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Poems about work and working. News In Brief by Melissa Kaplan. Save. Share. Bill Radke had a great talk this morning with former poet laureate Billy Collins.
Working Classics:Poems on Industrial LifeEdited by Peter Oresick and Nicholas ColesUniversity of Illinois Press, 269 pages, $34.95, $13.95 paperHandspan of Red Earth:An Anthology of American Farm ...
A vehicle for the working person's art. What is it about electricians and poetry? A recent contest to put poetry about work on 45 Kelowna city transit buses attracted over 100 entries from ...
Shea Memorial Foundation is hosting a "Library Poetry Tour" featuring poet Kris Salvi visiting public libraries in Douglas, ...
In the poem’s second half, the hard work pays off. This second sentence opens with what is, at eight syllables, the poem’s longest line, as the poet shifts to a singular first person, “I ...
But unlike other migrant groups, Black Americans did not assimilate and were victimized by prevailing racism. These historical truths energize Nzadi Keita’s stunning new collection of poems about a ...
Engaging with Eunice de Souza’s work through the collected poems in Volcano, edited by Melanie Silgardo and Vidyan ...