The Robin Theatre in Lansing’s REO Town neighborhood, and home to The Poetry Room. Photo by The Poetry Room This week’s poem is by our own Grace Carras, currently in her third year as an intern here at the RCAH Center for Poetry, and co-founder (with Masaki Takahashi) of The Poetry Room, a wildly popularContinue reading “Poem of the Week: “for the poets who gather here,” by Grace Carras”
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RCAH Center for Poetry, Lansing Poetry Club, LEAP seek Lansing Poet Laureate
This spring, the RCAH Center for Poetry, in collaboration with the Lansing Poetry Club and the Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), will appoint the first Lansing Poet Laureate. Applications from tri-county area poets are being accepted through March 3 for this culturally significant position. Not only does this appointment honor the selected poet, it alsoContinue reading “RCAH Center for Poetry, Lansing Poetry Club, LEAP seek Lansing Poet Laureate”
Poem of the Week: “Resurrection Yoga” by Dennis Hinrichsen
In celebration of an upcoming visit by Lansing poet Dennis Hinrichsen, we present his poem “Resurrection Yoga” from Kurosawa’s Dog (Oberlin Press, 2009). Dennis will visit the RCAH Center for Poetry on April 1, and at his reading, the Center for Poetry will release handmade broadside sheets with the poem “Resurrection Yoga” printed in-house on theContinue reading “Poem of the Week: “Resurrection Yoga” by Dennis Hinrichsen”
River of Words Poetry Workshop at Lansing STEM Academy
By Kelsey Block and Jenny Crakes Photos by Kelsey Block On November 8, the RCAH Center for Poetry was proud to sponsor a poetry workshop led by intern Jenny Crakes at Lansing’s STEM Academy. Approximately ten students in grades 6-8 worked with Jenny, Kelsey, MSU Writing Center outreach coordinator Ashley Gulker, and mentor and volunteerContinue reading “River of Words Poetry Workshop at Lansing STEM Academy”
The RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU 