michigan poets

April is National Poetry Month. Thang Lian is a poet and a senior at East Kentwood High School near Grand Rapids. He recently won the Alliance for Young…

Today on Stateside, a law professor discusses what can be done to remedy the burden of property tax foreclosures in Detroit. Also, a young poet shares how…

Today on Stateside, State House Speaker Lee Chatfield talks about the Republican plan to slowly reopen some sectors of the state economy. Plus, the wierd…

Marcel Price is on a mission: use poetry and the spoken word to encourage young people to open up about mental health and wellness.As "Fable the Poet,"…

The story of the Great Lakes is one of remarkable beauty and extraordinary violence.According to the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum, the Lakes have…

Pop quiz: Who is the poet laureate of Michigan? Sorry, but that's a trick question. The state hasn't had a state poet laureate since Edgar Guest died in…

Linda Gregerson’s poems explore a wealth of themes from parenting to social inequality, the environment, illness, and so much more.She has won a wide…

Darius Simpson and Scout Bostley’s performance poem “Lost Voices” took third place at the 2015 College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational.Speaking in each…

The Next IdeaIn 2009, the headline of a Time magazine cover story read “The Tragedy of Detroit” with a shadowy photo of a blighted factory in the…

As part of our series "Poetically Speaking," we're highlighting Michigan poets.West Bloomfield’s Diane DeCillis’ first book of poetry, Strings Attached,…