Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 5 "Metaphor helps us see whatever we look at by making us imagine it as something else." In this column, Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas delves into figurative language in poetry. January 2, 2019 Art, artists, For Artists, For Organizations, For the Public, Public Dave Lucas, metaphor, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry, poets Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 4 Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas writes about what makes poetry poetry. December 7, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public Column, Dave Lucas, Ohio Arts Council, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 3 Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas writes about how poetry becomes pleasurable when we stop worrying that something is hidden. We make meanings together, he says, and the poem can be the place where we meet. November 6, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public Dave Lucas, Oberlin College, Ohio, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poet Laureate, Poetry , Robert B. Pierce, Song of Myself, Walt Whitman Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 2 Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas writes about how and why he fell in love with poetry, and what he thinks others can find there, too. October 1, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public Column, Dave Lucas, OAC, Ohio Arts Council, Ohio Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry Read More »
Poetry for People Who Hate Poetry: Column 1 In his first column, Ohio Poet Laureate Dave Lucas does not want to convince you that you should love poetry. He wants to convince you that you already do. September 4, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For the Public, Public Column, Dave Lucas, Marianne Moore, Ohio Arts Council, Poet Laureate, Poetry, Poetry For People Who Hate Poetry Read More »
Governor's Awards 2018: Sierra Leone, Community Development & Participation Award Winner Writer Sierra Leone is the president and artistic director of OFP Theatre Company, co-founded with her husband Robert Owens, Sr. For more than a decade, Ohio has benefitted from Sierra's vision of creative urban arts as a powerful artistic medium to bring communities together across racial, cultural, ideological, and economic divides. August 23, 2018 Art, artists, For Artists, For Organizations, For the Public, Governor's Awards, Public Community Development and Participation, Dayton, Governor's Awards, I am moon power, Montgomery County, OAC, OFP Theatre Company, Ohio Arts Council, Poetic Medley Show, Poetry, Sierra Leone, The Signature Read More »