Poetry for These Times
- At June 15, 2020
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A poet’s work is to name the unnameable, to point at frauds, to take sides, start arguments, shape the world, and stop it going to sleep.—Salman Rushdie
The last two weeks have been ones of strong emotion and calls for change, the brutal death of George Floyd making it impossible to go on as before, to maintain what seems to have become the status quo in this country: systemic racism, social injustice, and police brutality. While we as a country may denounce such racism and the awful fruits of it, we haven’t done enough to make it stop.
Read More»It’s 2018–What Are You Reading?
- At March 05, 2018
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I have always loved book recommendations: the summer reading lists our teachers gave us each May, the books chosen for Oprah’s Book Club—remember those? And recommendations found in newspapers and magazines. So, each year when the Nebraska Center for the Book announces its “One Book, One Nebraska” selection, I pay attention.
This year, that “One Book” we are encouraged to read is Nebraska Presence: An Anthology of Poetry. It’s published by Backwaters Press of Omaha, edited by Mary K Stillwell and Greg Kosmicki, and contains poetry from over 80 Nebraska poets. These include former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner, Ted Kooser, former and current state poets, Bill Kloefkorn and Twyla Hansen. As well as award winning poets Marjorie Saiser and Don Welch, and many others.
Read More»Finding the Poet Within: Writing Workshop Reminder
- At February 26, 2018
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Led by Lucy Adkins, the two part writing workshop, “Finding the Poet Within” will be held Saturday March 3rd and 10th, 1:00-3:00 pm in the Art Room at First Plymouth Church in Lincoln, Nebraska.
Explore the world of poetry in this workshop of inspiration and encouragement designed to help each participant find the poet within. Together, we will tap into the world of imagination, learn ways to jumpstart the creative process, and working from writing exercises, we will write our own poems. In addition, we’ll discover insights into ourselves and the practice of creativity, and discuss ways to make poetry and the writing of poetry a part of our lives.
Workshop cost: $40 per person
Registration is required. Contact addie@firstplymouth.org. or call 402-476-7565 , Ext 239 to register for the class. Hope to see you there! –Lucy Adkins
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