TED Talks
TED: Can a computer write poetry? | Oscar Schwartz
If you read a poem and feel moved by it, but then find out it was actually written by a computer, would you feel differently about the experience? Would you think that the computer had expressed itself and been creative, or would you...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Herman Beavers - Why Poetry Matters
Herman Beavers has taught at Penn since 1989. Professor Beavers has a joint appointment in the Department of Africana Studies and teaches courses in African American and American literature, including courses on Southern Modernism, 20th...
Curated Video
Change poems
Art and poetry can help reveal truths and build self-awareness. Poetry helps us explore our inner selves and see the self we show others. In this activity, children aged 8-11 will write poems that describe who they are and how people...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Donaghy - 'George'
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Donaghy - 'Somerset'
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Randall Horton - Write and Wrong One Man's Journey
Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and, most recently, the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is...
TED Talks
Cristina Domenech: Poetry that frees the soul
"It's said that to be a poet, you have to go to hell and back." Cristina Domenech teaches writing at an Argentinian prison, and she tells the moving story of helping incarcerated people express themselves, understand themselves — and...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pat Mottola - Women Who Dare to Write - Afghan Women's Writing Project
Pat Mottola teaches Creative Writing at Southern Connecticut State University, where she earned both an M.S. in Art Education and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She also teaches art and poetry to senior citizens throughout Connecticut....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Tony Fusco - Teachers Make a Difference - Vivian Shipley
Tony Fusco, is a West Haven resident and was named Poet Laureate for the City of West Haven in April of 2019. and is also Co- President and Past-President of the CT Poetry Society. He has a Masters Degree in Creative Writing from...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Bella Mahaya Carter - Where Do You Hang Your Hammock? Finding Peace of Mind While You Write
Bella Mahaya Carter is the author of Where Do You Hang Your Hammock?: Finding Peace of Mind While You Write, Publish, and Promote Your Book. She is a creative writing teacher, empowerment coach, and speaker, and author of an...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Donaghy - Teachers Make a Difference - Harry Humes
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Donaghy - 'What Cement is Made of'
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Daniel Donaghy - 'The Nun and the Roaches'
Daniel Donaghy is the author of three poetry collections, most recently Somerset, which was named co-winner of the 2019 Paterson Poetry Prize. His previous poetry collections are Start with the Trouble (University of Arkansas Press,...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Randall Horton {#289-128} PROPERTY OF THE STATE - Sorry This Not That Poem
Randall Horton is the recipient of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Award, the Bea Gonzalez Poetry Award, a National Endowment of the Arts Fellowship in Literature, and, most recently, the GLCA New Writers Award for Creative Nonfiction. He is...
Oxford Comma
Drugs and Poetry: Kubla Khan
Inspiration can be cruel, and artists often feel lost without it. And when it won't show up, which will happen, creative types turn to a myriad of restorative methods: running, isolation, reading, and, most infamously, drugs. But while...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Sean Frederick Forbes "Ancestry"
Born in Heidelberg, Germany, and raised in Southside Jamaica, Queens, New York City, Sean Frederick Forbes is the author of Providencia (2013). Sean identifies as Afro-Latino and connects to the Afro-Caribbean diaspora. Recent poems...
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pat Mottola - Most Times
Pat Mottola teaches Creative Writing at Southern Connecticut State University, where she earned both an M.S. in Art Education and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She also teaches art and poetry to senior citizens throughout Connecticut....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pat Mottola - History Lesson
Pat Mottola teaches Creative Writing at Southern Connecticut State University, where she earned both an M.S. in Art Education and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She also teaches art and poetry to senior citizens throughout Connecticut....
Brainwaves Video Anthology
Pat Mottola - Teachers Make a Difference - Will Hochman
Pat Mottola teaches Creative Writing at Southern Connecticut State University, where she earned both an M.S. in Art Education and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing. She also teaches art and poetry to senior citizens throughout Connecticut....
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Acknowledgements | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids Stories and Poems With Michael Rosen
Acknowledgements | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids Stories and Poems With Michael Rosen Find out more about the book: http://bit.ly/UncleGobbandTheGreenHeads The second uproarious adventure from the comic pairing of Michael...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chpt 02/PT02 | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chpt 02/PT02 | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Find out more about the book: http://bit.ly/UncleGobbandTheGreenHeads The second uproarious adventure from the comic pairing of Michael...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chpt 01/Pt01 | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Author Profile | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Find out more about the book: http://bit.ly/UncleGobbandTheGreenHeads The second uproarious adventure from the comic pairing of Michael...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Test | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
The Test | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Find out more about the book: http://bit.ly/UncleGobbandTheGreenHeads The second uproarious adventure from the comic pairing of Michael Rosen...
Kids’ Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chpt 02/PT01 | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen
Chpt 02/PT01 | BOOK | Uncle Gobb and the Green Heads | Kids' Poems and Stories With Michael Rosen Find out more about the book: http://bit.ly/UncleGobbandTheGreenHeads The second uproarious adventure from the comic pairing of Michael...