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1. Writing Prompt: Celebrate Your Name with Ghazals

   ... these layers lend themselves well to contemplation through poetry, and the ghazal is a verse form that specifically incorporates the ... more ghazals at the Academy of American Poets or the Poetry Foundation Now, try writing a ghazal that celebrates your name. ...

   jswrstad - 10/02/2021 - 12:06pm

2. Morgan Lucas Schuldt Memorial Reading: Shayla Lawz and Aria Aber

   ... poets. This event is presented annually as part of the Poetry Center’s Reading and Lecture Series, and is named after poet and ... Press, 2019), won the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry and a Whiting Award. Her poetry has appeared in the New Yorker , ...

   valenzuela9 - 07/26/2022 - 10:11am

3. Celebrating Tucson's K-12 Poets!

   ... our Writing the Community program will read at the Poetry Center to celebrate the launch of our K-5th and 6-12th grade ... of what the day will entail, as well as the incredible poetry contained within each anthology, we thought we'd share our introductions ...

   dgoblirsch - 05/28/2019 - 10:27am

4. "Not Merely Because of the Unknown that was Stalking Toward Them" by Jenny Boully

   ... is a contrasting temporal, or rather a-temporal, force: poetry.   As Boully vividly demonstrates, poetry acts as a powerful “ presence -ing” of both thought and experience ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 07/19/2016 - 2:25pm

5. Teaching in the Prisons: An Interview with Richard Shelton

   ...   Richard Shelton is the author of numerous books of poetry and nonfiction, including Crossing the Yard: Thirty Years as a Prison ... the University of Arizona and has been associated with the Poetry Center since its founding.  Elizabeth Maria Falcón: So before ...

   Anonymous (not verified) - 01/14/2016 - 10:15am

6. Resilience: Today & Tomorrow - 2021 Writing Challenge Winners & Honorable Mentions

   ... in the coming weeks and months right here on 1508, the Poetry Center's blog. We are excited to give each of these pieces the space and ... 3rd: "Another Great Day" by Santonio D. Murff Poetry -  Judged by Randall Horton, author of   Dead Weight 1st: ...

   sgzemski - 03/05/2022 - 9:02am

7. An Evening with Joy Harjo, LeAnne Howe & Jennifer Foerster

   ... Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry . Harjo, Howe, & Foerster will read from the anthology and have a ...   and seeks to answer the following question: How does poetry create conditions for radical belonging?   The Institute for ...

   sgzemski - 10/30/2020 - 11:29am

8. Speedway & Swan Episode 5: Ian Ellasante

   ... Ellasante joins host Brian Blanchfield to present an hour of poetry contemplating resilience and community after violence, corruption and ... others. Lynn Emanuel in a voca archival recording from the Poetry Center in 1993. With music by Les Sins, The Tough Alliance, Brett ...

   coh-web - 07/05/2016 - 9:42am

9. Open Call for 2026-2029 Tucson Poet Laureate

   ... Tucson and Southern Arizona and the University of Arizona Poetry Center, is pleased to announce the open call for the next Tucson Poet ... between the arts and civic life, while encouraging poetry as a source of reflection and inspiration throughout the Tucson ...

   mgoodrich - 11/03/2025 - 7:05am

10. Virtual Verses

    The University of Arizona Poetry Center is excited to offer  Virtual Verses,  an online workshop ... after remembering how wonderful it was to watch past Poetry Out Loud participants explore the Poetry Center library: the participants breathed so much vibrancy into the ...

    gornelas - 02/12/2022 - 3:49pm

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