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Jada Alleyne won first place in the competition for her recitation of Chidiock Tichborne’s
VS North High students express themselves at poetry competition
Students at Valley Stream North High School became spoken word poets at the school’s annual Poetry Out Loud competition on January 6. It was a chance for the students to express themselves … more
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Ms. Rudin’s class listening to Ms. Willerman during the Poetry Out Loud workshop.
Poetry Out Loud inspires South High students
Valley Stream South High School held its first virtual Poetry Out Loud workshop earlier this year. Poetry Out Loud is a National Endowment for the Arts education program that encourages students to … more
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Joelle Torres
Student poetry corner (May 23 - 30)
‘9’Nine Oh Nine How DivineNine My Love, Had Terrible LuckNine Oh NineWhy Didn’t You DuckWhen Seven Came And Ate You Up!‘Butterflies In The Garden’I see butterflies, … more
Walt Whitman, I celebrate thee!
My stomach was churning furiously. The Press Club of Long Island’s first-ever poetry reading on Aug. 23 was to begin in a half-hour at the Huntington Station birthplace of the unparalleled poet and journalist Walt Whitman. Would anyone show? I wondered. more
The week ahead for Valley Stream
Poetry workshop Dr. Linda Opyr, a Poet Laureate of Nassau County and the author of six collections of poetry, will lead a session inviting participants to write their own poems and share their … more
Central High School students, at left, Samiris Feliz, the third honorable mention winner, and second place winner Jalani Johnson, at right, were congratulated by Central’s English chairperson, Lauren Cote.
New poets at Central High School win accolades
Central High School students Samiris Feliz and Jalani Johnson earned distinctions in the Long Island Arts Council at Freeport’s first Poetry Writing Contest, which celebrated April as National Poetry Month. Their winning entries are currently featured on the LIAC at Freeport’s website, www.liacfreeport.org and will eventually be published in a booklet. more
Sandra Proto, a Valley Stream poet, is currently working on her third poetry collection.
Local poet finalizing her third book
A Valley Stream woman who has self-published two books of poetry is putting the final touches on her third work, which she based on a series of unfinished drawings by her late sister. more
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Connie Roberts, of Merrick, who lived for a time in Bellmore, recently published her first poetry collection, “Little Witness,” to much acclaim. It describes a harrowing childhood at one of Ireland’s notorious industrial schools.
Poetry reveals a child’s torment
Each night as a child, Connie Roberts stroked her white plastic rosary beads, recited her prayers and curled up in her comfortless bed at the Mount Carmel Industrial School for Girls, in Ireland’s Midlands region. She often heard screams echo through the cavernous institution. Now 52, Roberts can still hear them in her head. They were, she said, “the worst.” more
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Debrosse said she plans on publishing several more volumes of poetry.
Local woman publishes book of poetry
Margareth Debrosse put her pen to paper in January 2011, one year after an earthquake devastated her home country of Haiti. It was the first time she had written a poem in decades. She kept … more
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The first-place winners in the sixth-grade contest were, from left, Abigail Hartig, Jennifer Doyle and Devan Kingland.
Carbonaro holds poetry contest
The Robert W. Carbonaro School held its annual poetry recitation contest on April 1, with more than 200 students reciting poems of their choice by memory in recognition of National Poetry Month. … more
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