Here’s June poetry news from Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) PR Coordinator Cathryn Cofell and Poetry Reading Series Coordinator/WFOP Regional VP Sarah Gilbert:
The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) Fox Valley Poetry Series meets at Harmony Cafe in Appleton (233 E. College Ave) on the third Monday of most months. Each evening begins at 6:30 p.m. with the featured reader(s), followed by an open mic open to anyone who wishes to read 1-2 poems.
Monday, June 17, 6:30 p.m. – Andrea Potos and Katrin Talbot
Andrea Potos is the author of four poetry collections, including We Lit the Lamps Ourselves (Salmon Poetry, Ireland), and Yaya’s Cloth (Iris Press). Another collection from Salmon Poetry will be published in 2015. She has received an Outstanding Achievement Award in Poetry from the Wisconsin Library Association, and the James Hearst Poetry Prize from the North American Review. Her poems appear widely in print and online. She lives in Madison with her husband, her teenage daughter and a cockapoo named Penny.
Sample poem:
WOMEN POETS BEFORE ME
Some days I can almost hear
long skirts rustling–
the lanky one with the determined gait,
her cropped, autumn-hued hair shining,
the other with poppies in her hands,
white gown like drapery billowing into the other world
before she goes.
Not muses exactly–
reminders
of what survives–
creation’s flames that gutter,
flare.
Australian-born Katrin Talbot is a violist, photographer, and poet, who combines her love for music and words in the collection St. Cecilia’s Daze from Parallel Press. Her poetry has appeared in a number of journals and anthologies and has been nominated for a Pushcart prize. Katrin was a finalist in 2009 for four national poetry prizes—one of which awarded enough prize money to fund a Dairy Queen run. Her photo essay of Schubert’s Winterreise was published as a coffee table book and CD by the University of Wisconsin Press.
ON DECK AT HARMONY – 2013
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Jul 15 Carrie Shipers and Jim Pollock
Aug 19 Carolyn Vargo and Ed Werstein
Sept 19 Karla Huston and Rusty McKenzie
OTHER KEY HAPPENINGS
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JUNE 12 (WEDNESDAY) DICKINSON POETRY SERIES FEATURES CYNTHIA OLIVER: On the second Wednesday of every month the Dickinson Poetry Series features a reading by a local or regional poet followed by an open mic and reception. The public is welcome, and admission is free. 7:00 p.m. at the UUF, 10341 Highway 42 in Ephraim. For more information visit www.uufdc.org or call 920.854.7559.
JUNE 25 (TUES), APPLEBLOSSOM BOOKS, OSHKOSH FEATURES JANET LEAHY: The reading takes place at 6:30 pm at Apple Blossom Books, 200 E City Center, Oshkosh. Janet serves on the board of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets. Her poems have been published in a variety of print and online journals and in anthologies. Several of her poems have been featured on the website Your Daily Poem. She has participated in ekphrastic poetry exhibitions in Oconomowoc and at Gallery Q in Stevens Point. Her first collection of poetry was “The Storm, Poems of War, Iraq.” Poems in her most recent book “Not My Mother’s Classroom” are drawn from her experience teaching in Milwaukee. An open mic will follow where participants may read one or two of their own poems or poems by others that they love. Come early and enjoy a meal or grab a cup of coffee at Caramel Crisp and Café whose inner doors connect with the bookstore.
PENINSULA PULSE WRITING CONTEST & LIT/PHOTO ISSUE: DEADLINE JUNE 28; SEE ATTACHED.
THE MILL: A PLACE FOR WRITERS: 8-WEEK SUMMER WORKSHOPS BEGIN JUNE 3. CHECK OUT THE FACEBOOK PAGE FOR DETAILS AT https://www.facebook.com/TheMillAPlaceForWriters?fref=ts
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