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The Fourth Biennial THE FOURTH BIENNIAL La Conner, Washington Friday, May 19 • Saturday, May 20 • 2006 Poets & Students in the Classroom I would say it was like you’re learning a new way of telling a tale. – Bjorn, 4th grade Sam Green She took things from her life and worked them into poems. These things would just be there for normal people but she took it into another context. – Andei, 8th grade Joseph Green Making us think about what was in our backpacks as a metaphor for life was fun. – Chantal, 8th grade Well, I liked it, and I wouldn’t mind to do the poetry thing again. Elizabeth Austen – Wylie, 4th grade I learned a lot from our guest poet like stanzas and different ways to write poety. Tim McNulty – Drew, 4th grade Lorraine Ferra Gloria Burgess Poetry makes me look at everything in the world from a different perspective. It lets my brain open and lets my imagination grow. It is fun to play around with words and try and feel what your topic would feel like. Working with a published poet was a great experience and I really enjoyed it. – Ben, 4th grade 2 WELCOME to the fourth biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival OUR MISSION The Skagit River Poetry Project brings students and poets together working to promote literacy, appreciation of language and participation in a culturally diverse community. This May’s festival is the Huzzah! of our two-year poetry process in Skagit County schools. This year alone, with the help of funding from our benefactors, seven of our poets led week-long residencies in fifty-six county K-12 classrooms and twenty college classrooms. We are delighted you are here to celebrate the making of poetry with us. DEDICATION This year’s festival is dedicated to our classroom poets who lead our students in the joy of discovering and making poetry. We give our thanks to these extraordinary word artists who make magic and meaning through their art and make poetry lovers and future poets through their mentorship. COVER : Richard Gilkey, 1977 3 PERFORMANCE LOCATIONS 1. La Conner Middle School Gym 2. Janet Huston Gallery 3. Museum of Northwest Art La Conner Middle School Gym 4. Methodist Church 5. Oddfellows Hall 6. Garden Club 7. The Next Chapter Bookstore and Coffeehouse 8. Maple Hall / Maple Center Maple Hall / Maple Center Information Center For your consideration… • There is a hill to climb to reach the Methodist Church, Oddfellows Hall, and the Garden Club. The shortest way to get up the hill is to take the steps from South First Street (see map). You’ll find a sturdy bench midway for you to catch your breath, as there are 67 steps. The longer, more gradual ascent would be to use South Second Street on either side of town. • Will-call tickets and onsite sales will be located: Friday La Conner Middle School – 3:30 - 9:30 pm Saturday Maple Center – 9:00 am - 4:00 pm La Conner Middle School – 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Museum of Northwest Art • Please see accompanying map for site performance locations and parking spaces. Wheelchair accessible sites and handicapped parking areas are marked with a star on the map. • Please do not use flash photography during the sessions. • All events start on time. Capacities of the sites vary. We encourage you to have a second choice should you find your first selection full. With the exception of the lunch hour, there are only 15 minutes between sessions. Allow enough time to get to the next event. • As a consideration to others, please silence all cell phones, pagers, and other electronic devices. Next Chapter Bookstore 4 5 La Conner Maple Maple Center Museum of Garden Sacred Heart FRIDAY Middle School Gym Hall Upper Level Northwest Art Club Mosman Hall Capacity 276 40 40 180 100 30 Sampler A Sampler B Session 1 Tess Gallagher Pat Mora 9:00-10:00 Sekou Sundiata Nance Van Winckel STUDENTS ONLY Billy Collins Ekiwah Adler Beléndez Nance Van Winckel Gerald Stern Poetry on the Edge Workshop: Women Rock: Workshop: Workshop: Session 2 Bill Ransom What Do You Notice? Gender & Poetry Pizza Poetry The Poem Aloud 10:10-11:10 Jeannine Hall Gailey Samuel Green Kelli Russell Agodon Gloria Burgess Elizabeth Austen STUDENTS ONLY Paul Everett Nelson Lorraine Ferra Kathleen Flenniken Laura Gamache Session 3 11:10-11:40 Open Mike • Lunch STUDENTS ONLY Performance Poetry as Medicine Superheroes and Songwriters Workshop: Session 4 Kurtis Lamkin Ekiwah Adler Beléndez Supercool Words & Music The 50% Solution 11:40-12:40 Sekou Sundiata Pat Mora Jeannine Hall Gailey Robert Blake Michael Daley STUDENTS ONLY Peter Pereira Paul Everett Nelson Kristin Allen-Zito Bill Ransom Sampler B Sampler A Session 5 Pat Mora Tess Gallagher 12:50-1:50 Linda Hogan Sekou Sundiata STUDENTS ONLY Ekiwah Adler Beléndez Billy Collins Gerald Stern Linda Hogan OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC Session 6 4:00-5:00 Songwriters Words & Music Robert Blake Session 7 Kristin Allen-Zito 5:15-6:15 