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Ask a Poet: Gregory Orr
October 12, 2018Welcome to our Ask a Poet blog series! Leading up to the 2018 Dodge Poetry Festival, we will be putting the spotlight on poets you can see at #DPF18, October 18-21. Learn more about a new Festival Poet every Wednesday and … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Ask Krista Tippett
September 28, 2018Today we’re taking a break from our regularly scheduled “Ask a Poet” blogs, and taking the opportunity to get to know Krista Tippett, host of the public radio show and podcast On Being. The show grapples with what it means … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: Gregory Orr, 2012 Festival Poet
August 24, 2012Gregory Orr would never assert, as W. H. Auden did, that “poetry makes nothing happen.” More likely he’d counter that permanent retirement for this over-quoted (out of context) phrase is long overdue. For Orr, poetry is crucial and transformative. It … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: What do you mean by “giving voice”?
May 25, 2012Lately you may have heard us referring to Giving Voice, a series of poetry exploration groups and part of our Clearing the Spring, Tending the Fountain program for New Jersey teachers. But “giving voice” is also an overarching theme of … Continue reading
Poetry Friday: The Common Gathering
May 11, 2012Last Saturday, over 100 teachers from all over New Jersey came together at Princeton Day School for the culminating event of our poetry exploration sessions series, Giving Voice. The day is unlike any other professional development for teachers; it is … Continue reading
