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Virtual Open Mic - Sun Jul 26

7/19/2020

The June Zoom Room

THEME: "Summer Daze" Sunday, July 26, 2020

The Ancient City Poets will host a community open mic reading on line through the zoom meeting platform. Forget about the doom and gloom,and join us in the zoom room.

Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. We are all getting antsy and we can't wait to meet again in public to hug, fellowship, and applaud each other's written words. We have been gathering for free open mic poetry reading since August of 2009.

The zoom meeting ID number is listed in the description of the Facebook event page. Here is the link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/330496205015754/

If you don't do Facebook, then send us an email from the "contact" section of this webpage and it will be emailed to you.

A sign-up sheet will be available at 2:30 and the open mic will start at 3:00 pm. At that time the facilitator will ask everyone who is logged on if they would like to be on the reading list. Readers will be called to the “podium” in the order their names appear on the list. The first 15 readers will be guaranteed a spot at the mic.

During this time of social distancing, the North Florida poetry community has moved to an online platform to share their written words. The June reading featured a visit from Mid-West poet John Dorsey.

SUPPORT OUR READING VENUE
As soon as social distancing is a memory, we will return to the Corazon, located at 36 Granada St in Saint Augustine, Florida. The Corazon is open most evenings. We do ask that you patronize them and thank them for opening their doors to poetry and spoken word and performance art.

Here is the menu:

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

ANCIENT CITY POETS ON YOUTUBE
Two years ago, for National Poetry Month, we launched a YouTube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to help us document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this vintage video clip shot featuring Chris Bodor from 1999. Two years before the Twin Towers fell. One month before Y2K. This footage is truly a time capsule treasure. The clip appears on a YouTube Channel that Chris Bodor also maintains. The channel is something that you should support and subscribe to if you are interested in words and footage of Saint Augustine, Florida poet Chris Bodor. The channel also features old video projects and clips produced by the poet.

Virtual Open Mic - Sun Jun 28, 2020

6/25/2020

Poetry Zoom

THEME: "Free For All" Sunday, June 28, 2020

The Ancient City Poets will host a community open mic reading on line through the infamous zoom meeting platform.

Once in a while we call a free-for-all and hold a reading with no theme. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook.

We will also be honoring the four year anniversary of our start date at the Corazon Cinema and Cafe. Our first reading was held at the Corazon in June of 2016. We moved from City Bistro, and before that we were at a restaurant called the Gallery Cafe, before that we were at a recovery gift shop on West King Street know as Gifts For Living. We have been gathering for free open mic poetry reading since August of 2009.

The zoom meeting ID number and any passwords that might be needs will be posted on the Facebook event page. Here is the link:

https://www.facebook.com/events/911556649257603/

A sign-up sheet will be available at 2:30 and the open mic will start at 3:00 pm. At that time the facilitator will ask everyone who is logged on if they would like to be on the reading list. Readers will be called to the “podium” in the order their names appear on the list. The first 15 readers will be guaranteed a spot at the mic.

During this time of social distancing, the North Florida poetry community has moved to an online platform to share their written words. The April zoom meeting gathering was a salute to National Poetry Month and it attracted readers from South Florida, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine. The May reading was a powerful affirmation that black lives matter, as tensions began to rise in downtown St. Augustine, and all over the world.

SUPPORT OUR READING VENUE
As soon as social distancing is a memory, we will return to the Corazon, located at 36 Granada St in Saint Augustine, Florida. The Corazon is open most evenings. We do ask that you patronize them and thank them for opening their doors to poetry and spoken word and performance art.

Here is the menu:

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

ANCIENT CITY POETS ON YOUTUBE
Two years ago, for National Poetry Month, we launched a YouTube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to help us document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip shot by Chris Bodor on a tripod in the bell tower of historic Trinity Parish in St. Augustine, Florida. The parish was founded in June of 1821 and they are gearing up to celebrate their bicentennial with a series of events and observations during all of 2021. In this clip, Bodor talks about a pandemic project known as PAM Jam (Poets, Artists, and Musicians Spreading Joy). He is one of 18 participating poets. His poem, "Present Moment Bliss", is featured in the clip.

Virtual Open Mic - Sun April 26, 2020

4/10/2020

Ancient City Poets

THEME: "National Poetry Month" Sunday, April 26, 2020

Join us for an "on" line reading that will be "off" the chain.

