From the women of Poetry Unlocked:
POETRY UNLOCKED IS BACK IN-PERSON: NEW TIME AND LOCATION!
Monday, May 9
PERFORMANCE POETRY WITH CUJO!
6:30 pm
Acoca Coffee & Café
500 West College Avenue, Appleton
Poetry Unlocked is excited to welcome spoken word poet and hip hop artist Cujo to ACOCA Coffee on May 9! Cujo is known in the Green Bay arts community as the host of Spoken Word Nights.
Arrive early to grab a drink or sandwich, then enjoy a special poetry performance from Cujo.
Open mic to follow; interested readers can sign up at the event.
ABOUT OUR FEATURED ARTIST:
Whether through performance poetry or hip-hop music, CUJO is intent upon speaking “Truth to Power.” Through sharing his own journey into self and exposed vulnerability, listeners are guided inward and will find themselves exploring what it is that truly defines their own journey.
ON DECK FOR POETRY UNLOCKED:
6/13/22 Nancy Austin & Margaret Coombs
7/11/22 Round Robin at City Park (weather permitting)
These events are brought to you, in part, by the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets (WFOP), an organization founded for the creation, promotion and enjoyment of poetry throughout the state of Wisconsin. To learn more, visit www.wfop.org.
OTHER READINGS & EVENTS IN THE AREA
Belonging Through Poetry at the Appleton Public Library
Every 4th Wednesday, the library is supporting a monthly, virtual group that will explore life’s big topics in poetry with the hopes of creating connections and a sense of belonging in the community. To learn more about the April topic, click here: https://bit.ly/3ND59LA
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwoc-qhrj8iGdxObAwqie5iqvYkbKKGobjX
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Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets offers Poetry at Large, a series of writing workshops to complement engaged and active poetry readings and other fellowship events. The workshops are designed to help you take your writing to the next level with the challenge to delve deeper and activate what matters.
Villanelle: The Fine Art of Repeating Yourself
June 16 & July 14, 7-8:30 p.m.
Featuring Marilyn L. Taylor
The real key to writing a memorable villanelle? It lies in mastering the skill of repeating yourself—which is great news for poets. Because every once in a while, a memorable phrase or sentence will spring to mind—something that’s so insightful, so fresh, that your Inner Poet suddenly starts asking: shouldn’t this little gem be transformed into a villanelle, so it can become the repeated refrain? Maybe it should!
So why not give it a shot? It’s going to be intensive, it’s going to be fun, and you may find your poetry striding boldly into places where it’s never gone before.
Workshops are free, a benefit of WFOP membership and part of our mission to promote poets and poetry in Wisconsin. We only ask that you register in advance for both Part 1 and Part 2 to authenticate all participants. Once you register, you will receive a Zoom link to the session.
To learn more and register, click here: https://www.wfop.org/poetry-at-large-events/6/14/2022/6/villanelle-the-fine-art-of-repeating-yourself-part
SUBMISSION OPPORTUNITIES
Submit to Bramble for the Summer 2022 Issue
Deadline May 15, 2022
Guest Editor: Kathleen Serley
Bramble welcomes poems in any form and style, about any subject. For this issue the Guest Editor is especially interested in reading epistolary/letter poems. Think emails, online chats and texts as well as that all-too-rare, but special gift, the traditional letter. Write to “the person next door” or – as in an apostrophe poem – to an absent or inanimate subject. Explore literary and visual form. Inspire us. Make us laugh. Warm our hearts. Send us your missives. Maybe poems are just unsent letters to begin with.
For submission guidelines:
https://www.wfop.org/bramble-how-to-submit?fbclid=IwAR3dqpscyRpcAvRk4S2Mgxl1V2Z-eGnJNJnbaNubLZ6dYIIfrrdGIYoIejs