Tag Archives: Poetry
Poetry Friday: Juan Felipe Herrera
June 12, 2015In honor of Juan Felipe Herrera, our new United States Poet Laureate, this is a reblog of his 2012 Dodge Poet blog feature. We can’t wait to see what this year brings for him, and what he brings to the position. … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Giving Voice to Poems
June 5, 2015Each year at the Common Gathering, the culminating event of our Spring & Fountain program, we provide attendees with the Giving Voice packet, made especially for that year. If you’d like to learn more about the Giving Voice experience (which … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Poetry Like Bread
May 8, 2015Poems of Political and Social Consciousness Like Martín Espada’s anthology of the same name, this evening of poetry readings and conversation gets its title from these lines from Roque Dalton’s poem “Like You” (Como Tú): “I believe the world is … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: #NPM15 Round Up
May 1, 2015When National Poetry Month started, we shared with you how we place poems all around our office during the month (and sometimes other times of year, too.) This allows us to be Poetry Ambassadors, sharing new poems with others – … Continue reading
Are You A Poetry Ambassador?
April 1, 2015Happy National Poetry Month! Whether you’re reading a Poem-a-Day on Poets.org, writing a poem a day as part of NaPoWriMo, carrying one in your pocket or just generally being more open to poetry this month, April is a great time to connect … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Clearing the Spring, Tending the Fountain
February 6, 2015I’m going out to clean the pasture spring; I’ll only stop to rake the leaves away (And wait to watch the water clear, I may): I sha’n’t be gone long.—You come too. –Robert Frost There is a small stream that … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Spring & Fountain News!
January 16, 2015Right now, the Dodge Poetry Program is gearing up for its spring program Clearing the Spring, Tending the Fountain, for teachers of all grade levels and subject areas who live or work in New Jersey. With the guidance of a Dodge Poet, teachers … Continue reading
Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival Kicks Off Thursday in Newark
October 22, 2014We hope you will join us at the 15th biennial Dodge Poetry Festival, our third held in Newark’s Downtown Arts District. Kicking off Thursday with a poetry sampler featuring 15 poets, the four days of the Festival will include 120 events and … Continue reading
Dodge Q&A: Martin Farawell on the Dodge Poetry Festival
October 21, 2014The Dodge Q&A series is designed to introduce you to Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation staff as they share what they’re learning and thinking about as they visit with nonprofits around the state. They’ll also reveal a few things about themselves you might not … Continue reading
2014 Featured Festival Poet: C. Dale Young
October 18, 2014Measured and precise. Reflective and kind. The artistry in C. Dale Young’s poems resonate with his “real” job. Young is a physician–an oncology radiologist–and has said that because of the demands of his work, he only writes four or five … Continue reading
#POETRYTOME PHOTO CONTEST
September 27, 2014You could win a prize and have a photo displayed at the upcoming Dodge Poetry Festival! “If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off,” Emily Dickinson famously said, “I know that is poetry.” Coming … Continue reading
2014 Featured Festival Poet: Tomás Q. Morín
September 9, 2014Tomás Q. Morín is a story teller. His voice is dark and mysterious, rich with imagination and lilting with absurdity. A Larger Country, Morín’s first book of poems, conjures the image of a cloaked figure sitting fireside, spinning tales. He … Continue reading
2014 Featured Festival Poet: Sharon Olds
August 29, 2014Photo by Marcus Mam, Vogue, September 2012 Through ten collections of poems, Sharon Olds has turned an unflinching eye toward the ecstasies and sorrows of living in the human body. Every stage of life is meticulously observed and explored: childhood, … Continue reading
2014 Featured Festival Poet: Rachel McKibbens
August 26, 2014Photo courtesy of rachelmckibbens.com Rachel McKibbens’s poetry feels like a product of dark magic–not meaning it is evil or bad, but rather a miracle arisen from misery. McKibbens is a phoenix, proud and resplendent amongst her ashes. She starts with … Continue reading