Two songwriters on the literate edge of acoustic music Session 8 Sara Marreiros 6:30-7:00 Fado Music from Portugal Session 9 Tess Gallagher 7:00-7:25 Reading Session 10 Linda Hogan 7:30-7:55 Reading Session 11 Billy Collins 8:05-9:00 Reading Session 12 Sara Marreiros 9:05-9:30 Fado Music from Portugal 6 Oddfellows Next Chapter Next Chapter Methodist Janet Huston La Conner La Conner Hall Upstairs Mezzanine Church Gallery Retirement Center Regional Library 60 40 30 100 60 30 20 Wordplay Conversation Workshop: Poetry of Family Music Real Men Write Poetry Workshop: Where Michael Daley with Billy Collins Snapshot J. W. Marshall Kurtis Lamkin Allen Braden Poems Begin Paul Hunter Billy Collins Joseph Green Rachel Rose Tod Marshall Alice Derry Nance Van Winckel Maxine Scates Carlos Martinez Peggy Shumaker Poems Feed Us Reading Workshop: Protest Poetry Fado Music Eco Poetry Workshop: Surprise! Allen Braden Jim Haba Smellorama Kelli Russell Agodon Sara Marreiros Tod Marshall Kathleen Flenniken Alice Derry Gerald Stern Laura Gamache Carlos Martinez Tim McNulty Rachel Rose Maxine Scates Peggy Shumaker Wine & Words Kurtis Lamkin A poet troubadour, the magic of the West African harp & local wine. Incomparable. Limited seating. 7 La Conner Maple Hall Maple Center Museum of SATURDAY Middle School Gym Upper Level Northwest Art Capacity 276 40 40 180 Workshop: Poetry and Painting “Petals on a wet, black bough” Peggy Shumaker Session 1 Tod Marshall Kes Woodward 10:00-11:00 Letting your images blossom A collaboration by a poet and a painter Sampler Sampler Michael Daley Ekiwah Adler Beléndez Session 2 Joseph Green Kurtis Lamkin 11:15 -12:15 Linda Hogan Pat Mora Tod Marshall Carolyne Wright Four poets reading Four poets reading their poetry their poetry Poets of the Past Publishing Poets Sense of Place, Allen Braden Kelli Russell Agodon Place of Sense Session 3 Tess Gallagher Kathleen Flenniken Lorraine Ferra 12:30-1:30 Anne Marie Macari Paul Hunter Tim McNulty What makes poetry memorable? Editing books and poets, oh my! Peggy Shumaker Poetry grounds us Eco Poetry Other Cultures Women Rock Alice Derry Other Worlds Gloria Burgess Session 4 Tess Gallagher Jeannine Hall Gailey Kathleen Flenniken 1:45-2:45 Joseph Green Bill Ransom Laura Gamache Messages from the Carolyne Wright Gender and poetry natural world Cultural legacies Performance Workshop: Reading: Kurtis Lamkin Writing a Poem Poetry and Love Session 5 Sekou Sundiata Samuel Green Tess Gallagher 3:00-4:00 Music and poetry How do you start? Pat Mora Sampler Workshop: Sampler Lorraine Ferra Poems from Poems – Alice Derry Session 6 Jeannine Hall Gailey Call and Response Samuel Green 4:15-5:15 Tim McNulty Elizabeth Austen Bill Ransom Gerald Stern Explore some of the ways great Sekou Sundiata Four poets reading poems can provide springboards for Four poets reading their poetry your own writing their poetry Session 7 Reading 7:00-7:25 Pat Mora Session 8 Reading 7:30-7:55 Gerald Stern Session 9 Reading & Performance 8:00-8:45 Sekou Sundiata with Marc Cary 8 Methodist Garden Oddfellows Janet Huston Next Chapter Church Club Hall Gallery Upstairs 100 100 60 60 40 Morning Music Workshop: Kurtis Lamkin Come Play For A While Greet the morning with Carlos Martinez Kurtis Lamkin’s poetry and music Using words to make poems is like playing with Legos. All poets try to make some new thing that is interesting and pleasing Music Sara Marreiros Fado music from Portugal Breaking the Rules Poetry as Medicine Reading: Workshop: Gloria Burgess Ekiwah Adler Beléndez Beauty and Violence From Family Legend J.W. Marshall Linda Hogan Maxine Scates to Public Poem Nance Van Winckel Peter Pereira Carolyne Wright Rachel Rose Art has to play; A healing art Strategies for creating poems wildness is essential from personal history to freedom The Critic Poetry of Family Reading: Music Reading Michael Daley J.W. Marshall Wordplay in the Workplace Susan Pascal Jim Haba Paul Hunter Rachel Rose Elizabeth Austen Jazz quartet with Founder of the A blessing and a scourge Maxine Scates Peter Pereira Seattle’s best vibes Geraldine R. Dodge Celebrating kinship Poetry Festival reads his poetry. Politics and Poetry Reading: Reading: Music A Reading , A Conversation Kelli Russell Agodon Glenn Hughes Youth and Age Susan Pascal Paul Hunter Allen Braden The Robert Sund J.W. Marshall Jazz quartet with Anne Marie Macari Peter Periera Poets’ House Trust presents a Carlos Martinez Seattle’s best vibes Questions you’ve always Poems of protest program with Glenn Hughes wanted to ask a poet and affirmation Reading / Performance Workshop: Michael Daley Slaunchwise Brad Killion Poetry Strategies Music and words Laura Gamache in the Bardic tradition Text melds, opposite poems, and other tricks to get you writing poetry 9 FESTIVAL POETS Kelli Russell Agodon has published two books of poems, Small Knots (2004), and Geography (2003), which won the Floating Bridge Press Chapbook Award.
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