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“Your Accent! You Can’t Be from New Orleans!”
I may be the only person I know born and raised in New Orleans who didn’t have the famous New Orleans accent.
Learning by Poetry: Pas du Tout
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Poets and Poems: Donna Vorreyer and “Unrivered”
Poet Donna Vorreyer comes to grips with aging, grief, and longing in her fourth poetry collection, “Unrivered.”
Poet Sidney Lanier and the Lost Cause
As he began to write the manuscript that became his historical novel Brookhaven, author Glynn Young knew he would use a 19th century poet as a kind of infusion into the story.
Poet Laura: The Verdant Respite of Portugal + New Poet Laura Introduction
Sandra Fox Murphy journeys through Portugal as she concludes the year and passes the feather to incoming Poet Laura, Donna Hilbert.
Poets and Poems: A.J. Thibault and “We Lack a Word”
Screenwriter and novelist A.J. Thibault waited a few decades until he published the poems and prose poems he wrote in college.
Poetry Club Tea Date ✨ The Turning
Get your favorite steep (or brew) and join us in writing a poem based on Maggie Smith’s “I Think of You, Eréndira.” What will turn in your poem?
Poets and Poems: Catherine Strisik and “Goat, Goddess, Moon”
In “Goat, Goddess, Moon,” poet Catherine Strisik takes us on a poetic journey through family and personal history in Greece and Crete.