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"To This Day" is a 2011 spoken word poem written by Shane Koyczan. [1] [2] In the poem, Koyczan talks about bullying he and others received during their lives and its deep, long-term impact. [3] Koyczan first came to international notice when he read his poetry at the 2010 Vancouver Olympics' Opening Ceremony. [4]
She gave talks on “Everyday Poetry” on the Lyceum circuit. [1] By 1947 her work was syndicated in 30 newspapers in the US, Canada, and Great Britain, and she was earning $10,000 per year. According to Time, as of 1947 she was receiving 100 fan letters a week. [4] In 1953 she was awarded an honorary degree by Wayne State University. [2]
As Poet Laureate, Collins instituted the program Poetry 180 for high schools. Collins chose 180 poems for the program and the accompanying book, Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry—one for each day of the school year. Collins edited a second anthology, 180 More Extraordinary Poems for Every Day to refresh the supply of available poems. [16]
His son Andrew McMillan is a poet who won the Guardian First Book Award 2015 for his debut poetry book Physical. [3] McMillan attended Low Valley Junior School and Wath Grammar School, [4] later graduating in Modern Studies from North Staffordshire Polytechnic in 1978. He started performing on the live poetry circuit in the 1970s.
The Poetry Archive was founded by recording producer Richard Carrington and poet Andrew Motion, during his appointment as UK Poet Laureate in 1999 and is now led by Director Tracey Guiry. [1] [2] Recordings of contemporary work began in 2000 and the first website went live in 2005. The Poetry Archive is a not-for-profit registered UK charity. [3]
"School Prayer" is a poem written by American poet and naturalist Diane Ackerman; [1] it is the first of 50 poems in Ackerman's book I Praise My Destroyer, [2] which was published in 1998. "School Prayer" is a pledge to protect and revere nature, in every form it may appear. The poem was recited and discussed by Garrison Keillor on his daily ...
PEN America listed the book as one of the 11 most banned books in the 2022–2023 school year because it explores issues of sexual assault and violence. [ 23 ] [ 24 ] [ 25 ] About the bans, Kaur wrote on Instagram, "I remember sitting in my school library in high school, turning to books about sexual assault because I didn't have anyone else to ...
Jose B. Gonzalez is a Latino poet and educator.. Gonzalez authored the poetry collections, Toys Made of Rock (Bilingual Review Press, 2015), [1] and When Love Was Reels (Arte Public Press, 2017), [2] and with John S. Christie, served as Co-Editor of Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. [3]