Photo collage from the 6/10/06 Open Mic event (thanks to Cicily Corbett)
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Your hostess, Crystal Senter Brown
www.crystalsenterbrown.com
Spoken Word Saturday!
May 10 (day before Mother's Day)
1:00 pm
Central Library Community Room
all ages - all forms of creative writing -
all languages welcome!
May's featured poet is Eilish Thompson.
Eilish is a sophomore [wise-fool] at Springfield Central High. Her world revolves around poetry and she takes the greenhouse gases from the air and breathes out verse. Eilish spends all of her time pondering what the deeper meaning of anything is, searching for the next rhyme or inspiration to write. When not writing poetry, she spends her time writing plays, acting, or singing.
Readings at the monthly Open Mic series should be "family-friendly."
Questions? Or to sign up, contact Anna at abrandenburg@springfieldlibrary.org or 263-6828 x426.
Free parking is available in the State Street lot across from the library, or in the Elliot Street lot next to the Springfield Museums Welcome Center.
We had over 60 folks at the April 12th Slam, including almost 20 contestants. Our top 3 slammers were:
Shariff Butler
Daisy Pereira-Tosada
Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor
Slams are being held at Western Mass. libraries throughout the months of April and May. See below for a complete list of libraries.
Winners will be invited to compete in a GRAND FINALE POETRY SLAM on Sunday, May 25, 2:30 pm, at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst.
Other Libraries hosting slams this Spring:
West Stockbridge Public Library - March 13 - 6:30PM
Worthington Library - April 10 - 7PM
Stockbridge Library Association - April 22 - 6PM
North Adams Public Library - April 22 - 6PM
Wheeler Memorial Library, Orange - April 26 - 2PM
Milne Library, Williamstown - April 26 - 1PM
Chicopee Public Library - April 30 - 6PM
Monterey Library - May 10 - 7PM
Forbes Library, Northampton – May 17 - 1:30PM
Read the work of some of our Open Mic poets: Biz Zoc7, Elizabeth, Jerry, Marcia, Ronald, Tania, Maria, Carl, Stephen, sympetalous, William, Robin.
(If you've read at one of the events, and would like to post a poem, please send one in!)
Spoken Word Saturdays in Spring 2008 are sponsored by a grant from the Springfield Cultural Council, in connection with the 2008 Poetry Contest.
Central Library Creative Writing Group
Please note, the Central Library Creative Writing Group has moved its meeting time to: First and Third Saturdays, 12:30 pm (until about 2:30) in the Central Library Community Room
Upcoming meetings:
April 19, May 3, May 17
A group of local writers have formed a creative writing group, to meet twice a month at the Central Library. The group will be organized in a cooperative, flexible manner, so as to best meet the needs of all involved. Newcomers are welcome, but are encouraged to contact the group before attending a meeting.
For more information, please contact Anna at abrandenburg@springfieldlibrary.org, or 263-6828 x426.
Websites for poetry readers and writers, listed in the library's Directory of the Web.
Poetry Resources at the Springfield City Library - a finding aid to help you locate material at the library.
Poetry-related filmlist of titles available throughout the C/WMars system.
Collections of Love Poetry at the Springfield City Library.
Poems by the winners of the library's 2006 Poetry Contest.
Poems by the winners of the library's 2008 Poetry Contest.
Local Resources, Events, and Links
The Poetry Center at Smith College hosts literary events and supports poetry programs in the local community.
The Emily Dickinson Museum in Amherst offers a variety of programs throughout the year.
Northampton's Forbes Library hosts a weekly Poetry Discussion Group (Mondays 7:00-8:45) and a monthly Poetry Reading Series.
Amherst College literary events are free and open to the public.
UMass Amherst's MFA Program for Poets and Writers: Visiting Writers Series.
Author events at the Odyssey Bookshop in South Hadley frequently include poetry readings.
Community Voices Poetry Open Mic: Every Monday evening, 7:30 - 9:00, Jester's Cafe and Deli, Westfield.
Lori Desrosier's Poetry News covers poetry events in the Pioneer Valley and Western MA as well as the
larger Springfield/Worcester/Hartford area.
The Shine! Online Journal of literature, poetry, art, and photography is always looking for submissions. Edited by local writer/teacher Pamela Tyree Griffin.
The Florence Poets' Society hosts monthly meetings (open to all poets), and sponsors an annual contest.
María Luisa Arroyo - local poet and educator, and regular at the Springfield Library Open Mic events.
AmaXonica, website of Magdalena Gomez, local poet, playwright and arts educator.
Amherst Writers and Artists offers workshops, retreats & personal writing services for writers across the US.
Patchwork Farm Retreat offers creative writing and yoga workshops at their mountainside home in western Massachusetts.
The Frost Place in Franconia, NH - 30th Annual Festival and Conference on Poetry, July 27 - August 2, 2008
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