PHILADELPHIA â Philadelphia poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson on Monday launched the Healing Verse Philly Poetry Line (1-855-763-6792), a toll-free telephone line that offers callers a 90-second poem by a Philadelphia-connected poet. A new poem will be featured each Monday throughout 2021.
In the context of a pandemic, a presidential election, and a racial reckoning, Healing Verse âoffers a glimmer of hope because all those things impact us spiritually, mentally.â Mayson said in an interview Tuesday. âAnd now, more than ever, we need spaces to process.â
The focus is on âaffirming poems,â she said. Maysonâs âIn This Seasonâ is the projectâs inaugural poem.
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Trapeta Mayson, the poet laureate of Philadelphia, has launched a hotline where folks can call in and listen to poetry from local artists. (Tom Gralish/Philadelphia Inquirer/TNS)
Need healing for the new year? A new hotline offers poems of hope
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia poet laureate Trapeta B. Mayson on Monday launched the Healing Verse Philly Poetry Line (1-855-763-6792), a toll-free telephone line that offers callers a 90-second poem by a Philadelphia-connected poet. A new poem will be featured each Monday throughout 2021.
In the context of a pandemic, a presidential election, and a racial reckoning, Healing Verse “offers a glimmer of hope because all those things impact us spiritually, mentally.” Mayson said in an interview Tuesday. “And now, more than ever, we need spaces to process.”
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