Creating Bridges and Spitting Stories: Louder Than A Bomb Massachusetts

May 20, 2013 By Leave a Comment

This past weekend at Louder Than A Bomb Massachusetts, anyone who previously thought poetry was quiet was in for a big surprise.

MassLEAP kicked off the second annual youth poetry slam festival on Saturday, with twenty-four different teams of students from high schools and organizations around Massachusetts competing in preliminaries at MassArt. Over 200 student poets, mentors, and leaders attended Louder Than A Bomb and shared their stories, creating a chance for diverse communities to come together.

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Filed Under: High School Programs, Uncategorized

Bad Poetry Contest: And the Winner! — ALICE KOCIEMBA!

May 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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

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.

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The Future of Poetry in Mass. — LTAB

May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment

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.

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Filed Under: Educational programs, High School Programs, Programs

South of Boston Poetry Trail, May 2013

May 9, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Jack Scully

Jack Scully

Thanks to Jack Scully for the following report:

THURSDAY MAY 9, @6PM
NIGHT SLAM
MASSASOIT COMMUNITY COLLEGE-LITTLE THEATER
ONE MASSASOIT BLVD BROCKTON, [OFF RTE 27]
OPEN-MIC 6:30PM/POETRY SLAM 8:15PM/REFRESHMENTS   MORE INFO: WWW.BROCKTONARTS.ORG
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On MPF 2013, by Cook, Toledo, Sylvan

May 7, 2013 By

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!

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On MPF 2013: by Daley, Macios, Kociemba, Gould, Keyes, Veach

May 6, 2013 By

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.

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The Stats on the 2013 Festival

May 6, 2013 By

Michael AnsaraThe 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:

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