Category: Pennsylvania
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Poetry Under the Paintings Sampler #2, Poets, Music and Fun
The rules are simple. And as the pirates say, they are not really rules, “More like guidelines, actually.” 1. Bring a chair. Or do as a few of the teens do and bring a throw rug or pillow, sixties style. 2. Bring at least one poem, but it’s good to bring three. 3. Bring your…
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Billy Collins on Beauty and the Difference Between Poetry and Prose
So often when those last-minute opportunities come up, you know for a little adventure, a break in the routine, we pass them up, don’t we? It’s too easy to say we have things to get done. But luckily Jody, Ann and I decided to throw all plans to the wind (and luckily, a husband, three kids…
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A Witch Reads with a Prince, and Billy Collins Visits King’s
Not much time for updates this afternoon, as the news that one of my heroes, and favorite living poets, Billy Collins will be reading tonight at King’s College in nearby Wilkes-Barre, PA. I need to get ready to go and get on the road. I’ll be meeting up with Ann and Jody to carpool. So…
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Capitol Readings, the Midtown Scholar and Catching Up
Here it is Sunday already and I have not told you anything about the much promoted readings at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Well, it was an active Thursday, that’s for sure. And the week before that was very active as well, with music gigs, and poetry on the streets, and all the preparations into…
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Poetry at the Pennsylvania Capitol
You won’t hear much from me here on the Dad Poet until after Thursday. There is just too much to do between now and then. Five poets will be converging on the Pennsylvania state capitol, and I am honored to be one of the five. The news I alluded to earlier this week is that…
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Silly Star Poem at PUP for my Son the Monkey
You might have noticed that the Monkey Prodigy has been doing more and more videos lately, including some pretty fun poems. So I tried to read this one in his style. So often when the family is enjoying a day together Micah finds a pen and paper to write down some of the crazy things…
