Poetry Friday: Remembering Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Today marks the birthday of poet, playwright, publisher, and activist Lawrence Ferlinghetti, who died in 2021 at the age of 101 at his...
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NYS Writers Institute
- Feb 3
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: Linda Pastan
We mourn the passing of Linda Pastan, who died on Jan. 30 at her home in Chevy Chase, Md. She was 90. Linda, whose work was often...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jan 6
- 2 min
Event: Saratoga Springs honors Joseph Bruchac as the city's first poet laureate
“Stories have always been at the heart of all our Native cultures... Our stories remember when people forget.” -Joseph Bruchac...
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NYS Writers Institute
- Dec 23, 2022
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: "[little tree]" by E.E. Cummings
On this frightful winter's Friday, with arctic winds blasting us with bitter cold, we hope E. E. Cummings’ poem “[little tree]” helps to...
NYS Writers Institute
- Dec 16, 2022
- 3 min
Poetry Friday: "Holiday Poem" by Enid Dame
"Central Park in Winter," hand-colored lithograph by Currier & Ives (American, active New York, 1857–1907) Bequest of Adele S. Colgate,...
NYS Writers Institute
- Nov 4, 2022
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: Carolyn Forché
Some Friday lines from American Book Award-winning poet and Pulitzer Prize finalist Carolyn Forché. She'll be our guest for two talks on...
NYS Writers Institute
- Sep 23, 2022
- 1 min
Poetry Friday: "September Tomatoes"
September Tomatoes by Karina Borowicz The whiskey stink of rot has settled in the garden, and a burst of fruit flies rises when I touch...
NYS Writers Institute
- Sep 2, 2022
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: "The School Boy" by William Blake
"... to go to school in a summer morn, - O it drives all joy away!" The first day of school brings all types of new feelings for the...
NYS Writers Institute
- Aug 5, 2022
- 3 min
Poetry Friday and a community reading of John Hersey's "Hiroshima"
At exactly fifteen minutes past eight in the morning on August 6, 1945, Japanese time, at the moment when the atomic bomb flashed above...
NYS Writers Institute
- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
Poetry Friday: "Fish Carcass" by Vi Khi Nao
A poem for Friday and a Q&A with the poet/writer Vi Khi Nao Fish Carcass Vi Khi Nao fish carcass say hello to pork rind + arborio rice...
NYS Writers Institute
- Dec 10, 2021
- 3 min
Trolley Poetry Friday: A pair of poems
See the breaking news from the Times Union? "Facing a disturbing spike in COVID-19 positivity and the arrival of the omicron variant,...
NYS Writers Institute
- Nov 5, 2021
- 1 min
Poetry Friday: "What the Day Gives"
(Skip Dickstein / Times Union file photo) What the Day Gives By Jeanne Lohmann (1923–2016) Suddenly, sun. Over my shoulder in the middle...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jul 30, 2021
- 2 min
Poetry Friday: "In the company of trees"
"When we are stricken and cannot bear our lives any longer, then a tree has something to say to us: Be still! Be still! Look at me!" --...
NYS Writers Institute
- Jun 25, 2021
- 2 min
#PoetryFriday: "Poets in the Park" in Albany
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...
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