Join Poet Laureate, Roscoe Burnems, for Richmond’s is “FIRST big money poetry slam”! Brought to you by Sunday Service Soul Food, Lifeline Poetry, & The Writer’s Den Competitors will be…
Urban Fiction Experience Talk
Experience urban fiction at its finest with NYT Best-Selling Author Nikki Turner, Richmond Poet Laureate Roscoe Burnems, and other notable urban fiction authors. Features author workshops, readings, and chances to…
Freedom Constellations at City Hall
Massive, 160ft. tall portraits of youth leaders from RISE for Youth are going up on the side of City Hall! Through the magic of augmented reality, you’ll be able to…
Freedom Constellation Announcement Press Conference
Richmond Poet Laureate, Roscoe Burnems, speaks to the audience at the launch event for Richmond City’s unprecedented art installation project on City Hall. Click here to watch the full announcement.
Two Virginia poets – including the Poet Laureate of Richmond – receive $50,000 fellowships from the Academy of American Poets
written by Colleen Curran excerpt from Richmond Times-Dispatch Two Virginia poets have been awarded $50,000 fellowships from the Academy of American Poets. Roscoe Burnems, the first poet laureate of Richmond,…
University of Richmond: Teaching Artist Spotlight: Roscoe Burnems
Guest post from University of Richmond student Kat Mitchell, who has spent this semester with Partners in the Arts (PIA) through an independent study and internship. She caught up with…
Richmond Free Press: Personality – Douglas Powell aka “Roscoe Burnems”
Douglas Powell is many things — a poet, author and spoken word artist who performs under the alias Roscoe Burnems. He is a National Poetry Slam champion, a former TEDx…
Richmond Magazine: The Power of Poetry
Meet Roscoe Burnems, Richmond’s first poet laureate by Holly Rodriguez On January 20, 2021, when Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history as she presented her poem “The…
Commonwealth Times: Richmond Virginia’s first poet laureate, Roscoe Burnems.
Kofi Mframa, Contributing Writer The term “poet laureate” has been on the lips of many since hearing the inaugural poem by the nation’s first National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. The…
City Names Roscoe Burnems
First Richmond Poet Laureate
First Richmond Poet Laureate
Said Burnems of his new post,“I can’t wait to get started.” The City of Richmond has chosen its first poet laureate, Douglas Powell, known in the community by his stage…