Nit of a Louse
April 25th, 2008 by vic burkhammerAh, brevity! Appalachian haiku from the poet laureate of Abingdon, Virginia….
EVENT: Poetry Sunday at Unitarian Universalist
April 24th, 2008 by vic burkhammer
Holly Cross, WV Poetry Society president, thought MountainWord readers might be interested in this event:
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UUC Sunday Service - 11 a.m.
April 27: Pianfetti Poetry Sunday
In honor of long-time Unitarian Universalist Congregation member and poetry-lover Lucille Pianfetti, we close out National Poetry Month by sharing poems and the importance of poetry in expressing what is going on in our lives. We have Haiku Poetry written by Lucille. We are looking for poems you have written or ones that are especially meaningful to you that you would like to share. In keeping with the theme of concern for our earth, we encourage you to share poems with a nature or earth-centered theme. If you would like to share a poem (yours or someone else’s), please get in touch with us (http://www.uucharlestonwv.org/)
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EVENT: ‘The Merry Wives of Windsor’ runs through Saturday at MU
April 23rd, 2008 by vic burkhammer
HUNTINGTON – Marshall University Theatre will present William Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” at 8 p.m. daily April 23-26 at the Joan C. Edwards Performing Arts Center on the Huntington campus.
SEND MP3s: Your version of “Jabberwocky”
April 23rd, 2008 by vic burkhammer
LibriVox offers 34 different renditions of “Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll.
Anyone like to give it a try? It’s in the public domain. This is the land of creatures/monsters/things, of Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, and Mothman, isn’t it? I’d think “Jabberwocky” would be popular here.
To listen (click here) … some dramatic and some not so… and see if you can best them. Many of them are well-done, but everyone has their own twist. Click my e-mail link here to e-mail your mp3s to me.
Or call me at (304) 348-5184, let it ring through to the voice mail, and read away.
Leave your name and not-to-be-published number.
EVENT: Two WVU authors at Sycamore Circle Series
April 21st, 2008 by vic burkhammerThe West Virginia University Native American Studies Program is hosting a Sycamore Circle presentation this Thursday, featuring two of its faculty authors, Cari Carpenter and Carol Markstrom, who will discuss their recently published books.
Carpenter is an assistant professor of English, and a core member of the Native American Studies Committee. Her book, “Seeing Red: Anger, Sentimentality, and American Indians,” (Ohio State University Press) is the first of its kind to examine expressions of women’s anger as a potential force for social change through the poetry and prose of three early American Indian writers.
Markstrom is a professor in the Department of Technology, Learning and Culture in the College of Human Resources and Education at WVU. Her book, “Empowerment of North American Indian Girls: Ritual Expressions at Puberty,” (University of Nebraska Press), examines ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look at Native American ideas about human development and puberty with special attention to four communities: Apache, Navajo, Lakota and Ojibwa.
EVENT: Biggest poetry festival in the East
April 21st, 2008 by vic burkhammerThe Fifth Annual Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival takes place next weekend, April 25-27, 2008. It is said to be the largest free poetry festival in the Eastern United States.
With gasoline approaching $4 a gallon, it would cost a lot to get to 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY … another reason to plan more events around here.
Emerging and famous poets and teachers blend together at Sarah Lawrence for events ranging from day and night poetry readings, open mic readings, receptions, concerts and more. Here’s a link for information.
GOT POETRY?
April 17th, 2008 by vic burkhammer
Two Dandelions — Photo by Vic Burkhammer
Dandelions. We used to call them hope weeds, partly because they seem to be able to withstand almost anything and bounce back. Well, it’s that dandelion time of year again, and today — Thursday, April 17 — is national Poem In Your Pocket Day.
To participate, make a copy of your favorite poem, carry it around and share it with whomever you please.
If you miss the national event today, why not declare your own Poem in Your Pocket day anytime?
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EVENT: Writers’ Week at Davis & Elkins begins today
April 15th, 2008 by vic burkhammer
Davis & Elkins presents its 11th Annual Spring Writers’ Week starting today through Friday. Poetry readings, writing workshops and music will include poet John Hoppenthaler with a poetry-writing workshop at 4 p.m. today and a public poetry reading at 7 p.m. today in the Booth Library Community Room.
Writer Colleen Anderson will lead a writing workshop at 4 p.m., Thursday, April 17, in the Booth Library.
The group Public Outcry, comprised of performance artists Jessie Lynne Keltner, Kate Larken, Anne Shelby, George Ella Lyon, Jason Howard, and Silas House, will perform Friday evening, April 18, at 8 p.m. in Harper-McNeely Auditorium.
REBROADCAST: Hear “Kettle Bottom” again on May 22
April 14th, 2008 by vic burkhammer
Kate Long tells me West Virginia Public Broadcasting plans to rebroadcast “Kettle Bottom” on Tuesday, May 22, 2008. Check for times at West Virginia Public Broadcasting online. I loved what I heard of the “Kettle Bottom” special, in between deadlines on the news desk … I’ve yet to hear it all, but the resonance of voices in Long’s presentation is very effective.
