tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50811218851594159302024-03-12T19:07:19.177-04:00JL Kato's Poetry NotebookHighlighting poetry in central Indiana
JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.comBlogger72125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-58878229108440948422018-03-11T11:30:00.000-04:002018-05-07T16:13:55.578-04:00Poetry Planner<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>To submit: </b>To list your poetry event, email JL Kato at<a href="mailto:jlkato575@gmail.com"> jlkato575@gmail.com</a>. Write "Poetry event" in the subject line and leave a phone number or email address for follow-up. Allow four weeks for submitted items to appear. And please send updates of cancellations, postponements or new information.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Poetry
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wednesday,
May 9</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b> 6:30
p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Creative Writers, Inc. An opportunity for writers to share and learn
at Hoosier Salon Gallery, 222 N. Range Line Road, Carmel. Bring a
sample of your work. Every second Wednesday.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 10</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Spoken word open mic at Kaf</span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">é</span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Kuumba at Harrison Brook Center, 4002 Cornelius Avenue,
Indianapolis.Usually $5 admission.
</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://do317.com/events/weekly/thu/kafe-kuumba"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://do317.com/events/weekly/thu/kafe-kuumba</span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
every Thursday.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 10</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Iconoclast,
an open mic series, at the Irving Theatre, 5505 E. Washington St.,
Indianapolis. Free. Host: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Devon
Ginn</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Friday,
May 11</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
– 8:30 p.m</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>John
Cardwell</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
will read from his books, The Good Road Home and Dances in a West
African Night at Indy Reads, 911 Masachuseets Avenue, Indianapolis. </span></span></span></span></span>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saturday,
May 12</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b>7
– 9 p.m. </b>Mr. Blair's Open Mic Series features young poets and
performance artists at BRICS, 901 E. 64th Street, Indianapolis. *</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saturday,
May 12</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <b>7
– 10 p.m</b>. LocalMotion open mic at Fletcher Place Arts &
Books, 642 Virginia Ave., Indianapolis. For ages 13 and older. $7.
Every second Saturday.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Sunday,
May 13</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
- 9 p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poetry on the Fringe. 719 E. St. Clair St., Indianapolis Open mic.
$7. Every other Sunday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Monday,
May 14</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>6:30-8
p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poetry/lyric discussion group at Beech Grove Public Library, 1102
Main Street, Beech Grove. Free. Every second Monday.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuesday,
May 15</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>7
- 9 p.m.</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">
Poetry Salon. Bring a poem in progress for feedback. Indiana Writers
Center, 1125 Brookside Avenue, Indianapolis. For information, email
<a href="mailto:indypoetrysalon@gmail.com">indypoetrysalon@gmail.com</a>.
First and third Tuesdays.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 17</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
That Peace Open Mic at Central Library, 40 E. St. Clair St.,
Indianapolis. Host: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Mariah
Ivey</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
$5. Every third Thursday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 17</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Spoken word open mic at Kaf</span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">é</span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Kuumba at Harrison Brook Center, 4002 Cornelius Avenue,
Indianapolis.Usually $5 admission.
</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://do317.com/events/weekly/thu/kafe-kuumba"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://do317.com/events/weekly/thu/kafe-kuumba</span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
every Thursday.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 17</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Iconoclast,
an open mic series, at the Irving Theatre, 5505 E. Washington St.,
Indianapolis. Free. Special guest: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Beau
Williams</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
Host: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Devon
Ginn</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Friday,
May 18</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>10
a.m.-Noon</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Famous Writers' Club, a critique and feedback group, at the
IndianaWriters Center, E. 1125 Brookside Ave., Indianapolis. Contact:
</span></span></span><a href="mailto:lornadrose@gmail.com">lornadrose@gmail.com</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
or text (317) 935-0056.Meets every first and third Friday.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saturday,
May 19</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>10
a.m.-Noon </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Poetry
Open Mic at Barnes & Noble Rover Crossing, 8675 River Crossing
Blvd., Indianapolis. Contact: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Karmen
A. Johnso</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">n,
</span></span></span><a href="mailto:kaj411legacy@gmail">kaj411legacy@gmail</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saturday,
May 19</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>2
– 4 p.m. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Garfield
Park Poetry Circle meets in the Garfied Park Arts Center, 2432
Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis. Facilitator: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Mary
Place Godsey.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Free. Every third Saturday.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuesday,
May 22</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
– 9 p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poets Laureate of Lawrence presents a featured poet at Theater at the
Fort, 8920 Otis Avenue, Lawrence. An open reading follows. Free.
(Note: Event might be moved next door to the Sterrett Ceter, 8950
Otis Avenue.) Every fourth Tuesday.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wednesday,
May 23</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>10
a.m.-Noon</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Write Like a Mother class meets four Wednesdays through June 13.
