Remembering when a 2nd grader asked if anything was off limits in a poem.
"Writing about parents seems correct to me…[we were all small once] and they were enormous, powerful...Your children are something else...they didn’t ask to be born." ~Sharon Olds
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There's only 1 more week to register for the PSV's Annual #Festival@williamandmary. On Fri, Lisa Russ Spaar of UVA, gives the keynote address. On Sat, distinguished #poets give #readings & #workshops. The banquet features entertainment by noted musician @DustinFurlow. Link 👇
How do you get to the @PoetryOutLoud Nat’l Finals? Practice, persistence, and good teachers. 2021 POL Champ Rahele Megosha on the experience: https://t.co/AqX06pJR7J
And don’t miss the 2022 Finals on Sunday, June 5 at 7pmET on https://t.co/giRr4khAT0!
#TeacherAppreciationWeek
This Saturday, May 7, Kathleen Decker, #EasternRegion VP, will be hosting a reading at the library in Williamsburg. In honor of #MothersDay, the theme is motherhood. #openmic#poetrycommunity
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1/ Registration is open from now until May 18 for the PSV's Annual #Festival@williamandmary. On Fri, #LisaRussSpaar, poet & director of the Area Program in Poetry Writing at #UVA, gives the keynote. On Sat, distinguished poets give readings, workshops, & more... #poetrytwitter
On May 11, join the PSV as we begin celebrating our #centennial with #VirginiaVoices. Each program will take place monthly on the 2nd Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. & feature PSV member poets. First up are #JorgeMendez & #KimBMiller/@pwcpoetlaur2020. Info at https://t.co/xLaObQKNJF.
Want to keep that #NationalPoetryMonth goodness flowing into May & beyond? If you're in the PSV's Southeastern & Eastern Regions, check out this new series, PSV First Sundays, hosted by Jorge Mendez @thevenueon35th, this Sunday, May 1: https://t.co/vICZ9YZfkH.
#openmic#poetry
1/@PoetryVirginia is honored to announce #DavidMills as the winner of our #NorthAmericanBookAward 2022 for #Boneyarn. A series of poems in remembrance of those interred in NYC’s African Burial Ground (historically referred to by the poet as the Negro Burial Ground)...
Celebrate #NationalPoetryMonth with Virginia Poet Laureate Luisa Igloria / @ThePoetsLizard's Postcard Project: 30 days of new poetry postcards by Virginia poets! #poetrytwitter
This past weekend the PSV honored the winners of our 2022 #Poetry#Contest at Cafe Zata in Richmond. Please join us in congratulating them once again. 🎉
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