Sandy Bellou, of Sierra Saddlery, and Bert Braun, CFG Producer, check out the ropes for the Western Marketplace at the Cowpoke Fall Gathering Our brand new website, www.cowpokefallgathering.com, is a beautiful reflection of last year, and a great opportunity to check out what’s coming this year.New this year is the Cowpoke Western Marketplace, with seven select vendors bringing in a variety of western ware. Cowgirls Corner, Millie Beatie, Rhonda Campbell, the Placer Farm Bureau, Foothill Feed and Gift, Sierra Saddlery, and Western Sidekicks will bring a fun filled shopping experience to all of our guests and the general public at the west end of the Blue Goose Fruit Shed.

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In a world where Occupy protests are popping up in public spaces around the globe like revolutionary seedlings, a group of Montreal poets is out to occupy St. Laurent Blvd. this week—but their demands aren’t necessarily about international finance. Concerning the egalitarian nature of the festival when it comes to artistic genre—the Mile End Poets mashes up music, visual art, spoken word, improv, dance and whirling (yes, as in dervishes)—Ferrier didn’t mince words: “We call it a poets’ festival because it is hosted by the poets of the Mile End. Our friends are poets, musicians, dancers and performers and this is what we like.

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Canada- Fight for Your Right to Poetry

They’re poets and now they know it at The Arnewood School.Year 9 pupils at the New Milton secondary enjoyed a National Poetry Day full of activities to learn more about the literary art form and have fun with it.

Student Issy Campbell started the day by bravely reading a poem, about students in classrooms, to the entire staff at their morning briefing.

Volunteer students then visited lessons around the school – including PE -performing poems.

The netball game in PE was actually stopped so that the players could listen.

A school spokesperson said: “We rounded things off with poetry performances standing on a box in the playground at morning break.

“The performers used a megaphone to read the poems to the masses. Football games still occurred around the outside of the performances.”

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UK- They’re poets and now they know it at The Arnewood School.

ARTlines is a juried competition organized by Public Poetry in collaboration with The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH). Nine works of art have been selected by the MFAH curatorial staff. The ARTlines competition invites you to submit original poems inspired by these artworks.

In addition to viewing the art on this site ARTlines, you can also find the original pieces on display at the museum. Their location is shown on the MFAH gallery map.

A distinguished panel of judges will select one winning poem, as well as one honorable mention, for each of these nine artworks. In addition to a modest cash award and a one year museum membership, the winning poems will be showcased at an event at The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston on April 21, 2012, and will also be featured in audio recordings, print and electronic media. Please refer to the Awards section on this site for full details.

Our five judges, as well as some acclaimed, nationally recognized poets, will be invited to submit ekphrastic poems as well. These poems will also be featured as part of the program on April 21, 2012. Program details will be posted on this site in April 2012.

This ARTlines competition is open to current and former residents of Texas, and you may submit as many poems as you like. All poems must be submitted electronically, using the entry form on this site, by December 30, 2011. The closing date for EARLY ENTRY is November 15, 2011. Please refer to the Guidelines for full details and information.

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ARTlines is a juried competition organized by Public Poetry in collaboration wit

This story is contributed by a member of the Treasure Coast community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TCPalm.com Join poet William Kemmett in reading your favorite piece of poetry aloud.Join poet William Kemmett in reading your favorite piece of poetry aloud. Guests are welcome to read their own work or that of another. Kemmett has studied at both Harvard and Norwich Universities. He currently teaches English and writing at Indian River State College.

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Fort Pierce Library hosting poetry reading on Oct. 29

Poet Tim Knecht will read excerpts from his latest book of poetry “Granny’s Faith” tonight from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Emmaus Public Library (EPL).

According to an EPL flyer about the poetry reading, “Granny’s Faith” includes more than 50 original poems about a variety of topics, including writing, relationships and war. The book also incorporates a number of styles of poetry, ranging from free verse to sonnets.

Copies of “Granny’s Faith” will also be for sale at the library tomorrow night and Knecht will sign books after the reading.