Instructor: </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Natalie
Solmer.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Location: Indiana Writers Center, 1125 Brookside Avenue,
Indianapolis. </span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Cost:
</b></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">$200
nonmembers, $128 members, $112 student members/teacher members/senior
members/military members/librarian members. Register online or
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0131/8202/files/IWCClassRegistrationForm_6855ace0-4b72-425f-b062-acf7e22fa8c6.pdf?10669788901103754239">download
and print a registration </a><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0131/8202/files/IWCClassRegistrationForm_6855ace0-4b72-425f-b062-acf7e22fa8c6.pdf?10669788901103754239">form.</a></span></u></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></span></span></span><a href="https://www.indianawriters.org/products/write-like-a-mother">https://www.indianawriters.org/products/write-like-a-mother</a><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 24</b></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Spoken word open mic at Kaf</span></span></span></span></span><em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">é</span></span></span></span></span></em><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Kuumba at Harrison Brook Center, 4002 Cornelius Avenue,
Indianapolis.Usually $5 admission.
</span></span></span></span></span><a href="http://do317.com/events/weekly/thu/kafe-kuumba"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://do317.com/events/weekly/thu/kafe-kuumba</span></span></a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
every Thursday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 24</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Iconoclast,
an open mic series, at the Irving Theatre, 5505 E. Washington St.,
Indianapolis. Free. Host: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Devon
Ginn</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
May 31</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Iconoclast,
an open mic series, at the Irving Theatre, 5505 E. Washington St.,
Indianapolis. Free. Special guests: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>RJ
Walker</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
and </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Joso
Soto</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
Host: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Devon
Ginn</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Friday,
June 1</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><br /> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>10
a.m.-Noon</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Famous Writers' Club, a critique and feedback group, at the
IndianaWriters Center, E. 1125 Brookside Ave., Indianapolis. Contact:
</span></span></span><a href="mailto:lornadrose@gmail.com">lornadrose@gmail.com</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
or text (317) 935-0056.Meets every first and third Friday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuesday,
June 5</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
- 9 p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poetry Salon. Bring a poem in progress for feedback. Indiana Writers
Center, 1125 Brookside Avenue, Indianapolis. For information, email
</span></span></span><a href="mailto:indypoetrysalon@gmail.com">indypoetrysalon@gmail.com</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
First and third Tuesdays.</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Thursday,
June 7</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
- 9 p.m.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poetry on Brick Street presents Indiana Poet Laureate </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Adrian
Matejka </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">at
SullivanMunce Cultural Center, 225 W. Hawthorne Street, Zionville.
Matejka will present one of his students, </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Chudeni
Oputa.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
</span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Open
mic follows. Free. Every first Thursday.* </span></span></span></span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saturday,
June 9</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
– 10 p.m</b></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
LocalMotion open mic at Fletcher Place Arts & Books, 642 Virginia
Ave., Indianapolis. For ages 13 and older. $7. Every second
Saturday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Monday,
June 11</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>6:30-8
p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poetry/lyric discussion group at Beech Grove Public Library, 1102
Main Street, Beech Grove. Free. Every second Monday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wednesday,
June 13</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b> 6:30
p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Creative Writers, Inc. An opportunity for writers to share and learn
at Hoosier Salon Gallery, 222 N. Range Line Road, Carmel. Bring a
sample of your work. Every second Wednesday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Saturday,
June 16</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>2
– 4 p.m. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Garfield
Park Poetry Circle meets in the Garfied Park Arts Center, 2432
Conservatory Drive, Indianapolis. Facilitator: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Mary
Place Godsey.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Free. Every third Saturday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Monday,
June 18</b></span></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
– 9 p.m. </b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Poetry
Matters: A Workshop meets five Mondays through July 16. Instructor:
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Norman
Minnick.</b></span></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Location: Indiana Writers Center, 1125 Brookside Avenue,
Indianapolis. </span></span></span></span></span><strong><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Cost:
</b></span></span></span></span></strong><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">$250
nonmembers, $160 members, $140 student members/teacher members/senior
members/military members/librarian members. Register online or
</span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0131/8202/files/IWCClassRegistrationForm_6855ace0-4b72-425f-b062-acf7e22fa8c6.pdf?10669788901103754239">download
and print a registration </a><a href="https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0131/8202/files/IWCClassRegistrationForm_6855ace0-4b72-425f-b062-acf7e22fa8c6.pdf?10669788901103754239">form.</a></span></u></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
<a href="https://www.indianawriters.org/collections/all-classes-workshops/products/poetry-matters-a-workshop">https://www.indianawriters.org/collections/all-classes-workshops/products/poetry-matters-a-workshop</a>*
</span></span></span></span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuesday,
June 19</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
- 9 p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poetry Salon. Bring a poem in progress for feedback. Indiana Writers
Center, 1125 Brookside Avenue, Indianapolis. Facilitator: </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>JL
Kato. </b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">For
information, email </span></span></span><a href="mailto:indypoetrysalon@gmail.com">indypoetrysalon@gmail.com</a><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">.
