Invitation to Sonoma County Poetry Out Loud - Monday, February 10, 2020 in Santa Rosa
Larry Robinson
Lrobpoet at sonic.net
Sat Jan 18 05:21:45 PST 2020
For those who love poetry recited (not read), this is a chance to hear some of Sonoma County’s finest young voices recite poetry that they have learned by heart.
It is one of my favorite local poetry events.
Sonoma County Poetry Out Loud - Our 14th year of county participation!
This oral recitation competition (https://www.poetryoutloud.org/ <https://www.poetryoutloud.org/>) of famous poetry is sponsored through generous funding from the CAC, California Poets in the Schools, Creative Sonoma and the Vintners Foundation.
When: Monday, February 10, 2020
Time: 6:00-9:00 p.m.
Where: Downtown Santa Rosa Library
211 E. Street, Santa Rosa, CA
Emcee: David Beckman
Admission is free.
We are excited to have students from twelve Sonoma County high schools competing: Analy, Casa Grande, Creekside, El Molino, Maria Carillo, Petaluma, Piner, Rancho Cotate, Roseland Collegiate Prep, Roseland University Prep, Santa Rosa High, and Sonoma Academy.
For questions, please contact: County Coordinator, Jackie Huss Hallerberg, jackiehallerberg at earthlink.net <applewebdata://6B62AB1D-EA9B-47CA-9BC1-9AEE1A300FBF/jackiehallerberg@earthlink.net>
On Hearing a Poem Recited, Not Read
The poem flew at me
Little darts, pricking my skin
piercing my belly, my arms, my eyes
Flew at me on swift, black wings
trailing a smoky blur past my ears
Flew all around me
furious, then curiously quiet
No words sounded like words
read from a page
They had been lifted
the night before, years before
Flipped up, one by one
letter by letter let fall
on the tongue and dissolved
like melting snowflakes trickling down
through the heart, into the belly
to the toes, the fingertips
Pulled back through the blood
through the brain
down into the back of the throat
into the cheeks and spit out
Little darts of words
big wings of words
charging the air all around me
There were no words, only language
Tongue moved by muscle and blood
The poem entered me and exited
leaving little points of pain and light
soft feathery strokes on my skin and hair
Leaving me empty of words
- Christine Walker
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