Hamraaz poetry articles
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Poetry and Grief: How Poetry Can Help With the Grieving Process
An unfortunate myth has captured the minds of many modern people: Poetry is inaccessible and irrelevant. I hear complaints to this effect from my students, sometimes, or read them in the comments sections of my articles. And I understand the sentiment. If you’ve never been exposed to classic poems with the guidance of a good
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Kai Coggin's new poetry collection is here
By comparison to her previous work, “Mother of Other Kingdoms” — her fifth collection of poetry — is said to be gentler and more personal, with a shift in focus from political resistance to the natural world.
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Woodstock Poetry Festival Replaces Bookstock
The poems will go on. Bookstock has folded, but a dozen acclaimed poets from around the country who were slated to appear at Woodstock's 15-year-old literary festival will give readings at the inaugural Woodstock Poetry Festival next month. Coproduced by Bookstock, Sundog Poetry and North Universalist Chapel Society, the new event takes place on Friday and Saturday, June 21 and 22 — the same weekend that Bookstock would have happened — the presenters announced on Thursday. Three-time...