Welcome to Poets re:

Poetry is art made of the raw material of language. As an art, it can convey certain kinds of experience that other modes of communication cannot. Poetry is about entertaining and crafting, sharing, questioning, and the creation of meaning. But poems are also a global and historical anthology of human voices. And all poetry, from Lewis Carroll to Rumi to the woman down the street, is about deep speaking and deep listening.
It requires a pencil, a paper, and a couple feelings. We believe the more voices are heard, from the homeless addict to the student to the homemaker to the soldier and the CEO, the healthier a culture is. The healthier our city is. We have had the experience of putting the notion in someone's head and hearing that they, at some later point, sat down at the kitchen table and wrote a poem. The purpose of this blog is to put the notion in your head; to provide some incentive, some inspiration, and a place to share. Because your poem is good, whether you think it is or not.
The blog is ours, Brunswick's, but it's open to your cousin in Des Moines and the students and poets of Frederick and Shepherdstown and Gaithersburg. The blog is for poetry, but we'd love to enliven it with your photography and art. The blog is for your poems, but essays and quotes and favorites (remembering required permissions) and topical conversations are encouraged.
Details for submitting, contests, workshops and activities and events leading up to Brunswick's celebration of National Poetry Month in April are forthcoming.
Questions and suggestions, poems and posts are welcome for now at Poetsrebrunswick@gmail.com.

This is a poetry blog established and administered by the Slant Light Poetry Group for the People of Brunswick, Maryland. It receives no outside funding and is not connected to City Government. Slant Light is solely responsible for content.