The Silver City Public Library and I organized the Winter Poetry Challenge for December and January.What better months to sit inside with a warm cup of coffee and a good book of poetry, and while wehaven’t had as much snow—hopefully, people were still able to enjoy poetry.Today, January 31 st from 3 to 4:30 PM […]
Silver City, NM – Celebrate the power of words and community at the Winter Poetry Challenge Finale on January 31, 2025, hosted by the Silver City Public Library and Grant County Poet Laureate Heather Frankland. This free event invites poets, writers, and creatives of all ages to collaborate on a unique place-based poetry collage, blending individual voices into a collective masterpiece. Event […]
In the photo below, you will see a young version of your poet laureate with two of the most important things in her life at that point: writing and cats. The very first publication I ever had was at 12 years old, when a poem I wrote about a kitten (perhaps this very kitten) was […]
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