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Poetry in Motion Fans Find Ways to Thank the Poets [by Catherine Woodard]
Some fans of Poetry in Motion are moved by the poems they read in the New York City subways to write to the poets, contacting them through the internet and social media or via the…
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Poems to People Who Might Not Seek Them [by Catherine Woodard]
When Marilyn Nelson’s poem, “A Strange Beautiful Woman” appeared in New York subway cars this year, she saw lots of selfies with the poem on Facebook. Most fans presumed the narrator in the…
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TALES FROM UNDER THE PALAPA #3: Baja Lullaby [by Joy Wright Abbott]
(Editor's note: This is the third in a series about the Todos Santos Writers Workshop, a new under–the-radar program that flourishes in Todos Santos, Mexico. Find the first post, by co-founder Rex Weiner, here and the second, by Bianca Juarez, here. sdl) …
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Fragments 194-203 from Selected Squibs [by Alan Ziegler]
194. Just to be on the safe side: A pigeon and I cross the street with a green light. A left-turning car looms, slows to a crawl ceding us the right of way. The…
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Remembering Richard Wilbur [by A. E.Stallings}
Eric M. Crawford I am lucky to have a number of memories of Richard Wilbur, who died on October 14. The first time I heard him read was in the mid-90s. I was working…
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Happy 25th Birthday Poetry in Motion [by Catherine Woodard]
W.W. Norton, edited by Alice Quinn The Best of Poetry in Motion: Celebrating 25 Years on Subways and Buses is a newly published anthology of 100 poems. Edited by PSA Executive Director Alice Quinn,…
