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Arts May 08

New anthology collects dozens of poems about pandemic

By Hillel Italie, Associated Press

Poetry Jun 11

When imagination is a child’s only refuge, ‘that’s not a happy ending’

In “Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child,” a poet imagines how a child who's been neglected and abused finds escape in her own mind.

By Jennifer Hijazi

Arts May 28

This Memorial Day, women veterans tell their stories through poetry

Two female veterans share their work with Warrior Writers, a nonprofit that fosters healing through artistic expression and storytelling.

By Jennifer Hijazi

Poetry May 22

This Ramadan poem celebrates the ‘unknowability of the divine’

Poet Kazim Ali thinks the fluidity of traditions is an important part of understanding Ramadan.

By Jennifer Hijazi

Arts Apr 11

Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall. Photo by REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez
A poet’s field notes, ‘ending in a deportation’

In his new collection, poet Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s imagery and dream-like phrases allow him to speak of his immigration status in a way he hadn’t been able to before.

By Jennifer Hijazi

Apr 02

A poem for Flint, four years after the water crisis began

By Jennifer Hijazi

Tarfia Faizullah's poem “I Told the Water” brings water to life and unpacks its role in our lives -- as mirror, life-giver and sometimes a villain.

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Mar 28

Poetry and music empowers this Tucson art collective to embrace their identity

By Jennifer Hijazi

After Mexican-American studies was banned at their school, these young people formed a collective to educate themselves and others.

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Mar 12

The homeland left behind, captured in a poem

By Jennifer Hijazi

For Shauna Barbosa and other poets of the Cape Verdean diaspora, the longing for a far-away home is an important theme.

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Sep 29

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Navigating Seattle’s ever-evolving streets through poetry

By PBS NewsHour

How do you capture Seattle’s complications, quirks and ever-changing population? A new digital project is mapping out the evolving city by collecting poems that tell unique stories, from growing up in an affluent neighborhood to memories of homelessness and cold…

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Sep 29

Mapping Seattle, poem by poem

By Lorna Baldwin

Seattle's "Poetic Grid" captures the rapidly changing city by asking people to write about locations that have meaning to them.

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