Lately I have felt myself longing…
Upon my first glimpse of a snow poem in the winter of 2012, I broke down and wept. It was so simple and so beautiful, “A few still listen to birds,” by Tatha. My heart just sort of cracked open a little. And, of course, it happened to be snowing. One of those really big, […]
Snow in Baton Rouge?
In Baton Rouge, we write snow poems sitting on a concrete floor while eating fresh Satsuma oranges. After some free-writing about our memories of snow, twelve LSU students and local poets sit in a circle, feeding our images to each other. Edie stands in the middle conducting us: she points to a poet who responds […]
Snow Dances ?
Cafe Fina (image by Hannah Mabel) On our Facebook page, Greer McSpadden asks: Are Snow Poems comparable to rain dances? Hannah Mabel: One thing I wanted to point out about the Snow Poems was their uncanny capability of actually conjuring snow. With amazing consistency, we would be installing, and during the reveal, we would uncover […]
Praise for our Adopt-a-Poem Sponsors!
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