Kudos: Cahnmann-Taylor featured as "Winter Poet" in Georgia Poetry in the Parks Program

Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor, professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, is a featured “Winter Poet” in the Georgia Poetry in the Parks Program.

Her poem, “Teaching Poetry in Georgia Schools,” can be found on the Michelle Obama Trail, in the Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area, and at Glenlake Park in DeKalb County. Another trail will be hosted by the Georgia Writers Museum in Eatonton.

Georgia Poetry in the Parks is a collaboration between the Georgia Center for the Book, the DeKalb Library Foundation, and Georgia Poet Laureate Chelsea Rathburn. The program places poems by contemporary Georgia writers along park trails to encourage individuals and families exploring Georgia’s green spaces to stop and reflect on their environment and the power of language. Many of the stops on the poetry trails include creative prompts for people interested in writing poems or narratives of their own. At various points in the year, the poetry trails will be supplemented by readings and workshops, some to be held virtually and some outdoors, in COVID-safe spaces. This program is made possible by the Academy of American Poets with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.