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WFOP News

Cathryn Cofell with The Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP) says that as part of the Fox Valley Poetry Series, which meets at Harmony Cafe in Appleton (233 E. College Ave) on the third Monday of most months, Rolf Olson and Sharon Auberle will be readin on Monday, Nov. 18, at 6:30 p.m.

 Sharon Auberle is the author of three poetry collections– two of which also contain her photographs and two book collaborations with poets in which her photos are featured.    Her newest work is a collection of poems with Ralph Murre, titled Wind Where Music Was.   She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her work has appeared in numerous publications and anthologies, including Earth’s Daughters; Goose River Anthology 2013; Verse and Vision and Cradle Songs.  For reasons which are still a mystery to her, she has authored a blog–Mimi’s Golightly Café for seven years, which contains a potpourri of her images and words.

Rolf Olson has been a craftsman in wood and metal for 25 years, working as a boat builder, joiner, and blacksmith designing and building doors, cabinets, furniture and functional objects in wood and metal.  He began writing poetry seriously about 13 years ago, publishing his first chapbook, “One Glass Eye” in 2003.  His next book, “Riot at the Poets’ Café,” is in its’ final editing at this time.  His poems have been described as spare, fun, intense, and Zen-like.  He has been a member of the “Unabridged Poets” for 8 years, is currently the resident manager at a destination hotel in Egg Harbor and has been living in Door County for the past 30 years.

Other events and news include:

NOVEMBER 26 (TUESDAY), APPLE BLOSSOM BOOKS, OSHKOSH FEATURES LAUREL MILLS & MARILYN POTTER:  The reading takes place at 6:30 pm at Apple Blossom Books, 200 E City Center, Oshkosh.   An open mic will follow where participants may read one or two of their own poems or poems by others that they love.  Laurel Mills will read from Rumor of Hope, which won Encircle Publications Chapbook Contest, Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Award, and Wisconsin Library Association’s Outstanding Achievement Honors.  Marilyn Potter’s life as a poet began with the death of her husband.  Encouraged by a personal poet friend to write as a form of grieving, she discovered the muse within.  Come early and enjoy a meal or grab a cup of coffee at Caramel Crisp and Café whose inner doors connect with the bookstore.

Poetry Off the Page  

Workshop Leader: Glenis Redmond
For Educators of Grades 4-12
Date: Thursday, Dec. 5, 4 – 7 p.m.
Location: Fox Cities Performing Arts Center
Fee: $30 or $25 / AASD Staff (includes resource packet and boxed dinner)
Based on the belief that poetry, in addition to being written and read, should be

performed. This workshop will help educators introduce students to the topic of poetry. Participants will learn ways to help students learn brainstorming techniques, imagery and layering to write powerful and effective poems. Clear and easy poetic structures and formats empower students to expand their imaginations and cross creative boundaries. Award-winning poet Glenis Redmond will share techniques on how to help students express themselves through their words and bring their poetry to life on the page as well as off the page. This workshop was developed in association with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

  .  To register:  

http://www.foxcitiespac.com/educators/available-workshops
  DEADLINES!

 COUNCIL FOR WISCONSIN WRITERS’ WI WRITERS AWARDS NOW OPEN, 

DEADLINE — JANUARY 31, 2014:

WFOP CHAPBOOK CONTEST OPENS DECEMBER 1, DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1: For a book published in 2013.  Do not have to be a WFOP member to enter.  See http://wfop.org/contests/cbprize.html for contest rules.

WFOP MUSE PRIZE DEADLINE FEBRUARY 1: For an original unpublished poem.  Do not have to be a WFOP member to enter.  See http://wfop.org/contests/muse.html for contest rules.

 

 

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WFOP Events Listing

Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets’ Cathryn Cofell sends along this poetry events reminder:

Monday, May 20, 6:30 p.m. – Marilyn Potter and Laurel Mills!

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.

Laurel Mills is the author of five award-winning collections of poems, including  Rumor of Hope, which won the Encircle Publications Chapbook Contest and the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets Chapbook Contest. Her work has been published in many places, including Ms. Magazine, Yankee, Calyx, Kalliope, and the anthologyBoomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation. She is senior lecturer emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Fox Valley, where she taught English and edited the literary magazine Fox Cry Review.

Marilyn Potter’s recent chapbook is Ralph’s Pipes: Poems of Love and Loss. Her work has appeared in Fox Cry Review and Wisconsin Poets’ Calendar.  She is professor emeritus of counseling psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh.  In addition to writing poetry, she enjoys painting watercolors.

ON DECK AT HARMONY – 2013 

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Jun 17          Andrea Potos and Katrin Talbot

Jul 15           Carrie Shipers and Jim Pollock

Aug 19           Carolyn Vargo and Ed Werstein                 

OTHER KEY HAPPENINGS 

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MAY 8 (WEDNESDAY) DICKINSON POETRY SERIES FEATURES MARY GRAY KAYE:  Kaye’s many years of diversified experience find a place in her writing. Her professional background includes newspaper reporting, public relations and corporate travel. Her creative life has produced ghostwritten memoirs, essays, magazines articles, poems and fiction. 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.

MAY 14 (TUESDAY), THE FOOT OF THE LAKE POETRY COLLECTIVE FEATURES BRENT GOODMAN & ADAM FELL:   7:00 p.m. at the Riverwalk Art Center in Fond du Lac.   Brent is the author of Far From Sudden and The Brother Swimming Beneath Me. He lives in Rhinelander, where he works as a creative professional and serves as an assistant editor for the online journal Anti.  Adam is the author of I Am Not a Pioneer (H_NGM_N Bks 2011), winner of the 2011 Posner Book Award from the WI Council of Writers. He is a graduate of UW-Madison & the Iowa Writers’ Workshop & teaches at Edgewood College in Madison, WI, where he also co-curates the Monsters of Poetry Reading Series.  Open mic to follow, refreshments served. The Foot of the Lake Poetry Collective holds literary events on the second Tuesday of the month, September through May, temporarily at the Riverwalk  Art Center, 33 W. 2nd Street, Fond du Lac.

MAY 28 (TUES), APPLEBLOSSOM BOOKS, OSHKOSH FEATURES MARY WEHNER:  The reading takes place at 6:30 pm at Apple Blossom Books, 200 E City Center, Oshkosh.  Mary Wehner is the author of …or the opposite, a letterpress chapbook by Red Hydra Press, which also published her broadside “The Chinese Painting” and “Broken Shells at Dusk,” a lithograph in collaboration with Cuban artist Pollyanna Fernández Fernández.  A founding member of Foot of the Lake Poetry Collective, Mary is active in the Windhover Center for the Arts programming and is a board member of the Council for Wisconsin Writers.  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.