First and third Tuesdays.* </span></span></span></span></span>
</div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Wednesday,
June 20</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
p.m.-9 p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Brick Street South Poetry Series, featuring poets from the Religion,
Spirituality & the Arts seminars. </span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Wendy
Vegoz, Terry Ofner, and Laura Storrs will read </b></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">at
the Tube Factory and artspace, 1125 Cruft Street, Indianapolis. Open
mic follows. Free. Every third Wednesday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
<div style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;">
<br />
</div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Tuesday,
June 26</b></span></span></div>
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">
<span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>7
– 9 p.m.</b></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">
Poets Laureate of Lawrence presents a featured poet at Theater at the
Fort, 8920 Otis Avenue, Lawrence. An open reading follows. Free.
(Note: Event might be moved next door to the Sterrett Ceter, 8950
Otis Avenue.) Every fourth Tuesday.*</span></span></span></span></span></div>
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<br />JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-90999483540820953172016-09-29T01:00:00.000-04:002018-03-09T09:56:51.162-05:00Local calls for submissions<div style="background-color: white; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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<a href="https://indianawriters.submittable.com/submit" style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">https://indianawriters.submittable.com/submit</a><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Ongoing / The Freeman</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://fee.org/freeman/poetry-guidelinehs/">http://fee.org/freeman/poetry-guidelinehs/</a></span><br />
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.76px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ongoing / Indiana Voice Journal</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/p/blog-page_3914.html">http://www.indianavoicejournal.com/p/blog-page_3914.html</a></span><br />
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ongoing / Punchnel's</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><a href="http://www.punchnels.com/guidelines/" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.punchnels.com/guidelines/</a><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">Closed / So It Goes Literary Journal</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/literary-journal/">http://www.vonnegutlibrary.org/literary-journal/</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;"><a href="http://tiptonpoetryjournal.com/submission.html" style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.76px;">http://tiptonpoetryjournal.com/submission.html</a></span><br />
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<b style="color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Closed / Poetry for Children</span></b><br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473442881314_2607" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Brick Street Poetry Inc. seeks submissions of original children’s poetry--poetry for children written by either adults or kids of any age. Poems submitted must have never been published anywhere before. Poets are permitted to submit a maximum of three poems. </span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473442881314_2610" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Each poem is to be contained to one page of a Microsoft Word document, prepared in Times New Roman 12-point font, with one- inch margins on all four sides. The poet’s contact information - name, address, email and phone number--are to be placed at the top of each page. Preference will be given to poems that contain one or more of the following characters: a frog, a moose, bees and bears. However, poems without these characters will still be considered.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473442881314_2614" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Deadline: Aug. 31. Please email your submissions to <a href="mailto:specialprojectsbsp@gmail.com" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1473442881314_2613" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-padding-start: 0px; background: transparent; color: blue; cursor: pointer; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;" target="_blank" ymailto="mailto:specialprojectsbsp@gmail.com">specialprojectsbsp@gmail.com</a> with your poems sent as attachments.</span></div>
<span style="color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.76px;"><span style="line-height: 18.76px;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> The poems selected will be published in a book before the end of 2016 and given to children who are patients in Indianapolis hospitals. The cost of publishing was made possible by a grant from the Nicholas H. Noyes, Jr., Memorial Foundation. </span></span></span><br />
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JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-38851671271600124822016-09-14T08:26:00.002-04:002016-09-19T11:27:40.797-04:00Diane Lewis<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Diane Lewis, poet and volunteer coordinator for Asante Children's Theatre, died Sunday, Sept. 11. Funeral details are forthcoming.<br />
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JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-38262816631279184242016-07-07T10:48:00.000-04:002016-08-15T16:43:07.840-04:00Mari Evans mural7/7/16: Indy Star article on the prgress of the Mari Evans mural at 448 Mass Ave.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">Last updated 9/3/15. New listing in the visual art section.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><br /><b style="font-size: x-large;">Cemetery</b><br /><br /><b>Crown Hill Cemetery,</b> 700 W. 38th St.:<b> </b>Grave sites of <b>James Whitcomb Riley, Etheridge Knight, Meredith Nicholson, </b>and <b>Sarah T. Bolton. </b>Maps available at main office.<b> </b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 14.65px; white-space: nowrap;">(317) 925-3800</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Indiana Humanities,</b> 1500 N. Delaware St., was the home of <b>Meredith Nicholson</b>. Info: (317) 638-1500 or <a href="http://indianahumanities.org/about-us/meredith-nicholson-house/">http://indianahumanities.org/about-us/meredith-nicholson-house/</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /><b>James Whitcomb Riley Museum Home and Visitor Center</b>, 528 Lockerbie St., Indianapolis, (317) 631-5885. Info: <a href="http://www.rileykids.org/about/riley-museum-home/?referrer=https://www.google.com/#.VZ_i4vlVhBc">http://www.rileykids.org/about/riley-museum-home/?referrer=https://www.google.com/#.VZ_i4vlVhBc</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>James Whitcomb Riley Boyhood Home and Museum</b>, 250 W. Main St., Greenfield, (<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; line-height: 14.65px; white-space: nowrap;">317) 462-8539. Info: </span><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 14.65px; white-space: nowrap;"><a href="http://www.jwrileyhome.org/">http://www.jwrileyhome.org/</a></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Cottage Home Neighborhhood </b>features "Cottage Home," by Thomas Alan Orr, in a display at a pocket park on the 700 block of Dorman Street (south of St.Clair St.).<br /><br /><b>Indianapolis Cultural Trail </b>features seven bus stops designed by architect Donna Sink, with poetry from local residents. The bus stops and their poems are:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Virginia Avenue near McCarty Street (outside of Chilly Water Brewing Co.): "Invisible Moments," by <b>Karen Kovacik</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Virginia Avenue near Lexington Avenue (just outside of the Mozzo Apartments): "The Bowl of Possible Peas," by <b>John Sherman</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Washington Street near the Indiana State Museum and Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art: "Settlement," by <b>Micah Ling</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Washington Street, west of Illinois Street and the Indianapolis Artsgarden: "Circle, Circle," by <b>Mitchell L.H. Douglas</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Massachusetts Avenue at Walnut and Park streets: "Art With a Heart," by <b>Vienna Wagner</b></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Massachusetts Avenue, east of College Avenue: "Our Street in Endless Circles," by <b>Jenny Brown</b></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Indianapolis International Airport</b>, 7800 Col. H. Weir Cook Memorial Drive, features stained-glass window art by Martin Donlin, which has words and lines of poems from five Indiana writers. (317) 487-9584.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="color: red;"> Note: No information on <b>Jeannie Deeter Smith</b>'s poem. No information on<b> Mari Evans </b>poem.</span><br /><br /> Photos: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><a href="http://martindonlin.com/portfolio/new-indianapolis-airport-indiana-usa/">http://martindonlin.com/portfolio/new-indianapolis-airport-indiana-usa/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Terre Haute:</b> </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><i>Max Erhmann at the Crossroads</i></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, by Bill Wolfe, at the intersection of Seventh Street and Wabash Avenue,</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Terre Haute</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">.</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Visitors can pose and sit on a bench with Max. Also, excerpts from his most famous poem, "Desiderata," appear on plaques embedded in the plaza. Photos and info: </span><a href="http://wabashvalleyartspaces.com/maxview1.html" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://wabashvalleyartspaces.com/maxview1.html</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Word Hunger</b> was a project of Brick Street Poetry to encourage a discussion of food production. Poems and artwork were placed on barns and agricultural buildings throughout the state, Sponsored by Indiana Humanities.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hamilton County Fairgrounds. <b>Ruthelen Burns'</b> poem.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A photograph of former Indiana Poet Laureate <b>Karen Kovaci</b>k is situated above a booth by the main entrance of Penn and Palate, a restaurant at 28 E. 16th St.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Ralph Waldo Emerson,</b> No. 58, 321 N. Linwood Ave.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Stephen Foster</b>, No. 17, 653 Somerset Ave.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Robert Lee Frost</b>, No. 106, 5301 Roxbury Road</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Francis Scott Key</b>, No. 103, 3920 Baker Drive</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Joyce Kilmer Academy</b>, No. 69, 3421 N. Keystone Ave.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Meredith Nicholson</b>, No. 96, 3651 N. Kiel Ave.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>James Whitcomb Riley</b>, No. 43, 150 W. 40th St.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>James Whitcomb Riley Highway</b> (part of Ind. 25) in Carroll County, north of Delphi.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University Health</b>, 705 Riley Hospital Drive. The <b>Riley Children's Foundation</b> is the fund-raising arm of the hospital. Both are named for James Whitcomb Riley.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><b>Sarah T. Bolton Park,</b> 1300 Churchman Ave., Beech Grove, is a 32-acre municipal park named for the 19th-century poet. Bolton's home was on the land, originally named Beech Bank. the land was purchased from the Bolton Estate in 1930. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">The park reflects the life and beauty that Bolton often spoke of in her poetry. Info: </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; line-height: 21px;"><a href="http://www.beechgrove.com/sarah-t-bolton-park.html">http://www.beechgrove.com/sarah-t-bolton-park.html</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Griggsby Station</b>, a gastropub at 101 W. Main St., Greenfield, is named for the James Whitcomb Riley poem.</span><br />
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<br />JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-82980178063128319432015-10-26T11:14:00.004-04:002015-11-04T15:39:49.635-05:00The Freeman has a new poetry editor: Sarah Skwire<div style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 19.32px; margin-bottom: 6px;">
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I am now going to be handling poetry submissions for the good folks at the Freeman. That means you know the poetry editor! Send me good stuff--liberty related or not. I like formal verse and free verse. I like elegant and exciting use of language.</div>
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The things I want to read do what e.e.cummings said here:</div>
