Poetry Matters Project

LISTEN: The new Deloitte Foundry marks what SCAD calls a “new chapter” in its partnership with the global
consulting firm. GPB's Benjamin Payne reports.

The Savannah College of Art and Design is partnering with the world's largest provider of professional services to give students new opportuni...

I have been working with Rose Mincey as my membership chair during my service as president of Georgia Poetry Society. Learn more about her here.

Have you googled poetry open mic lately?

A few years ago the poem The Road Not Taken kept repeating over and over in my head. I reflected on it and took a leap of faith. It changed so much for me. We are now at year twenty three of the Poetry Matters Project and the poem has returned to me. I share with anyone who is reading this post w...

A few years back we asked Traci Neal to help us with a project we were working on in local school. She shared with us her next project. Learn more here.

Happy Holidays! Looking forward to seeing you in 2023!

The Poem-a-Day Editors for 2023 announced

We are recognizing eight women from different indigenous nations who have and continue to defend their sovereignty, self-government, self-determination, and the homelands of Tribal Nations.

Image #1: Susan LaFlesche Picotte Omaha tribe (1865-1915) - First Native American to hold a medical degre...

We are returning to previewing and promoting the written and spoke word.
Our work with translation, spoken and the written word are on full display with this TEDTalk by Pages Matam. Enjoy!