the featured poet for berks bards' first thursday poetry open mic this march is dr. philiip terman who teaches english and several different forms of creative writing at clarion university, which is a state school like kutztown university. clarion, which is between erie and pittsburgh but a smidge to the east, is in western pennsylvania.
event 1 info: via berks bards' first thursday poetry open mic, as the featured poet, thursday, march 2 @ 6 p.m. @ goggleworks @ 201 washington street, suite 240, reading, pa 19601
a secondary event, and a wonderfully unique and very-worth-it kind, will be a poetry workshop taught by dr. terman through the pagoda writers two days later.
event 2 info: via the pagoda writers' first saturday workshop, saturday, march 4 @ 1 p.m. (location pending...the website will be updated with location info once it is finalized-- please RSVP to l. t. james if you can attend, and she (she goes by linda) will update you as more info is available. she can be reached by phone at 610.413.0373.)
a secondary event, and a wonderfully unique and very-worth-it kind, will be a poetry workshop taught by dr. terman through the pagoda writers two days later.
event 2 info: via the pagoda writers' first saturday workshop, saturday, march 4 @ 1 p.m. (location pending...the website will be updated with location info once it is finalized-- please RSVP to l. t. james if you can attend, and she (she goes by linda) will update you as more info is available. she can be reached by phone at 610.413.0373.)
you can find several of dr. terman's books of poetry in the berks county library system through some of my past contemporary poetry donations to the boyertown community library.
two of these are the torah garden and rabbis of the air.
and here is a poem by dr. terman which the writer's almanac shared last october. you can also listen to it read here. to help you out, it starts at 3 minutes and 30 seconds into the recording.
some days
by dr. philip terman
some days you have to turn off the news
and listen to the bird or truck
or the neighbor screaming out her life.
you have to close all the books and open
all the windows so that whatever swirls
inside can leave and whatever flutters
against the glass can enter. some days
you have to unplug the phone and step
out to the porch and rock all afternoon
and allow the sun to tell you what to do.
the whole day has to lie ahead of you
like railroad tracks that drift off into gravel.
some days you have to walk down the wooden
staircase through the evening fog to the river,
where the peach roses are closing,
sit on the grassy bank and wait for the two geese.
and here is a poem by dr. terman which the writer's almanac shared last october. you can also listen to it read here. to help you out, it starts at 3 minutes and 30 seconds into the recording.
some days
by dr. philip terman
some days you have to turn off the news
and listen to the bird or truck
or the neighbor screaming out her life.
you have to close all the books and open
all the windows so that whatever swirls
inside can leave and whatever flutters
against the glass can enter. some days
you have to unplug the phone and step
out to the porch and rock all afternoon
and allow the sun to tell you what to do.
the whole day has to lie ahead of you
like railroad tracks that drift off into gravel.
some days you have to walk down the wooden
staircase through the evening fog to the river,
where the peach roses are closing,
sit on the grassy bank and wait for the two geese.
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many gracious thanks go to mayor marianne deery of boyertown who is kindly hosting dr. terman at the twin turrets inn, as its innkeeper, to help support berks bards and the pagoda writers as nonprofits pushing poetry forward in berks county. much nommm-worthy food-geared gratitude goes to chris dietz who owns CD's place in boyertown and is making sure dr. terman will be well fed (besides his bed & breakfast meals as well as those which will be offered during his visit by members of berks bards and the pagoda writers) as he keeps poetry revolving while he ventures into berks county.
The Pagoda Writers are very excited and grateful that Dr. Philip Terman will be our workshop presenter for our March 4th event from 1 - 3 p.m. RSVP's are requested as this will be well attended. Contact L.T. James at 610 413 0373 or ltjamesthepagoda@gmail.com.
ReplyDeleteWe will not be meeting at the Pagoda anymore but the location will be available at our website above by the end of February. It will be a central location with easier access. Please contact me if you have any questions. Bring a friend or family member who enjoys writing and poetry...all are welcome.
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