Count me in on Roadside Poetry
“We’ve selected YOUR poem for our spring Roadside Poetry installment!” For nearly a month now, I’ve kept that exciting, boldfaced news mostly to myself, sharing it with only my immediate family, my mom...
View ArticleCelebrating the wordful art of poetry in southeastern Minnesota
SELCO’s seventh volume of Poetic Strokes. POETIC STROKES. The title resonates with a graceful image of fountain pen dipped in ink sweeping words across a blank page. In my idealistic poet’s eye, I...
View ArticleBringing poetry to recreational trail users in Mankato & I’m in
NOT EVERYONE EMBRACES POETRY. I get that. But I appreciate how, in recent years, poetry has become more accessible to Minnesotans. Perhaps, in the process, a few non-poetry lovers have learned to like...
View ArticleIn Mankato: Bringing poetry to the public in parks & along trails
WHEN WE FINALLY DETOURED our way around all the road construction to Lions Park in Mankato, we wondered how we would find my poem selected for the 2014 Mankato Poetry Walk and Ride. “It’s probably...
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