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Day & Time |
Event | Location |
Wednesday 5:30 - 7:30 PM |
"Smokin' Poetry" Cigars, wine, and poetry in the garden. Open Mike. $10 donation at the door. | Heritage House Garden |
8:00 -10:30 PM |
"Robert Frost Goes to the Movies" 8-8:30, meet our presenting poets. 8:30-9:30 Readings by our guest poets of their own original work and poems by famous Key West poets from history. 9:30-10:30 Film on poets and poetry (TBA). $10 at the door. |
Tropic Cinema, 416 Eaton St |
Thursday 9:00 - 11:30 AM |
WORKSHOP: Lee Gurga on "Haiku, Poetry of the Seasons" | Heritage House Garden |
Thursday Noon - 1:15 PM |
"Lunch With Elizabeth Bishop" presentation by Bishop scholar and poet, Annette Basalyga; includes box lunch. $12 | Heritage House Garden |
1:30 - 4:00 PM |
WORKSHOP: Rosalind Brackenbury on "The Poem as a Suitcase (or a Backpack?)" | Truman Little Whitehouse |
6:00 - 9:00 PM |
"Visual Poetry" art exhibit of Haiga, Oriental art and poetry, by Key West students. Return of last year's immensly popular refridgerator-magnet audience participation poetry event. FREE event. | Studios of Key West |
8:00 -? |
"And the Beat Goes On" Poetry readings and music. Local poets and Open Mike. Donation at the door. | Key West Woman's Club |
Friday 9:00 - 11:30 AM |
WORKSHOP: Charles Trumbull on "Haiku Diction " | Oldest House Museum Garden |
Noon - 1:15 PM |
"Lunch with Robert Frost" Presentation by Frost Scholar and poet, Michael Wyndham Thomas; includes box lunch. $12 | Heritage House Garden |
1:30 - 4:00 PM |
WORKSHOP: Annette Basalgya " Compose Yourself" | Heritage House Garden |
8:00 PM |
Sippin' Internet Cafeé Annual Robert Frost Poetry Slam | Sippin' Internet Café 422 Eaton St. |
Saturday 9:00 - 11:30 AM |
WORKSHOP: Michael Wyndham Thomas on "Freewriting: An Explorer's Guide" | USS Mohawk |
12:30 - 3:00 PM |
WORKSHOP: Richard Grusin "How to read Your Poem to an Audience " speaking/acting workshop for performance poets | Heritage House Garden |
5:30 - 7:30 PM |
"Schooner WOLF's Pirate Poetry Sunset Sail" Poetry and Sea Chanties at Sunset on the Schooner Wolf, flagship of the Conch Republic Navy. RESERVATIONS strongly suggested! 292-7963. $30 | Safe Harbor Marina, Stock Island |
Sunday 10:00 AM - Noon |
"Celebration of Poetry" Public reading of new poems written over the weekend | Heritage House Garden (rain location: Heritage House Museum) |
2:00 - 4:00 |
"Celebration of Poetry" Awards for the International Poetry and Haiku Contests, and the Monroe County Poetry in Schools Contests. Reading of winning poems. | Heritage House Garden (rain location: Waterfront Playhouse) |
