Tag: poetry
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East Brunswick resident finds peace in poetry, publishes first book at 93 years young
EAST BRUNSWICK – At 93-years-old, Joyce Fisher proves that with purpose and passion, an individual’s creativity is timeless. Born in England, Fisher relocated to East Brunswick in 1969. A lover of poetry since childhood, she established an early interest in the written artform. Surprisingly, her earliest interactions with poetry never involved writing it. In her…
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Family, friends help memorialize late Sayreville teacher’s ‘Poem of the day’ in book
The work of an East Brunswick resident and former teacher in the Sayreville School District has been memorialized in a poetry collection. “My Classroom Poems for Young Children!” is a collection of the poems by Michele Kilian, who died in January at 71 after a two-year battle with cancer. The book also features poems and…
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Share poetry during National Poetry Month
April is National Poetry Month. In celebration, the North Brunswick Public Library invites residents to share poetry, which will be displayed on the library building’s windows at 880 Hermann Road, as well as virtually on the library’s website and social media, during April. Poets of all ages are encouraged to submit their words to enter…
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Middlesex County celebrates National Poetry Month
The Arts Institute of Middlesex County is presenting, promoting and supporting a multitude of arts and culture events, exhibition, and shows throughout April, primarily centered around National Poetry Month. Event highlights include: April 7 at 4 p.m. – In celebration of National Poetry Month, join the Civic League of Greater New Brunswick in a reading of…
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Mental health poetry contest will use memories of food as a prompt
The NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Mental Health Poetry Contest will be based on foods and the memories they evoke. Weave those thoughts into a poem. The poem should keep with the theme; be typewritten in a Word file; be no longer than 40 lines; be accompanied by a media release form; and…
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Poetry writing workshop will take prompt from ‘The Wiz’
For this month’s Daily Menu, the NAMI NJ Expressive Arts Cafe is reviving the Broadway play “The Wiz” to inspire a prompt for a poetry workshop. “The Wiz” is the African American adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz” first brought to life on Broadway and then in movie form with Diana Ross and Michael Jackson.…
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Vote for top poems in NAMI NJ Mental Health Poetry Contest
The top 10 poems have been selected for the 2020 NAMI NJ Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Mental Health Poetry Contest based on the theme of “battling our challenges with superpowers.” NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) members and friends can vote online for the top three poems through May 31. All poems entered into…
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Princeton Festival offers video recordings by contemporary international poets
The Princeton Festival is presenting exclusive video readings by 12 distinguished, widely published poets from the U.S., Japan and China on Facebook (www.facebook.com/princetonfest), Instagram (www.instagram.com/princetonfest), and the festival website (www.princetonfestival.org/performance/poetry-reading-series/). The festival series features a different poet every day, reading a poem on the general topic of women. Each reading will take approximately one minute.…
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NAMI NJ poetry contest focuses on the theme of flying
The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI NJ) Dara Axelrod Expressive Arts Mental Health Poetry Contest 2018 will be held in honor of National Poetry Month in April and Mental Health Awareness Month in May. There are many definitions of flying in Webster’s Dictionary. The theme of “moving or capable of moving in the air” is the…