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"At least my theory of technique, if I have one, is very far from original; nor is it complicated. I can express it in fifteen words, by quoting The Eternal Question And Immortal Answer. of burlesk, viz., 'Would you hit a woman with a child?-No, I'd hit her with a brick.' Like the burlesk comedian, I am abnormally fond of that precision which creates movement."</div>
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Accepted poems get $50, publication online, and possible inclusion in the print quarterly. If you're included in the print version, we'll send you a copy of the issue in which your poem appears.</div>
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JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-34029399079755518942015-10-22T22:37:00.004-04:002015-10-22T23:05:22.130-04:004th Friday Spoken Word event rescheduled to Oct. 30<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The following event has been moved back from Friday, Oct. 23, to Friday, Oct. 30, according to host Gregg DeBoor.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7 p.m.-10 p.m. </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4th Friday Spoken Word and Open Mic at Coal Yard Coffee, 5547 Bonna Ave. Featured poets include <b>Dante Fratturo, Helen Townsend,</b> and <b>Lisa Devon.</b> Free. Host: </span><b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gregory DeBoor</b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. Info: (317) 777-1161. This is the last poetry program before the coffeeshop is closed for construction.</span>JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-2830378936026530892015-10-21T23:51:00.001-04:002015-10-22T22:35:33.536-04:00Venue changes<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coal Yard Coffee, home of monthly poetry readings hosted by Greggory DeBoor, will close for construction after its last event Friday, Oct. 30. According to DeBoor, the shop will move farther south at the Ice House complex, 400 block of South Ritter Avenue. According to a barista at the shop, no decision on moving has been made.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A new poetry venue has open at the Garfield Eatery and Coffee, 2627 Shelby St. Greggory DeBoor is hosting two poetry events on the first and third Fridays of the month. Besides featured readers and an open mic, a poetry slam for cash prizes will be offered. Non-poet performers (such as musicians and comedians) will also share the stage. </span><br />
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Helen Townsend garnered a third-place award in the Poetry Super Highway poetry contest. Read her winning poem <a href="http://poetrysuperhighway.com/psh/2015/10/october-19-25-2015-m-brett-gaffney-trish-hopkinson-and-helen-townsend/">here</a>.<br />
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<br />JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-79274971933884895642015-10-14T22:30:00.002-04:002015-10-14T22:32:31.384-04:00List of contest winners for the ISFPC's 37th Annual Fall Rendezvous<div id="yui_3_16_0_1_1444873395050_2482" style="font-family: verdana, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; padding: 0px;">
Winners’ List of 37th Annual Fall Rendezvous Poetry Contest
Indiana State Federation of Poetry Clubs (ISFPC) ~ October 9 through 11, 2015.</div>
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<b>W</b>idely-acclaimed poet and Purdue University Professor of English Marianne Boruch was recognized as the National Author Award Winner. Fellow poet and Pike High School graduate Adrian Matejka was recognized as the Regional Author Award Winner. Short story novelist and Indiana University graduate Clifford Garstang was named Emerging Author Winner. A Lifetime Achievement Honor, only the second ever given to an author who has exemplified great achievement over several decades, was presented to Indianapolis’ Mari Evans, a monumental figure in poetry and education who helped shape women’s history, politics and drama.</div>
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Each Indiana Authors Award winner receives a cash prize and can select an Indiana public library to receive a $2,500 grant from The Indianapolis Public Library. Since the Award’s inception in 2009, winning authors have received a total of $157,500, and their designated libraries have received $57,500 in grants.</div>
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“The Glick Fund is proud to celebrate these talented authors,” said Marianne Glick, Director at the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Foundation. “We hope that the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award serves as an inspiration and encouragement for the next generation of Indiana writers.”</div>
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Indiana Authors Award nominations were submitted in the spring of 2015, and an eight-member statewide award panel selected the winners. Any published writer born in Indiana or who has lived in Indiana for at least five years was eligible.</div>
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Nominations for the 2016 Indiana Authors Award will open on February 1, 2016. To learn more, contact the Library Foundation at (317) 275-4700 or visit <a href="http://indianaauthorsaward.org/" style="color: #784040; font-size: 12.0048007965088px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">Indianaauthorsaward.org</a>.</div>
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<br />JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-40369751637453692232015-10-07T15:30:00.001-04:002015-10-07T15:34:27.180-04:00Poetry benefit this weekend<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-40064115848238628812015-10-02T10:16:00.002-04:002015-10-11T09:30:21.297-04:00Friday's musings (Oct. 2,2015)<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Because it is October and everything scary, I am waging a one-man campaign to expose the public misspellings of Edgar Allan Poe's name. On my Facebook page, I complained about the Ballet Theatre of Indiana and NUVO Newsweekly, both of whom used "Edgar Allen Poe" recently.</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also missing is the promised information of the 2016 Max Erhmann Poetry Contest, sponsored by Art Spaces, Inc. in Terre Haute. The organization's <a href="http://www.wabashvalleyartspaces.com/upcomingevents.html,">website</a>. promised details in September.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On Wednesday afternoon, I attended a poetry reading given by Adrian Matejka at the Pike Branch Library, where I became reacquainted with Kyle Craig and Rachel <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 27px;">Sahaidachny. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were the only "outsiders" to attend. The rest were library staff and Adrian's family. Adrian was gracious, taking time to chat with each of us before reading his persona poems about boxer Jack Johnson,which included vintage videos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We learned that Adrian was 1990 Pike High School grad who did not write poetry until he took a class at Indiana University (where he now teaches). He moved to Seattle but slowly made his way back to the Midwest. His mother revealed Adrian wrote a book when was 10 years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Given the horrible start time (3:30 p.m.) and minuscule publicity, it was a wonder that even </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">we three showed up. But I urge you to grab the next opportunity to hear him.</span>JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-10812692925651729392015-10-01T08:36:00.000-04:002015-10-02T11:21:29.141-04:00Nikki Giovanni highlights Fall Fest 2015<div class="pageSection" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 12px;">
