#poetlaureate — Public Fediverse posts

The Guardian view on the rise of eco-poetry: writing cannot ignore global heating | Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/nov/10/the-guardian-view-on-the-rise-of-eco-poetry-writing-cannot-ignore-global-heating #Climatecrisis #CarolAnnDuffy #MatthewArnold #SimonArmitage #Poetlaureate #Environment #PaulMurray #Culture #Poetry #Books #Cop29

Simon Armitage: Poets can fight climate crisis by making us spellbound by nature https://www.theguardian.com/books/article/2024/jun/02/simon-armitage-poets-can-fight-climate-crisis-by-making-us-spellbound-by-nature #SimonArmitage #Climatecrisis #Poetlaureate #Environment #Poetry

The 50 Years of #HipHop event was #AMAZING #yesterday ! Here's hoping that next #Saturday Battle for the Burg #openmic can pull the same weight...

Co-Hosted by the tremendous trio -- #PetersburgMutualAid , the Virginia chapter of the #SierraClub , and the incredible Youth #PoetLaureate of #RichmondVA , Amina Adeyola -- we have no doubt that the show will be powerful!

#Virginia
#PetersburgVA
#RVA
#poetry
#spokenword

(and, yes, our flyer evolved thanks to Amina, woman of many talents)

#Youth #PoetLaureate #AmandaGorman condemns #Scholastic for allowing #segregation of #queer and #BIPOC #authors' books.

The publisher yielded to #rightwing #Fascists giving #schools the #choice to #exclude #books by or about #minoritygroups from #bookfairs.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #Censorship #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Racism #Homophobia #Transphobia #ThePartyOfHate #BlackMastodon

https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/10/23/amanda-gorman-scholastic-segregation-books/

I'm one of the folks who has been working on this project for months, thrilled to see it finally publicly announced - introducing the first ever Chicago Poet Laureate, avery r young! Look for lots of amazing poetry opportunities with avery r young in 2023-24!
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2023/4/24/23693586/avery-r-young-named-chicago-poet-laureate

#Chicago #Poetry #PoetLaureate #ChicagoPoet #ChicagoPoetLaureate #PoetryMonth

New Labour Government announces establishment of a poet laureate for Australia! Finally and wonderfully.
#poetry #poetlaureate #CreativeAustralia #Revive #TheArts #writing #WritingCommunity #Australia

"All poets / understand the final uselessness of words."

BIRD, by Joy Harjo

https://poems.com/poem/bird-2/?utm_source=PD+General+Email+Newsletter+List&utm_campaign=857737f4ce-PD_NL_DONALD_REVELL_2020_03_31_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_b494a3846d-857737f4ce-58001883#featured-poet #Muscogee #Creek #PoetLaureate #Poetry #Poem #PoetryCommunity #PoetryIsNotDead #PoetryDaily #NativeArts #JoyHarjo #Bird