POETRY RENDEZVOUS 2013
Our Silver Anniversary!
Poetry Rendezvous will be August 10-11, 2013, at the Barton County Arts Council gallery at 1401 Main, Great Bend, Kansas. All events are free. For more information or a schedule of events, e-mail editor@chironreview.com.
Poets and poetry lovers are invited to come help us celebrate this special milestone in the history of our gathering.
Among the highlights will be the open-mic readings, poetry workshop and a visit to Carol Long's pottery studio (http://longpottery.com).
Saturday will feature special readings by Chandra E.A. Dickson (Wichita, KS), Robert Joy (Ellinwood, KS), Ruth Moon Kempher (St. Augustine, FL), Kyle Laws (Pueblo, CO), Ellaraine Lockie (Sunnyvale, CA), George Martin (Ellinwood, KS) and Linda Rocheleau (Asheville, NC).
Sunday will feature a poetry workshop by Ellaraine Lockie titled, "Word Branching," a unique creative process for writers, especially poets, developed by Ms. Lockie and published in Wingbeats: Exercises and Practice in Poetry (Dos Gatos Press). Participants are asked to bring a thesaurus with them to the workshop.
Sunday will also feature the main event, Tony Moffeit, the Blues Poet of Pueblo, Colorado!
Those interested in participating in the Poetry Rendezvous 2013 anthology should bring 50+ copies of their own page. Poets are welcome to use both sides of the page; paper any color/texture; poetry, art, photographs, etc. Anthologies will be compiled on Sunday afternoon. Covers, staples, hole puncher & other binding materials will be provided. Participants get one free copy.
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