News & Events

• The 8th Annual Children's Poetry Camp, "Words Light the Way," will be held August 6-10, 2012 in JMU's Memorial Hall.  Registration will begin April 9, 2012.
• "Poetry as Compass:  A Collegiate Summit" at James Madison University on March 22-24, 2012.
• Congratulations Emily Liu, the winner of the 2011 Children's Winter Poety Contest!  Click here to read Emily's poem "Snow White Snowflakes."
• JMU Community poem, "James Madison University." Poem written by JMU students, staff and faculty under the coordination of Furious Flower.
• Word Is Born Poets Society - JMU Poetry Club has launched a literary magazine called Blooming in the Noise.

 Recent Programs

• "An Artful Evening" - Furious Flower Poetry Center's Advisory Board held a fundraiser on September 19, 2011.
• Poetry Reading by Glenis Redmond
• 7th Annual Children's Poetry Camp, "Word Pebbles in a Pond"
• Continuous Fire:  A Seminar on the Poetry of Sonia Sanchez program sponsored by Furious Flower Poetry Center.
• "GIVE ME LIBERATION AND GIVE ME SOUL:  A POETIC EXPLORATION OF OPPRESSION VERSUS FREEDOM"
• "LINEAGE:  The Margaret Walker Song Cycle" concert (April 2011) 
• Poetry Reading by David Mills