At 13, Rashanna James-Frison turned to poetry to cope with the loss of her parents and the problems she saw in her hometown of Newark and the world beyond. Like keeping a journal, painting or other ...
Along with teaching at Five Acre, Bridge is also the Clallam County Poet Laureate. She spent her childhood in Sequim with her ...
It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...