<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">FAVORITE POEM COMMUNITY READING</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2:00 PM</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class="">SEBASTOPOL CENTER FOR THE ARTS</b></span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""><b class=""></b></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">The Sebastopol Center for the Arts will once again host a Favorite Poem Community Reading. Modeled on the readings initiated by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky, this event will bring together a wide range of people and poems into one memorable event. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">You are invited to submit a copy of your single favorite poem, famous or otherwise, one that is <i class="">not</i> written by you, a friend or relative, but one that you have read, perhaps many times, and to which you feel a personal attachment, along with a <i class="">brief </i>statement about the poem’s significance in your life. The poem <i class="">and </i>introductory statement should take no more than 3 minutes for you to read or recite. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">Please send an email to Jodi Hottel at <a href="mailto:hottel@sonic.net" class=""><span style="-webkit-font-kerning: none; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 255);" class="">hottel@sonic.net</span></a>. Include the subject “Favorite Poem Reading” in the subject heading. Send your name, phone # and email address, and submit your selection in either Word or a web link. Be sure to include the name of the author of the poem. There is no entry fee, but entries should be received no later than April 14. </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class="">This is our 16</span><span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 9.3px; line-height: normal; -webkit-font-kerning: none;" class=""><sup class="">th</sup></span><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""> annual event. The event is free, and refreshments will be served. Whether you submit a poem to share or not, we invite you to come to what is sure to be a wonderful celebration of the community’s love of language.</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Times New Roman"; -webkit-text-stroke-width: initial; -webkit-text-stroke-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); min-height: 16px;" class=""><span style="font-kerning: none" class=""></span><br class=""></div></body></html>