#poetlaureates

[joannmathews]

Women and Adversity: Ada Limón U.S. Poet Laureate

Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate (San Francisco by Christopher Michel, Cmichel67) Women and Adversity: Ada Limón U.S. Poet Laureate I thought I would feature Ada Limón, the 24th U.S. Poet Laureate, to highlight National Poetry Day, which this year is October 3. Poetry is a special kind of writing that activates people’s emotions and stimulates inspiration and motivation. Carla Hayden of the Library…

[odelapaz27]

Hey Worcester friends! The inaugural reading of the Worcester Poet Laureate and Worcester Youth Poet Laureate is March 7th, 5:30PM in the @worcesterpubliclibrary. Come join us and hear some wonderful poems! @worcesterartscouncil @cityofworcester @acexmeeks @collegeoftheholycross #poetry #poems #poetlaureates https://www.instagram.com/p/CoswsS4vl24/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[whenweallvote]

This #WomensHistoryMonth we're celebrating the change-makers who push us 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥.

Amanda Gorman is a poet and activist named the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States in 2017. She previously served as the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles, and she is the founder and Executive Director of One Pen One Page — a non-profit that provides free creative writing programs for underserved youth.

[beblk]

After party

[talknetworkradio]

Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess. Celebrating National Poetry Month! Listen and be inspired as Dr. Gloria shares the poetry of recent US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. You'll want to listen to this podcast again and again! https://www.talknetworkradio.com/hosts/legacyliving

[trascapades]

🇧🇧#ArtIsAWeapon

#ReparationsNow

#Barbados

Excerpts reposted from @time "If something of such horror is revealed and you're still benefiting from the proceeds, you cannot turn your head and say, 'Well, what has that to do with me?'" says #EstherPhillips, Barbados' first #poetlaureate... For years, she dismissed reparations as radical—but now she's an unwavering supporter.

In TIME's [July 6] cover story, we go inside Barbados' historic push for slavery reparations.

This year's demand for reparations—which will call for a Marshall Plan–like public investment, not the individual payments that have dominated the conversation elsewhere—will arrive with force.

Letters are expected to say the time has come to negotiate reparations to improve infrastructure and human conditions in the Caribbean. Come to the table, they will say, or prepare to see much of the Caribbean in international court.

"I have my doubts, to be honest, that England will ever pay a thing," says Kyle Blackmen, 30, who manages workers near Drax Hall—a Barbados plantation which now belongs to Richard Drax, a Conservative member of the British Parliament....

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When we reach the dirt road leading to Drax Hall plantation, writes Janell Ross in TIME's recent cover story, Phillips suggests we stop the car. She gets out and draws in a deep breath.

Drax Hall, a Barbados sugar plantation, was the site of untold horrors...In July 2021, Phillips published an open letter in Barbados Today under the headline pay up, mr. drax. Phillips had read an article in which Richard Drax said slavery was regrettable but he didn't see himself as culpable.

"This man has profited and still profits by the largesse, the wealth, all that was poured out for him through the sacrifice of my ancestors. And the only thing he can find to say is it is 'regrettable'?" Phillips says.

"I personally want nothing from Richard Drax. But if I were Richard Drax, I would be so glad to get rid of that [Drax Hall]. I would say let me give it up to show...

Read the full cover story at time.com - link in bio.

Photograph by Christopher Gregory-Rivera @cgregoryphoto for TIME.

[cinader]

Speaking with Greenville's Poet Laureate

Tony Robles interviews Greenville, SC #PoetLaureate, #GlenisRedmond, quotes from notable women. Martha's Kitchen Garden. #yeahthatgreenville #poetry #thelisteningskin #davethepotter #praisesongsfordavethepotter #jonathangreen

Listen & Be Heard Podcast, Episode 7 Tony Robles interviews Greenville, SC Poet Laureate, Glenis Redmond. Pilar Uribe gives us quotes from notable women of past and present. Martha Cinader hosts and shares excerpts from a journal about a journal made in China. Crystal Waters contributes another episode from Martha’s Kitchen Garden about snapping turtles, with James Cruell and Kirk. Text file of…

[formeroklahoman]

Joy Harjo is an esteemed and award-winning poet from Tulsa who served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate--the first Native American to hold that honor. She is also only the second U.S. poet laureate to have been reappointed to a rare third term by the Library of Congress. "All cultures and peoples turn to poetry during times of celebration, transformation, and challenge—those times when ordinary language cannot carry meaning beyond our understanding" - Joy Harjo

#JoyHarjo #poetlaureate #OklahomaProud #OklahomaCreative #OKPOP

(Photo from Joy Harjo on Facebook)

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'Unity'

Portrait of Amanda Gorman by Mister Alek in Palm Springs.

[crystal-charlotte-lynch]

Just Smile by Crystal Charlotte Lynch

Just Smile it’ll be okay

Smile and wish the madness away

It’s a simple little thing

However the pearly whites of my mouth

Are shy, unbothered, full of self doubt

Smile and it’ll make ‘‘em happy

You’re welcome to express emotion

A smile conveys happiness and laughter

My esteem is teetering and so

I produce smiles lacking in enthusiasm

Just Smile sweet dear child

No longer should you bare your burden

What is there for me to smile about

I must be impaired In need of inspiration

My smile is incomplete

You have to look closely

More than surface take a detour exhale that lonely breathe

The unknown arrival i must rival

The smile I attempt to wear

Just Smile

[beblk]

Chicago Says Welcome: "bozho [1]" by Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young

[talknetworkradio]

Legacy Living with Dr. Gloria Burgess. Join Dr. Gloria as she celebrates Black History Month, honoring Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks. Be inspired as Dr. Gloria shares heart-warming personal stories and the poetry of Ms. Brooks. https://www.talknetworkradio.com/hosts/legacyliving

[jjdecker]

Roses are red. Hope everyone is ok. I love this girl so much. She's my #WomanCrushWednesday 💞 #WCW #DeckMo #GeniusPoet #PoetLaureate https://www.instagram.com/p/CDg6CtIHkrA/?igshid=1o0lelwri26wk

[thelgh]

A perfect partnership is one where each person is free to do there own thing when they need and require it. Always be mindful that everyone has thoughts and moods that they don’t always express unless you let them and they will if you listen without judgement or jumping to conclusions @the_lgh . . . . . #poemofheday #originalpoembyme #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #lovequotes #wordporn #writersofig #instapoetrylib #poetryaddiction #newpoem #poetryworld #poemgasm #poetryaddicts #thelgh #writtenword #poetlaureate #writersofig #writersnetwork #compositions #penned #artist https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-jrOwFz2b/?igshid=1bobnrrfhmdql

[impermanent-art]

Amanda Gorman tribute by Michael Draghi in the Fame Yard.