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Paisley Rekdal, Utah’s poet laureate, reads while on stage at City of Asylum’s “Poet Laureate Celebration” on Monday afternoon.

City of Asylum hosts poets laureate from across the country

By Maggie Young, Contributing Editor • September 2, 2019
More than 60 people attended a poets laureate celebration event hosted by City of Asylum in the North Shore Monday. The four poets laureate — Paisley Rekdal, Salas Rivera, Kim Shuck and Molly Fisk — each read from their own collections.
Poet Nicole Sealey reads her poem “Candelabra With Heads” at Pitt’s Center for African American Poetry and Poetics “Won’t You Celebrate With Me” event on Saturday evening.

CAAPP celebrates black female writers from Pittsburgh and beyond

By Emily Wolfe, Contributing Editor • June 18, 2019
Nicole Sealey’s editors once convinced her to remove the last line of a poem before she published it. The poem, “Candelabra With Heads,” meditated on a sculpture by the artist Thomas Hirschhorn, and its final line stated the poem’s thesis question — “Who can see this and not see lynchings?”
Poetry | Grocery Shopping

Poetry | Grocery Shopping

By Grace McGinness, Staff Columnist • April 15, 2019

Enter the house where nature lies still. Where it’s pinned to the platter prepared to my order. Ignore the soft smell of the flowers from where they crowd around the door stuffed in pots...

Poetry | I wish I had a kite

Poetry | I wish I had a kite

By Emily Pinigis, Staff Columnist • April 11, 2019

I wish I had a kite So I may cast away my worries into the heavens The world from above would be a marvelous sight If I only had a kite I wish I had a kite So my soul could fly among the birds And...

Poetry | An ode to the molds of my mind

Poetry | An ode to the molds of my mind

By Mackenzie Oster, Staff Columnist • April 4, 2019

I think the way I do In honor of every girl That used my shoulders To reach the highest shelf And every boy That used the reflection In my bulging eyes To see themselves more clearly I think...

Poetry | Brass Knuckles for a Demon

Poetry | Brass Knuckles for a Demon

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist • March 28, 2019
In her villanelle poem, Delilah Bourque reflects on her fears and her own creations.

Poetry | Society’s Man

By Samir Yellapragada, For The Pitt News • February 14, 2019
In his spoken word poem "Society's Man," Samir Yellapragada explores concepts of insecurity and toxic masculinity.
Poetry | Reflections

Poetry | Reflections

By Emily Pinigis, Staff Columnist • February 7, 2019
In her poem “Reflections,” Emily Pinigis looks at the world in a different way:
Poetry | Veritas et Virtus

Poetry | Veritas et Virtus

By Delilah Bourque, Senior Staff Columnist • January 10, 2019
Senior Staff Columnist Delilah Bourque drew upon various syllabi from her coursework at Pitt to write this poem.
Opinion | Poem: Brightening Winter

Opinion | Poem: Brightening Winter

By Emily Pinigis, Staff Columnist • December 7, 2018
Oh, what a magnificent time of year! The snow twinkles in the colored lights’ glow It seems everyone is warm, and without fear As they sit ’round the fire to watch the snow
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