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A celebration of
National Poetry Month
Presented by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library
Downtown poetry display • Readings & workshops
PoemCity

It’s April
and the city wears
her heart
on her long glass sleeve.
All other months
she folds
her secrets in.
It’s April and the
invisible
is speaking.
—Sara Norton, Marshfield
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Welcome to PoemCity Montpelier 2016!
I don’t remember when I noticed PoemCity for the first
time. It may have been years ago when a poem in a store
window drew me in as I was running errands downtown.
Or the day I looked down the street and was amazed to
see there were poems everywhere. I do remember the
day I looked up at the banner hanging from the KelloggHubbard Library and felt so lucky to live in a place
where National Poetry Month was appreciated in such a
public way.
Now in its seventh year, PoemCity is doing what all
good ideas do: It’s spreading. In addition to PoemCity
in Montpelier, PoemCampus at Norwich University,
PoemTowns in St. Johnsbury and Randolph, this year
will see PoemVillage in Saranac Lake in New York.
We are thrilled that other communities have stepped
forward to celebrate poetry and we extend our gratitude
to the volunteers in those places who make it happen.
PoemCity is not possible without the vision and
tireless efforts of Rachel Senechal, Program and
Development Coordinator at the Kellogg-Hubbard
Library, as well as her colleagues and volunteers. We
rely heavily on people like Amy O’Neal, VCFA intern,
who has given many hours to make PoemCity happen.
We are grateful to have support from the National Life
Group Foundation, the Vermont Humanities Council,
Goddard College, Vermont College of Fine Arts, and
the Hunger Mountain Coop. Most of all, we appreciate
the poets who send in their work to be shared and the
countless readers who stop and enjoy the work of their
neighbors.
This year, we will display hundreds of poems by
Vermonters from every corner of the state and from
every generation. Some have been published for years
and some are sharing their work for the first time.
PoemCity makes it possible for all these voices to be
heard. Vermont’s new Poet Laureate, Chard deNiord,
will launch PoemCity 2016 with a devotional reading at
the State House in the House Chambers at 9:30 a.m.
and a kick-off celebration at 7 p.m. at VCFA’s Alumni
Hall. On April 22, Earth Day, PoemCity will join in at
the Hunger Mountain Coop’s day of festivities with card
catalog poetry in the kids tent all day and an evening
of poetry, jazz, and wine and cheese tasting featuring
Rachel Senechal (left) and Michelle Singer
Reuben Jackson. The month will close out with another
special event: folks will have the chance to print their
own poems at May Day Studios on April 30.
Sometimes a theme naturally develops as plans for
PoemCity come together. This year, we are fortunate to
have numerous people talking about the poetic response
to visual art, called ekphrasis. On Monday, April 4, at 7
p.m. at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Daniel Lusk will
be giving a presentation on his newly published book,
The Vermeer Suite, featuring original poems in response
to the masterpieces by 17th Century Dutch painter
Johannes Vermeer. Also, on Friday, April 8, at 7 p.m.
at the T.W. Wood Gallery George Longenecker will be
speaking on “Poetry and Art.”
We hope you will enjoy National Poetry Month this
year. Come to one of our free events or simply stop and
read a poem downtown in April. Visit our website, www.
poem-city.org, for more information and remember
to carry a poem in your pocket on Thursday, April 21,
National Poem in Your Pocket Day. Just another way to
bring poetry into your life.
Best,
Michelle Singer
Co-Coordinator, PoemCity 2016
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Partners
For 121 years, the Kellogg-Hubbard Library has
been the focal point for the cultural, educational and intellectual
life in central Vermont. It serves as a resource to encourage lifelong learning, acts as a catalyst for the free exchange of ideas and
promotes literacy among all people. The library has been at the
heart of our communities: preserving yesterday, informing today,
and inspiring tomorrow. kellogghubbard.org.
Since its inception in 2006, the goal of the National Life
Group Foundation is to do good in the communities in
which we live and work by supporting nonprofit and educational
organizations. We do this in a number of ways, including
providing grants through our Foundation, giving our employees
40 hours of paid volunteer time annually, sponsoring events,
and offering in-kind donations of meeting space and equipment.
nationallife.com
Founded in 1974, the Vermont Humanities Council
strives to make Vermont a state in which every individual
reads, participates in public affairs, and continues to learn
throughout life. A state affiliate of the national Endowment for
the Humanities, VHC believes that engagement with the world
of ideas, in interaction with others, contributes uniquely to richer
lives, stronger communities, a more humane society, and a better
world. vermonthumanities.org.
Exhibits
PoemCity 2016 The main text display features hundreds
of poems from Vermonters of all ages in various downtown
locations. Look for them in storefronts, windows, and doors. One
or more poems in each location; see listing beginning on page 5.
Illustrated poems by East Montpelier Elementary
School students will be on display in the Hayes Room
of the Kellogg-Hubbard Library for the month of April. Students
in Mrs. Shedd’s fourth-grade class experimented with various
forms of poetry and created original artwork to accompany their
writing. Stop by to see their delightful masterpieces.
Hunger Mountain Coop, located at 623 Stone
Cutters Way, is a Member-owned, community-based food
co-op. We are committed to building a dynamic community
of healthy individuals, sustainable local food systems, and
thriving cooperative commerce. The Coop has nearly 7,700
Member-Owners, carries over 2,000 local products, and employs
160 employees. The Coop also hosts year-round community
workshops and events, including our upcoming Earth Day
Celebration on April 22. hungermountain.coop.
Vermont College of Fine Arts is a national
center for graduate arts education fostering the excellence of
established and emerging artists. With a unique practice-based
learning model and internationally renowned faculty, students
arrive at VCFA with the desire to grow their craft and build a
community with like-minded artists to create a more humane
world. vcfa.edu.
Goddard College is a liberal arts institution offering
low-residency bachelor’s and master’s degrees from its campus in
Plainfield, Vermont, and its educational sites in Port Townsend
and Seattle, Washington. Constituted according to the ideals of
democracy and principles of progressive education developed by
John Dewey, Goddard’s curriculum is centered in the problems
of choosing and deciding—students decide their areas of study,
they determine which resources they will use, and they devise
how they will measure what they learn. The College was founded
in 1863 and moved to its Plainfield campus in 1938. goddard.
edu.
While traveling to Montpelier, please stop by Vermont
Welcome Centers to read poems and pick up poetry
postcards: Williston (89S),”Lazlo’s Afternoon,” George
Longernecker, Middlesex; Guilford (91N), “Water Views,” Mary
Elder Jacobsen, North Calais; Sharon (89N), “Spilled Milk,”
Sydney Lea, Newbury; and Fair Haven (RT 4W), “To Hear and
Hear,” Chard deNiord, Westminster West.
Visit the Budding Poets Garden at Hunger Mountain
Coop, 623 Stone Cutters Way in Montpelier. Featuring the
original poems of Mrs. Zeilenga’s 1st grade class at East
Montpelier Elementary School, these poem flowers were
generously created by teachers Jason Miles and Barbara AustinHutchins and their arts and technology students at Montpelier
High School.
Progr am Guide and poem design and l ayout by Dana dwinell-Yardley.
PoemCity 2016 is supported in part by the Vermont Humanities Council and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions or
recommendations expressed do not necessarily represent those of the VHC or NEH.
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Poems & Locations
vermont Welcome Centers
Williston (89S): “Lazlo’s Afternoon,” George
Longernecker, Middlesex
Guilford (91N): “Water Views,” Mary Elder
Jacobsen, North Calais
Sharon (89N): “Spilled Milk,” Sydney Lea,
Newbury
Fair Haven (RT 4W): “To Hear and Hear,”
Chard deNiord, Westminster West
Bus Stops in MOntpelier
“Wood Sculpture,” Linda Hogan, Montpelier
“The Problem of Poetry,” Ralph Culver,
Burlington
“A Good Day for Birds,” George Longenecker,
Middlesex
“Spider Strand,” Sean Prentiss, Woodbury
“Three Miles to Town,” Lowell VanDerlip,
Montpelier
“Springtails,” Diana Whitney, Brattleboro
“Listen,” james barrett, East Burke
“Ten Below,” Molly Power, East Montpelier
“herbarium of memory,” Kelly McMahon,
Montpelier
“Letters,” Jamie Gage, Randolph
“Sonnet to Zippora,” Robert Barasch,
Plainfield
“Dreaming Spring,” Cherie Staples, East
Montpelier
“Relaxing With a Cup of Cocoa,” Rachel
Senechal, East Montpelier
Aartistic Ink 11 Main Street
“Siren,” Chloe Viner, Plainfield
“After September 11,” Jay Wisner, Montpelier
Alla Vita 27 State Street
“On Hearing The First Mourning Dove of
Early Spring,” Robert L. Lincoln Jr., North
Middlesex
“Hummingbird,” Maryam Sarafzadeh,
Montpelier
Antiques on Main 110 Main Street
“Hardware,” Michael Fleming, Brattleboro
Artisans Hand Craft Gallery
89 Main Street
“Summer Brook,” Linda Hogan, Montpelier
“Sugaring Season,” Alice Christian, Colchester
Athena’s Boutique 65 Main Street
“Love,” Samuael Cubit, Jeffersonville
“3 Haiku at the Edge of the Meadow,” Cara
Armstrong, Montpelier
“Her Touch,” David Stauffer, Peacham
“Entering the Last,” Anita X. Hewman,
Montpelier
“Shamans of Earth and Sky,” Eleanor Kakar
Ott, Calais
“Measuring Up,” Allison Hedge Coke, VCFA
Alum, Oklahoma
Bagitos Café 28 Main Street
“Haiku,” Eva Zimet, Montpelier
“Spring Walk,” Pamela Ahlen, Woodstock
“Complications from Rabies,” Rick Agran,
Worcester
“How About A Hug? ” Carol Cone, Dorset
“Dark Spy,” Michelle Lesnak, Montpelier
“Persistence Hunting,” Angela Patten,
Burlington
bailey road 44 Main Street
“Pocket,” Megan Buchanan, Guilford
“Twins,” Sherill Hatch, Worcester
“Thin Veil over Soft Body,” Gail Grycel,
Westminster West
basement teen center 39 Main Street
“My Hike to Monastery Mountain,” Rick
DeAngelis, Montpelier
Bear Pond Books 77 Main Street
“Like Sea Shells and Stones,” Susan Bauchner,
Warren
“Counting Otters,” Diane Swan, Barre
“Pages and Wings,” George Longenecker,
Middlesex
“Crime and Punishment,” David Mook,
Poultney
“The Gift,” Chard deNiord, Westminster West
“Bird Ode Vs. Timid Poet,” Sandra
Maccarrone, Johnson
“Tail-End of Mourning,” Lizzy Fox, Burlington
Birchgrove Baking 279 Elm Street
“April’s Cream Scones,” April Ossmann, West
Windsor
“My Mother’s Cookbook,” Sylvia Relation,
Barre Town
“August,” Elliot Carr, Moretown
“Gratefulness,” George Mathon, West Danville
the Book Garden 50 State Street
“The Price of the Ticket,” Merry Gangemi,
Woodbury
“Poems gathering on a page to stay warm,”
Phyllis Larrabee, Greensboro
Botanica Florals 10 State Street
“Come Listen,” Mary Scriber, Manchester
“Return of the Orchid,” Carla Occaso, East
Montpelier
Buch Spieler 27 Langdon Street
“MEMORY #1,” J.M. Powell, Williston
Capital Region Visitors Center
134 State Street
“Wood Ballet Piece,” Whit Dall, Montpelier
“Crossing the Lake at Dawn That First
Morning,” Sean Prentiss, Woodbury
“Keep the Love Growing,” Carol Collins, South
Duxbury
Capitol Copy 32 Main Street
“At the End of the Mall in Autumn,” Stuart
Graves, South Burlington
“Modern Tech,” Greg Tisher, South Royalton
Capitol Grounds 27 State Street
“The Quiet Dead,” Alexis Lathem, Richmond
“I Was Like OMG,” Jeff Euber, Montpelier
“To the Light,” Sarah Eve Hingston, Woodbury
capitol plaza hotel 100 State Street
“Despair Seeking Form Every Fourteenth of
December,” Veer Frost, Passumpsic
“Of Farm and Fellows,” Michelle Holder,
Waterbury Center
“Warmth,” Sophia Veltrop, Montpelier
Capitol Stationers 65 Main Street
“Sugar Season,” Hugh Coyle, Middletown
Springs
“Perhaps Pelicans,” Cherie Staples, East
Montpelier
“I Am…,” Breanna Morway, Roxbury
“Acorn,” Florence McCloud, South Burlington
“A Letter to the Fourteenth Star,” Eustice
Sebastian, Plainfield
“Acts of Faith,” Lee Ferry, Woodbury
Cheshire Cat 28 Elm Street
“Mother Love,” Molly Power, East Montpelier
“So she might,” Sarah Jo Hooker, Marshfield
Chill 32 State Street
“Connections,” Debby Franzoni, Castleton
“An affirmation,” Michael Jermyn, Montpelier
City Hall 39 Main Street
“Undomestication: A Spring Fantasy,” Glenda
Bissex, Plainfield
“The Sidewalk Calling Card,” Anne Ferguson,
Montpelier
“PoemCity,” Sara Norton, Marshfield
Cocoa Bean 30 State Street
“Sweetmeats,” Robert Troester, Montpelier
Coffee Corner 83 Main Street
“Country Song,” Andrea Gould, Plainfield
“Father’s side,” amanda ellingson, Montpelier
“State and Main,” Bernard Robert, Calais
Community National Bank
95 State Street
Main Street Middle School student display
“Mama Bird,” Anna Luhr, Montpelier
Delish 5 State Street
“Sixth Grade Class Picture,” Partridge Boswell,
Woodstock
“Roo,” Barbara Thompson, Montpelier
Down Home Kitchen 100 Main Street
“song of a small city,” Alison Prine, Burlington
“Wherever,” Alison Prine, Burlington
“Dragonfly,” Mary Elder Jacobsen, North
Calais
“Sleepwalker,” Mary Elder Jacobsen, North
Calais
“Worry,” Garet Allen-Malley, Montpelier
“How One Swallow Makes A Summer,”
Verandah Porche, Guilford
“Thank You Mother Earth!” Alicia Hingston,
Danville
“Bold Challenge,” “Enjoying the Ride,” “Haiku,”
Geof Hewitt, Calais
“Japanese Ink,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier
“Birthdays To Us All,” Peter Buknatski,
Montpelier
“Disguises,” Claire North, Manchester
“Girl in a Knee-Length Sweater,” Kathleen
Herrington, Montpelier
“Haikus,” Steven Pappas, Plainfield
“Receive What is Offered,” Jack Mayer,
Middlebury
the Drawing Board 22 Main Street
“Wheatfield with Crows,” Rebecca McMeekin,
Braintree
“Gauguin’s Landscape,” Ron Lay-Sleeper,
Cabot
Elm Street chop shop 35 Elm
Street
“Out of Control,” Janet Watton, Randolph
Center
Everett Insurance Agency
50 State Street
“Chimera,” Sydney Lea, Newbury
“Haikus,” Burnell Lippy, Danville
First in Fitness 1 Blanchard Court
“Because,” Susan Chickering, East Montpelier
“Starlight,” Sylvia Walker, Worcester
the GetUp vintage 27 Langdon Street
“Grit,” Anne Bower, Pomfret
Global Gifts 9 Langdon Street
“Autumn,” Sarah Collins, Montpelier
“Who,” james barrett, East Burke
“Mount Fuji and I,” Lois Liggett, Montpelier
“In the Village of Cellobella,” David Hartnett,
Montpelier
“Stranger Neil on the Cliffs of Boscastle,”
Kevin Ryan, Montpelier
Guitar Sam 71 Main Street
“Fame,” Louella Bryant, Lincoln
“Moonlight Waltz,” Deborah Johnson-Surwilo,
Montpelier
“Orchestral,” Louisa Drury, Stowe
Guy’s Farm and Yard 19 Barre Street
“Raptor in May,” Veer Frost, Passumpsic
Heney Realtors 81 Main Street
“Dragonfly,” Roberta Harold, Montpelier
“A Central Vermont Year, By Month,”
Christine Terry, Montpelier
herbert dental 25 State Street
“In A Day,” Sherry Olson, Plainfield
Hunger Mountain CoOp
623 Stone Cutters Way
Poems by Reuben Jackson, Winooski
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Incognito Salon 27 State Street
“An Introduction to Tango,” Lisa Buckton,
Jericho
Julio’s Cantina 54 State Street
“To My Grandmother,” Marisa Melamed,
Middlesex
“First Tomato,” Kate Taylor, East Montpelier
“Chew,” ND Dentico, Middlesex
JUmping raindrops sewing design
35 Elm Street
“Last Night,” Lucinda Garthwaite, Plainfield
Katie’s Jewels 4 State Street
“Dakota Woman,” Jesse LoVasco, Montpelier
“Regretful Escapee,” Marichel Vaught, East
Calais
Kellogg-Hubbard Library
135 Main Street
Children’s Library
River Rock School student display
East Montpelier Elementary School fourthgrade display
“Change,” Ruby Singer, East Montpelier
Adult Library
“Summer: At Home,” Michelle A.L. Singer,
East Montpelier
“Amelia,” Chris Racanelli, East Montpelier
“Housebound,” Betsy Unger, East Montpelier
“The Librarian,” Maxine Leary, Montpelier
“Before the Storm,” Peter Buknatski,
Montpelier
“I lost my best friend today,” Cassie Wills, East
Calais
“Sir Spartacus,” Timothy Hayward, North
Middlesex
“Today,” Bill Forchion, Brattleboro
“Inhibition,” Christine Ferrant, Barre
“The Lay of Vermont Part III,” Jonathan
Williams, Montpelier
“Marlene,” Sue Ellen Buck, Berlin
“Snowsand,” Ruth Kennedy, Newbury
“1,” Bruce Sargent, Montpelier
“Fire One,” Victoria Pearson, East Montpelier
“On Narrative,” Baron Wormser, Montpelier
“Forget and Forgive,” Florence Fogelin, White
River Junction
“The Sound Oblivion Makes,” Laura Foley,
South Pomfret
“Life is a Journey,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier
“Truths About Climate Change,” Harris
Webster, Montpelier
“Grouse Call,” Chard deNiord, Westminster
West
“Untitled,” James Secor, Montpelier
“Ocean Mobile,” Jamie Connor, Woodbury
“The Story of Autumn,” Todd Washburne,
Montpelier
“Being Corporate,” Sally Baldwin, Lincoln
“Black Cat,” Ben Parker, South Burlington
“The Unknown,” Valerie Parker, South
Burlington
“Dragonflies in the Night Sky,” Hanna Parker,
South Burlington
“Taking Heat,” Michael Cerulli Billingsley,
Plainfield
“Untitled,” Eliza Mutino, Cabot
“All the Tones I Cannot Hear,” Helen Neswald,
Saxtons River
“How to Make a Friend,” Diya Kulkarni,
Montpelier
“When,” Sarah Jo Hooker, Marshfield
“How the heart may change, a Grecian vernal
journey,” EM Janson, Calais
“Until We Learn to Rise,” Michael Farrand,
East Haven
“Aspersions of the silver glass,” Elizabeth Reed,
St. Albans
“Aftermath,” Anonymous, Worcester
“Bully Morph,” Louella Bryant, Lincoln
“For Trishki,” Jessica Rubin, Marshfield
“It’s been so long,” Ric Schomaker, Worcester
“Instinct,” Judith Janoo, East Burke
“Life’s a Mystery,” Yvonne Strauss, Middlesex
“Old Shoes,” Alec Hastings, Randolph Center
“Identity,” LVM Shelton, Montpelier
