<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 class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dear Friends of Poetry,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please join us for the 17<sup class="">th</sup> annual Favorite Poem Community Reading at the <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sebastopol Center for the Arts on Sunday, April 5, at 2:00 p.m. Modeled on <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">the readings initiated by former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky and hosted <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">locally by Jodi Hottel and Larry Robinson, this will be a chance to soak in the<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">healing waters of poetry, and add your favorite poem to the mix. Jodi has <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">passed the microphone to me and I look forward to continuing the celebration<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">that she and Larry hosted for 16 years.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please send a copy of your single favorite poem, famous or otherwise, that is <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><i class=""><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">not</span></i><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> written by you, a friend or relative, but that you have read, or learned by <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">heart, and to which you feel a personal connection, along with a <i class="">brief </i>statement<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">about the poem’s significance in your life. The poem <i class="">and </i>introduction <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">should take no more than 3 minutes for you to read or recite. <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0.75in 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Please send the poem and statement to me at <a href="mailto:gwynn@gwynnogara.com" class="">gwynn@gwynnogara.com</a> with “Favorite Poem Reading” in the subject heading.</span><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Please include </span><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">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, and entries should be received by March 11. </span><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">The event is free, and refreshments will be served. Whether you submit a poem <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">to share or not, please join us for what is sure to be a wonderful community <o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">celebration of language<a name="_GoBack" class=""></a> and poetry.<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">With thanks,<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";">Gwynn<o:p class=""></o:p></span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div><div class="" style="margin: 0.05pt 0in;"><span class="" style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span></div></body></html>