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In the next month or so we’ll be re-posting stories that have run on the site, but that still have relevance and provoke interest. We start with a piece written by Rhina P. Espaillat. One of the many things poetry does well is help create a sense of community, even among people who may not know very much about [...]

The following is an interview with Annie Finch, who has written a new book called A Poet’s Craft, a comprehensive guide to making and sharing poetry.  Until May 31, the University of Michigan Press is offering the book at half price to anyone attending the Massachusetts Poetry Festival this year. (See information on how to order in [...]

It’s been two weeks since the poetry festival and I can feel the withdrawal setting in. Sure there was initial relief, that satisfaction that comes when you sit down and allow yourself the sigh of stress relief. Another festival down, just fifty weeks until the next one. In the interim we’ll have to relive some [...]

Talk about enthusiasm! Talk about young people and their interest in poetry! Watch this video of the students from four schools who came together as finalists for the first Louder than a Bomb slam contest  in Massachusetts.  The program is sponsored by Mass Poetry.