July 2010
4 posts
Queens Tribune - "Poet Laureate Sees Expanded... →
By Rebecca Sesny
Small in stature but large on passion, award-winning poet, self-proclaimed nomad, and Sunnyside resident Paolo Javier has big plans in the borough for the next three years. After launching a search in March, Queens Borough President Helen Marshall announced on June 18 that Javier would be the fifth Poet Laureate of Queens. An unpaid appointment that focuses on service to the...
Philstar - "Filipino poet named poet laureate of... →
by Edmund Silvestre, July 11, 2010
MANILA, Philippines - A young Filipino literary genius – author of two poetry collections and four chapbooks (short books of poetry), as well as a playwright, film director, college professor, editor, and publisher – beat out over 20 contenders to become the fifth and latest poet laureate of the New York City Borough of Queens, home to a large number of...
Queens Courier - "Queens Has Its Fifth Poet... →
BY NEIL ANTHONY STROCCHIA
Wednesday, July 7, 2010 5:57 PM EDT Sunnyside’s Paolo Javier was appointed the borough’s fifth Poet Laureate by Borough President Helen Marshall on Thursday, June 17, and he will now work towards promoting the art form throughout Queens. “Being granted the Poet Laureate of Queens is one of the greatest honors I have,” said Javier, a native of the Philippines. “I...
Salute by Hal Sirowitz, second poet Laureate, to...
Paolo Javier, in his amazing poem “Ladies and Gentlemen….Mr. Bob Harris!”, says it’s ‘possible to be a romantic without being either dead or sad or unfaithful.’ I’m pretty sure he’s not dead. I don’t think Helen Marshall would crown a dead person poet laureate when there were so many good candidates. I know he’s not unfaithful to Queens, because he chooses to live here.
And I know he’s a...
