Tagged: poetry

Poet William Trowbridge has been appointed Missouri’s next poet Laureate, and is the first Kansas City poet to receive the title. He was a guest on Central Standard earlier this year, where he shared selections from his book Ship of Fool.

Turner High School teachers Marlee Stempleman and Jessica Kendall have fashioned a poetry project called the Troubadours Poetry Club where students express themselves by writing and sharing their work. We learned about their program on a past episode of Central Standard, which you can listen back to in this post.

At the beginning of May, a national art project started here in Kansas City.  This was first stop on a national tour for a conversation in the form of America Now and Here.  Here’s how a Renga works — more than 30 Kansas City poets were challenged to write ten lines each….the subject that emerged is Kansas City, with references to cattlemen, ghosts, prairie grass, and Troost.

Most of these poets have stopped by KCUR to record their work, and we’ve been playing excerpts from this series throughout the month of May. Today on the show, we will hear the big poem, in its entirety, and how it all comes together. A tapestry of words, experiences, viewpoints and voices… all homegrown.

THE RENGA PROJECT INCLUDES:

At the beginning of May, a national art project started here in Kansas City.  This was first stop on a national tour for a conversation in the form of America Now and Here.  Here’s how a Renga works — more than 30 Kansas City poets were challenged to write tens lines each….the subject that emerged is Kansas City, with references to cattlemen, ghosts, prairie grass, and Troost.

Most of these poets have stopped by KCUR to record their work, and we’ve been playing excerpts from this series throughout the month of May. Today on the show, we will hear the big poem, in its entirety, and how it all comes together. A tapestry of words, experiences, viewpoints and voices… all homegrown.

THE RENGA PROJECT INCLUDES: