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…

Poetry Out Loud: Something to Shout About

Are you familiar with the Poetry Out Loud program going on in US schools?  Yesterday I said that decline for national interest in poetry started its turn around somewhere in the mid 2000’s. I have no statistics or proof other than my own observations, and what has been written and talked about by others in various…