Trees

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast; A tree that looks…

Water Girl

 (Ovid, The Metamorphoses – “Jove and the Arcadian Nymph” )  I carried it to the field in a green Mason jar, wrapped in white muslin to protect the clinking ice…

     We were jarred awake in the early morning by the noise of men’s voices right outside our bedroom window. Pulling back the blind, we saw them — running and…

Poet Laureate receives fellowship

Indiana State Poet Laureate Adrian Matejka (Mah-TEE-kuh) is among 13 poets who have been named Academy Of American Poets Laureate Fellows from the Academy of American Poets. Matejka receives a…

Poetry series set to begin

Now in its fourteenth season at the Troy-Hayner Cultural Center in Troy, Ohio, the 2016 Poetry series is set to begin on Thursday, February 25 with a presentation by Cathryn…

Illinois chief says…

On May 28, 2014, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn said about the passing of World-Renowned Poet and Author Maya Angelou:      “Maya Angelou was a towering figure of the arts who…

Hoosier has a new head poet

     Born in Chicago and grew up in Cedar Lake, Indiana, in Lake County, George Kalamaras was selected as the new Indiana State Poet Laureate. Since 1990, he has been…

WHERE: Hall Moser Theatre. WHEN: Friday, May 17, 2013 at 7:30 pm. Note: There is no admission fee. TITLE: George Bilgere: Poetry as Art and Entertainment BRIEF ABOUT: Bilgere has…

Grubbs next in spotlight

WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center WHEN: Thursday, March 28 at 7:30 pm TITLE: 12th Annual Poetry Series BRIEF ABOUT: Cincinnatian Gerry Grubbs has published several books of poetry, including Palaces in…

OH: Troy

WHERE: Troy-Hayner Cultural Center. WHEN: Thursday, February 9, 2012, 7:30 pm. TITLE: 11th Annual Poetry Series BRIEF ABOUT: Opening this event will be Barbara Astor, who began writing poetry as…

Living legend of prose focus of show

     (AAPNW-NY) – Opening Friday, April 1 at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) in Rochester, “John Ashbery and Friends: Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” is an exhibition centering around the…