Poetry

Winning Writers, a Northampton-based company providing online resources for poets and writers, has announced the winners of its 20th annual Wergle Flomp humorous poetry competition. Anonymous US-based writer Koss took top prize among more than 5,600 participants with her poem “My Therapist Sez” – “a tumultuous tour through sessions with …

The mission of the Pongo Poetry Project is to inspire young people to write poetry to inspire healing and growth. For more than 20 years, Pongo has framed poetry with youth at the Children & Family Justice Center (CFJC), the King County juvenile detention center. Many CFJC residents are young …

Parita Patel hadn’t planned to write poetry on Wednesday night. Patel was walking Lancaster Avenue after work, as she regularly does, when she saw the pop-up booth outside The Pearl Beauty Emporium where passers-by could request a poem to be written on the spot and write their own. Artist Marshall …

“I use my transparency to invite other people into a space where they can feel comfortable sharing their truth and honesty.” ST. LOUIS – Transparency in sharing everything she’s been through in her 38 years comes naturally to published author, poet and community activist Tracy “T-Spirit” Stanton. The average person …

By Michaela CavallaroFrom our August 2021 issue When driving around Portland’s Deering Oaks Park, the temptation is to avoid eye contact with homeless people begging at red lights. But Gibson Fay-LeBlanc can’t look away when his young sons sit in the back and ask questions, a situation he takes inspiration …

Learning to sleep (Cap, £ 10), John Burnside’s first collection of poems since 2017 is an assessment of the many sleep disorders (including severe insomnia and apnea) that have afflicted him for several years. Lack of rest, and its physical and mental impacts, are made tangible. “Ode to Hypnos” begins: …

South Gosforth poet Anna Woodford was on the move on the tube when the idea hit her to display some thought-provoking poetry at Longbenton tube station. The poet was first traveling due to the pandemic when it occurred to him that many other people might be feeling nervous or excited …

Susan J. Farese, a resident of Carmel Valley, a retired nurse who has worked in public relations for 10 years and who is the owner / president of SJF Communications, has published a second edition of her collection of poetry, “Poetic Expressions in Care Nurses: Sharing the Caring ”, which …

When was the last time you were in Gig Harbor, Washington? Seen everything? Absolutely ? Even the fun gnome quest that takes place in the area? Well, there is something new going on, and you might like to go out there and explore it, while having a nice and healthy …

Have you been walking, cycling or jogging the Near East Side of Athens and suddenly came across a short poem chalked on the sidewalk – lines that seem to have materialized, created a meaning and then began to dissolve, as if the poem’s intention was just as important as its …