auction poetry-- one way to spend a friday in berks county.

at the end of october, my traveling poetry class ventured to an auction in kutztown on industrial avenue to stir ideas for our writing. we're still working on the content with typed words or in some cases ink. 

this particular afternoon carved out also very in line with what the pennsylvania americana region based in our area promotes across heritage, interests, and offerings in berks county.

here is some of what we scooped up with our eyes and brains that day.

and arline christ shared a poem with our class, at the auction, which she recently wrote in reflecting on her tai chi class. here is a picture of the poem in permanent marker. it is very nature-swept and has such organic choreography across movements, strong verbs, and only a few lines.