The Ancient City Poets will host an open mic reading for all on Sunday April 26th, from 3:00 to 4:30 on the online Zoom meeting platform.

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.

During this time of social distancing, the local poetry community has moved to an online platform to share their written words. The March online gathering attracted readers from South Florida, Jacksonville, and St. Augustine.

The zoom meeting ID number and any passwords that might be needs will be posted here on this Facebook event page.

The open mic will start at 3:00 pm. At that time the facilitator (Jamie Galley) will ask everyone who is logged on if they would like to be on the reading list. Readers will be called to the “podium” in the order their names appear on the list. The first 15 readers will be guaranteed a spot at the mic.

For more info on National Poetry Month, please go to the website for the Academy of American Poets:

https://www.poets.org

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 ten 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/4087519167928789/

SUPPORT OUR READING VENUE
As soon as social distancing is a memory, we will return to the Corazon, located at 36 Granada St in Saint Augustine, Florida. Please consider helping them stay afloat by contacting:
http://www.corazoncinemaandcafe.com/showtimes.html

ANCIENT CITY POETS ON YOUTUBE
Two years ago, for National Poetry Month, we launched a YouTube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to help us document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip from the March 10th taping of the Jorge Rivera Show with Loretta Leto talking up PAM Jam, a projects that pairs Ancient City Poets with Butterfield Gallery artists, and eventually musicians. Footage used by permission from Jorge Rivera.

March Open Mic - 03/29/20

3/5/2020

Ancient City Poet Cassandra DeGraff

OPEN MIC POETRY at the Corazon Cinema
THEME: "National Women's History Month"
Sunday, March 29, 2020

Join us for a poetic celebration of women who inspire.

The Ancient City Poets will host an open mic reading for all on Sunday March 30th from 3:00 to 5:00 at Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum).

In celebration of Woman’s History Month (March), the suggested theme is "Woman Who Inspire".

We will also give a nod to the 2020 winners of the ROWITA Awards - Recognizing Outstanding Women in the Arts.

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.

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 ten 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/219155359263245/

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
In April of 2018, for National Poetry Month, we launched a YouTube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to help us document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip of Jamie Galley reading at the 2019 Sing Out Loud Festival. The footage was shot by Wayne Fusco.

February Open Mic - 02/23/20

2/3/2020

Ancient City Poet Bryan Pitchford

OPEN MIC POETRY AT The Corazon Cinema
THEME: "Loud Love"
Sunday, February 23rd, 2020

Join us for a poetic celebration of love.

The Ancient City Poets will host a community open mic reading on Sunday February 23 from 3:00 to 5:00 at Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum).

Readers are invited to present poems that relate to love - the good, the bed, and the ugly.

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.

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 ten 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/567348937184670/

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
In April of 2018, for national Poetry Month, we launched a Youtube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to help us document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip of an answer poem by Shutta Crum to the poem "Fern Hill" by Dylan Thomas. The video was shot by Chris Bodor at the January 2020 open mic reading.

January Open Mic - January 26, 2020

1/8/2020

Ancient City Poet Dylan Galley

OPEN MIC POETRY AT The Corazon Cinema
THEME: "Poetic Vision"
Sunday, January 26th, 2020

Join us for the first reading of the new year and a celebration of your vision for the future.

The Ancient City Poets will host a community open mic reading on Sunday January 26th from 3:00 to 5:00 at Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum).

Readers are invited to share poems about that relate to a vision for 2020, or the new year that is here. Do you think these Twenties will be boring, soaring, abhorring, or "war" ing?

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.

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 ten 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/494535777934214/

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

In April of 2018, for national Poetry Month, we launched a Youtube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to help us document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip of an original poem by Lauren Tivey about a typical Florida summer shot by Chris Bodor.

December Open Mic - 12/29/19

12/3/2019

Ancient City Poet Princess Simpson Rashid

OPEN MIC POETRY AT The Corazon Cinema
THEME: "Poetry Unwrapped"
Sunday, December 29th, 2019

Join us as we rap about unwrapping the gifts of this most wonderful time of the year.

The Ancient City Poets will host a community open mic reading on Sunday December 29th from 3:00 to 5:00 at Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum).

