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Poet Laureate |
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David Allan Evans
More information on this state's laureateship |
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Poets |
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Lee Ann Roripaugh
Lee Ann Roripaugh's first volume of poetry, Beyond Heart Mountain, was selected for the National Poetry Series and was also a finalist for the 2000 Asian American Literature Award. She teaches at the University of South Dakota.
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Other South Dakota Poets
Allison Hedge Coke
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
Kathleen Norris
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Literary organizations & centers |
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The Dakota Writing Project
The Dakota Writing Project (DWP) is one of approximately 160 sites affiliated with The National Writing Project (NWP), "a collaborative university/school staff development program to improve the teaching and learning of writing in the nation's classrooms." Like NWP, DWP is dedicated to improving the teaching of writing in all disciplines from kindergarten through college by hosting annual summer institutes for teachers and providing writing resources on the website.
South Dakota Arts Council
Recognizing the importance of creativity in the lives of all South Dakotans, the Council makes quality arts accessible throughout the state by providing grants, services and information to artists, arts organizations, schools and the public.
The Vermillion Literary Project
The Vermillion Literary Project (VLP) is a student organization at the University of South Dakota in Vermillion that publishes an annual magazine, hosts poetry readings and other events, and runs a campus radio show. |
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Visitors from South Dakota Enjoy ... |
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Most Popular Poems
1. Do not go gentle into that good night
by Dylan Thomas
Do not go gentle into that good night...
2. The Bells
by Edgar Allan Poe
Hear the sledges with the bells...
3. Sick
by Shel Silverstein
"I cannot go to school today"...
4. How Do I Love Thee?
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways...
5. What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why (Sonnet XLIII)
by Edna St. Vincent Millay
What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why...
6. We Real Cool
by Gwendolyn Brooks
We real cool. We...
7. Ars Poetica
by Archibald MacLeish
A poem should be palpable and
8. Daddy
by Sylvia Plath
You do not do, you do not do...
9. Because I could not stop for Death (712)
by Emily Dickinson
Because I could not stop for Death...
10. somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond
by E. E. Cummings
somewhere i have never travelled,gladly beyond...
(Popularity based on Poets.org traffic data.) |
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Poems about South Dakota |
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Dakota: Five Times Six
by Joseph Hansen
Nobody painted Mrs. Aherne's store... |
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Writing programs & colonies |
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The University of South Dakota
The USD English Department offers courses in literary theory and linguistics as well as in creative writing and all the traditional areas of the discipline. The MA in English has been offered since 1923, the PhD since 1994. USD is home to The Vermillion Literary Project. |
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Readings series, conferences, & literary festivals |
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The John R. Milton Writers Conference
Three days of panel discussions and readings held in conjunction with the Vermillion Literary Poetry Project.
The Vermillion Literary Project Poetry Festival
A day-long festival that features writing workshops, an open mic and poetry slam. |
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Literary journals & small presses |
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South Dakota Review
Published quarterly, South Dakota Review is a literary journal with a slight western regional
emphasis, though it is not exclusive of quality work from other regions. |
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