“Shameless,” Kenneth Kilb, Bennington
“Snowmobile,” Orsolya Callnan, Middlesex
“The Dear,” T. Wendelken, Montpelier
“Stress Less World,” Marcy Frink, Worcester
La Brioche 89 Main Street
“Lecture,” Ralph Culver, Burlington
“Sugarmaker,” Diana Whitney, Brattleboro
“Rebecca in 1809,” Peter Clark, Woodbury
“Three Seconds,” Frances Kaplan, East
Montpelier
lucid path wellness 97 State Street
“Barefoot,” Susan Reid, Montpelier
“A Wolf ’s Wisdom: Freedom,” Miriam John,
Worcester
the Mad Taco 72 Main Street
“The Fate of Roosters,” Susan Atwood-Stone,
East Montpelier
the Manghis’ Bread 28 School Street
“Back O’ the Rainbow,” Alec Mielnikowski,
Montpelier
“Directions on Porcupine Petting,” Newell
Shonio, Worcester
Minuteman Press 7 Main Street
“Almost Winter, Plum Island,” Ruth
Coppersmith, Adamant
“Idle Chatter,” Mary Carlson, Montpelier
Montpelier Pharmacy 69 Main Street
“Apothecary,” Heather Stearns, Wolcott
“In Flew Enza,” Samn Stockwell, Barre
Montpelier Senior Activity Center
58 Barre Street
“probably retired, like me,” Bob Messing,
Montpelier
“Swoosh,” Sherry Olson, Plainfield
NECI on Main 118 Main Street
“Squirrely,” Francis “Sam” Hewitt, Essex
Junction
No. 9 Boutique 75 Main Street
“safe harbor,” David Dillon, East Albany
“Voice on a High Wire,” Kelly Allen, Plainfield
“Lifeboats at Lesvos,” Eliza Goodhue,
Starksboro
“Haiku Musings,” Cheryl Burghdurf,
Middlesex
the north branch café 41 State Street
“Mill Pond,” Tony Witte, Montpelier
ondine 6 State Street
“Capriccio with St. Paul’s and Old London
Bridge, at the Met,” Charles Barasch,
Plainfield
Onion River Sports 20 Langdon Street
“Old Lessons,” Sydney Lea, Newbury
“Some Long Trail Haiku,” Rick DeAngelis,
Montpelier
ORCA Media 89 Main Street
“And Truly,” Ron Padgett, Calais
“The First Time,” Ben Mitchell, Westminster
“The Arrogant Turkey,” William Severy, Barre
“Quantum,” Neville Berle, Montpelier
painted pear 8 State Street
“Aphasia,” Phil Keller, Montpelier
Petals and Things 36 Main Street
“All My Trees Are Gone,” Barry Cahoon,
Danville
“Kairos,” Wilma Johnson, Bennington
“To Marjorie,” Harriet Szanto, Lincoln
“How to Grow,” Kelly McMahon, Montpelier
people’s united bank 112 State Street
“Sounds of the Forest,” Jean Henry, Northfield
“Berlin Journey,” Kenric Kite, Montpelier
“In The End,” Alexander Anlyan, Montpelier
“Night Crawler Hunters,” Tobe Tomlinson,
Essex Junction
“Self Portrait as a Wing,” Navah Fried,
Montpelier
“Sisters singing to each other,” David Fried,
Montpelier
philamena’s 41 Elm Street
“The Rainbow Dragon,” Margaret Blanchard,
Montpelier
“From the Camera of My Eyes: From Image to
Haiku,” Barbara Scotch, Montpelier
“Little Potato Poem,” Kathryn Eberly,
Montpelier
“In the Blood,” Nancy Hewitt, East Randolph
“My Winooski,” Sharon O’Connor, Cabot
Pinky’s on State 14 State Street
“Love in a Jar,” Lowell VanDerlip, Montpelier
“Cast Iron,” George Mathon, West Danville
POSH SALON & SPA 78 Barre Street
“Salt and Pepper,” Heather Stearns, Wolcott
“Young Love,” Louisa Drury, Stowe
Positive Pie 22 State Street
“Iridescent Blue in Late Evening Sun,” Julie
Hand, East Calais
“Oh, Rubbish,” Jane E. Bryant, Northfield
“Frog Fright,” Linda Gionti, Huntington
“Blood Moon,” Phyllis Katz, Norwich
The quirky pet 5 State Street
“Summer run,” Scudder Parker, Middlesex
“Missing You,” Tom Martin, Franklin
Rite Aid 29–31 Main Street
“The Gathering Light,” Katie Spring,
Worcester
“Lost Bird,” Sally Baldwin, Lincoln
“Missed Calling,” Buzz Surwilo, Montpelier
“Chance Meeting,” Alice Gilborn, East Dorset
“Camel’s Hump,” Esther Farnsworth,
Montpelier
“Deluge,” Althea Brown, Montpelier
Salaam Boutique 40 State Street
“Labels,” Gary Fox, Montpelier
“Daddy,” Eileen “ELI,” Strickland-Holtham,
South Royalton
the Savoy Theater 26 Main Street
“35 MM,” Shannon Blake, Montpelier
the Shoe Horn 8 Langdon Street
“Mad River Sonnets, #6,” Chris Nevin,
Moretown
“Dancing the Steps,” Elayne Clift, Saxtons
River
“July,” Alison Prine, Burlington
Sign Design 37 Barre Street
“Late February,” Andrea Gould, Plainfield
“Sail the Colors to the Shore,” Eliza Goodhue,
Starksboro
the Skinny Pancake 89 Main Street
“October to May: A Moose ‘To Do’ List,” Veda
Lyon, Worcester
“The Bay of Fundy Beaches,” Sam Skolnik,
Middlesex
“Mollusk,” Jamie Gage, Randolph
“november,” Craig Line, Calais
“Memoir,” Darren Higgins, Waterbury Center
Splash Naturals 68 Main Street
“Before the Dawn Breaks,” Terri Crowther,
Washington
“Together,” Lynn McCloe, Manchester
studio zenith 50 Main Street
“Nameless,” Samantha Kolber, Montpelier
Subway 28 State Street
“Three Silhouettes,” Bradley Kukenberger,
Montpelier
“Sanibel Anchorage,” Ruth Mary Youngblood,
Montpelier
Sweet Melissa’s 4 Langdon Street
“Stealth,” Susan Wilkie, Montpelier
“The Hurting,” Rachael Skinder, Montpelier
Three Penny Taproom 108 Main Street
“things i learned by losing her,” richard barr,
Montpelier
Tulsi Tea Room 34 Elm Street
“Initiation,” Lisa Masé, East Montpelier
“Neighborhood Feast,” Kegan Refalo,
Montpelier
“Your Voice Stays With Me…,” Daniel
Anderson, Montpelier
Uncommon Market 1 School Street
“Did She See Her Reflection? ” Robert Barasch,
Plainfield
“Fruit,” Rebecca Macijeski, Lincoln
“Uncertainty,” Joshua Malcolm Sawyer,
Montpelier
“On Meeting an Old Boyfriend,” Gina Logan
“Tea Ceremony,” Michiko Oishi, Montpelier
