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Showing posts with label why write poetry?. Show all posts

Showing posts with label why write poetry?. Show all posts

Sunday, August 30, 2026

Why poetry?

Wandering through a local bookstore the other day, I came across Dorianne Laux’s Finger Exercises for Poets (Norton, 2024) on the poetry she...

Sunday, August 09, 2026

Between the lines: Nadia Colburn’s "I Say The Sky"

A good friend who knows how much I love reading (and writing) poems mailed me a copy of Nadia Colburn’s collection of poems, I Say The Sky ...

Wednesday, July 01, 2026

On the power of poetry

Ada Limón, the 24th Poet Laureate of the US, shares her thoughts on writing and the power of poetry in a slim volume, Against Breaking: On t...

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Bruce Black: Chicago, Illinois, United States; A writer, editor, and teacher, Bruce Black earned his MFA in writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts and now searches for words and stories on Chicago's northern shore, only a few blocks from Lake Michigan. His book for adults, Writing Yoga, was released in 2011, and his stories for children have appeared in Cricket and Cobblestone magazines. You can contact him at wordswimmer@gmail.com.

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