Wick Weekly is back! Join us every Friday at the Wick Poetry Center from 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. for informal poetry workshops. No writing experience required!

I wrote this to my birthplace the last time Kyiv was on fire, never imagining she would burn again. People fleeing, sheltering in the subway like the days of WWII my grandparents survived. Never imagining she could be on the verge of falling, again, at the hands of a tyrant.

Me, writing to an older friend in Odessa: how can I help, please let me know I really want help He writes back: Putins come and go. If you want to help, send us some poems and essays. We are putting together a literary magazine. And, that is in the middle of war. Imagine.

Today’s message from the world's scientists is clear: the impacts of the climate crisis demand urgent action to deploy solutions massively and quickly. Now is the time to move decisively forward in global cooperation to accelerate the net zero transition. #IPCC

Yes, poetry is necessary and useful during the war. Just look:

Today's conversation w/ 80+ year old lit editor in Odessa (one who wanted poems for lit magazine when war started) Me: how can I help today? He: "I need nothing. I feel I am a witness to a catastrophe, but I need to live through it like everyone--and together with everyone."

In Odessa, a city full of sandbags and anti tank devices, a city awaiting invasion, afraid, there were many men in the streets yesterday, March 8, international women’s day, buying flowers and hurrying to bring them home. Don’t forget this.

“More than anything else right now, I am afraid of silence” -Vladislava Ilinskaya, emailing from Odessa, between air-raid sirens

REGISTER NOW for our Poetry Month virtual event on Tues, Apr 5 at 7:30 PM. DEAR VACCINE: GLOBAL VOICES SPEAK TO THE PANDEMIC, a conversation with editors David Hassler & Tyler Meier. The event is FREE. Kent State U Press UAP buff.ly/37hD5wl

#CHQ #CLSC2022 Alert! We are thrilled to announce Ledger by Jane Hirshfield as our 2022 CLSC selection for Week 1: “What Should be America’s Role in the World?" Her presentation will be held on June 30, 2022, at 3:30 p.m. ET in the Hall of Philosophy.

If you wrote to the Pandemic, what would you say? Join us as we celebrate poems written to the virus & vaccine. Tues, Apr 5, 7-8 PM. DEAR VACCINE: GLOBAL VOICES SPEAK TO THE PANDEMIC. Free & online. >> buff.ly/37hD5wl David Hassler Kent State U Press UA Poetry Center

I'll be teaming up with Ohioana Library and David Hassler April 23rd, 2pm at McConnell Arts Center. We'll be discussing creating stories during the pandemic! I'm excited! GCAC @ArtMakesCbus Thurber House Two Dollar Radio HQ Center for HumanKindness United Way of Central Ohio StateLibrary of Ohio Columbus Library

PBS News featured our “Dear Vaccine” book! Watch the interview with our beloved Naomi Shihab Nye and you might find some familiar faces too: ow.ly/FVvn50IMHTw #dearvaccine #pbsnewshour

We're proud to announce the launch of “Dear Ukraine,” a global community poem that provides a space for individuals around the world to speak to the unfolding atrocities of the war against Ukraine and its people. Share a line now (link in bio).

In recognition of the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, we are pleased to announce the installation of the #DearUkraine global community poem exhibit in the Washington National Cathedral 's Center for Prayer and Pilgrimage. For more: kent.edu/wick/news/dear…

Celebrate #NPM2023 by sharing your original poem for climate action with #PoetsForScience. The #AGUCommunityPoem inspires hope and action for all of us. ✍️ youtu.be/7MyTkPGEMtQ

Just 3 brown girls tearing up the #NobelPrizeSummit stage with some POETRY! Lovely to incorporate our native langs (Telugu, Urdu, Spanish) as well. Thx David Hassler for our wonderful workshops and your guidance!!! 💗 y'all 🍉nafeesa نفیسا 🍉 Mariela Garcia Arredondo #Mirzayan2023 👯🏾‍♀️💃🏾

Grateful to Michael Simms for publishing this lyric essay, an elegy for my mother and tribute to the therapist who helped me through years of grief work.voxpopulisphere.com/2023/06/13/dav…