On February 10 at 7:30 pm, Robert Pinsky, Rosanna Warren, Jorie Graham, and a dozen other Boston-area poets will join together for a collaborative reading to benefit “Partners in Health” and the people of Haiti. It will take place at Longfellow Hall/Harvard,Appian Way, Cambridge, MA. Kim Triedman has been organizing this benefit with Jim Henle from Harvard, and they will be co-chairing this event.
Requested donation will be $10, with all proceeds going to Partners in Health (PIH). Poets’ books will also be on sale, with all proceeds after cost going to PIH. The event is being co-sponsored by the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard and Harvard’s Technical and Clerical Workers Union, which is providing much-needed logistical support.
We have to say it’s amazing how responsive people have been – the poets themselves, Harvard, individuals donating time and resources of various sorts. We’ve got people from so many institutions around Boston working on this. It’s going to be an incredible event on so many levels — a true collaboration. Please support us in any way you can!
All best-Kim Triedman and Jim Henle
Poet Enzo Surin on January 26th 2010 in News & Updates
It is such a pleasure to see that poetry and the spoken word is being celebrated once again beyond the basement and small stage of clubs and bars. It is great to see that young poetic voices are given the opportunity to speak to an audience that has their hands on the world’s political pulse.
For so long the voice of the poet has been the voice of change but has
remained on the back burner for the longest time. If the world is at a point where it is looking for change we can believe in, I welcome the call for poetry we can believe, again.
From the White House: Poetry, Music and the Spoken Word
Poet Enzo Surin on November 3rd 2009 in News & Updates
One of my favorite activities to do is to find a poem with a rhythm I like and simple match it with a poem of my own. The key is to write your own words so you can end up with a completely different poem. It’s a great way to break out of a slump and also to experiment with a different voice other than your own. Consider it remixing the poem. Are you game?
Poet Enzo Surin on June 16th 2009 in Basic Descriptive Assignment
“We don’t belong to each other.
We belong together.”
I encourage you to read the full poem, here.
Poet Enzo Surin on May 14th 2009 in Recommendations