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Call for Poetry
Poetry Paths seeks original poems by living poets to be integrated into pieces of public art permanently displayed throughout our city. Please read the Call for information about SIX sites for which we currently seek poems by living writers, and please … Continue reading
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Julia Kasdorf, poet, leads workshops at Water Street Mission
Through Poetry Paths, Julia Spicher Kasdorf conducted two poetry workshops last Friday for 16 residents and staff members at Water Street Mission on South Prince Street. She also gave a reading from her recent work later that evening at the … Continue reading
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Poetry Paths at Wharton Elementary
Today, 50 fourth graders and their teachers (Stacy Herr and Wendy Weaver) from Wharton Elementary walked down the street to the Lancaster Arts Hotel to learn about the intertwining of art, music and poetry. Local artist, Claire Giblin showed her … Continue reading
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Barbara Strasko’s poem selected for Penn Square
Local poet’s work to be engraved in Penn Square path , by Bernard Harris, Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era Looking at the dying light of a winter’s day in a painting by David Brumbach, the viewer feels the need to step around … Continue reading
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Poetry Paths at King Elementary
This week, about 50 students at Martin Luther King Elementary School participated in a Poetry Paths workshop on the themes of the underground railroad, migration and empowerment. Provocative images from Jacob Lawrence’s ‘Migration Series’ created a visual story the students … Continue reading
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Poetry Paths at Lafayette Elementary
There are seeds in you. You can plant your seed with grace in a simple garden. These were the first lines from Ciara Landron’s poem, “Lessons from a Green Roof,” composed under the tutelage of our Poet in the Schools, Barbara Strasko. … Continue reading
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Brightening the intersection of King and Church streets, by Bernie Harris // Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era, Dec 1, 2010
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Poetry Paths at Reynolds Middle School
Forty 6th and 7th graders from Reynolds Middle School practiced blurring the boundaries between English and Social Studies. With rich histories imparted on local heroes, John Reynolds, Thaddeus Stevens and Lydia Hamilton Smith, the students responded in poetry. Barbara Strasko, … Continue reading
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Edwin Torres, poet, visits Lancaster
Poetry Paths and the Philadelphia Alumni Writers House have collaborated with the Fulton Theatre to bring performance poet EDWIN TORRES to Lancaster for two days of workshops and performances. Â In addition to working with high school students at McCaskey on … Continue reading
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Poetry Paths at Burrowes Elementary
This week, 40 fourth and fifth graders and their teachers (Linda Cummings and Chris Maiorino) from Burrowes Elementary took a field trip to the Conestoga Greenway to learn about the poetic nature of the river. Ted Groff, naturalist at Lancaster … Continue reading
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