Poetry readings are as varied as clothing styles, but this next post is an event I have found that can fit almost everyone's needs. The readings are held the third Sunday of each month at the St. Helena Library. Gary Silva provides a casual, relaxed (yet organized) atmosphere allowing each poet to present their poem with its individual voice. I encourage those who enjoy a variety of poetry form and content to come to this reading!
----Suzanne
On Sunday, September 20th, 3 p.m., at the St. Helena Public Library, we will be having the "regular" poetry "read around."Please bring a (about one page) poem of your own authorship or one written by another poet to read aloud to the group. We will read one poem each until we have gone around the circle once. Then if there is time, we will go around a second time, usually depending on how many people show up.The event is "free," but your admission is reading a poem to the group.
If you have any questions, you can contact the St. Helena Library at 963-5244.
Gary SilvaNapa County Poet Laureate
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Bilingual Poetry Reading, August 20, 2009
Dear Poets and Friends of Poetry,
This is just my usual reminder about our next poetry reading:Our major poetry event for this month is a bilingual poetry reading at the Napa Main Library. (There will be no "read around" at the St. Helena Library until next month.)Napa County Poet Laureate Gary Silva and the Napa City-County Library will present a Bilingual Poetry Reading in the Library’s Community Meeting Room on Thursday, August 20th, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Several featured local poets and readers will read their own poems and poems by others in Spanish and in English translation. If time permits, an “open mike” will be offered to persons in the audience who are invited to bring a favorite poem and translation to read aloud. This presentation is open to the public and is free of charge. Seating and assisted-listening devices will be available on a first-come first-served basis. The Napa City-County Library is wheelchair-accessible and is on VINE route 2. For further information, please call 235-4235.I hope you can attend!
Gary Silva, Poet Laureate, Napa
This is just my usual reminder about our next poetry reading:Our major poetry event for this month is a bilingual poetry reading at the Napa Main Library. (There will be no "read around" at the St. Helena Library until next month.)Napa County Poet Laureate Gary Silva and the Napa City-County Library will present a Bilingual Poetry Reading in the Library’s Community Meeting Room on Thursday, August 20th, from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Several featured local poets and readers will read their own poems and poems by others in Spanish and in English translation. If time permits, an “open mike” will be offered to persons in the audience who are invited to bring a favorite poem and translation to read aloud. This presentation is open to the public and is free of charge. Seating and assisted-listening devices will be available on a first-come first-served basis. The Napa City-County Library is wheelchair-accessible and is on VINE route 2. For further information, please call 235-4235.I hope you can attend!
Gary Silva, Poet Laureate, Napa
Friday, July 3, 2009
St. Helena Poetry Reading
Dear Poets and Poetry Fans,
July 19th there will be a Poetry Read Around at the St. Helena Library, at 3 p.m.
Please bring a poem of your own creation or one by another poet to read aloud at the event. (Poems should be relatively short, about one page, no longer than five minutes).
Admission is FREE, though your "ticket" is a poem to read aloud.
The last event was a great success, with seventeen poets (like seventeen syllables in a haiku?) reading poems they wrote or by other "well known" poets.
Thanks again, and hope to see you on the 19th.Gary Silva, Poet Laureate of Napa County
July 19th there will be a Poetry Read Around at the St. Helena Library, at 3 p.m.
Please bring a poem of your own creation or one by another poet to read aloud at the event. (Poems should be relatively short, about one page, no longer than five minutes).
Admission is FREE, though your "ticket" is a poem to read aloud.
The last event was a great success, with seventeen poets (like seventeen syllables in a haiku?) reading poems they wrote or by other "well known" poets.
Thanks again, and hope to see you on the 19th.Gary Silva, Poet Laureate of Napa County
Art and Poetry, Share Voices: Ekphrastic Expresssions Exhibit
One of the things I do with my poetry is collaborative work with artist Janet Manalo. We have had several exhibits and presentations in the past. Our goal with these it not only the thrill of sharing our works, but to encourage others to find their creative voice as well.
We invited other Vacaville Art Gallery members to bring in pieces of art that they have done that were inspired by a poem or music.
The exhibit is now up! We are excited and hope people will stop by and share their opinions. Maybe they will even have some creative energies ignited for their own work!
Art & Poetry, Shared VoicesEkphrastic Expressions by Janet Manalo & Suzanne Bruce
We invited other Vacaville Art Gallery members to bring in pieces of art that they have done that were inspired by a poem or music.
The exhibit is now up! We are excited and hope people will stop by and share their opinions. Maybe they will even have some creative energies ignited for their own work!
Art & Poetry, Shared VoicesEkphrastic Expressions by Janet Manalo & Suzanne Bruce
Location: Vacaville Art Gallery 718 Monte Vista Ave. Vacaville, CA http://www.vacavilleart.com/
July 3~July 25, 2009
*Party on the Patio Reception: Saturday, July 11 FREE ~ Public Invited 7 ~ 9 pm
Wine by Winterhawk Winery; Jazz by the Bob Jacobs Trio
Also Exhibiting:VAL Member Art inspired by Music & Poetry
"Veiled Turmoil" by J. Manalo....... "Living Death" by S. Bruce
Visit EkphrasticExpressions for details
Friday, June 12, 2009
New Poetry Read-Around
"If you are a poet...If you have the soul of a poet...If you love poetry..."
The St. Helena Public Library will now be hosting a Poetry Read-Around on the third Sunday of each month. The first one will be held on Sunday, June 21 at 3:00pm.
Where: St. Helena Public Library
1492 Library Lane
St. Helena, CA
Date: June 21, 2009
Time: 3:00pm
Information: 707-963-5244
The St. Helena Public Library will now be hosting a Poetry Read-Around on the third Sunday of each month. The first one will be held on Sunday, June 21 at 3:00pm.
Where: St. Helena Public Library
1492 Library Lane
St. Helena, CA
Date: June 21, 2009
Time: 3:00pm
Information: 707-963-5244
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
A Writer's Challenge
A Writer’s Challenge
To step into the space of a blank page,
collage it with imaginary color.
To walk hand-in-hand with wonder,
wrap souls with magical warmness.
To inhale the breezes of fantasy’s breaths,
create fabrications in the wind.
To embrace feelings of hidden meaning,
to reap unearthed ideas.
To celebrate vivacious voices,
release inhibitions from shy silence.
To seduce bare paper with passionate words,
then to dare someone to read them.
Suzanne Bruce
© A Writer’s Challenge, 2008
To step into the space of a blank page,
collage it with imaginary color.
To walk hand-in-hand with wonder,
wrap souls with magical warmness.
To inhale the breezes of fantasy’s breaths,
create fabrications in the wind.
To embrace feelings of hidden meaning,
to reap unearthed ideas.
To celebrate vivacious voices,
release inhibitions from shy silence.
To seduce bare paper with passionate words,
then to dare someone to read them.
Suzanne Bruce
© A Writer’s Challenge, 2008
Voices through Poetry
Several years ago, I discovered how much I enjoyed writing poetry. Not only was it a way for me to be creative, but it also became a voice through which I could express many things that I otherwise could not. Now it is a daily part of my life. Whether it is in private journaling or reading at an organized event, writing my own, or enjoying someone else's work--it has a place in my life every day. That's what this blog is all about. To share work, ideas, events, or even to post a poem. I hope you will join in with your own creative voice.
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