<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" class="" 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;">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85332406004?pwd=R0p5WWNXbmhQeTg3aDErakc3cWlZUT09</a></div><div class="">and enter the passcode:<span class="" 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);">343084</span></div><div class=""><span class="" 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);"><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 class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">On Discovering Ellen Bass’s Poem</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">“The Thing Is”</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 23px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">1</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">You are like the poem</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">I passed over</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">in the anthology</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">then later discovered</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">was a lifeline</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">Hidden in plain sight</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">you shine</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">as the numinous light</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">in all things</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">Like a message</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">in a bottle</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">You</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">wash ashore</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">at my feet</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">2</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">I am </div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">like a sacred poem</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;"> passed over</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">in the anthology</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">Hidden in plain sight</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">I carry</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">something</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">holy</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">within the vessel</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">of my being</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus; min-height: 18px;"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">I am</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">like a message</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">in a bottle</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">waiting</div><div class="" style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Papyrus;">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="">- Kay Crista</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; 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