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Washington DC Poetry

Walt Whitman birthday reading and exhibit May 31 at Library of Congress

The Library of Congress will celebrate Walt Whitman's birthday with a free reading and discussion of his works by poets Stanley Plumly and...
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The Raven is a thrilling reimagining of Edgar Allan Poe's life

Edgar Allan Poe is often considered one of the authors that brought horror fiction to life first with his The Tell-Tale Heart and The Pit and the...
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FREE- Women’s National Book Association-D.C. Presents Three Divas of DC Poetry

The Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA) will host their annual Poetry Month celebration at Busboys and...
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Thank you Split This Rock, Busboys And Poets

The 2012 Split This Rock Poetry Festival came and went in March, and one of the festival's major patners wasBusboys and Poets. Examiner.com...
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Top five poetry books of 2011

  • 2011 Best Books
  • March 28, 2012
In 2011, a number of poetry books stood out from the crowd, with several being short listed for the Indie Lit Awards, which announced the 2011...
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Walt Whitman Award winner Curses and Wishes by Carl Adamshick

Curses and Wishes by Carl Adamshick won the Walt Whitman Award from the Academy of American Poets and was published by independent press Louisiana...
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Jennifer C. Wolfe talks politics in verse

Recently, Jennifer C. Wolfe answered a few email interview questions about her recently published poetry collection, Somewhere Over the Pachyderm...
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A poetry collaboration celebrates the end of an era

Friday night was a special night for "We are Takoma" and the Takoma Park Arts and Humanities Commission. Anne Becker, the Takoma Park...
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Poetry-In-Schools Summer Reading

Want to attend a summer poetry reading? How about one that encourages high school students to write?The O.B. Hardison Poetry Series, founded in...
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Poet-Tree in Bloom poetry writing group at Bloombars, May 18, 7 -8:30 pm

  • poetry group DC
  • May 16, 2011
Haiku du jour, by Kelly N Patterson:Plummeting quasarsBut the cracks in my concreteAre of my own tremblingWhether you are the next Anne Sexton,...
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