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Verses and Voices is about poetry (Verses) and the many artistic ways we express creative words (Voices). When students learn to express words creatively, seeing colors and images, feeling movement and rhythm, hearing sound and music, they are enabled to see, shape, and share their creative vision and voice. Verses and Voices is an educational initiative that was founded in Missouri after the state named it's first Poet Laureate, Walter Bargen, in 2008. The initiative has five primary goals:
The arts are the bright, unexpected threads shot through the muted fabric of our daily lives. They bring us joy and deepen human experience. They stir our imagination. They connect us with one another, and they create a tapestry that reveals who we are and what we value. The arts preserve for future generations what we think is worth listening to, looking at, talking about, and remembering. Verses and Voices is an important part of prescribing and promoting our arts traditions, and I am proud to be a part of this special tradition.
Georganne Nixon NEW FESTIVAL WORKSHOP On Monday, October 18 Missouri Verses and Voices, in partnership with Prairie Lands Writing Project, will host David Clewell, Missouri’s Poet Laureate and Walter Bargen, Missouri's First Poet Laureate in a public reading and creative writing workshop. The event, open to all area teachers and students will be held 4:00-6:00 p.m. in Blum Union 222/223 on the Missouri Western State University Campus. Contact Dr. Jane Frick (frick@missouriwestern.edu), PLWP site director, for information. |
First Lady Awards First Lady Georganne Nixon is inaugurating new awards for creative vision. The Governor’s Verses and Voices Festival Concert of Missouri St. Joseph/Savannah Missouri Verses and Voices Festival 2010 Missouri Youth Write Winners in Poetry Donate! Help us to inspire creative vision in students. Sign up! for our Email Newsletter |
![]() David Clewell Missouri Poet Laureate Find out more here. ![]() Robert Pherigo Missouri Composer Laureate Find out more here. The Inward Music Robert Pherigo See the Premiere Performance here. |
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