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Highlighting the event will be a lecture by world renowned poet, activist and educator Nikki Giovanni (2:10 p.m.). In addition to having her works appear on The New York Times and Los Angeles Times bestseller lists, Giovanni has been awarded an unprecedented seven NAACP Image Awards, nominated for a Grammy and been a finalist for the National Book Award. She is currently a Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech University. Booksignings (3:30 p.m.) will follow the event. Books will be provided by Donna Stokes-Lucas.</div>
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The afternoon also will feature the winners of the teen Slammin’ Rhymes Challenge X who will be presented their awards by Nikki Giovanni (2:55 p.m.), as well as performances by North Star Capoeira, a martial art that combines acrobatics and dance with music (12:10 p.m.); the SITEAW Basket Balancing Race, a fun and educational sport that stems from African culture (12:35 p.m.); Indy Air Bears, an electrifying competitive jump rope team (1 p.m.); Krash Krew, an inspirational and edgy dance group (1:25 p.m.); and inspired poetry readings by the Brave Youth Society (1:55 p.m.).<br />
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"Fall Fest 2015" is presented by The Indianapolis Public Library's African-American History Committee and is made possible by the Donna D. Talley Story Theatre Fund, the Dr. Michael R. Twyman Endowment Fund, and Friends of the Library through gifts to The Indianapolis Public Library Foundation. Call 275-4099 for more information about this free Library event.</div>
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INDIANAPOLIS -- Trust, respect, friendship and Slam Poetry have found a home in a Belzer Middle School classroom in Lawrence Township. In a short few weeks, 25 students have been transformed into confident speakers of their truths.</div>
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Camea Davis is a Belzer language arts teacher and co-founder of Indy Pulse - a slam poetry organization dedicated to creating time and space for kids to express themselves. Slam poetry at Belzer started as a club, but the principal saw the impact it was having and asked Davis if she would teach it – so it has become an elective.</div>
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"Slam poetry is a derivative of traditional poetry but it’s in the vernacular of urban, young people. It’s a style of poetry where people can express themselves in their natural way of speaking and it’s very performative," Davis said. "Regular poetry is meant for the page. Slam Poetry is meant for the stage.”</div>
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To get ready for the stage, the kids work on performance skills. The class stands in a circle clapping and calling the name of a person across the circle. </div>
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“We’re clapping because when you perform it may be loud – so you have to put your voice across the circle. So what they’re learning is – how to work in a community because there is a rhythm and they have to keep the rhythm in unison," Davis said. "They’re learning performance stance – how do I look and stand in front of a group people. They’re learning voice – how to articulate because they have to say something across the circle. How do I project my voice? How do I say something?”</div>
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Davis prompts the poetry writing with questions like what color represents the feeling of your mother? If you were a monster, what would you be? And where do you feel safe?</div>
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“I’m always surprised about the honesty...Even today, one student - she’s writing a poem about how she was born a crack baby. And to say that in front of your peers, kids that can very easily make fun of you, and it’s such a vulnerable topic cause it says something about your family and where you live and all that," Davis said. "And I was just like 'wow' and she would just do it – and be confident about doing it. So I’m really excited and surprised and then proud of them for being able to write these stories.”</div>
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It's about building trust and the students get it. Davis is small in stature, but highly respected.</div>
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“She’s not like every other teacher because, you know, every other teacher is just rude and mean and give you assignments after assignments and stuff like that," eighth grader Antwone Haslett said. "But she’s like, she’ll be your teacher, but she’ll be your friend at the same time. So I think that’s pretty cool.”</div>
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DaZhane’ Jones says the Slam Poetry class is the highlight of her day.</div>
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“I feel happy ‘cause…as an example today, I wasn’t feeling so well and I was like upset." DaZhane' said. "But when I come here, all my fears and hurt goes away and I can be myself without no judgment.”</div>
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Davis says building that trusting culture is her number one priority.</div>
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“The first two weeks of school all we’re doing is sharing stories about our lives our families, our likes, our dislikes. And they really get to know each other,” she said.</div>
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One by one – Davis’ students step up to the microphone in a performance classroom filled with fellow students and family members. Nathan Terhune’s dystopian sounding poem talks of a man emerging and inspiring people to become poets. </div>
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For Nathan, in real life, Davis plays the role of the man in his poem. </div>
