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Hope Springs Through Verse: Global Vaccine Poem Has Grown to More Than 1,700 Stanzas Worldwide, Gains Attention of Ohio Governor
May 17, 2021
The Global Vaccine Poem, launched in early April by Kent State University’s Wick Poetry Center and the University of Arizona’s Poetry Center, has grown to more than 1,700 stanzas submitted by people in all 50 states and 89 countries. Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, at his May…
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New Project Reimagines Vaccination As a Poetic Gesture
March 19, 2021
A new project combines public health, the written word and sociology. It was a collaborative idea created in two separate universities, both inspired by San Antonio poet Naomi Shihab Nye. “The poem project has been started by two masterminds at the …
Read More »Wick Poetry Center Announces Collaboration with the Poetry Coalition to Address Environmental Justice in a Series of Programs
March 1, 2021
KENT, OH- The Wick Poetry Center is proud to announce its collaboration with the Poetry Coalition, in the month of March 2021, to promote the theme of environmental justice in poetry. The Poetry Coalition’s…
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Ellene Glenn Moore Wins 2020 Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize
Oct. 19, 2020
We are thrilled to announce that Ellene Glenn Moore is the winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, judged by Richard Blanco, for her book HOW BLOOD WORKS. Ellene will receive $2500 and a one-week fellowship to lead a creative writing workshop at Kent State University in…
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Flashes of Inspiration: During a Pandemic We Can Celebrate Nature
May 26, 2020
Today’s Flashes of Inspiration features David Hassler, director of Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center, who is sharing the poem, “Thank You, Tree.”
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Flashes of Inspiration: Poetry to honor front line workers
May 5, 2020
Kent State University is launching a series of videos showcasing the talents of our faculty and staff aimed at providing an uplifting respite from the stress of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Center for Earth Ethics and Kent State’s Wick Poetry Center Launch Earth Stanzas, an Interactive Online Earth Day Poetry Project
April 21, 2020
The Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary in New York City and the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University are launching Earth Stanzas, an interactive poetry project in honor of Earth Day, which is celebrated around the world on April 22.…
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Press Release: The Wick Poetry Center teams up with the Center for Earth Ethics to launch Earth Stanzas for Earth Day
April 19, 2020
The Wick Poetry Center and Center for Earth Ethics at Union Theological Seminary launch Earth Stanzas, an interactive online Earth Day Poetry Project April 19, 2020 Kent, OH / New York, NY
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10 Questions With David Hassler, Director of the Wick Poetry Center
April 14, 2020
David Hassler is the director of the Wick Poetry Center, where he oversees the local and national Wick projects, works with students and collaborates with other programs across campus. We asked him 10 questions about Kent, Kent State, poetry and, of course, how he's keeping…
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