- There is a minotaur crying with a dreary voice, a ship with death-black sails, chanting priests of Amon-Ra and a nativity tale with a quietly sceptical twist. (The Guardian)
- This is a regular column featuring original poetry and fiction by and for teens, provided by Figment.com, an online community writing site for young people. (Huffington Post)
- The Swampscott Public Library has chosen the finalists for the Lee Golomb Cadiff Teen Poetry Contest. The winners will be announced at the award ceremony on Tuesday, April 24, at 7 p.m. at the library. (Abington Mariner)
- With young romance and heartbreak in mind, our teens are reading Partly Cloudy: Poems of Love and Longing by Gary Soto (Harcourt, 2009). (School Library Journal)
- April, as a growing number of Americans know, is National Poetry Month, a month spearheaded since 1996 by the American Academy of Poets. (Twin Cities Planet)
- The Beaufort Branch of the Beaufort County Public Library will be hosting a Poetry Slam/Poetry Workshop on Saturday, April 21 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. (blufftontoday.com)
- Her definition: tricking your kids into learning. The actress (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Dark Angel) said her own poetry dabblings have taken a sharp turn. I have a lot of teen angst on paper, Alba said. (Aiken Standard)
- FLINT, MI—Sheriff Robert Pickell admits that fighting crime in Flint is tough, but at Saturdays Gone But Not Forgotten program, he told a crowd of hundreds that they have just as much power as the boys in blue. (MLive.com)
- On a recent Sunday, a friend read one of his poems at a hoodie rally in New London Dunham, who now lives in Cranston, R.I. (Post-Crescent)
Sunday, April 15, 2012
Teen poetry
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