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”
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RCAH Center for Poetry, Lansing Poetry Club making the bid for Michigan Poet Laureate
By Kelsey Block “Poetry is a life-cherishing force. For poems are not words, after all, but fires for the cold, ropes let down to the lost, something as necessary as bread in the pockets of the hungry.” –Mary Oliver On Thursday, March 31, the Historical Society of Greater Lansing hosted “Michigan, My Michigan,” a celebrationContinue reading “RCAH Center for Poetry, Lansing Poetry Club making the bid for Michigan Poet Laureate”
Father and son duo Marvin and Nathan Bell visit Center for Poetry
By Kelsey Block Poet Marvin Bell and songwriter Nathan Bell joined the RCAH Center for Poetry on November 11 as guests in our annual Fall Writing Series. Marvin Bell served two terms as the state of Iowa’s first poet laureate. His son, Nathan Bell is a singer and songwriter. Click here to listen to theContinue reading “Father and son duo Marvin and Nathan Bell visit Center for Poetry”
Poem of the Week: “Belle Isle, 1949” by Philip Levine
Former U.S. Poet Laureate and Pulitzer Prize winner Philip Levine recently passed away. Born and raised in Detroit, much of his work centers around the reality of blue-collar work and workers, and he was dedicated to “find[ing] a voice for the voiceless.” Today, we celebrate this exemplary Michigan poet and present “Belle Isle, 1949” as ourContinue reading “Poem of the Week: “Belle Isle, 1949” by Philip Levine”
Virginia poet laureate visits RCAH
By Kelsey Block “What I like most is following the words, following their sounds. A poem for me always starts as a phrase, a couple of words I hear together that just intrigue me,” Sofia Starnes, the poet laureate of Virginia, said. “Where will this word take me? It might open up a memory, somethingContinue reading “Virginia poet laureate visits RCAH”
Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey visits the RCAH Center for Poetry
National Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey (left) kicked off our Spring 2014 Poetry Festival with a reading on Wednesday, April 2. On the second day of her visit, Poetry Center Director Anita Skeen facilitated a Q&A session at the MSU Main Library. Check out our Facebook and Flickr for more about Natasha’s visit! Photo by LinneaContinue reading “Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey visits the RCAH Center for Poetry”
Looking Foward: Poets Laureate and The Spring Poetry Series
by Laurie Hollinger The RCAH Center for Poetry will be celebrating Poets Laureate in Spring 2014, with a visit by United States Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey on April 2, and Virginia Poet Laureate Sofia Starnes on April 16. A third visiting Poet Laureate has yet to be confirmed, but will be announced soon. It isContinue reading “Looking Foward: Poets Laureate and The Spring Poetry Series”
The RCAH Center for Poetry at MSU 