 Poetry Series Launch The Ancient City Poet can't even begin to express how excited we are about our "Afternoon of Poetry" happening in the Nation's Oldest City tomorrow. The lit fun will begin over at The Gallery Cafe, located in the Staples Plaza (1974 US-1 South, St. Augustine, Florida). This top notch eatery entered 2014 with a brand new, unique artisan menu available on Sundays up until 2 pm. More info about their food is available on their website:
City Coffee's menu can be found on line at: http://www.gallerycafestaug.com Our poetry workshop runs from 2 to 3 pm. Please register by 1:45. $10 at the door get you bottomless coffee and endless sweet treats. Robert Waldner will be leading the hour long Plant-A-Poem workshop. Arrive with a poem seed on the subject of "Janaury Thaw" and cultivate it in one hour with the "miracle grow" of input from the workshop leader and your workshop peers. Bring a few extra printed out copies of your rough poem idea to hand out to the other participants. After the workshop, bring your newly cultivated poem up US-1 North to City Coffee (1280 N. Ponce de Leon Blvd, near the Village Inn) and join other poets and poetry lovers. Ancient City Poets Chris Bodor and Michael Henry Lee will be turning on the microphone at 3 pm to kick off a new poetry series. Titled "St. Augustine Speaks", this open mic event follows in the footsteps of "Heart Pour Sunday Matinee": a once a month series that Bodor hosted in town for four years (Aug 2009 to Aug 2013). The poetry reading is free, but please show your appreciation by buying poetry books from local authors and also buying something to eat or drink while you are at the cafe. "Our kitchen will be open until 6 pm --full menu." says City Coffee owner Robyn. "We are known for our locally roasted, Fair Trade organic coffees but we also offer organic teas, fruit smoothies, blended ice drinks, and of course some sodas and juice. Our sandwiches and wraps are All made fresh and we have lighter fare like salads as well." City Coffee's menu can be found on line at www.menuat.com/citycoffee.  SUNDAY AFTERNOON WRITER'S WORKSHOP
The Ancient City Poets will present a workshop on Sunday January 26 at the Gallery Cafe of St. Augustine (in the Staples Plaza). Please register at 1:45 p.m. The workshop begins at 2:00 p.m. Ancient City Poet Robert Waldner will return to take the helm to lead this month’s workshop. small fee of $10 at the door is requested to participate, which provides for bottomless coffee and sweet treats to ignite the write and feed the need to create. Bring a poem on the suggested topic of “January Thaw”. You will learn how to cultivate a poem seed and help it grow with feedback from other workshop participants. After the workshop, travel with your newly cultivated poem a short way up US-1 North to City Coffee and share your poem with an open and supporting audience at the St. Augustine Speaks Open Mic Poetry event. SUNDAY SPOKEN WORD SERIES The Ancient City Poets will turn on a microphone at 3:00 pm at City Coffee, located at 1280 N. Ponce de Leon Boulevard, St. Augustine to kick-off a monthly poetry series called “St. Augustine Speaks”. The reading will be held “renga style”, with no emcee or sign-up list. Anyone who wishes to read a poem or two will approach the podium to share and the reading will end when everyone who wishes to share has contributed. The focus of this series is speaking the written word. A supportive environment for all skill levels to present and perfect their poetry delivery style. This is a free event and donations to City Coffee are encouraged.  THE NEW YEAR IS HERE - 2013 was full of many waves in the St. Johns County poetry pond. The Ancient City Poets were asked to judge a poetry reading last February hosted by the Betty Griffin House in St. Augustine. Carolee Bertisch and Chris Bodor judged the local competition of Poetry Out Loud at Nease High School in January. In September we started offering Plant-A-Poem monthly workshops to the community lead by Rich Cardone, Lee Paterson and Robert Waldner. These workshops created an opportunity to compensate the workshop leaders for their time and offer a little rent money to our meeting place, the Gallery Cafe of St. Augustine.
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