Category Archives: Poetry
Poetry Friday: High School Student Day
January 27, 2012“The best audience for a poetry reading that I have ever experienced is the audience during the Dodge Poetry Festival’s High School Student Day. Busloads and busloads of students from surrounding towns, counties, and states came to Newark to listen … Continue reading
Poetry Fridays: In the Not-So-Bleak Mid-Winter
January 20, 2012Martin Farawell, Program Director, Poetry In his 1991 essay, “Slow Down for Poetry,” former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand wrote that poetry invites us to step out of the pace of our everyday lives and slow down. It requires we … Continue reading
Poetry Friday Guest Blog: J.C. Todd, Dodge Poet
January 13, 2012On the first day of the new year, promise shines, but on the second day, it begins to dim. Returning to teaching, although it’s a new semester with new courses, isn’t accompanied by the start-up glow of the fall term. … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Behind the Bricks in Brick City
December 16, 2011Michele Russo, Poetry Coordinator As we move forward in planning the 2012 Festival in Newark, we thought we’d give you a sneak peek into some of the beautiful places our readings and discussions will take place. The sites that host … Continue reading
Friends of the Festival: High School Student Day
December 9, 2011“The Festival gave me a new outlook on poetry. Poetry is an outlet for escape and it gives the world meaning.” -Yasmine, 12th Grade “The highlight for me was being able to listen to and understand poems, because they were … Continue reading
