Poetry Matters Project

Busboys and Poets will be hosting Nikki G this week end!

We offered up a quote on our Poetry Matters Instagram feed. We post a response based on this article from YES Magazine. In a time when poets are the observers and recorders of society, we give you, Poets Who Pave the Way for the Next Generation!

Have to shout out Academy of American Poets for all they do to promote poetry. You can receive a poem everyday from a poet at the link below. Enjoy!

The number of updates such as the one posted below are growing.Watch your selves out there!
Greetings,
Recently we’ve become aware of an e-mail scam involving someone posing as a representative of “Macmillan Publishers” offering to pay the writer for taking part in a conference. After agreeing to...

The SC African American Heritage Commission (SCAAHC) will open the exhibit “Black Carolinians Speak: Portraits of a Pandemic,” on Friday, July 16, 2021 at the SC Archives and History Center at 8301 Parklane Road in Columbia. SC Humanities supported this project with a Major Grant.

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Poetry
Told in ancient caves around campfires, and recited from bunting-draped, white marble rostrums, Poetry is an ancient and evocative form of expression celebrated in every language and culture around the globe. Evolving into different types and genres, Poetry uses form and inte...

Running Free from Life

My life is like running away,
I wanna run but I can’t,
Some try and fail others try and succeed,
You wanna run so far when life gets hard,
Just to escape the daily pain and catch a break,
It’s windy, cold, warm, and a little rainy,
Finally you decide to run and be free,
Y...

Thanks Georgia Poetry Society for shouting out our great programs for Poetry Month. So much support in this group. To see the group newsletter, see below.

We are so happy to share a 2020 memory. This is a show we did in a East meets West US collaboration. Thank you Wanda Picks, Kim McMillon and all the poets who joined us. Hear the first show here.