poetry in Kirkland
April 15, 2018
In what is now a legendary commitment to poetry, Christopher Jarmick, poet and owner of BookTree in Kirkland, Washington, is scheduling monthly workshop/reading/open mic sessions that are free and lively.
For National Poetry Month, the featured poets will be Anita K. Boyle and James Bertolino. The program, on Saturday, April 21, 2018, will begin at 4:30pm with a workshop on Collaboration (Boyle and Bertolino have collaborated on a number of chapbooks, among other projects), to be followed at 6:15pm by a reading and open mic. See further details and poet bios on the BookTree event page and on Facebook.
think global, poem local
March 21, 2018
Today, Wednesday, March 21, 2018, is World Poetry Day. Among the many ways to celebrate, consider joining friends, neighbors, musicians, and poets at Greene’s Corner in Bellingham, Washington. The every-Wednesday gathering of music and poetry will this evening feature poets Jim Bertolino and Anita K. Boyle. A Musician’s Open Mic begins at 7:00pm with the music of JP Falcon Grady, poetry to follow.
winter Clover
January 26, 2018
Mary Gillilan and Norman Green launched Clover, A Literary Rag in the summer of 2010 with the writing of contributors from the Independent Writers’ Studio — 17 in all. Thirteen editions later Clover has published a total of 234 writers — about half from Washington State, around 40 from Whatcom County, and 11 from international locations.
To see and hear what Clover has become, attend the reading for Volume 14 at Village Books in Fairhaven on Sunday, February 11, 2018, at 4:00pm. Featured contributors are Luther Allen, Janet Bergstrom, James Bertolino, Susan Chase-Foster, David Drummond, John Green, Frances Howard-Snyder, Paul Hunter, Andrew Shattuck McBride, Janet Oakley, Raul Sanchez, Harvey Schwartz, Karen VandeBossche, and Betty Scott. The reading is free and copies of Clover will be available for purchase.
(Submissions for Volume 15 are open until April 30, 2018.)
coming up in Anacortes
January 7, 2018
Pelican Bay Books & Coffeehouse will present a reading by Jim Bertolino and Anita K. Boyle on Friday, January 19, 2018, at 7:00pm, to launch this year’s third-Friday reading series. Come hear two accomplished poets in the relaxed surroundings of an independent bookstore (and coffee shop!) in the heart of downtown Anacortes.
Poem Booth update
August 26, 2017
Bellingham’s Poem Booth, located on the Forest Street side of the downtown Food Co-op, continues to offer fresh poems to go with your fresh produce. The winning poem is selected from submissions to a quarterly contest (some additional submissions are posted on the Poem Booth blog).
The June poem, “What Water Says” by Jim Bertolino, will soon be replaced by “Ode to a Flat Black River Stone” by Sheila Sondik. There will be an unveiling ceremony at 5:30pm on Friday, September 1, 2017. Please join Sheila Sondik and the Poem Booth team at this free event.
Submissions are now open for the next quarter’s poem.
Today!
April 30, 2017
You are invited to join Washington Poet Laureate Tod Marshall and poets Luther Allen, Jim Bertolino, Michael Daley, J.I. Kleinberg, and Nancy Pagh as they present selections from Washington 129, today at 2:00pm at the Anacortes Public Library. Washington state Poetry Out Loud champ Addi Garner will also recite and read a poem.
As a bonus, today is the last official day of the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival, so allow some extra time for flower viewing.
12 for 12 on 12
February 8, 2017
Come celebrate the publication of Volume 12 of Clover: A Literary Rag on Sunday, February 12, 2017, 4:00pm, at Village Books in Fairhaven (Bellingham).
Twelve of the issue’s authors will read: Luther Allen, James Bertolino, Douglas Cole, Victoria Doerper, Susan Chase-Foster, Stephanie Cosky Hopkinson, Paul Hunter, Ramon Ledesma, Laurel Leigh, Jim Milstead, Sara E. Simard, and Harvey Schwartz. The reading is free and copies of Clover will be available for purchase.
