Massachusetts Poetry Festival & Other Programs
What’s a trait you really admire in another person? I suspect most of us would rank the ability to laugh at one’s self right up there with generosity and kindness. Besides, laughter is catching — so we all get to benefit.
Alice Kociemba
Alice Kociemba earned the admiration of a room full of people when she read her prize-winning poem in Steve Almond’s Bad Poetry Contest at the recent Massachusetts Poetry Festival.
Last year Mass LEAP, the youth programming arm of Mass Poetry, attracted 16 teams with over 100 young people participating in a poetry program called Louder than a Bomb (LTAB). This year the enthusiasm for the nascent program has almost doubled across the state, with 24 teams and close to 180 teens participating in free workshops, presentations and poetry slams.
Jack Scully
Thanks to Jack Scully for the following report:
Here are three more responses to Massachusetts Poetry Festival 2013 — by DaQuan Cook and thank-yous by Tony Toledo and Jade Sylvan. Plus at the end of the responses there is a fantastic photo from the festival. Enjoy!
Here is the second of our stories about reactions to the festival, with Tom Daley, Laurin Macios, Alice Kociemba, Joey Gould, Claire Keyes and Cindy Veach.
The next few stories are going to be reflections on this year’s Massachusetts Poetry festival, including reflections of what people loved about the event. But first, just in case you want to know a scientific measure of the event, here is a report from the festival co-founder Michael Ansara:
Relive the Massachusetts Poetry Festival 2013 through the responses of others to the event. More responses will be coming, including Tom Daley, Alice Kociemba, Laurin Macios, Joey Gould, Jade Sylvan and Tony Toledo. But if you are feeling down after having a wonderful weekend, here is a quick pick-me-up of remembrance with Lloyd Schwartz, Dawn Paul, Kevin Carey, Don McLagan, and Martha Carlson-Bradley.