The reading is free and open to the public and light refreshments will be served. The Emmaus Public Library asks that those planning to attend the program RSVP to 610-965-9284.

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Emmaus Public Library Hosts Poetry Reading and Book Signing

It’s one of those events lovers of literature and poetry devotees wait for: Ted Kooser, former poet laureate of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner, is coming to Grand Rapids.
And even better: He will be joined by poet Terrance Hayes, whose collection of poems titled “Lighthead,” published in 2010, won the National Book Award for Poetry.
As part of Grand Valley State University’s Fall Arts Celebration, GVSU will host the two American poets Friday at the Pew Grand Rapids campus. Attendees can look forward to the unveiling of poetry-inspired artworks as part of the event, as well as a post-reading reception and book signing. Patricia Clark, GVSU’s poet in residence and the event organizer, is responsible for arranging the appearances of these two talented and diverse voices.
Hooking two age groups
“It’s fun to combine an older and a younger poet — someone up and coming,” she said. “We try to have interesting combination. We’re appealing to different audiences and want to introduce two voices that are an example of the many voices that are in our country. When people say something about American poetry, there isn’t one American poetry, there are so many kinds.”
Kooser, born in 1939, is a highly established poet, as well as a presidential professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He served as poet laureate from 2004-2006, and his book “Delights & Shadows” won the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2005.
Hayes’ accomplishments in the writing world make him a natural choice to share the stage with Kooser. Born in 1971, he holds an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh writing program and is a professor of creative writing at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Clark, who attended a previous reading by Hayes, says he has a “powerful presence.” Kooser will read first for 30 minutes, followed by Hayes.
After the poetry reading, there will be an unveiling of 28, 6-by-6-foot paintings by Michigan artist Jack Smith. The paintings are a series of portraits of American poets, including one of Ted Kooser, each an oil on copper that will be exhibited at GVSU. Smith will be present for the event.

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Former U.S. poet laureate to visit GVSU arts celebration

Poetry Society of New Hampshire Reading
The Poetry Society of New Hampshire will host a reading by Becky Sakellariou and Charles Pratt on Saturday, October 29th, at 11AM in the auditorium of the Manchester City Library, 405 Pine Steet, Manchester, NH 03104. Prior to their reading, at 10AM, members of the Society will read their work. All are welcome. The event is free and open to the public.
Both authors have recent books published by Hobbebush Books in the Second Granite State Poetry Series.

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Poetry Reading in Manchester, NH

The 2011 Story Prize judges were announced Wednesday. They include writer Sherman Alexie, who won a National Book Award for his young adult novel “The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian” and whose most recent book, “War Dances,” is a collection of poetry and short fiction.

Joining Alexie on the three-judge panel is Louise Steinman. An Angeleno, Steinman is the author of “The Souvenir: A Daughter Discovers Her Father’s War” and is co-director of the Los Angeles Institute for Humanities at USC. She is in charge of the ALOUD speaker series at the L.A. Public Library.

The Story Prize annually awards $20,000 to a collection of short fiction and $5,000 each to two runners-up. The finalists are announced in January; the prize itself will be awarded at a ceremony in New York in March. The event includes a reading by each of the finalists — at least it did for the 2009 awards, for which I served as a judge.

Each year there are three judges, and generally the list includes a librarian. The third judge is Breon Mitchell, director of the Lilly Library at Indiana University professor of Germanic studies and comparative literature.

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Sherman Alexie, L.A.’s Louise Steinman to judge Story Prize

Jan Zwicky chosen as this year’s Gustafson Distinguished Poet reads from her award-winning work at Vancouver Island University Thursday (Oct. 20). Zwicky, of Quadra Island, is an award-winning poet, essayist, philosopher and musician who received the Governor General’s Award in 1999 and the Dorothy Livesay Award in 2004.The lecture, entitled “Auden as Philosopher: How Poets Think,” explores the concept that poets know the world in a distinctive way that challenges corporate and technological culture. The gala evening event takes place on at VIU’s Nanaimo campus, Bldg. 355, at 7:30 p.m.

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Award-winning poet lectures at university