“Apples,” Diane Swan, Barre
Vermont Arts Council 136 State Street
“the spiders my arms,” Jody Gladding, Calais
“Blue Notes,” Ross Thurber, Brattleboro
“Almost,” Jo Chickering, East Montpelier
Vermont Center for Independent
Living 11 East State Street
Norwich University student display
“Madelynn,” Charles Dodos
“Diamond,” Spencer Duhamel
“Progress,” James Durham
“Arrival,” Kaila Evensen
“Nostalgia,” Taylor Franck
“Not Your Typical Morning,” Trevor Hill
“Velvet Love,” Katelynn Irish
“Untitled,” William Kemp
“The Darkened Snow,” Lauren Kerl
“Untitled,” James Kiernan
“DC Fireworks,” Ralph Melanson
“Silence and Remembrance,” Alyssa Pinard
“Honest,” Jeremiah Vasquez
Vermont Trading Company
50 State Street
“Geese Shadows,” Janet Hayward Burnham,
Bethel
Vintage Trailer Supply 34 Barre Street
“This Evening,” Rebecca Macijeski, Lincoln
“A Boy is Missing,” Jack Mayer, Middlebury
“Earth Day,” Anne Bower, Pomfret
“Grampa George Strickland,” Eileen “Eli,”
Strickland Holtham, South Royalton
“Hospice,” Betsy Unger, East Montpelier
“Regrets,” LVM Shelton, Montpelier
VTDIGGER 97 State Street
“In the Infancy of a Refugee Child,” Katina
Cummings, Waterbury Center
Washington County Youth
Service Bureau 38 Elm Street
“Joe’s Beach,” Tony Witte, Montpelier
“Detours,” Lynne Walther, North Middlesex
“Dissolved Resolve,” JD Fox, Montpelier
“Untitled,” Nancy Scarcello, Florence
Woodbury Mountain Toys
24 State Street
East Montpelier Elementary School fourthgrade display
Yankee Spirits 126 Main Street
“Feeling Kind of Yellow,” Hatsy McGraw,
Hartland
“Down,” Char Gardner, Rochester
YARN 112 Main Street
“Daydream Number,” Betsy Unger, East
Montpelier
Yvonne’s Riverside Salon
37 Elm Street
“The Street is only one off Main,” Ken Hebson,
Guilford
Zutano 79 Main Street
“Kent Museum photo,” Liz Benjamin,
Adamant
“Rapt,” Martha Snell, VCFA Alum, Virginia
“A Memory of Springtime,” Nancy
Vandenburgh, Milton
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Reading with Poet
Daniel Lusk: The
Vermeer Suite
You Come Too:
The Poetry of
Robert Frost
Reading with Poet
David Huddle
✽ Kids’ Card Ca
Poetry & Collag
Kellogg-Hubbard Library,
135 Main Street | 7 PM
KHL| 3–5 PM
Vermont Humanities
Council, 11 Loomis
Street | 5:30 PM
KHL | 7 PM
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PoetryPlus:
Music and Readings
The Poetry of
Parenthood
Unitarian Church of
Montpelier, 130 Main
Street | 2 PM
6:30 PM
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Voices in
English Poetry
with Tom Ragle
Reading with Poet
Neil Shepard
Vermont Studio
Center Poets Read
✽ Poem in Your
Pocket Day
Bear Pond Books,
VCFA, Noble Lounge,
36 College Street | 7 PM
various locations |
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Poetry on Tap: Beer,
Bread and Soup
Annual Open Mic
Reading
✽ Popcorn and
Poetry (Kids)
Down Home Kitchen,
100 Main Street | supper
at 6 PM; reading at 7 PM
Bear Pond Books,
Book Discussion:
The Prince of Los
Cocuyos: A Miami
Childhood
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Reading with Poets
Reading with Poet
Sherry Olson &
Francette Cerulli and Leland Kinsey
Carol Henrikso
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Jamie Gage
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, MSAC | 1 PM
135 Main Street |
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street | 7 PM
Poets Pulling Pr
Kellogg-Hubbard
Library, 135 Main Street
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May Day Studio, 19
River St | 7 PM
135 Main St. | 6:30 PM
KHL | 3:15–4:15
Reading: Kate F
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KHL | 7 PM
2016 Events
Fri
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Morning Reading
State House, 115 State
Street | 9:30 AM
PoemCity Kickoff
Alumni Hall, VCFA,
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✽ Memorization
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Educators’ Workshop
Bear Pond Books,
77 Main Street | 11 AM
Reading: Ralph
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Memoir in Poetry
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Irish Pipers & A Poet
KHL | 1 PM
Bagitos, 28 Main Street
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VT Contemporary
Music Ensemble
✽ Kids’ Card Catalog
Poetry & Collage
Unitarian Church | 7:30 PM
KHL | 3–5 PM
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✽ Earth Day:
Kids & Poetry
Generative Poetry
Workshop with
Chloe Viner
The Coop | 10 AM
Poetry, Music, Wine
& Cheese
The Coop | 5–7 PM
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Broadsides
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Farrell
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May Day Studio |
10:30 AM–4 PM
Nature Poems
KHL | 1:30 PM
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Thank You to the
PoemCity 2016 Crew!
We had a great group of people helping us with
PoemCity Montpelier this year. We extend our
appreciation to: Jarrett Bowie (A*VISTA), Dana
Dwinell-Yardley, Marisa Keller, Samantha Kolber,
George Longenecker, Penny Marwede, Amy O’Neal,
Linn Perkins-Syz, Lorraine Pilon, Nicole Westbom,
Georgia Valentine, and Chloe Viner. Thank you to
Jason Miles and Barbara Austin-Hutchins and their
students at Montpelier High School for making our
poetry garden.
