Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 13 Dave Lucas never expected mathematics to help him become a poet until one math course changed his mind. In his latest column, Ohio's Poet Laureate analyzes the connection between STEM and stanzas and how science and art often go hand in hand. September 5, 2019 Art, For Artists, For the Public, Public Column, Dave Lucas, Ohio Arts Council, Poet Laureate, Poetry Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 12 Forget the Pulitzers. Forget the MacArthur “Genius” grant, The New Yorker, and all the other laurels too. In this column, Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas discusses the oral tradition of poetry and how the greatest honor for a poet—and for a poem—is to be known by heart, memorized and recited. August 2, 2019 Art, artists, For the Public, Public Column, Dave Lucas, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry, Poetry Out Loud, POL, Recitation Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 11 "At its worst, Instapoetry commits the same sins as other bad poetry, and all bad art for that matter: it presents a world more simplistic, more easily understood and reduced to cliché than real life. At best Instapoetry may even challenge our idea of poetry itself." In this column, Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas breaks down the converging of poetry and social media in today's interconnected world. July 2, 2019 Art, For the Public, Public Dave Lucas, Instagram, Instapoetry, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poetry, Social Media, Twitter Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 10 "Does poetry actually change anything? Does it need to?" Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas takes on these existential questions in his latest column. June 14, 2019 Art, For Artists, For the Public, Public Column, Dave Lucas, Poetry, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 9 The most important hip-hop “crossover” event of Dave Lucas' youth was not Aerosmith and Run-DMC or even the Rage Against the Machine and Wu-Tang Clan tour. It happened in Mrs. Stuckey’s 11th grade British literature class, between John Milton and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. In this column, Ohio's Poet Laureate talks about poems, songs, literature, and lyrics. May 3, 2019 For the Public, Public Dave Lucas, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poetry Read More »
Bringing Poetry to the People: Q&A with David Hassler on 10 Years of Traveling Stanzas and the 2019 Arts Day Book How do you make poetry approachable? David Hassler, poet and director of the Wick Poetry Center, reflects on 10 years of Traveling Stanzas with Speak a Powerful Magic, the 2019 Arts Day Book at the Governor’s Awards for the Arts in Ohio luncheon on May 15. April 22, 2019 Art, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public Arts Day, Governor's Awards, Kent, Kent State University, Ohio Arts Council, Poetry, Portage County, Speak a Powerful Magic, Traveling Stanzas, Wick Poetry Center Read More »