Poets & Writers Theater
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“Poems ask you to...really think empathetically, compassionately, and deeply about things.” Aaron Coleman, whose chapbook, St. Trigger (Button Poetry, 2016), won the 2015 Button Poetry Prize, talks about his writing interests and the power of poetry as a tool that can shift everyday language and change perspectives.
Tags: Poetry | Aaron Coleman | Button Poetry | 2016 | 2015 | Button Poetry Prize | St. Trigger -
“The soft dark rope of prayer and dream, its weight, what I pull, and am pulled by into night...” Aaron Coleman reads “On Surrender” from his chapbook, St. Trigger (Button Poetry, 2016), which won the 2015 Button Poetry Prize. Coleman’s debut poetry collection, Threat Come Close (Four Way Books, 2018), is featured in Page One in the March/April issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Tags: Poetry | Aaron Coleman | reading | Threat Come Close | Button Poetry | Four Way Books | 2018 | Page One | March/April 2018 | 2016 | St. Trigger | On Surrender
