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What makes us human is that we marked up walls
We have a right to public art. We have a right to see beautiful things on our property.
A love letter to Voca
Marianne Moore called poems “imaginary gardens with real toads in them,” and I like to think when you dip into the Voca archives, you get to amble that garden, you get to touch those toads.
Something Not Fully Flourished: Pastorals, Ecolyric, and the First Day of Spring
Something in spring is an ending, unable to root.
Poetry is How We Heal
“I had never taken the time in my life before that night to write a poem.”
Bright blocks of colors and bold lines
Get to know Sasha Lewis — and the Tucson-poem behind her newest mural!
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December 13, 2023
Jake Skeets on Poetry Centered
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December 11, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2024 Reading and Lecture Series
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December 5, 2023
Announcing the Spring 2024 Classes and Workshops!
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November 29, 2023
New on Poetry Centered: Sally Wen Mao
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November 22, 2023
The Quiet Line: Louise Glück and Rooting the Lyric Unsaid
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November 16, 2023
Giving Tuesday is almost here!
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November 15, 2023
New on Poetry Centered: Our Little Perfections with host Lauren Camp
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October 7, 2023
Film Short featuring Gabriel Dozal
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September 7, 2023
Dear Body of Water: A Poetic Water-Harvesting Project
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August 14, 2023
Our Fall 2023 Classes and Workshops are open for registration!
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August 11, 2023
Announcing the Fall 2023 Reading and Lecture Series
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August 1, 2023
New on Poetry Centered: Enemy, Beloved with host Sophia Terazawa
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August 1, 2023
New this year for The Sealey Challenge: Download the Certificate of Completion!
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July 27, 2023
Film short featuring Susan Briante's "To Erasures, Erasures"
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July 20, 2023
Film short featuring William Pitt Root
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