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“If Miss Davis stays here a while she could very well be inspiring a new generation of poets,” he said.</div>
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An Indy Pulse Slam Poetry competition will be held at the Indianapolis Museum of Art on Thursday, Nov. 5.</div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">Associate professor Ross Gay</span><span class="[No character style]"> </span><span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">was selected for the 2015 National Book Awards Longlist for Poetry.</span><span class="[No character style]"> </span><span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">He was selected for his book, “Catalog of Unabashed
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">He is one of 10 poets to be selected; the National Book Foundation will announce the finalists Oct. 14.</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">“I feel lucky to have the book be amongst a really wonderful bunch of poets and books,” Gay said in an email interview.</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">His other poetry collections include “Against Which” and “Bringing the Shovel Down,” according to a press release.</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">Gay said “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” published February 2015,</span><span class="[No character style]"> </span><span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">stands out because of its
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">“My poetry, in this book, is kind of talky and intimate — like it wants to be your friend and tell you stories and ask questions of itself in front of you,” he said in an email. “It kind of wants to hold its heart in its hands (that is a cliche, enjoy it) in front of you, and say, ‘Check this out!’”</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">A “zillion” things inspired “Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude,” Gay said, ranging from the free-fruit-for-all Bloomington Community Orchard that he is involved in to an incident in his life involving bird poop.</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">He said the engine of these poems lies in the ways things can possibly be transformed.</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">“That’s all to say that the strange and undervalued and sexy and gone and unseen and dreamt ... inspire me,” Gay said in an email.</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">Gay has also co-authored books, including “River”</span><span class="[No character style]"> </span><span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">with Richard Wehrenberg, Jr.</span><span class="[No character style]"> </span><span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">and “Lace & Pyrite”</span><span class="[No character style]"> </span><span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">with Aimee
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">He said he writes poems because they are fun, and yet they allow him to connect to his own deeper thinking.</span></div>
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<span class="[No character style]" tracking="5">“It is one of the ways I recognize and articulate and interact with my sorrow,” he said. “And my joy.”</span></div>
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UPDATE: James R. Depp died Sr. Saturday morning, Sept. 26.<br />
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Editor Stacy Savage is seeking submissions for a short verse poetry contest. Poems can be up to 20 lines and about any subject. No limit on number of entries submitted. Previously published works are acceptable. There is a $1 per poem entry fee. All proceeds will go to As Wings of Eagles, Inc. to help pay for a larger enclosure for the organization’s resident eagle, Belle.</div>
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The winner will receive a copy of the 1865 antique book: Enoch Arden by Alfred Tennyson, the winning poem published in the online journal, Indiana Voice Journal, and on the poetry blog, Whispers, a 5x7 photo signed by As Wings of Eagles, Inc. of Belle, and $30.</div>
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The deadline for entries is August 31, 2015. The contest judges are Stacy Savage and Janine Pickett. The winner will be announced on the Facebook page, Poetry Contests for a Cause, on September 16.</div>
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It's that time--time to announce the winner of the Short Verse Poetry Contest! The winner is Kay Cheshire for her poem "Contentment". Thank you Janine Pickett, publisher and editor of Indiana Voice Journal, for helping with judging. It was not hard to decide on a winner. We both loved Kay's wonderful poem. Kay shows what a poet can do with their words with this beautiful piece. Following is a short excerpt from her poem that shows her talent and what I am talking about.<br />
"res<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;">t in an oak's shadow while butterflies carry away the hurt".</span></div>
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Congratulations Kay! Her poem will be published in a future issue of Indiana Voice Journal and on the popular blog, Whispers.</div>
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Not near as many entries were received for this contest as the last contest, but $126 was raised for As Wings of Eagles. I am sure they will be glad to receive that and it will help get them a step closer to building a new enclosure for the bald eagle, Belle. Thank you to all of you who entered and a big thanks to those who sent a donation for As Wings of Eagles. It is truly appreciated!</div>
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JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-77460474705252507712015-09-16T05:51:00.000-04:002015-09-16T08:58:54.121-04:00Call for community to help draft a poem on the theme of "Dream"<b><span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">UPDATE: The deadline has been extended to Sept. 30</span></b><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">Dreams exist in a variety of forms. There are the dreams we have when thinking of the future. We dream of traveling to Ireland or Africa, we dream of starting a band, or we dream of a just society.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">Then there are the dreams we have while sleeping. Sometimes we dream of silly things that don’t make sense, and sometimes a dream might fill us with positive energy. Other times our nightmares fill us with fear or embarrassment.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">Lastly, there are the sort of dreams we have when daydreaming—perhaps we fantasize, we take a break from the everyday and create a world and characters, we write a play or a poem. Many writers, both past and present, have written about dreams:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #141823; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">In his “March on Washingto</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">n” speech, Martin Luther King writes,<br />I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not<br />be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.<br /><br />In her poem “it was a dream,” Lucille Clifton writes,</span><br />
