January Poetry Reading - 01/27/19

poetry and art publication

​OPEN MIC POETRY AT The Corazon Cinema
THEME: "Art of Anna Miller / The New Year  is Here"
​SUNDAY, Jan 27, 2019
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A celebration of poems inspired by the art of Anna Miller.

The Ancient City Poets will host a community open mic reading on Sunday January 27th from 3:00 to 4:30 at Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum) to celebrate the fine art of Anna Miller. Featured poets will share poems inspired by Ms. Miller's paintings.

Poets invited to read during the first portion of this reading include Michael Henry Lee, Ben Atkinson, Chris Bodor, Joel Esposito, Lou Graves, Sheree Kearns, Liz Robbins, Kimmy Van Kooten, Robert Waldner, and Tonya West. They have each written a poem inspired by Ms. Miller's artwork and the poems have been published in "Refractions", the catalogue for the art exhibit.

An open mic on the theme of "The New Year is Here" will follow. ​The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to stick to  the theme or not. A sign-up sheet will be available at 2:30 and the open mic will start at 3:00 pm. Readers will be called to the podium in the order their names appear on the list. The mic will be turned off at 4:30 to allow the last 30 minutes for a meet and greet and networking.

HELP SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT THE ANCIENT CITY POETS
As a community of poets and poetry lovers, we have been gathering on the last Sunday of the month in Saint Augustine, Florida since August of 2009. If you have ever gone to one of our monthly readings over the last nine years, you should Invite your friends to come and check it out. Just go to the event link and click that you are interested or attending and also invite a few friends while you are at it. 

Here is the Facebook event invite. 
https://www.facebook.com/events/783957815270005/

SUPPORT OUR READING VENUE
In order to keep these gatherings free of charge, we do ask that you patronize the Corazon and thank them for opening their doors to poetry and spoken word and performance art. Their full cafe menu will be available during the event so please come prepared to buy a sandwich, beverage, or sweet treat. Here is the menu:

http://www.corazoncinemaandcafe.com/menu.html

ANCIENT CITY POETS ON YOUTUBE
We have been working hard to document the local poetry scene here in Saint Augustine. We are always looking for college students and videographers with equipment who are interested in shooting footage at the readings. Here is a clip of Michael Grover reading his poem "Tombstone as an Ugly Charm" at the September 2018 100 Thousand Poets for Change reading. Footage shot by Chris Bodor. We launched the Ancient City Poets Youtube Channel in April of 2018 for National Poetry Month. Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified  whenever new footage is added. ​

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