We want to thank Tom McKone, executive director,
and KHL trustees and staff for all of their help and
support of PoemCity
—Rachel Senechal and Michelle Singer
All events are open to the public and free of charge unless otherwise noted.
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Poet Laureate Chard deNiord will
offer today’s invocation. In 1990,
Chard deNiord published his first
poetry collection, Asleep in the
Fire, while teaching comparative
religions and philosophy at the Putney School in Vermont.
In 2002, deNiord cofounded the New England College
MFA program in poetry, which he directed until 2007. He
is currently a professor of English at Providence College.
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Turn (a collaboration with Tony Sanders), The Double Truth,
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seventh poet laureate of Vermont, deNiord began his fouryear term in 2015. Please join us in the beautifully renovated
Alumni Hall! Reception to follow.
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Studio
Memorization Workshop with Ginger
Lambert
Mon 4
This workshop is designed for anyone who is interested in
improving their memory and concentration. It is suitable for all
ages, from students to seniors. Memorization can help to foster
a sense of pride by increasing self-confidence, focus, language
skills, and vocabulary. When one can comfortably recite a poem
from memory, a sense of poise and ease develops. This makes
public speaking or giving oral presentations less daunting.
Ginger Lambert conducts workshops called Poetic Methods of
Memorization and is back this year by popular demand.
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Reading with Daniel Lusk: The Vermeer Suite
A special presentation of poetry and
art featuring Daniel Lusk and his
new collection of original work, The
Vermeer Suite, inspired by the timeless
masterpieces of 17th-century Dutch
painter Johannes Vermeer. Daniel
Lusk’s imaginative and lyrical poetry
offers admirers of Vermeer a unique
literary bridge between the insights
of art historians and our own experience of these elegant and
provocative paintings, which are projected on screen during the
reading. Winner of a 2016 Pushcart Prize and recipient of a
Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry from Nimrod International Journal
and other awards, Daniel Lusk is a senior lecturer of English
emeritus at the University of Vermont.
Tue 5
You Come Too: The Poetry of Robert Frost,
with Peter Gilbert
Vermont Humanities Council, 11 Loomis Street |
5:30 PM
in creative writing at Goddard College. F. Brett Cox’s recent
publications include fiction in Eclipse Online, Shadows and Tall
Trees 2014, and War Stories, poetry in IthacaLit, The Lake, and
Exit 13, and a monologue in Geek Theater. Cox is professor of
English at Norwich University.
Fri 8
Poetry of Art and Memoir with
George Longenecker
T.W. Wood Gallery & Arts Center, 46 Barre Street | 7 PM
Join Vermont Humanities Council executive director Peter
Gilbert for a discussion of five great, short, accessible poems
by Robert Frost—poems that take us from the joy of spring to
summer sunny days and rural socializing: “A Prayer in Spring,”
“Hyla Brook,” “The Tuft of Flowers,” “The Silken Tent,” and
“A Time to Talk.” Peter Gilbert is a frequent commentator
on Vermont Public Radio and an executor of the Robert Frost
estate.
Poet George Longenecker will look at issues of race and racism
in ekphrastic poetry, the poetry of art. With illustrations
of paintings, he’ll read works by former United States Poet
Laureate Natasha Trethewey and Nobel Laureate Derek
Walcott. He’ll also read his own poems of art and memoir.
Reception and refreshments to follow. This venue is not
accessible. George Longenecker has published his poems in
many journals, including Memoir, Vermont Literary Review, and
Atlanta Review and has recently retired as a professor at Vermont
Tech.
Wed 6
Sat 9
Reading with Poet David Huddle
Real poems versus made-up poems—is one better than the other,
and do we always know the difference? David Huddle taught at
the University of Vermont for 38 years and his fiction, poetry,
and essays have appeared in the American Scholar, Esquire, the
New Yorker, Harper’s, and Green Mountains Review. In 2012, his
novel Nothing Can Make Me Do This won the Library of Virginia
Award for Fiction, and his collection Black Snake at the Family
Reunion won the 2013 Pen New England Award for Poetry. His
most recent book, Dream Sender, is a collection of poems and was
published in September 2015 by LSU Press.
Thu 7
Kids’ Card Catalog Poetry and Collage
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street | 3–5 PM
Join us in the Children’s Library to create poems from old
cards from the library’s card catalog. Poems and artwork will
be displayed in the Children’s Library and can be read aloud at
Popcorn and Poetry on April 28.
Reading with Janet Sylvester and F. Brett Cox
Enjoy an evening of poetry with two local poets and professors,
Janet Sylvester and F. Brett Cox. Janet Sylvester has published
three books of poetry: That Mulberry Wine, The Mark of Flesh,
and, recently, After-Hours at the Museum of Tolerance, a finalist
at Paris Press. Her poems have appeared in Pushcart Prize
XXVIII, Best American Poetry, Triquarterly, Boulevard, Harvard
Review, Virginia Quarterly Review, Georgia Review, Poetry Daily,
and many others. She directs the low-residency BFA program
Educators’ Workshop: Poetry with
the Vermont Poet Laureate
Bear Pond Books, 77 Main Street | 11 AM–noon
Vermont’s new Poet Laureate, Chard deNiord, has a goal of
getting schools across Vermont engaged in poetry. He’s been
involved in many poetry organizations, including the Next
Stage Speaks initiative that he founded. He’ll speak about his
experiences with Vermont students in Vermont schools, and
what opportunities there are for local teachers and librarians
to bring poetry into their students’ learning lives. Certificates
of attendance are available for educators who can use these
workshops towards continuing education credits.
Reading with Ralph Culver and Sydney Lea
Ralph Culver, author of the Anabiosis Press prize-winning
chapbook Both Distances, and Sydney Lea (left), former poet
laureate of Vermont, join together to offer a fantastic evening
of poetry followed by an audience
Q&A. Books and chapbooks will be
available for purchase and signing by the
authors. Ralph Culver of Burlington
has published poetry in dozens of
journals, as well as fiction, criticism, and
essays. Sydney Lea of Newbury is an
outstanding essayist and fiction writer
as well as a poet, a beloved professor
and lecturer who has taught at many colleges and universities,
founder of the New England Review and editor of the journal
for its first twelve years. His collections of poems include I Was
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book, True if Destroyed, was published by Finishing Line Press in
February.
Thinking of Beauty, Six Sundays toward a Seventh, Young of the
Year, Ghost Pain, and Pursuit of a Wound, which was a finalist for
the Pulitzer Prize in 2001.
