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Our audiovisual archive of poetry readings, Voca, turns 15 this year! poetry.arizona.edu/blog/15-facts-…

Do you ever wonder 'why poetry? how could it possibly matter?' "Because I, too, needed a place to hold me." —Ocean Vuong

Spots still remain in our final class of the Spring 2025 season! Zen and the Art of Writing Out of Our Heads with Norman Fischer Thursday, May 15, 2025 - 5:00pm to 7:00pm poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/writi…

earth —Lucille Clifton here is where it was dry when it rained and also here under the same what was called tree it bore varicolored flowers children bees all this used to be a place once all this was a nice place once

Can you believe our last reading of the Spring season is right around the corner? We proudly present the Distinguished Visitors in Creative Writing Reading: Natasha Wimmer May 1 @ 7:00 PM poetry.arizona.edu/calendar/disti…

Check out this Voca playlist! Curated for Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and spanning the years 1990-2023, this selection of work seeks to capture the aesthetic and thematic range of Asian American and Pacific Islander poets. voca.arizona.edu/playlists/glim…

"Disembodied voices composed of nothing but soundwaves have made me feel seen and heard for as long as I can remember—but Voca's archives have also helped me put a face to those dear voices." —Siddy Nickhead poetry.arizona.edu/blog/yellow-ja…

"Disembodied voices composed of nothing but soundwaves have made me feel seen and heard for as long as I can remember—but Voca's archives have also helped me put a face to those dear voices." @medea.rants.books poetry.arizona.edu/blog/yellow-ja…

Calling educators & teaching artists! We’re now accepting workshop proposals that explore how poetry can build connection and community for our fall Teacher's Institute with the Poetry Foundation. Details on the Institute theme and opportunity: poetry.arizona.edu/education/k-12…

Congrats to poet Jake Skeets, the newly named Navajo Nation Poet Laureate! To celebrate, revisit Jake’s episode of our Poetry Centered podcast, focused on Diné poetics: ow.ly/wPTS50VO1Q9

They pulled you from me like a cork and all the love flowed out. I adored you with the squandering passion of spring that shoots green from every pore. You dug me out like a well. You lit the deadwood of my heart. You pinned me to the earth with the points of stars.

Curated for Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month and spanning the years 1990-2023, this selection of work seeks to capture the aesthetic and thematic range of Asian American and Pacific Islander poets. voca.arizona.edu/playlists/glim…

"How do you explain Voca? An archive of more than 60 years of American poetry, accessible to all, for free and in audio and visual and fully transcribed form?" Siddy Nickhead poetry.arizona.edu/blog/yellow-ja…

Book Donations to Read Between the Bars are now paused at the Poetry Center dropbox while we are closed for construction this summer. We'll accept donations again on July 8 when we reopen. More details on our summer closure/construction here: ow.ly/tymm50VTr7k

Oct. 24-26 we're hosting a Teacher's Institute around the theme of "Community Publishing & Poetic Belonging" w/ the @poetryfound . Free to attend, capped at 50, open to teachers, educators and librarians who work with 6-12 grades: poetry.arizona.edu/education/k-12…

Happy Pride Month! Celebrate with a new Voca playlist, featuring a selection of poems by LGBTQIA+ writers celebrating queer joy, experience, and love. voca.arizona.edu/playlists/cele…

Resharing this blog in honor of Voca's 15th anniversary: A Love Letter to Voca! Voca is different. Digital. Explorable. Accessible. Unduplicable. It invites you in. It’s a living archive, with new additions added every day. poetry.arizona.edu/blog/love-lett…

Reminder: for the next two weeks the Poetry Center will be closed for our Summer Closure. See you on our return! CLOSED: Tuesday, June 17 - Monday, June 30

"Removing the binaries means resisting control. Just as humans have desperately tried to tame rivers—building dams, locks, spillways, and shipping channels, to name a few methods of control—society has attempted to control the queer body." poetry.arizona.edu/blog/queerness…

I just click a button, and I get to step into poems as if I’m landing on another planet. poetry.arizona.edu/blog/love-lett…