<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="">You are cordially invited to join us for a virtual poetry reading featuring Kay Crista<div class="">Saturday, February 4 from 10:00 to 10:30 AM Pacific Time</div><div class=""><font size="5" class=""><br class=""></font></div><div class="">There is no charge for this reading and no need to pre-register.</div><div class="">Just click the link:<a data-v-3392e92e="" href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85332406004?pwd=R0p5WWNXbmhQeTg3aDErakc3cWlZUT09" aria-label="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85332406004?pwd=R0p5WWNXbmhQeTg3aDErakc3cWlZUT09" aria-labelledby="view-registration" target="_blank" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(9, 86, 181); text-decoration: none; font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2;" class="">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85332406004?pwd=R0p5WWNXbmhQeTg3aDErakc3cWlZUT09</a></div><div class="">and enter the passcode:<span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class="">343084</span></div><div class=""><span style="color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class="">Kay doesn’t think of herself as a poet, but as a lover of the deep, transformative power of words. Sometimes words flow from the deep source shaped like poetry and sometimes like prose. In her memoir writing, the two interweave. She has an unbound collection of poetry and a memoir in progress, as well as a series of essays on favorite existential contemplations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">On Discovering Ellen Bass’s Poem</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">“The Thing Is”</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 23px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">1</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">You are like the poem</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">I passed over</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">in the anthology</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">then later discovered</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">was a lifeline</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">Hidden in plain sight</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">you shine</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">as the numinous light</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">in all things</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">Like a message</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">in a bottle</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">You</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">wash ashore</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">at my feet</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">2</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">I am </div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">like a sacred poem</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class=""> passed over</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">in the anthology</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">Hidden in plain sight</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">I carry</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">something</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">holy</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">within the vessel</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">of my being</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">I am</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">like a message</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">in a bottle</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">waiting</div><div style="text-align: left; margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;" class="">to be found.</div></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><font face="Papyrus" class=""><span style="font-style: normal;" class="">- Kay Crista</span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="base-options-4" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding: 0px; margin: 0px; color: rgb(35, 35, 51); font-family: "Almaden Sans", Helvetica, Arial; font-variant-ligatures: normal; letter-spacing: 0.42px; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); 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