WHAT IS THE POETRY POD PROJECT?
The Poetry Pod Project (P3) is Semaj Brown’s poet laureate civic focus. P3 unfolds with ambition. Understanding the structural and systemic, seemingly insurmountable scourge of illiteracy, and yet despite barriers organizing and implementing sustainable poetry programming throughout the City of Flint, is the goal. To ignite, to foment a culture of poetry, and thus literacy is the mission. To impart programming designed to increase reading and writing skills while integrating arts and sciences is the innovation. As her civic initiative, Semaj Brown has developed the interdisciplinary (science and art), integrated online platform, The Poetry Pod Project (P3) which increases poetry appreciation and visibility while utilizing poetry to enhance literacy. P3 is the programming of promise and possibility.
FLINT POET LAUREATE REPORT | SUMMER 2022