Wed 13
Sun 10
Reading with Leland Kinsey
Leland Kinsey, Pushcart Prize nominee,
will be reading from his new book
Galvanized: New and Selected Poems
published by Green Writers Press in
March 2016. Leland Kinsey is also
author of Winter Ready and six other
books of poetry. He writes of the hard,
dark life of the countryside in a haunting,
spellbinding manner.
PoetryPlus: Music and Readings with Danny
Dover, Dorothy Robson and Aaron Marcus
Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 130 Main Street | 2 PM
Poet Danny Dover performs his poetry with musical
accompaniment by accomplished pianist Dorothy Robson and
Aaron Marcus. Danny Dover’s first full-length book of poetry,
Tasting Precious Metal, was recently published by Antrim House
Books and his poems have appeared in several journals, including
Blueline, Bloodroot, and Oberon. Dorothy Robson is a composer,
arranger, pianist, music educator, and co-founder of the wellregarded White River Valley Players. As a multi-instrumentalist,
Aaron Marcus is well-known to traditional dancers for his
performances with various groups throughout central Vermont.
His recent CD with Frost and Fire, Midwinter Spring, has
received critical acclaim.
Mon 11
The Poetry of Parenthood
with Samantha Kolber and Michelle Singer
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street | 6:30 PM
Join poets Samantha Kolber and Michelle Singer in a celebration
of the poetry of parenthood. They will read original and
selected poems that capture the sacred and profane aspects of
parenthood, as well as lead participants in writing prompts to
generate new work. All welcome; no prior writing experience
needed. Samantha Kolber, MFA, is a mother of one teenage boy,
with a baby on the way this summer. Her poems have appeared
in the Mountain Troubadour, Hummingbird, Red Silk, Hunger
Mountain, Minerva Rising, and others. Michelle Singer is a
mother of three, co-coordinator of PoemCity, writer and poet
whose work has been published in We’Moon, PoemCity, and Red
Silk, among others.
Tue 12
Reading with Francette Cerulli and Jamie Gage
Join poets Jamie Gage and Francette
Cerulli (left) for an evening of poetry.
Francette Cerulli, whose poetry has
appeared on Garrison Keillor’s “Writer’s
Almanac,” is the author of The Spirits
Need to Eat. Jamie Gage’s poetry has
been published in numerous journals,
including Main Street Rag, Inkwell, Out
of Line, and Mountain Gazette. His new
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Thu 14
Sprung: A Reading with Sherry Olson
and Carol Henrikson
Montpelier Senior Activity Center, 58 Barre Street | 1 PM
Carol Henrikson and Sherry Olson have been friends and
poetry buddies for more than 25 years. They have both taught
in the popular Write A Poem class at the Montpelier Senior
Activity Center. All ages are welcome at this welcoming of spring
into Vermont. Sherry Olson is the author of two collections
of poems, Four-Way Stop and Breakfast at The Wayside. Carol
Henrikson is an award-winning poet and painter. She is author
of The Well, published by the Vermont Arts Council, and has
illustrated the children’s book What in the World?: A Romy
Adventure.
Poets Pulling Prints with Mary Elder Jacobsen
and Reuben Jackson
May Day Studio, 190 River Street | 7–9 PM
Celebrating poetry aloud and in print!
Come hear the fabulous Mary Elder
Jacobsen (left) and Reuben Jackson
read their verses, and stay to pull a
print of poetry on one of May Day
Studio’s antique printing presses. The
open-edition broadside is designed by
Kelly McMahon and handset in metal
type in advance. When you arrive, your
broadside will be waiting for you—just turn the crank!
Free; suggested donation of $5 for the print.
Fri 15
Nobody Cares That Your Dog Died:
A Memoir in Poetry Workshop
George Longenecker will lead this generative workshop
featuring several poems of personal memoir as well as techniques
for creating well-crafted poems. Participants will leave the
workshop with the beginnings of poems. Limit: 12 participants.
Registration is required. Please call the library at 223-3338 or
email rysenechal@kellogghubbard.org.
Vermont Contemporary Music Ensemble:
what I mean by rooted is web
Unitarian Church, 130 Main Street | 7:30 PM
All new, never published visual poems featuring Jody Gladding’s
bold experiments with the written word are paired with four
composers’ music in response to the readings. Tickets (at the
door): $25 regular, $12 students and seniors, by donation for
financially challenged.
Sat 16
Irish Pipers and A Poet
Bagitos Bagel & Burrito Cafe, 28 Main Street | 2 PM
Irish poet Angela Patten, Vermont College alumna, former
Vermont Arts grantee, and author of four books, recites. Enjoy
her poetry with the Irish traditional session, hosted by Sarah
Blair, Hilari Farrington, Benedict Koehler, Rob Ryan and
regulars at Bagitos’ Irish Saturdays! This venue is not accessible.
Angela Patten is author of two poetry collections, Reliquaries
and Still Listening, both published by Salmon Poetry, Ireland. A
prose memoir, High Tea at a Low Table, was published by Wind
Ridge Books of Vermont in 2013. Her work has appeared in
several anthologies.
Kids’ Card Catalog Poetry & Collage
Join us in the Children’s Library to create poems from old
cards from the library’s card catalog. Poems and artwork will
be displayed in the Children’s Library and can be read aloud at
Popcorn and Poetry on April 28.
Mon 18
Voices in English Poetry with Tom Ragle
A reading of English poetry from the late 16th to the early
20th century, from Shakespeare and Donne to Robinson and
Frost, illustrating various poetic voices and various poetic styles.
Tom Ragle is a retired professor of English literature with a
bias toward poetry. Although known locally for his readings of
major English and American poets from the 16th into the 20th
century, he is also a poet himself, writing under the pen name
Lee Bramble. Educated at Harvard and Oxford, he was president
of Marlboro College for twenty-three years.
Tue 19
Reading with Poet Neil Shepard
Bear Pond Books, 77 Main Street | 7 PM
Neil Shepard, a founder and former director of the writing
program at the Vermont Studio Center and co-founder of the
Green Mountains Review, will read from his work. His works of
poetry include Scavenging the Country for a Heartbeat, I’m Here
Because I Lost My Way, This Far from the Source, (T)ravel/Un(t)
ravel, and most recently, Hominid Up.
Wed 20
Vermont Studio Center Poets Read
VCFA, Noble Lounge, 36 College Street | 7 PM
Ryan Walsh, director of the VSC, hosts an evening of some of
Vermont’s finest voices—Major Jackson, Kerrin McCadden,
Baron Wormser, Julia Shipley, Kristin Fogdall, Diana Whitney
and Laurie Macfee. Each poet is an alum of VSC’s residency
or Visiting Writer program. The reading will feature writers
at every career level, from emerging to nationally celebrated.
