Viking Update: Poetry on the Comet

Poetry on the Comet

On Sunday, November 1, Ms. Jennifer Bartell, English teacher at Spring Valley, participated in Poetry on the Comet, a project of Ed Madden, Poet Laureate of the City of Columbia. Her poem "Sun" was selected from over 200 submissions from poets across the state.

Ms. Bartell graduated from Agnes Scott College in 2005 and received the MFA in Poetry from the University of South Carolina in 2014. Her poetry has been published in pluck!: The Journal of Affrilachian Arts & Culture; Blackberry: a magazine; Jasper Magazine; decomP; Fall Lines; Composite {Arts Magazine}; and Callaloo. She also a 2014 Callaloo Writing Workshop Fellow.

Read more about Poetry on the Comet here: Comet bus passengers get a ride – and a poetry reading – in Columbia.

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