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Poet Laureate |
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David Bottoms
Born in Canton, Georgia in 1949, David Bottoms was the recipient of the 1979 Walt Whitman Award for his first book of poetry, Bibb County Dump. He currently holds the Amos Distinguished Chair in English Letters at Georgia State University. |
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Featured Poets |
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Conrad Aiken
Born in Savannah, Georgia, in 1889, Conrad Aiken was Poetry Consultant to the Library of Congress from 1950-52. His poetry reflects an intense interest in psychoanalysis and the development of identity. |
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James Dickey
Though famous for his best-selling novel, Deliverance, James Dickey is an acclaimed poet and the author of nearly thirty collections of poetry. Born in a suburb of Atlanta in 1923, he earned attention for his poems and stories of the South. |
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Barbara Ras
Born in 1949, Barbara Ras was chosen by C. K. Williams to receive the 1997 Walt Whitman Award for her first book, Bite Every Sorrow, which subsequently won the Georgia Author of the Year Award for poetry. She lives with her husband and daughter in Athens, Georgia. |
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Alfred Corn
Born in Bainbridge, Georgia, in 1943 and raised in Valdosta, Alfred Corn has published widely and is a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review and The Nation. |
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Wyatt Prunty
Born in 1947, Wyatt Prunty was raised in Athens, Georgia. He is often associated with the New Formalism movement which seeks to revive traditional forms of verse. |
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Other Georgia Poets
Edgar Bowers
Kathryn Stripling Byer
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Cola Franzen
Sidney Lanier
Clarence Major
Charlie Smith
Jean Toomer
Alice Walker
Byron Herbert Reece
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Literary organizations & centers |
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Georgia Center for the Book
A statewide program which celebrates books, reading, literacy, book arts, publishing and Georgia's literary tradition, Georgia Center for the Book sponsors "All Georgia Reading the Same Book", the Georgia Top 25 Reading List (featuring some poets), and various festivals throughout the state.
Georgia Council for the Arts
This state arts agency created the "Georgia poetry circuit," which sends poets on a reading tour to a consortium of Georgia colleges and universities.
Georgia Writers Association
Provides workshops, conferences, seminars, retreats, contests, the formation of Pods, (satellite groups) and other forms of support groups, an online writers' college, and the bimonthly Georgia Writers News/Mag.
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Literary journals & small presses |
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Arts & Letters Journal of Contemporary Culture
Literary journal that sponsors prizes, a spring literary festival, and a week of intensive workshops each May.
Atlanta Review
All-poetry journal that presents themed issues and international writing, as well as regional writers.
The Chattahoochee Review
The literary quarterly of Georgia Perimeter College.
Five Points
Published three times a year by Georgia State University's Department of English and Creative Writing Program, Five Points features poetry, fiction, essays, and interviews.
Georgia Review
Quarterly that publishes poetry, essays, fiction, and reviews.
Kennesaw Review
Online journal from Kennesaw State University Department of English that publishes poetry, fiction, critical and personal essays, and interviews.
Snake Nation Press
Publishes Snake Nation Review as well as books of poetry and fiction, runs Snake Nation Zine Distro, workshops and open mic nights in Valdosta.
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Poetic History |
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Sidney Lanier Cottage
Macon, GA
Though home to Lanier only in his childhood, the pastoral setting was significant enough in his imagination to influence many of his most celebrated poems.
The Graves of Poets
Conrad Aiken's bench-shaped grave at Bonaventure Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia, became famous after it was mentioned in John Berendt's 1994 novel Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
NPM Proclamation
In April of 2008, the Board of Commissioners of Columbia County issued a proclamation in recognition and support of National Poetry Month. |
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Visitors from Georgia Enjoy ... |
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Most Popular Poems
1. The Negro Speaks of Rivers
by Langston Hughes
I've known rivers...
2. Do not go gentle into that good night
by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night...
3. We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
We real cool. We...
4. I, Too, Sing America
by Langston Hughes
I, too, sing America...
5. One Art
by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master...
6. Still I Rise
by Maya Angelou
You may write me down in history...
7. Lift Every Voice and Sing
by James Weldon Johnson
Lift ev'ry voice and sing...
8. The Road Not Taken
by Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood...
9. Because I could not stop for Death (712)
by Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death...
10. The Bells
by Edgar Allan Poe
Hear the sledges with the bells...
(Popularity based on Poets.org traffic data.) |
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Poems about Georgia |
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Nocturne: Georgia Coast
by Daniel Whitehead Hicky
The shrimping boats are late today...
My Sister's Funeral
by Gerald Stern
Since there was no mother for the peach tree we did it / all alone...
miss rosie
by Lucille Clifton
when I watch you...
Portrait in Georgia
by Jean Toomer
Hair—braided chestnut...
An Unemployed Machinist
by John Giorno
An unemployed...
Go Down, Death
by James Weldon Johnson
Weep not, weep not...
Stonemason
by James O'Hern
My stonemason John says... |
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Readings series, conferences, & literary festivals |
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Agnes Scott College Writers Festival
This two-day festival in March is the longest continuously running literary festival in Georgia.
Southeastern Writers Association Annual Writers Conference
A week-long conference held on St. Simons Island offers intensive study, manuscript critiques, evening speakers, and an opportunity to experience camaraderie with fellow writers.
Contemporary Literature and Writing Conference
Kennesaw State College brings practicing writers, scholars, and audiences together for discussions, readings, and celebrations of contemporary literature for a weekend at the end of March. |
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Writing Programs & Colonies |
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Georgia College & State University
GC&SU's MFA program offers workshops in poetry,fiction, scriptwriting, and creative nonfiction. The English Department also sponsors several reading series and workshops.
Georgia State University
Offers MFA degrees in poetry or fiction and the Ph.D. with concentrations in literary studies, rhetoric and composition, and creative writing.
University of Georgia
The UGA Creative Writing Program offers both a Ph.D with a creative emphasis and an MFA. The UGA faculty is a virtual cross section of poetics in America today: Andrew Zawacki, Judith Ortiz Cofer, and Program Director Ed Pavlic, as well as adjunct faculty Judson Mitcham and Jed Rasula. The CWP at UGA boasts a number of phenomenal poets as students, as well, including
Danielle Pafunda, Sabrina Orah Mark, and Lara Glenum. |
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