Poetry Daily Thanks You
To all our donors who contributed so generously on Giving Tuesday, we send our most heartfelt thanks. Without your support, we could not continue to share the best new work from poets, presses and journals. You make each day better, one poem at a time. |
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"What Does a Poet Laureate Get Paid For?"
Lee Herrick, California's tenth poet laureate, explains, "Each poet laureate, typically, is asked to advocate for poetry, educate and bring poetry to as many communities as he or she or they can....That can take the shape of readings or talks....in everything from a grade school to a university to a prison to a book club—and everything in between."
via THE LOS ANGELES TIMES |
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What Sparks Poetry:
Nicole Tong on Reaching Incarcerated Scholars
"Poetry by living poets reminds us that we live in a world shared by others in real time, and that especially matters during liminal periods marked by uncertainty and isolation. I’m inspired by people—JDC scholars, my community college students, women and children living in shelters— who navigate these waters—however they can—and (to borrow from the great Lucille Clifton) manage to 'sail through this to that'." |
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