Tag: poetry

May 23, 2016 - 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Art from Ashes is an opportunity to foster expression, connection and transformation through poetry. During this eight-week program students will develop poems and present them during live paid performances, including the Brighton Youth Commission’s SPEAK event. Please plan to attend all eight Monday sessions, April 4-May 23, which are necessary for participation. Appropriate for teens in grades 9-12. Space is limited; registration required.

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Teen
Essential Pleasures

A: AprilApril is a poem – sudden, with flowering branches and changing winds. With its beauty and cruelty, and its sense of awakening, the month of April calls for attention to poetry. The call continues in May, with its new greening and feathered singing. This April is on the wing: fleeting, fleeing, flying. I invite you to celebrate poetry in the coming weeks – to enjoy some poetry in a way that works for you.

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"A Mirror to Nature"

April is National Poetry Month. It’s time to find, flutter, fly. You can take wing, with words.

What is a poem? “A poem is when you have the sky in your mouth,” says Lolo, a character who is always in love, in This Is a Poem That Heals Fish.

What is a poem? It is the white heron rising in flight for Mary Oliver — "Ah yes, I see him. He is exactly the poem I wanted to write.”

Poetry can open a window, allowing for a fresh look at a familiar view. These books of poetry for kids all focus on nature, word play and pictures, in ways that help readers rediscover the world outside. I found all five books to be delightful, providing both a quick read and a deep experience. The lyrics and images combine to recreate forest, ocean or sky. Exploring them expanded my sense of the exterior world while strengthening the quiet of my interior self.

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