—Arshia Simkin, The Underline An exciting new season of Hillsborough’s Last Fridays programming, which will include a robust poetry component, will begin this March and last through November, 2023. According… Read More →
poetry
MEET THE 2023 PIEDMONT LAUREATE: DASAN AHANU
—David Menconi, Down on Copperline Dasan Ahanu, the poet and spoken-word artist who recently became the 2023 Piedmont Laureate, grew up under his given name, Chris Massenburg. But once… Read More →
Orange County BIPOC Elected Officials Present Poetry Readings
Titles, Beginnings, Turns, and Endings: an On-line Poetry Workshop in Two Parts by Pam Baggett – PART TWO
Part Two: Turns and Endings The last lines of a poem, as we know, can be challenging. And while not every poem makes a turn, most make one or more,… Read More →
Titles, Beginnings, Turns, and Endings: an On-line Poetry Workshop in Two Parts with Pam Baggett – PART 1
Part One: Titles and Beginning Lines Title are doors that open onto poems. They’re the first hint at what’s to come, the bait that lures readers in. The beginning lines… Read More →




