THE POWER OF POETRY #33: AMY SAUL-ZERBY
THE POWER OF POETRY – Amy Saul-Zerby In order to explain the power of poetry to you, I need you to understand about metaphors. EXAMPLE: TIME IS AN … Continue reading
THE POWER OF POETRY #32: LEE ANN RORIPAUGH – SOUTH DAKOTA’S POET LAUREATE
LEE ANN RORIPAUGH – SOUTH DAKOTA’S POET LAUREATE Poetry is the shape-shifting ouroboros of language, image, sound, form, and content held in infinite tension. It is the muscular pulse of … Continue reading
THE POWER OF POETRY #31: SARA HENNING
The Power of Poetry – Sara Henning I’d like to tell you a story about life’s untamable narrative that leaves us transformed. In other words, I’d like to tell … Continue reading
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 childhood home and … Continue reading
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 never hear any … Continue reading
THE POWER OF POETRY #24: LOGEN CURE
I self-published a book of poems when I was 19. Print-on-demand websites like Lulu were just beginning to gain popularity. I’m one of those people who has been a writer … Continue reading
THE POWER OF POETRY #23: Rachel Wiley
I have test anxiety and I feel like I am being tested most of the time. When this anxiety spikes I forget words and either yell a lot or … Continue reading
POETS ON POETS #1: “Muriel Rukeyser’s “Calling” and the Power of Poetry” – JOANNA PENN COOPER
Faith is found here, not in a destiny raiding and parceling out knowledge and the earth, but in a people who, person by person, believes itself. Do you accept … Continue reading
THE POWER OF POETRY #21: RONNIE K. STEPHENS
THE POWER OF POETRY – Ronnie K. Stephens There is no origin story, here. No single point on the broadside of this universe. For me, poetry has been a series … Continue reading
REVIEW: WE SLEPT HERE – SIERRA DEMULDER (BUTTON POETRY)
A short while ago there was a video making the rounds on the Internet, as videos do. In it a giant Boeing 787, takes off from the runway at an … Continue reading
