Poetry Month Highlights at SUNY Oswego Faculty
SUNY Oswego celebrates National Poetry Month with creative writing professors Stephanie Pritchard Laura Donnelly and Charles Itzin sharing views on poetry as expressive, personal, and relevant beyond the classroom. They note poetry’s musicality grey areas and its reflection of current events. Itzin also cites the rise of online venues expanding opportunities for new writers.
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U.S
Academy of American Poets
Suny Oswego
Stephanie Pritchard
Pritchard
Laura Donnelly
Donnelly
Charles Itzin
Creative Writing
Robert Lowell
William Carlos Williams
Pablo Neruda
Itzin
If You Forget Me by Pablo Neruda in My Window
A compact meditation on mutual love and memory. The speaker warns that love fades if affection wanes and asserts that enduring devotion survives if the beloved remains true. The poem uses natural images to compare feelings to boats and roots seeking distant lands.
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Pablo Neruda
State funds open to all New York HAB efforts in Oswego area
New York state has $65 million available to combat harmful algal blooms HABs across the state including Oswego County. Officials plan to use the money to improve water quality, support Lake Neatahwanta and other waters with HABs, and restore safe recreation such as swimming and boating through local partnerships and DEC oversight.
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Oswego
New York
Andrew Cuomo
New York Lakes
Oswego County
Patty Ritchie
Heuverton
New York State
Fulton
Ron Woodward
Lake Neatahwanta
Ritchie
Woodward
State Department of Environmental Conservation
DEC
Granby
Cuomo
Assemblyman
Will Barclay
R-Pulaski
Neatahwanta
Fulton Lake
Barclay
Stevenson Beach
North Bay Beach
Panther Lake
North Sandy Pond
Lake Temale
Pennellville Pond
Pleasant Lake
South Sandy Pond
Oswego receives $12,953 donation for Read To Them program
The Shineman Foundation donated 12,953 dollars to Oswego City School District to provide 2,177 books for the One District One Book One Read ing event. Elementary students will receive The World According to Humphrey from April 30 to May 25, with activities to boost home reading and parental involvement.
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Oswego
Humphrey
Carrie Plasse
Karen Goetz
Shineman Foundation
Goetz
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