"A book, too, can be a star, 'explosive material, capable of stirring up fresh life endlessly,' a living fire to lighten the darkness, leading out into the expanding universe." - from Madeleine L'Engle's Newberry Medal Acceptance Speech

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Poetry In Performance Winners

Congratulations to the students who were selected to be published in the next Poetry in Performance published by City College.


Class 811
James Crouch "Nightmare"
Sophie Stelboum "A Sunday Afternoon on Governor's Island"
Ella Fruchter, "Poem Response to Bottle and Fishes by Georges Braque"

Class 812
Kaitlyn Chow "Cafe Terrace at Night"

Class 810
Zyeem Nazir "The Limits of Creativity"
Sydney Jimenez "Sorrowing Old Man"
Ksenija Scahill "Untitled"


The winners will read at the celebration on May 8th. I will be taking the winners to the reading; families of the readers are encouraged to attend:

The Festival is held each year in Theater B of Aaron Davis Hall, 135th St. and Convent Avenue in Manhattan, from 9-5. The public is invited to attend. Early in the afternoon, the winners of the all-city-public-high school poetry contest read their winning poems.

The 43rd Annual Spring Poetry Festival
Friday, May 8th, 2015 (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
FEATURED GUEST POET FOR 2015: Tracy K. Smith

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