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Poetry filled Knox College's Seymour Library as Pulitzer Prize winning writer and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove delivered a reading to a packed…
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April is National Poetry Month. When I talk with my students about poetry—writing poetry, teaching poetry—most of them shudder. They have an immense fear…
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In a college community the concept of student run organizations has been very beneficial, and has provided students with an outlet to take on leadership…
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The day after the most recent round of bad news, I woke, mournful, and palmed my cup of coffee in silence. I read Mary Oliver’s "Mindful," a poem that of…
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The nine-foot tall statue of Galesburg native Carl Sandburg is not yet installed at its final site in Galesburg. But it can still be seen by the…
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Last month, on the drive home from school, my daughter recited a haiku entitled “Cruelty”:“The egg is so cold. / Mother hen has gone away. / Why is the…
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The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 affected Americans in many different ways. For poet John Mann, it completely changed the focus of his…