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Poetry Commissions

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      Recent Public Poetry Commissions

  • “The Naming,” Cathedral of St John the Divine, 9-11 Memorial unveiling and permanent installation
  • “Wings for the Weavers,” National Museum of Women in the Arts, Women’s Poetry Timeline launch
  • “Amulet for Brave Women,” Maine State Legislature Women’s Lobby, Awards Celebration
  • “Keys,” Yale University, Phi Beta Kappa celebratory banquet

meredith bergmann sculpture and annie finch poem at st john the divineAnnie Finch's unique poetic skills, interweaving craft, spirit, and passion, are suited to marking personal and public occasions. It is part of Annie's calling as a poet to create poems that mark and honor moments in our individual or collective lives.  Annie's commissions for public occasions have included the Women's Poetry Timeline at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington D.C., a Phi Beta Kappa poem for Yale University, and the 9-11 Memorial at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York.

Like an Olympic ice skater, she makes intricate music look smooth and easy. . .I recommend her with enthusiasm—and awe.” — Molly Peacock, President Emerita, Poetry Society of America

Read Annie’s brief essay on writing commissioned poems, “Occasioning Poetry,” at the Poetry Foundation.

Listen to Annie's discussion about writing public poetry with President Obama's Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco at the 2016 Poetry by the Sea Conference:

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