Tapestry of Voices 16th annual collaborative poetry readings

When:
August 10, 2014 @ 3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
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Where:
John Greenleaf Whittier Home
86 Friend Street
Amesbury, MA 01913
USA
Contact:
978-388-1337
Tapestry of Voices 16th annual collaborative poetry readings @ John Greenleaf Whittier Home | Amesbury | Massachusetts | United States

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The Whittier Home Association and Tapestry of Voices invite you to its 16th annual collaborative readings from the poetry of John Greenleaf Whittier on Sunday, August 10 from 3-4:30 p.m. The poetry readings will take place in the Victorian garden of the Whittier Home Museum, 86 Friend Street, Amesbury.

Poems are meant to be heard!

Local Whittier devotees Rhina P. Espaillat will read “Proem” and “Forgiveness”; Bill Plante, “At Point Royal”; Alfred Nicol, “The Gift of Tritemius”; Skye Wentworth, “Monadnock from Wachuset”; Edith Maxwell, a selection from “Meeting”, and short poems by Mary Oliver and Chris Bryant, President of the Whittier Association, will read “Maud Muller.”

Others include Harris Gardner, founder of the poetry organization Tapestry of Voices from Boston, who will read “Two Rabbis”; Lainie Senechal, “The Corn Song” and “The Pumpkin” and Walter Howard, a favorite amongst the Cambridge/Boston crowd, will sing his Whittier selection, “Dear Lord and Father of Mankind.”

An informal reception will follow the readings and light refreshments will be served. The poetry reading is free and open to the public and will take place in the garden at the Whittier Home. In case of inclement weather, the program will be held in the Whittier Home’s meeting room. For information, call Harris Gardner, (617) 306-9484 or the Whittier Home at (978) 388-1337.

Achievements and awards from our readers/poets

Alfred Nicol was last year’s recipient of The Robert Frost Foundation Poetry Award. Nicol’s book of poetry, Elegy for Everyone, published in 2009, was chosen for the first Anita Dorn Memorial Prize.

Lainie Senechal’s poetry was chosen for 2012 Encircle Publication, Favorites from the first fifteen years. She continues to present her poetry at the Boston National Poetry Month Festival, which she cofounded with Harris Gardner. Recently she presented her art and poetry at The Star Festival of the Kaji Aso Studio in Boston.

Harris Gardner is the poetry Editor of Ibbetson Street, a highly regarded small press journal, founded and published by Doug Holder, which has published continuously for sixteen years. Gardner’s recent publication credits include The Aurorean, Midstream, Chest, Green Door, and Ibbetson Street.

Rhina P. Espaillat’s book of Robert Frost poems translated into Spanish is due for publication this winter.

Free! RSVP (optional but appreciated)