Entries from Now @ MPL... tagged with 'poetry'
Performance Poetry and Spoken Work Showcase at Villard!
Needed: Aspiring poets and performers! Give an original or not-so-original poem a dramatic flair! Join the MPL Teen Performance Poetry and Spoken Word Showcase and show off your talent for bringing words, stories and poems to life during this open-mic...
Teen Poetry Deadline Coming Up!
The deadline for entry in the teen poetry contest is one week away, enter now! Do you have a way with words? Milwaukee youth ages 10-18 are encouraged to submit a poem with an entry form to compete in...
Teen Poetry Contest Starts Today!
Do you have a way with words? Milwaukee youth ages 10-18 are encouraged to submit a poem with an entry form to compete in this year's Poetry Contest! Submit up to two poems between March 26 and April 26. Poems...
Philip Levine Named U.S. Poet Laureate
On August 10th the Library of Congress announced the appointment of Philip Levine as the 18th Poet Laureate. Philip Levine was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1928 to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. After graduating from Wayne State University, Levine worked a...
Teen Poetry Contest!
April is poetry month! If you are between the ages of 10-18, and love to write poetry, enter your poem in Milwaukee Public Library's poetry contest! You can submit your poem with an entry form at any Milwaukee Public...
Lions and tigers and poems! Oh, my!
Photo by Mark Hines After a lifetime of trips to the Milwaukee County Zoo (first at Washington Park and now on Blue Mound Road), I doubted anything could ever refresh the experience for me. The onslaught of careening double-wide strollers,...
Jellyfish to Giraffes, Bullfrogs to Butterflies to Bears
On June 21, the poet-in-residence for the Language of Conservation program, Pattiann Rogers, will read poems highlighting the earth and its wide variety of life in meadowlands and grasslands, deserts, seas, marshes, jungles and forests. A reception including light...
Teen Poetry Slam!
Are you a teen that loves to write poetry? Or do you simply love the rhythm and flow of a particular poem and wish to share it with the world? Aspiring teen poets are encouraged to attend the 2010...
Language of Conservation @ MPL
MPL and the Milwaukee County Zoo have been selected by the national literary center Poets House to take part in their Language of Conservation program. The initiative's goal is to deepen public awareness of environmental issues through poetry, and is...
Teen Poetry Contest
Teen Poetry Contest @ MPL Go to any library and pick up an entry form to submit your poem with. Entries must be returned between April 1st and April 19th. Prizes include: $50 Gift Certificate -- 1st prize $25...
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