The Heights Arts Ekphrastacy literary program is a series of artist talks + poetry readings held regularly in the Heights Arts gallery, in conjunction with our special exhibitions. Cleveland-area writers are invited by the current Poet Laureate and Heights Writes…
Fight for Life by Damien McClendon after F(I)ight for Life by Denise Ziganti All the big and little creatures in cages Thinking out loud This must be how it feels to be human Denise Ziganti, Artist: My creation is representative…
Decorative Philosophy by Amanda Stovicek D’Alessandro after Gotham Deluge by Tammy Green There’s something about a myth born in water the carapace of calcium you call your body, open under the wet sky and breathing bubbles. When you washed ashore…
Heights Arts invites poets to apply for our 2020-2021 Season.
Kathleen Cerveny, Heights Writes Committee “No matter where you go in Cleveland Heights you see people you know or want to know.” So says Christine Howey, the incoming (2016-18) poet laureate of Cleveland Heights. I met with Christine at Stone Oven –…
Poet’s Log: January 10, 2016 Since becoming the Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate in April 2015, I’ve found literature thriving in a wide variety of places – some of them surprising. Here’s a look back at my year of living in poetry –…
Poet’s Log: 2015 This Saturday night, October 10, at exactly 7 p.m. the 2015 Haiku Death Match will commence inside Dobama Theater. Eleven of Northeast Ohio’s best Haiku poets will vie for the title of Haiku Death Match Champion. Pairs of poets…
Poet’s Log, July 6, 2015 I did not expect, when I became Cleveland Heights Poet Laureate that I would end up in high places. On May 7, I read poems at the Bluegrass in the Fields concert, which was held in a…
Poet’s Log, April 28, 2015 By Meredith Holmes If you want to get in the spirit of National Poetry Month, you can’t do better than logging on to “Read + Write: 30 Days of Poetry” on the Cuyahoga County Library website (www.cuyahogalibrary.org).…
Poet’s Log, April 10, 2015 By Meredith Holmes In April 2005, I was surprised and delighted to be chosen by HeightsArts as the first Poet Laureate of Cleveland Heights. In January 2015, the Poet Laureate panel at Heights Arts invited me to…
