Poetry Matters Project

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!

We share God Was Willing Sis by Louisiana Poet Laureate and Dillard University Professor Mona Lisa Saloy

National Federation Of State Poetry Societies Manningham Trust Student Poetry Contest 2023 annual competition!

Ten prizes will be awarded in each division:
First Place - $75,
Second Place - $50,
Third Place - $40
Fourth Place - $35,
Fifth Place - $30,
Five Honorable Mentions - $10 each.

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Congratulations to Film maker, poet and past Poetry Matter Lit Prize Judge Pauline Findlay on the release of her new book. Glad to see this for her! For more information look below.

We are so proud of Zana Seymour AKA Nakia Jade! She worked with Poetry Matters Project as our school program coordinator. Her dream was to work with youth. Not just give back but to pay it forward. We wish her well in this new endeavor. For more on the program see below.

May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month and thanks to the Academy of American Poets, we find poets which we learn about.


Today, we share a poem by Craig Santos Perez. Craig Santos Perez is an Indigenous ...

We are proud to celebrate and congratulate anotherGeorgia based poetry group that has made it to year twenty!
Spitfire Poetry based in Savannah Georgia has hit this milestone! Here's the funny thing, had I not met and done this interview with fellow wordsmith, Marquice Williams, I would not ha...

In keeping the magic of National Poetry Month alive. We share the thoughts of Poet Lucille Clifton on what poetry means. Hope it give you, dear poet inspiration.
Thank you Academy of American Poets for this video.