Readers are invited to share poems about the holiday season. It is your choice if you want to focus on the Gifts of the Magi, ginger bread, or lack of bread. Feel free to think outside of the box or wrap it up with a pretty bow. Let is snow. Let it snow. Let it snow.

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on. Whether you want to share a poem or just soak in the St. Augustine poetry scene, please add this event to your end of the year list of things to do.

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 ten 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/858622824557155/

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

Last year we launched a Youtube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to help us document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip of an original poem by Jamie Galley shot by Chris Bodor.

November Poetry Open Mic - 11/24/19

11/6/2019

A Gathering of Poets

OPEN MIC POETRY AT The Corazon Cinema
THEME: "Poetic Gratitude"
Sunday, November 24th, 2019

A perfect way to kick-off the upcoming Thanksgiving Day weekend. Dine on a cornucopia of poems about subjects such as cold turkey, stuffing, and humble pie.

The Ancient City Poets will host a community poetry open reading on Sunday, November 24 from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum). Readers are invited to share poems about gratitude and bookish blessings. You might want to share a tale from the dysfunctional Thanksgiving Day table.

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.

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 ten 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/867033343711571/

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

Last year we launched a Youtube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip of an original poem by Bo Gantt shot by Chris Bodor.

October Poetry Open Mic - 10/27/19

10/9/2019

OPEN MIC POETRY AT The Corazon Cinema
THEME: "Scary Literary"
Sunday, October 27th, 2019

Wear a costume and share poems that relate to the themes of harvest, the ghost in you, and the masks we wear.

The Ancient City Poets will host a community poetry open reading on Sunday, September 29th from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum). Readers are invited to share poems about harvest, Halloween and other horrors. Book prize giveaways for the most creative costumes.

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us one or two of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.

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/2164207387219120/

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

Last year we launched a Youtube Channel to preserve our past. We always encourage video students and volunteers with cameras to document the Saint Augustine poetry scene.

Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added. Check out this clip of an original poem by Patricia Rahn Konover shot by Chris Bodor.

September Poetry Reading - 09/29/19

9/2/2019

Image by Jeremy Jusay

OPEN MIC POETRY AT The Corazon Cinema
THEME: "Change Poetry"
SUNDAY, September 29th, 2019

Join us for the official observation of the global event 100 Thousand Poets for Change.

The Ancient City Poets will host a community poetry open reading on Sunday, September 29th from 3:00 to 4:30 at the Corazon Cinema and Cafe (36 Granada Street, Saint Augustine, Florida, across from the Lightner Museum). All are encouraged to share poems that relate to positive change in our community and the world that we live in as we observe 100 Thousand Poets for Change Day.

The theme is meant as a writing prompt and it is your choice if you want to follow the theme or not. Give us two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to cheer you on.

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.

100 THOUSAND POETS FOR CHANGE

You can be an agent of change with your written words. This is the idea behind 100 Thousand Poets for Change, a grassroots organization now in its ninth year that brings communities together to call for environmental, social, and political change within the framework of peace and sustainability.

Join us on Sunday September 29th for St. Augustine, Florida’s official observation of the global event that will feature more than 500 gatherings this September.

Supporting words from Michael Rothenberg
co-founder of 100 Thousand Poets for Change

“Peace and sustainability are major concerns worldwide, and the guiding principles for this global event. We are in a world where it isn't just one issue that needs to be addressed. A common ground is built through this global compilation of local stories, which is how we create a true narrative for discourse to inform the future.

For the past 9 years thousands of poets around the world, poets in over 100 countries and hundreds of cities have gathered on the last Saturday of September each year to celebrate poetry, and to declare a shared belief that poetry can move us towards a world of peace, justice and sustainability. It has been a honor to be a part of this vast and dedicated community of 100 Thousand Poets for Change. Together we have been through many sad and disappointing days but we persist together, because we have each other, and poetry. September 28 we will gather again. against all odds, for peace, justice and sustainability, with poetry, art, song and dance, with friends and family! "

For more 100 Thousand Poets for Change info, go to www.100tpc.org

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 film makers with equipment who are interested in shooting footage at the readings. Here is a clip of Ben Atkinson, shot by Chris Bodor at the July 2019 open mic.

The Ancient City Poets Youtube Channel was launched in April of 2018 for National Poetry Month to preserve our past. Subscribe to our channel so you can get notified whenever new footage is added.

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