<span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #141823; display: inline; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18.7600002288818px;">in which my greater self<br />rose up before me accusing me<br />of my life<br />with her extra finger<br />whirling in a gyre of rage<br />at what my days had come to.<br />what,<br />i pleaded with her, could i do,<br />oh what could i have done?<br />and she twisted her wild hair<br />and sparked her wild<br />eyes and screamed as long as<br />i could hear her<br />This. This. This.<br /><br />In Act IV, Scene 1 of <i>The Tempest</i>, Shakespeare writes,</span><br />
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<br />JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-46420220007979045472015-09-11T10:45:00.000-04:002015-09-11T13:38:18.222-04:00Indiana poet laureate weighs in on the Chinese pen name controversyFrom the Fort Wayne News-Sentinel:<br />
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Earlier stories:<br /><br /><a href="http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2015/09/fort-wayne-poet-in-controversy-over-use.html">http://jlkato.blogspot.com/2015/09/fort-wayne-poet-in-controversy-over-use.html</a>JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-54848577927873775932015-09-10T17:45:00.000-04:002015-09-10T17:45:26.218-04:00Wabash College's Nate Marshall wins Poetry Foundation award<div class="ArticleHeadline" id="body_ContentModule_ctl00_ucArticleTemplated_acContainer_pnlHeadline" style="clear: both; padding-bottom: 10px;">
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Marshall’s first book, “Wild Hundreds” (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2015), won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. He is a co-editor of “The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop” (2015). He is a founding member of the Dark Noise poetry collective and a Cave Canem Fellow. His work has appeared in “Poetry,” “Indiana Review” and “The New Republic,” among other publications. He was the star of the award-winning documentary “Louder Than A Bomb” and was featured in the HBO Original Series “Brave New Voices.” Marshall received the 2014 Hurston / Wright Founding Members Award and the 2013 Gwendolyn Brooks Open Mic Award. Marshall received his B.A. degree from Vanderbilt University and his MFA from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor.<br />
Among the largest awards offered to young poets in the U.S., the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry prize was established in 1989 by Ruth Lilly to encourage the further writing and study of poetry. In 2013, the Poetry Foundation received a generous gift from the Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Memorial Fund to create the Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellowships.</span> </div>
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September 28, 7:30 pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Alumni Readings with Tadd Adcox & Sarah Layden<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Krannert Auditorium</div>
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October 19, 4:30 pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Q&A with <a href="http://www.maryruefle.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b1810b;" target="_blank" title="Mary Reufle">Mary Ruefle</a><br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Grissom 102</div>
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October 19, 7:30 pm<br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Talk with <a href="http://www.maryruefle.com/" style="background: 0px 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #b1810b;" target="_blank" title="Mary Reufle">Mary Rueufle</a> <br style="box-sizing: border-box;" />Krannert Auditorium</div>
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JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-74347857719405636512015-09-08T09:32:00.004-04:002015-09-11T10:48:01.652-04:00Fort Wayne poet in controversy over use of pen name (with UPDATE)<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Below is a link to a story about Fort Wayne poet Michael Derrick Hudson, a white man who used a Chinese pseudonym because he thought it would help him be selected for publication. The scheme worked so well, that his poem was included in the annual Best American Poetry anthology. I 90% join the condemnation of this man, but there's 10% of me that understands his reason for doing so.</div>
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He says editors kept rejecting his poems, but when he changed his name to that of an ethnic group, his acceptance rate improved. This says several<span class="text_exposed_show" style="display: inline;"> things things to me. One, editors DO notice names. Two, does this suggest that editors are willing to accept poems from minorities that they normally would not have accepted from Caucasians? Three, does the quality of a poem matter more than the poet?</span></div>
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Until poems can be judge blindly (that is, without identifications attached), abuses by submitters and editors will continue.</div>
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<a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/yifen-chou-white-author-uses-asian-pen-name-because-it-helps-him-get-published-more-often-10490578.html">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/yifen-chou-white-author-uses-asian-pen-name-because-it-helps-him-get-published-more-often-10490578.html</a><br />
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UPDATE: It's now reported that Michael Derrick Hudson adopted the name of a high school classmate. The family of Yi-Fen Chou is requesting that Hudson stop using the name. Geesh. He couldn't even invent a fake name.JL Katohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07785051466095037007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5081121885159415930.post-12278219640834518012015-09-02T11:33:00.000-04:002015-09-02T15:25:22.553-04:00Branches Magazine/September-OctoberPoets appearing in Branches this month are Frederick Michaels, Denise C. Buschmann, Christopher Tolle, Miranda Maureen Marsico, and Jared Carter.<br />
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Info: branches.com<br />
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