The Poet and the Poem
2026-27 Series

Featured Brenda Bunting and Sylvia Dianne Beverly

Click here for Brenda Bunting and Sylvia Dianne Beverly podcast.mp3

Poet Brenda Bunting is an award-winning orator and the author of “Poems of Love and Violence in between Life and Death” 1st and 2nd editions. She is an authentic voice of courage who hosts poetry events and has been featured live, virtually, on television and radio. Brenda’s work has been widely published in journals, anthologies, online and in print. She lives in Maryland and is known throughout the metropolitan area as a storyteller, workshop facilitator, and spoken word artist who advocates for social and environmental causes.

Sylvia Dianne Beverly (“Ladi Di”) is a native of Washington, D.C. She is poet, and author of Forever In Your Eyes (A potpourri of poems of love, appreciations and tributes. She has presented at the Lewisham Theater in Brixton, London, England. Recently she was inducted into the Anacostia High School Alumni Hall of Fame. Ladi Di is the proud Matriarch of her family.

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