Please enjoy this poetry reading of My Ankle by local poet Tom Skove. Would you like to contribute to Heights Arts’ Random Acts of Art, initiative? Click Here for more information. To View all contributions to Random Acts of Art, Click…
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Heights Arts Staff
May 26, 2020
Three Letter Word for “Cool Looking” by Marion Starling Boyer after Fly by Juli Edberg In the 1920s they were the plague of librarians, circling, swarming, pestering the reference desk for dictionaries, zipping to the shelves for encyclopedias, whizzing through the…
Heights Arts Staff
May 15, 2020
Heights Arts Says Goodbye To Cleveland Heights’ 9th Poet Laureate, Damien McClendon
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As Heights Arts welcomes Ray McNiece as Cleveland Heights’ 10th Poet Laureate, we say “well done” to our most recent wordsmith extraordinaire, Damien McClendon. A modern-day griot, Damien is known across the city – and nation – for his ability to illustrate…
Heights Arts Staff
May 15, 2020
Please enjoy this poetry reading of Adam’s Alzheimer’s by the 2020-2022 Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate, Ray McNiece. Would you like to contribute to Heights Arts’ Random Acts of Art, initiative? Click Here for more information. To View all contributions to Random…
Heights Arts Staff
May 12, 2020
The color of our joy by Damien McClendon after Havana, Cuba, Old Quarter by Jeneen Hobby I pick up my son Spin him, turn Around, upside down Hold him By his ankles His laugh floats from his smile like bubbles He…
Heights Arts Staff
April 10, 2020
Invisible Storm by Amanda Stovicek D’Alessandro after Black Horse by Jean Hoffman The muscles knot in anticipation. One cheek pressed against another a thin layer of fire blend together. The shape of the body is monstrous kept afloat on spindles and…
Heights Arts Staff
April 29, 2020
Train of Thought, Three a.m. by Marion Starling Boyer after Train of Thought by Mona Kolesar I should have bought that special foam pillow I’ve got to get to sleep pillow is a weird word, maybe I could quick google that…
Heights Arts Staff
April 23, 2020
Heights Arts Announces New Initiative: Random Acts of Art By Amanda Bohn Heights Arts announces the launch of a brand new initiative called Random Acts of Art. Despite the fact that Heights Arts cannot be open to the public right now, Heights…
Heights Arts Staff
April 24, 2020
Heights Arts Welcomes New Poet Laureate By Amanda Bohn The Heights Writes Community Team of Heights Arts has chosen Ray McNiece as the next Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate. The two-year appointment begins this month. Says executive director Rachel Bernstein, “The Cleveland Heights…
Heights Arts Staff
April 22, 2020
Please enjoy this poetry reading of Light Work by Heights Arts board president, Tamar Cloyd. Would you like to contribute to Heights Arts’ Random Acts of Art, initiative? Click Here for more information. To View all contributions to Random Acts of Art,…