Poets will each share their work for 10 minutes, followed by an
opportunity for conversation. Major Jackson is a poet, professor,
and the author of three collections of poetry: Holding Company,
Hoops, and Leaving Saturn. Kerrin McCadden teaches at
Montpelier High School and is the author of the Vermont Book
Award‒winning collection of poetry Landscape with Plywood
Silhouettes. Baron Wormser is the former poet laureate of Maine
and author and co-author of numerous books, most recently in
poetry Impenitent Notes, and in prose Teach Us That Peace. Julia
Shipley is the co-founder of Chickadee Chaps & Broads and the
author of the poetry chapbook First Do No Harm and the prose
book Adam’s Mark. Diana Whitney is the poetry columnist
for the San Francisco Chronicle and author of the prizewinning
poetry book Wanting It. Kristin Fogdall’s work has appeared in
Poetry, the New Republic, Slate.com, New England Review, and
other journals; she is currently finishing a book-length collection.
Laurie Macfee is a poet and Writing Coordinator at VSC.
Thu 21
Poem In Your Pocket Day
Various locations, all day
Every year during National Poetry Month, the Academy of
American Poets (www.poets.org) leads the nation in celebrating
Poem in Your Pocket Day. One more way to enjoy and interact
with poetry, on this day people are encouraged to carry a poem
in their pocket. With a poem in your pocket, you have a poem
to give, trade, leave someplace anonymously, read out loud at
your meeting, or read to yourself at lunch (among many other
possibilities). PoemCity participates by offering free poems at the
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, the Welcome Center on State Street,
Bear Pond Books and North Branch Café.
Fri 22
Earth Day: Kids and Poetry
Hunger Mountain Coop, 623 Stone Cutters Way |
10 AM–4 PM
Join Kellogg-Hubbard children’s librarian Nicole Westbom to
write poems about nature, listen to great stories, and enjoy other
hands-on activities in the kids’ tent.
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Reuben Jackson: Poetry, Music, Wine
and Cheese
Hunger Mountain Coop, 623 Stone Cutters Way | 5–7 PM
You’ve listened to VPR’s “Friday Night Jazz” with Reuben
Jackson; now you can listen to poetry by Reuben Jackson along
with musical intervals at this community celebration in the
Coop Café. The Coop will have wine and cheese tastings, too!
Reuben Jackson was curator of the Duke Ellington Collection at
the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., for more than 20 years.
Reuben is a poet, mentor with the Young Writers Project, and
educator.
Wed 27
Latino Series — Book Discussion:
The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood,
by Richard Blanco
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street | 6:30PM
A poignant, hilarious, and inspiring memoir from the first Latino
and openly gay inaugural poet, which explores his coming-of-age
as the child of Cuban immigrants and his attempts to understand
his place in America while grappling with his burgeoning
artistic and sexual identities. Discussion led by UVM Professor
John Waldron. Vermont Humanities Council program. Books
available at the Kellogg-Hubbard Library.
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Thu 28
Kellogg-Hubbard Library, 135 Main Street |
3:15–4:15 PM
Generative Poetry Workshop
with Chloe Viner
Poet Chloe Viner will guide this creative workshop. She will use
several prompts to highlight different lessons and spur creativity.
She will guide a discussion on the difference between concrete
and abstract writing in poetry and examine how to create vivid
and original images through metaphor. She is the author of
several books of poetry, including Naked Under an Umbrella,
What the Rain Said Last Night, and the forthcoming 27 Apples.
Mon 25
Poetry on Tap: Beer, Bread and Soup
Down Home Kitchen, 100 Main Street |
supper at 6 PM; reading at 7 PM
Food for the soul, the mind and the body! Enjoy a delicious
light supper made with local ingredients while listening to local
poets Mary Elder Jacobsen, Kerrin McCadden, Emilie Stigliani,
Alison Prine, and Kristen Fogdall. Emilie Stigliani, currently
an editor at the Burlington Free Press, has won several awards for
her work, including a prize for environmental reporting from the
Missouri Press Association and a fellowship from the Missouri
School of Journalism. Alison Prine’s poems have appeared in
the Virginia Quarterly Review, Shenandoah, Harvard Review,
Michigan Quarterly Review, and Prairie Schooner, among others.
Mary Elder Jacobsen’s poetry has appeared in GMR Online, the
Cincinnati Review, the Antioch Review, the Greensboro Review, and
other venues.
Tue 26
Annual Open Mic Reading
Bear Pond Books, 77 Main Street | 7 PM
Bear Pond Books is proud to host their 19th annual open poetry
event, which never fails to draw a lively crowd of local poets.
Readers will be chosen by a lottery. Put your name in a hat at
the door and they will pull out names for 20 readers. Please
prepare five minutes (or less) of material. There will be a brief
intermission for refreshments halfway through the event.
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Popcorn and Poetry (Kids)
Join us after school for popcorn and poetry in the Hayes Room.
Bring a piece of original poetry to read and get a prize!
Reading with Poets Kate Farrell and Baron
Wormser
Come to the library for an evening of exceptional poetry. Baron
Wormser, former poet laureate of Maine, is the author and coauthor of numerous books, most recently in poetry Impenitent
Notes, and in prose Teach Us That Peace. Writer and actress Kate
Farrell has been working in poetry, art and theater in New York
for over three decades; her most recent book is Visiting Night at
the Academy of Longing, a dreamlike, metaphysical wonder.
Sat 30
Poetry, Meet Art: Letterpress Broadsides
May Day Studio, 190 River Street | 10:30 AM–4 PM
Broadsides are, in today’s parlance, posters. Incorporate
meaningful texts (and perhaps a bit of decoration) and watch
the words take on new meaning and new life. In this workshop,
we’ll use handset type and decorative elements to create largeformat prints of poems that inspire us. Cost is $110, and
includes 100% cotton paper for five 11x17 prints, plus a
sandwich lunch. Please pre-register. For more info, e-mail
maydaystudio@gmail.com or call 229-0639.
Nature Poems, Favorite Poems
What poems have influenced and inspired you in your life? Join
Diana Whitney, the poetry columnist for the San Francisco
Chronicle and author of the prizewinning poetry debut Wanting
It, and Dede Cummings, publisher and editor at Green Writers
Press, for a lively discussion of some of their favorite nature
poetry. We’ll read classics like Wordsworth, Yeats, and Frost,
as well as contemporary poets like Jane Kenyon and Cleopatra
Mathis, and then talk openly about why and how their voices
speak to us. Bring a copy of your favorite poem if you wish.