We can’t give you a complete picture of the first day of the Massachusetts Poetry Festival, but we hope to tease you with the excitement so that you’ll come on the other days. This Friday thousands of poetry lovers walked the cobblestoned streets of Salem, going from the Peabody Essex Museum to the House of Seven Gables [...]
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Headliners and Other Poetry Lovers at the MPF!
A social media for poets and poetry lovers! Today it begins! Not only are you going to see and hear some of the best poets in the country (see our list below), you are going to meet people who — given your mutual interest in poetry – could become your lifelong friends. If you’ve been to our [...]
Experiencing Slam Withdrawal?
You’re in luck! In addition to having finalists from Massachusetts’ first LTAB competition, the festival will have an intercollegiate slam competition. This slam has everything: great atmosphere, widely diverse poet performers, DJ Itch 13, poet and host for the night Alex Charalambides. Five teams will compete to be this year’s slam champions. The returning victors [...]
Come One, Come All!
Saturday’s Small Press Fair is sure to be a hit! Stride along the corridors of Museum Place Mall and check out Massachusetts’ small presses and literary magazines. Whether you’re looking to buy books or make a few connections with your local presses, don’t miss out! Browse the several tables lining the halls. Every person behind [...]
POEM OF THE MOMENT:
by Frank Bidart
What none knows is when, not if.
Now that your life nears its end
when you turn back what you see
is ruin. You think, It is a prison. No,
it is a vast resonating chamber in
which each thing you say or do is
new, but the same. What none knows is...
Read the complete poem here.
Or hear Frank Bidart read Saturday afternoon at the festival in Salem.
Or study this poem as part of Common Threads--a National Poetry month celebration.
MORE ON THE MASS POETRY FESTIVAL
- Festival Announcements
- New Addition to Saturday Headliners
- The MPF Schedule of Events Is Now Online!
- The Festival Needs Your Help — Volunteer!
- Bidart, Collins and Dunn Headline Sunday Afternoon at MPF
- Small press fair: a place to discover and share
- Friday night headliners for MPF: Pinsky, Jackson and Dietz
- 2012 Massachusetts Poetry Festival–April 20-22
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An amazing April:
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Food for Festival Thought: Stephen Dunn and Frank Bidart (Sunday Poets) on PingPong and Hollywood
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- Stephen Dunn - Poets in Person - Episode 2
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- 3:15
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- The Cortland Review presents Poets in Person: Epis...
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- James Franco and Frank Bidart - mausoleum (clip 4)
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- 1:50
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- A talk with James Franco and poet Frank Bidart
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- Massachusetts Poetry Festival Trailer (2011)
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- 2:54
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- Watch this video highlighting some of the wonderfu...
- Creating a Poetry Community for Students May 15, 2012
- New Poetry Craft Book by Annie Finch May 7, 2012
- Can’t Get Enough? May 4, 2012
- MPF Videos: First — Louder Than a Bomb Slam … May 3, 2012
- MPF Videos: Second — Bad Poetry May 3, 2012
- Can’t Get Enough? May 4, 2012
- MPF Videos: Second — Bad Poetry May 3, 2012
- MPF Videos: First — Louder Than a Bomb Slam … May 3, 2012
- At the All-Star Slam at Victoria Station April 29, 2012
- The Morning After April 23, 2012
