Once a month a group of us (between six and fifteen, usually) gather to share and discuss poetry. This morning Christina Laurie has asked us each to being a six- to eight-line poem to share. I am looking forward to the session.
Then on Monday, I have been invited to be a judge for the local competition of the national "Poetry Out Loud" recitation competition sponsored by the national Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation. http://poetryoutloud.org/
And Monday evening is the annual pot-luck supper of Mutual Muses, where artists and poets form Cape Cod gather and do a random exchange of art and poetry which which to inspire each other. Every poet receives a photo of a piece of visual art, and then we have until next spring to write a poem inspired by the art. Meanwhile the visual artists will be creating artwork inspired by a poem. This will be my fourth year, and it has always been a wonderful experience.
So my focus is on poetry for the next few days, although that is not my primary field. I suppose as long as I am focused on writing, it is all good.
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