For the Love of Poetry: Speak for Yourself Open Mic

October 5, 2018

Reading Time: 2 minutes Enliten Bakery & Cafe hosts a creative writing open mic every Thursday at 7:30 p.m., which Marianne Hales Harding, a co-founder of Speak for Yourself Open Mic, founded as a venue for creative writers to share their pieces in Utah County four and a half years ago. “We wanted to have this venue for people […]

Finding beauty in the new year through found poetry

January 9, 2017

Reading Time: 2 minutes As we close the lid on the metaphorical dumpster fire that was 2016, many people are participating in the tradition of making New Year’ s resolutions. My resolutions- to find a single scrap of good left in the world, and to work on improving my poetry- sent me on a journey to search the world […]

Studio 760’s 2nd Show

February 27, 2012

Reading Time: 6 minutes Fire spreads quickly.   Especially when the conditions are right.   A dry season, a gentle breeze and a few young kids with a box of firecrackers is all it takes to send an entire mountain range up in flames.   Utah County could use some fire, and a few young artists are bringing it. […]

Cowboy poetry finds a voice at Heber’s Fair

November 7, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Believe it or not, Utah is home to one of the largest cowboy poetry gatherings in the world.   Every November, thousands of cowboys sit down with thousands of city slickers to celebrate the roots of the great American West.   Cowboy poetry is a contemporary art form steeped in rich tradition. In the […]

Poetry with the English Club

October 31, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes The concept of art brought new meaning as students gathered to enjoy the rhythmic flow of the open mic night for the newly formed English Club at UVU on Tuesday, Oct. 25. The club held their first poetry reading and invited Professor Rob Carney to share his brilliance with the written word.   Carney, who […]

Poetry finds a new platform in Provo

September 6, 2011

Reading Time: 2 minutes   Our society is submersed in mass media. Everybody knows it.   Maneuvering through manipulative advertisements has become such a mindless process in our daily grind that we seldom give it a second thought—we ingest information without conscious discretion, and that, according to BYU grad student Ashley Mae Christensen, is a problem.   In an […]