O, Miami Began With A Simple Idea: Poetry Without The Pipe And Blazer
Three years ago, a group of friends and I started to dream up what a lot of people considered impossible: a festival that would bring poetry to all 2.6 million residents of greater Miami.
View ArticleCafecito, Bayside, Feeding Birds And Haitian Creole: The Best of That's So Miami
Here we go again! Check out some of our favorite #ThatsSoMiami poems from the last couple of days. Like what you see? Check out our Tumblr page, where we collect your submissions and post them for...
View ArticlePoetry In Motion: A Chat With O, Miami's P. Scott Cunningham
P. Scott Cunningham is the founder of O, Miami, a biennial poetry festival in Miami organized by the University of Wynwood and with support from the Miami-based Knight Foundation. The festival is...
View ArticleLa Carreta, Tremendo Slideshow And Banyan Trees: The Best Of That's So Miami
Here we go again! Check out some of our favorite #ThatsSoMiami poems from the last couple of days.
View ArticleThat's So Miami: Two Languages, Two Generations; One Family
As part of our That's So Miami poetry project running during the month of April, we have been airing select submissions from our community of listeners and readers.
View ArticleVote For The Best 'Ode to Miami's Flaws'
Since Julia Tuttle’s arrival in 1891, Miami has grown like crazy: more people, more homes, more roads, more boom. Dense tropical hardwood trees that covered the City of Miami were chopped down and...
View ArticleAfter A Month Of Poetry, 'That's So Miami' Comes To A Close
Miami, you have exceeded our expectations.When we asked for poetry, you delivered in droves. And we didn't even offer an open bar.The concept behind WLRN and O, Miami Poetry Festival's month-long...
View ArticleTeens Can Find Time To Rhyme During National Poetry Month
It was the Everglades that brought out the poet in Coral Gables High School student James Lachterman.And in under 20 lines of rhyme, the then 15-year-old was able to capture a prize in the Miami-Dade...
View ArticleHow Do You Get People to Read Poetry When They Don't Have Time?
The poet Robert Hass headlines the O, Miami Poetry Festival at the New World Center on South Beach tomorrow night (Saturday, April 5). Anyone can watch on the Wallcast from the park just outside the...
View ArticleWinners And Losers Halfway Through Session
Florida lawmakers are more than half finished with the legislative session. Will they deliver on Governor Scott’s goal of $500 million in tax cuts? Support has been building for allowing undocumented...
View ArticleWhat Everyone Is Reading April 6-12
In honor of creative writing, and because it's still National Poetry Month, here's a whimsical headline combining all the stories from this past week's top-five:"Cuban tabloid tweets Charlie Crist will...
View Article#ThisIsWhere Last Edition: Urinals, Crypts And Mr. Can Man
This is where the end of the #ThisIsWhere poetry submissions snuck up on us. For weeks we've been awash in a sea of words, poetic descriptions of everything from sunrises to lizards to — in this week's...
View ArticleVote For Your Favorite #ThisIsWhere Poem!
We've reached the finals of our #ThisIsWhere poetry contest!Click on the logo above to see the popular-vote finalists, and vote below.
View Article#ThisIsWhere Poetry Contest Winners
We announced our contest winners at the #ThisIsWhere finale at Miami Club Rum on Wednesday, April 30. This is where we share them with you.Read the winning poems below and watch three of our winners...
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