In The News: Philadelphia, PA USA- Van Stone Downing Poets Teaya Downing And Stone Downing Are Helping Local Adults Use Their Voices On The Web by Shera Minor frontpagenews1@yahoo.com

More  people in the USA are experiencing hopelessness and disappointment in life than before. Often, Poetry writes become a big help to enlighten, encourage, and create awareness to the way of the life in neighborhoods.  When Van Stone, Editor and Publisher of the Philadelphia Front Page News Magazine and Media Key 307 Magazine talks about the city of urban life and rural life worldwide usually there is some moments in poetry involved — and its school system , and its women and children, and its people of color(s).  Having that in mind, his niece, Teaya Downing, a professional poet in the Downing family, also hears about too much violence, too little money and too little care in the world. Teaya uses her style of poetry to help give adults the opportunity to create meaningful stories about their personal lives and the challenges they face.

The Philadelphia Front Page News is partnering with Teaya Downing to develop a newer poetry program.

As it stands, there will be a small program so that more quality writers of poems will be able to build lasting and strong poetry.

Stone admits that bringing in more professional poets and those with goals to become more recognized voices in poetry styles to the popular newspaper and magazine faces enormous challenges. The need of more poetry programs seems to be worth every bit of those challenges.