I need to write. I cannot write. I need to write.
You, too? This summer, 20 true words per day.
June
Popping Bubbles
Audio. 4 poems by Emily Bobo, set to music composed by Don Freund, performed by Indiana University’s contemporary vocal collective NOTUS, recorded on Weaving Eternity: Music of Wild Imagination, released in September, 2025. Tracks 5-8. Poems included in full text here:
Poetry Practice
I tell people that “poetry saved my life.” And it is true. I grew up female and artistically inclined in a small, conservative town just off I-35, halfway between Wichita and Kansas City. We had more churches, guns, and cows than schools, and I found escape in poetry and piano. When I started public school…
Bobo Books Project: Turning poems into sandwiches
Interview. “Bobo Books: A Salute to the Sustaining Power of Poetry.” Article. “The power of poetry will soon be able to feed local children in need of a little help” (Associated Press).
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