yWrite E13: Poetry & Being Poet Laureate Nzima Hutchings

Are you a #poet? Every #write #poetry or enjoy poetry? Wonder what a Poet Larueate even is? Well, this episode will share so much about all of that and more! Meet Enfield Connecticut Poet Laureate Nzima Hutchings. She was appointed Poet Laureate of Enfield in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026. She is a best selling author and a very talented poet sharing her skill with her community.

Learn why she started the Enfield Poets Cafe and why yWrite Host Angela Grout is a featured poet on Nzima's Poetry Cafe Show! Nzima Hutchings discusses the style of poetry which she prefers as well as discusses rhyming, two-wop poems, contrapuntal poetry, and her passion to create, perform, and present poetry and workshops which empower women to heal, and embrace their truths.

Nzima's best selling book EVERY KINDA LADY, and her Sister Pages Anthology Series has evolved into so much more than just poetry on a page. Listen to this podcast to hear about the retreats she hosts for women, and how as the founder of the Hartford L.I.T , she created the annual Hartford Book Festival. For more information on her retreats, symposiums, workshops, and presentations, contact her at [email protected].

For more information on the annual Hartford Book Festival, visit www.hartfordslit.com

To learn about her show, her books, and her company EVERY KIND OF LADY, email: [email protected]

If you are interested to join the Enfield Poet's Cafe, which is open to the public and held at local libraries around Enfield, CT, visit and follow the ENFIELD POET CAFE Facebook page. The link is / 1b81b1mqv8

Subscribe and watch Nzima's Poetry Cafe Show on coxnorthcentral.com

Watch Nzima's Poetry Cafe Show Episode which yWrite Host Angela Grout shares her experience writing with Nzima and Angela reads her own two poems! Click this link: http://184.185.54.232/CablecastPublicSite/show/8137?site=1

Her books may be purchased online at Barnes & Noble or through contacting her directly at [email protected]

Her books include:

1. Every Kinda Lady and Her Sister Pages
2. Connect and Align to Heal
3. Belly Screams, Flowers, and Holes
4. WE BE
5. Every Kinda Lady: Monologues in Poetry Volume 1.
6. Poetry Cafe Spiels

More to come.....

For more information on Author Angela Grout, visit www.angelamgrout.com

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