Well, I guess the novel will be once again in my peripheral vision, however something really great has happened and that is that I will be facilitating this new weekly poetry workshop at the redhare, a gallery and preformance space @ 260 10th street in downtown Astoria, Or. It’s a beautiful space, an ekphrasis goldmine. I’m super excited. Back when I lived in California, I was part of a group of poets that met twice a month to workshop and write new poems and ever since I moved to Astoria, its been my dream to do the same thing here as my experience was such a motivating and inspiring one in Pacific Grove. I talked endlessly to owners of various venues and there was always some issue that wasn’t quite going to work, but I finally found it. So here is the start of something new for me, and the community and I simply cannot wait. This weekend is the Fisher Poets gathering in Astoria, which is a must-see/must-do. For those that may not be hip to it, it’s a preformance series of poets who are also commercial fishermen, and come from all over the world to Astoria to share their wisdom and insight through poetry. I’m hoping that this event makes people excited about poetry enough to be inspired to do it themselves and that they come to try out the workshop.
for more info on the redhare and to get the skinny on the workshop, follow the link below:
http://www.americantowns.com/or/astoria/events/astoria-poetry-workshop
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