PUBLISHER:
  Furious Flower
  Poetry Center
  MSC 3802
  Harrisonburg, VA 22807
  PHONE: (540) 568-8883
  FAX: (540) 568-8888

  FOR INFORMATION   CONTACT:
  Natalia Bradshaw-Parson
  bradshnr@jmu.edu

 

Upcoming Events

Register Now for the 4th Annual Children's Poetry Camp
August 4-8, 2008


Congratulations to the 2008 Poetry Writing Contest Winners!

April is National Poetry Month

Think...Write...Create...Experience

Every Day: Read the Poem of the Day posted at www.jmu.edu
Check out Poems in the Stacks — in the "P" stacks of the Library

April 3: The Works of Langston Hughes — A one man show by David Mills
4:00 pm — The Forum—Memorial Hall

April 5: Una Fiesta de las Palabras — Poetry Writing Workshop
12:00-4:00 pm — Keezell 303
Spanish language speakers get a chance to shine!

April 14: Poetry Writing Contest — With Prizes and Food!
4:00 pm — Carrier Library 301

April 21 : Poetry Reading from Una Fiesta de las Palabras
4:00 pm—Taylor 405
English-only speakers will understand everything, so come!
Music, art, stories, and poems from the Spanish language

April 23: Poetry in the Arboretum
2:00 pm — Plecker Education Building in Carrier Arboretum
Bring a poem about the natural world to read or just come to listen!

For more information contact :
Natalia Bradshaw-Parson
(540) 568-8883,
bradshnr@jmu.edu

Interested in joining Word is Born Poets Society — JMU's poetry club? Email Ivaco at clark2ix@jmu.edu

More National Poetry Month events







Pomegranate notecards and calendar


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The mission of the Furious Flower Poetry Center is to advance the genre of African American Poetry by providing opportunities for education, research, and publication.

Furious Flower Poetry Center serves as a resource for the campus and local Harrisonburg community.  The Center hosts visiting poets, sponsors poetry workshops for emerging poets, holds an annual poetry camp for children in the community, and produces scholarly texts, videos and DVDs on African American poetry.  Furious Flower has sponsored two decade-defining conferences celebrating the African American poetic tradition.

Established on October 28, 1999, the Center is dedicated to the memory of poet Gwendolyn Brooks.  Dr. Joanne Gabbin directs the Center, which is located on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.

Please click on the links and sublinks to the left to learn more about the Center’s current and past endeavors.

Furious Flower Poetry Center exists within JMU's Division of Academic Affairs. To learn more, visit their web site at www.jmu.edu/acadaffairs. To find out about the JMU English Department, please visit their web site at http://www.jmu.edu/english/.