I sit by the window and watch a great mythological bird go down in flames. In fact, it’s a kite the neighborhood troublemaker has set on fire. Twenty-one and still living at home, deciding when to cut through a screen and chop us into little pieces. “He wouldn’t hurt a fly,” his mother would say, as they packed our
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Sep 09 2017
ArtYard is thrilled to host a special event with award-winning author Aracelis Girmay, popular poet John Smith, the Sister Cities Girlchoir, and multimedia artist Elsa Mora. Aracelis Girmay is the author of three books of poetry, most recently The Black Maria (BOA Editions, 2016), which poet Rigoberto González describes in the Los Angeles Times as “a blessing to the living and the dead, a tribute to lives lost, a song of hope, perseverance, and gratitude flourishing despite class conflict and racial strife.” Poet John Smith, a long-time Frenchtown resident, will also read at the event. Smith is the author of the poetry collection, Even that Indigo (Hip Pocket Press, 2012). Sister Cities Girlchoir (SCG) empowers girls by building resilience, leadership, mastery, and connection through a comprehensive choral training academy that invests in the unique potential of adolescent girls to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty and transform their communities. The program is research-based, and although a music program is an uncommon girl empowerment tool, SCG is modeled on the powerful impact that investments in the lives of girls make for a city block, a neighborhood, and a city for the world. www.sistercitiesgirlchoir.org. Elsa Mora is a Cuban born multimedia artist based in New York. She is also the artistic director of ArtYard, an arts organization founded by a group of artists, filmmakers, curators and writers. Mora will be presenting a short animation inspired by Aracelis Girmay's poem, "Elegy." www.elsamora.net. 7:00pm
62a Trenton Ave
08825
Frenchtown, New Jersey
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Sep 09 2017
We will begin the day with a craft discussion that examines how the occasional comedic nod can humanize even the most serious of subjects. While different genres have different demands, Peter has found that fiction writers, nonfiction writers and poets can learn much about their own craft by reading, discussing and experimenting with the craft of others. He will showcase models from contemporary writers who have mastered the art of redeeming a piece that might have become self-indulgent or overwhelming. Then Peter will offer you prompts to get you writing, challenging you to add light touches. Spend the day writing and sharing your new drafts in our supportive community. You may bring previously written work or start something new. 9:15am
14 North Mississippi Avenue
08401
Atlantic City, New Jersey
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| Festival | Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival | New Jersey |
| Reading Series | The College of New Jersey Visiting Writer’s Series | New Jersey |
| Reading Series | Princeton Reading Series | New Jersey |
| Writing Program | Rutgers University-Newark | New Jersey |
| Writing Program | Princeton University | New Jersey |
| Writing Program | Fairleigh Dickinson University | New Jersey |
| Writing Program | Rowan University | New Jersey |
| Writing Program | Rutgers University-Camden | New Jersey |
| Landmark | The Walt Whitman House | New Jersey |
| Landmark | William Carlos Williams’s Hometown of Rutherford, NJ | New Jersey |
poems
poem
2012
It's the fern beyond the wind, the classic Eruptions. Night is a funnel that is overcome. Violence of signs beyond the pale. Stasis Has its own way, the hard work, the violence. Convalesce, convalesce in the green green World, in which you could hardly walk, But that was before, before life set its rhythms In
poem
2016
Upon their arrival in America, more than twelve million immigrants were processed through the Ellis Island Immigration Center. Those who had traveled in second or third class were immediately given a thirty-second health inspection to determine if they were fit to enter their new country. A chalk
