#PoetryFriday: "Poets in the Park" in Albany
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In a sign that we're returning to a somewhat familiar post-pandemic life, our friend Dan Wilcox's Poets in the Park is back on our summer...


NYS Writers Institute
- Mar 12, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry Friday: "Maybe We Should Be Like Dogs"
For today's Poetry Friday, we're sharing a poem about dogs. Because who doesn't love dogs, especially on a sunny warm mid-March day....


NYS Writers Institute
- Mar 5, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: "Chocolate Croissant"
Chocolate Croissant By Dan Wilcox I want a chocolate croissant I just had a massage & I need my decadence to continue a chocolate...


NYS Writers Institute
- Feb 26, 2021
- 1 min
A poem for Poetry Friday: "suspended"
"Red Winter Berries in Snow" by D. Sharon Pruitt licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0. Ellen White Rook is a poet and teacher of contemplative...


NYS Writers Institute
- Feb 12, 2021
- 3 min
Poetry Friday: A pair of poems by Maria Lisella
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing poems by Maria Lisella A travel writer by profession, Maria curates the Italian American...


NYS Writers Institute
- Feb 5, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: "A visit to the vet"
We've been running our Poetry Friday feature since last summer, a small measure of appreciation for words to lead into the weekend. ...


NYS Writers Institute
- Jan 15, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry Friday: "on most days"
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a poem by Joan McNerney. Joan was profiled in a recent edition of Lucent Dreaming. She was...


NYS Writers Institute
- Oct 9, 2020
- 3 min
Congratulations to our friend, Louise Glück, on her Nobel Prize
NYS Summer Writers Institute "Regular" Wins Nobel Prize in Literature "... for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty...


NYS Writers Institute
- Sep 4, 2020
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: A poem for the quarantine-affected birds
If you happen to be one of the lucky and rare souls near a beach on this Labor Day long weekend, I wonder if your sea gulls are still...


NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Poetry Friday: "A Trip to the Post Office"
Trip to the Post Office, March 17, 2020 By Phyllis Hillinger Loose money ready in pocket, flat rate box pre-addressed, I wait for cars to...


NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 14, 2020
- 3 min
Melissa Hurt shares some good news and a poem
Writer, local businesswoman, adjunct professor, and mom. Melissa Hurt wears many hats. We can add poet and children's book author to the...


NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 7, 2020
- 4 min
Poetry Friday: "The Dandelions are Everywhere"
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a poem by Daniel Gorman. Daniel is one more than 70 poets, writers, and artists featured in...


NYS Writers Institute
- Jul 24, 2020
- 2 min
#PoetryFriday: Join us for Saturday's "Poets in the Park" in Albany
Poets in the Park is celebrating more than 30 years of poetry readings in Albany's Washington Park. This year's event will take place 7...


NYS Writers Institute
- Jul 17, 2020
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: "... when the sun is sheltered with clouds"
For today's Poetry Friday post, we're sharing a recent poem by Amy Nedeau titled "Structure." While its theme is related to the COVID-19...
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