What’s Left Is The Singing, at Common Good Books in St. Paul
on November 11 at 7:30.
CGB is on the corner or Selby and Western across the street from WA Frost.
She is reading with poets Jill Breckenridge and Jim Rogers.

“Here we find beauty that resists adoration, caution that armors
raised fists, and belief that survives religion. Here we find metaphors
for life’s passion in the scapes of sand and tides and endless stars
that shine through us.”   (David Oliveira)

Loyal Northography customers were saddened by the news. “It was a very valuable service,” commented SherryAnn Margaret Toulouse-McBeth, one of the founding members, “I don’t know where I’m going to find another regional web-based literary workshop. Come to think of it, I don’t know where I’m going, period.” Others expressed similar sentiments, but were thankful for the opportunity to have participated in such a unique endeavor. At an impromptu gathering of devotees formed at The Lucky Goose in St. Paul, celebrated local poet Seamus Von Chmelinski remarked, “Norsography wash grreat fun, deschpite the somewhat eccentric adminish..admensch..guy in charge.”

Northography will be missed by poets and freinds alike. Perhaps when poetry futures rise again, and public demand for bizarre experimental verse begins to climb, it will make a comeback. For now, though, hard times demand that this shopkeeper hangs up the “closed” sign, locks the doors, and walks down the street for a stiff one.

Friday April 3, Saturday April 4th at 8:00pm

Patrick’s Cabaret
3010 Minnehaha Ave S MPLS 55406

If you contact Wendy before the show, she can leave will call tickets for $8 (paid to her) or it is $10 at the door.
poetaluna (at) yahoo.com for more info: calendar Patrick’s Cabaret

In this workshop, we will focus on the revision of rough drafts of poems.  Topics will include compression, line breaks, titles, word choice and punctuation.  Each participant will have the option of bringing one poem-in-progress to the group for discussion and advice on revision.  There will be time for Q &A to cover other topics of interest to participants.  Participants:  Please bring 10 copies of a poem you would like to revise with the input of the instructor and the group (optional), and one copy of a poem that you love written by someone else.
 
Saturday, April 18
Region 2 Arts Council Boardroom
(downstairs at the Bemidji Community Arts Center)
426 Bemidji Avenue
Bemidji, MN
10 am – 4 pm
cost: $40
Registration deadline: April 13
PDF and application form: seeing-again-registration21

This year, out of over 1,000 applications received from across the country, only 42 were awarded after being judged by 10 of the country’s leading poets. The award for poetry comes only once every 2 years. The award also comes with $25,000 for Bryan to continue his work to study and advance awareness of Laotian American poetry.