Check out the work of some of Brooklyn's most inspiring poets . . .
Alanna Blau - (Student Poet Winner for February 2003)
"Hidden Reality"
Alan Braverman
"Prospect Park"
Ken Siegelman-Our Poet Laureate of Brooklyn
A Return from Iraq
Am I shocked?
The Bailout
Alneta Knowles
TO THOSE WHO MOURN - (February Poem of the Month)
Alston Drew Devero-Belfon - (Student Poet Winner for April 2003)
THE SIT - IN
Alyssa M. DiMari - (Student winner for October, 2004 – Bay Academy)
I WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE
The Death of a Legend
Silent Tears
Amanda Magistro - (Student Poet Winner for October)
"FROM MANY HEARTS"
Andrew Greissman - (The student winner for September)
HIGH DIVE
Anthony Vigorito
"Hey Mister, Can you spare a Dime?" - (February Poem of the Month)
Preservation
Ann's Lament
Cobalt
Empty Chair
Arsenion Stembridge - (Winner of the City College Poetry Festival, 2006)
The Key
Avron Soyer - (Featured poet for June)
VISITATION
Barbara Newsome - (Featured poet for April)
FEAR
THERE IS MORE
The Coffee Room
LIGHTING THE WAY
MAKE A PAN OF BISCUITS
Bernadette Salem - (Student poet winner for September)
HOLDING WORDS
Bob Drojarski
Brooklyn
Brooke Serebryansky
BROOKLYN
Cal Begun - The Bensonhurst Poet
WHY I LOVE BROOKLYN
Christopher Blaise Spinelli -
WHEN I WAS YOUNG IN BROOKLYN
What Is White?
Clarence C. Bess
“Breathe Me Black”
Coral Foxworth - (January Poem of the Month)
SOJOURNER SPEAKS
Daniela Gioseffi
THE BROOKLYN BUS DRIVER
Lover of All Things Brooklyn
Danielle Boykin - (Edward Murrow Highschool
)
Family History
Danny Chow - (Student Poet Winner for November)
An Act More Than 1,000 Words
David M. Logan
Blockage
Desean Freeman 4-405 P.S. 5
LIFE
Dezhanae Gillett - (P.S. 5 Class 4-307)
LOVE IS IN THE AIR - (Student Poet Winner for June 2005)
Edward Kurre - (January, 2006's Featured Reader)
Forever Sunset
Erik Whitaker
ALL THAT JAZZ
Evie Ivy
LOOKING AT THE MOON IN 4 CINQUAINS
CRUMPLED SONNET
ANYWHERE
Francine Skye Morales Lentini
The Anniversary 9/11/02 - (Featured poet for October)
Poet Laureate
Frank Polizzi
Brooklyn and America in The Same Breath
Gwen Malone - (October's Featured Reader)
Waiting For The Rain
Irene Brodsky
A TRIBUTE TO PRESIDENT- ELECT BARACK OBAMA
James E. Duncan
BROOKLYN'S GOT!
Jane Moon
BROOKLYN IN THE SPRING - (Student Poet Winner for June 2003)
Jennifer Lee
Mark Twain - (Student Poet Winner for May 2003)
Jewel Allison
Let's Talk About Racism - (Featured Poet for April 2009)
Joe Allen
SHYSTER - (Featured poet for February, 2006)
Joseph Fox
Kindness
Help the World
Joseph P Martino
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Larry Garland
BROOKLYN UNBOUND
Mai Nguyen
YOUR CERULEAN EYES
Marion Palm
AT FULTON LANDING
LILY POND CARP, SPARROWS - (December Poem of the Month)
Milton Puryear
NAMELESS
Reflection in a House for Sale
Najaya Royal
Brooklyn
Raymond Ng (Brooklyn Technical High School)
JEAN - (Student Poet Winner for May 2005)
Rob Bless
A Place for Dreams
Susan DeSocio
Brooklyn Rant #1
Theo Donnelly
Visions of Alzheimer's - (January's Featured Poet)
Toni Bruno
"IF YOU EVER WONDER" - (Student Poet Winner for March 2003)
Veronica Lawrence-Willis
Happy Birthday To a Dear Daughter