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Nov 10, 2024 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
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Sep 8, 2024 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
David L. HarrisonSpecial to the News-LeaderHi everyone. I’m David L. Harrison, your host on the weekly column, Poetry from Daily Life. Today it is my pleasure to write the column. I’m known as a children’s poet and author, so that’s what I’ll talk about. Writing for Children A poet respects his audience. Writing poetry for young people is not for everyone.
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Jul 21, 2024 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
David L. HarrisonSpecial to the News-LeaderThis week's column is written by David L. Harrison, the host of Poetry from Daily Life. David, who lives in Springfield, made up his first poem more than eighty years ago and is currently Poet Laureate for Missouri and Drury University.
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May 5, 2024 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
This week I’m contributing another column to Poetry from Daily Life. Once again, I thank Amos Bridges, editor-in-chief for the Springfield News-Leader, for hosting the column and to the other papers who also carry us. I’m deeply grateful to all those who have already added their voices to this ongoing conversation about poetry, and to the dozens of others yet to come. ~David L.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
newyorkfamily.com | Kaitlyn Riggio |David Harrison |Rajani LaRocca |Amanda Gorman
Posted on National Poetry Month Celebrations: Events in NYC and Book Recommendations April is National Poetry Month! Millions of people around the world celebrate every year, and no reader is too young to get in on the celebrations. We’ve rounded up some of the best events across New York City, many of which are hosted by New York Public Library branches, to celebrate National Poetry Month as a family.
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Mar 17, 2024 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
I’m proud to host Poetry from Daily Life. Since starting the column in November 2023, a growing number of featured guests have added their wit and wisdom to a list of wonderfully talented people. The number currently stands at sixty, and they are located across America and beyond. I’m grateful to all of the gifted poets and proponents of poetry for making this such a unique column, and I’m grateful to all of you for reading what we have to offer.
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Feb 11, 2024 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
Since Poetry from Daily Life began on Nov. 5, it has featured 11 guests and 50 more poets across the United States are standing by. Counting our host newspaper, the Springfield News-Leader, the column is now carried in at least five newspapers in three states. In name it’s my column, but what makes it so successful are all the other voices who come to share their thoughts, experience, and wisdom about poetry. I don’t know anywhere else you can find such a rich mix of voices. ~ David L.
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Jan 26, 2024 | 
missourilife.com | in Arts |David Harrison
Interview by Paul CecchiniThe first poem is humorous. The Truth About the Saber-toothBy David L HarrisonThe saber-tooth enforced the lawWith giant canine, leap, and claw. Victims whom he gnawed and chewedAgreed he was a handsome dude. No one thought the saber mean,Just a perfect eating machine. But vision dims as time passes. Soon he needed eating glasses. One day when he went to roam,He forgot his specks at home. Nearsightedly he lost his mate,Who, by accident, he ate.
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Dec 31, 2023 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
Since Poetry from Daily Life began Nov. 5, you’ve met poets from Missouri, Nebraska, New York, Alabama, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania. We began in one paper — the Springfield News-Leader — now we’re in at least four. I started with 36 poets and proponents standing by to contribute experience, wit, wisdom, and examples to the fledgling column, now I have more than 60, in the U.S., Canada, and England.
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Dec 10, 2023 | 
news-leader.com | David Harrison
I hope you are enjoying our Sunday column, “Poetry from Daily Life,” which provides each week the wit, wisdom, and experiences of poets and authorities on poetry. By offering such a rich mix of voices, we’re reminded of how poetry impacts our daily lives. More than fifty poets from across the United States and abroad are waiting their turn to be a guest on “Poetry from Daily Life.” Please tell others about this unique feature. I hope you’ll thank the Springfield News-Leader for making it possible.
