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Roxy Lee Gordon (March 7, 1945 – February 7, 2000) was an American poet, novelist, musician, multimedia artist, and activist. [1] Described as a "progressive country witness and outlaw poet," [2] Gordon often used spoken vocals accompanied by music that mixed Native American rhythms with country and Western themes and musicians working in Texas.
That year, she was the youngest person competing in the National Poetry Slam in Austin, Texas. She has participated in many poetry slams. In 2007 Kay made her television debut, performing the poem "Hands" on HBO's Def Poetry Jam. [7] She has performed at events and venues like the Lincoln Center, the Tribeca Film Festival, and at the United ...
He also produced the National Poetry Slam, International World Poetry Individual Slam, Women of the World DVD from 2002 to 2013. Tazuo Yamaguchi has made two documentary films: Pass It Around (2000) documenting the first ever Asian Spoken Word Summit that took place in Seattle WA, and Haiku: The Art of The Short Poem (2007) the first ever ...
Poetry is usually short, and the rhythm and rhyme embedded in poetry for children make poems easy to learn to read. Even children who struggle in learning to read can achieve success in learning ...
It's OK if you find some poetry boring or uninspiring, poet Laura Haskins writes, but keep looking for what you'll like.
Shel Silverstein was a master of linguistic mischief, using repetition and creative wordplay to amuse and prepare kids for reading.
Brown was born in San Antonio, Texas.Her father was a Black American and her mother is Mexican-American. Brown identifies as a Black Mexican American person. [5] Growing up, Brown struggled to find representations of herself in literature, so she decided to write poetry for young women who experienced similar struggles of identity and representation. [6]
These feet, once so quick. in a game of tag, so graceful. sporting high heels. at the dance, ∘. Weary now, ungainly appendages, painful reminders. that time matters.