By Jan Bosman I have been especially giddy this April, poetry month as designated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996. I find myself spouting nursery rhymes at every opportunity. Want to know why? Because everybody around me knows them, too, and can fill in a line if I forget. If I say, “Little […]
The Atrocious Poets will celebrate National Poetry Month in Woodstock with the third annual One City, One Poet festival. Each April, the Woodstock-based literary nonprofit organizes a series of workshops, discussions, installations, and explorations inspired by the work of a single poet. According to a news release, the featured poet of 2021 is Ursula K. […]
The other day, a friend called me while I was driving. “Do you know that daffodil poem?” she asked. “I liked it so much when I was teaching but don’t know where to find it again.” Happily, I said I did. I was sure she could find that poem as easily as I if she […]
Atrocious Poets of Woodstock is celebrating National Poetry Month with two “socially distant but emotionally available poem hunts” – one in Emricson Park and one in Ryders Woods (shown here). A dozen QR codes have been posted in each location, with each code linked to a different poem. Following social-distancing guidelines, people can take a […]
The Woodstock Independent is helping the Atrocious Poets to celebrate National Poetry Month in April by publishing the work of local poets. The local poetry group invites you to look out your own window and find a poem in the fashion of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks, who found that method as inspiration for her […]
Beautiful verse soon will be a familiar refrain around the city of Woodstock. Local businesses, inspired by the passionate Atrocious Poets, will show their support for National Poetry Month all April long at Woodstock’s One City, One Poet events as well as with subtle poems on oft-used products and places. “The goal is to get […]
Larry Lough is editor of The Independent and reports local news.
Janet Dovidio has been a freelance correspondent for The Independent for eight years.
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