Blue, Column, Crystals, Flowers, freeverse, illustration, Lenny, LGBT, lgbtqia, Natural, poems, poetry, Poetry Slam, poetryquestion, seasons, series, thepoetryquestion, writing

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THE POWER OF POETRY #19: ANNA BINKOVITZ

July 28, 2015 by Christopher Margolin

   The Power of Poetry ​Last week I was sitting in a classroom at Lesley University, listening to my professor Rafael Campo open a seminar on the elegy, and the power of poetry to “speak the unspeakable.” One example we looked at was Martha Collins’ poem “Her Poem,” which addresses some of the biggest unspeakables in our lives; love, spirituality, and yes, death. It’s not that we don’t have words for the experience of loving or losing someone, but language […]

Categories: THE POWER OF POETRY • Tags: #powerofpoetry, anna binkovitz, asking for it, Beard Poetry, Button Poetry, CUPSI, huffington post, Poetry Slam, rustbelt regional poetry slam, the poetry question

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REVIEW: Alex Dang – You Can Do Better…But The Bar Has Been Set Pretty High

April 28, 2014 by Christopher Margolin

  Living just over the bridge from Portland, Oregon, I’ve had the esteemed pleasure of watching Alex Dang at the Portland Poetry Slam over the last couple of years, and it is quite the treat. There’s an ease to which he carries himself that makes him incredibly approachable, but when he steps on stage, the emotion, the conviction, and perfectly well-phrased pieces flow straight from his soul. Much like going to see a band in concert before ever hearing them […]

Categories: ARCHIVE • Tags: Alex Dang, book review, Button Poetry, poetry, Poetry Slam, portland, Portland Poetry Slam, the poetry question, UpWorthy

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