2015 National Poetry Month Events: St. Johnsbury, Vermont

ST. JOHNSBURY, Vt. - March 17, 2015 - PRLog -- St. Johnsbury, VT - March 16, 2015—Northeast Storytellers host an open house with brief presentations and mini-workshops (April 4), a haiku workshop (April 12), a Robert Frost remembrance (April 14), and a reading of maple-related verse and prose (April 25) as part of National Poetry Month activities in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Group Open House: On Saturday, April 4 from noon to 1:30pm at Catamount Arts the Northeast Storytellers regular monthly meeting will be converted to a group open house. Brief instructional presentations on poetry-writing by group members will be followed by mini-breakout sessions to apply them. Members of the group will layout various forms and techniques of writing poetry, sharing aspects of their individual knowledge and expertise. Following a break, mini-workshops will offer hands-on learning of the topics presented. Free refreshments will be served. All are welcome to stop in to learn something about poetry, practice writing it, and meet fellow area writers.

Haiku Workshop: On Sunday, April 12 from 2 to 4pm, the Northeast Storytellers will host a workshop on writing the Japanese style of poetry known as haiku—designed to take participants from a study of classic haiku, and its underlying structural dynamics, to writing their own originals. Workshop leader Judy Hishikawa, Northeast Storytellers’ haiku poet, lived and taught language in Japan. Her chapbooks will be available. The workshop will be held in the Burke Community Center located at 212 School Street in West Burke, Vermont.

“Remembering Robert Frost”: On Tuesday, April 14 from 2 to 3pm  the regular Poetry Tea Party will be a special gathering dedicated to the memory and poetic works of longtime Vermont poet laureate Robert Frost. Residents of the Good Living Senior Center, members of the public, and members of the Northeast Storytellers will share readings, biographical sketches, anecdotes, scrapbook items, and experiences they’ve had learning from this great poet. This gathering will take place at the Good Living Senior Center (formerly St. Johnsbury House) located at 1207 Main Street in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

Maple Poems and Stories: On Saturday April 25 from 1:30 to 3:00pm, during the 2015 St. Johnsbury World Maple Festival, readings of maple-related prose and verse will be hosted by the Northeast Storytellers and emceed by group founder Brooke Cullen. Those who wish to read at this event should contact her by March 23rd via brookequillen@yahoo.com or on 802.751.5432. This event will take place at the Boxcar & Caboose Bookshop Cafe at 394 Railroad Street in St. Johnsbury, Vermont.

All events are free and open to the public and all are welcome to attend. Individual flyers for each event will be posted at host sites and circulated prior to. For more information, or to participate, please email brookequillen@yahoo.com or call 802.751.5432.

National Poetry Month events hosted by Northeast Storytellers are meant to complement those organized by the St. Johnsbury Chamber of Commerce in coordination with Catamount Arts and the St. Johnsbury Athenaeum. Northeast Storytellers and its individual members have regularly—and enthusiastically—participated in past events organized by these art support groups.

National Poetry Month was inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 and is held every April throughout the country. It is the largest literary celebration in the world—with schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets celebrating poetry’s vital role in our lives. Poetry events taking place nationwide may be followed on Twitter at @POETSorg or through hashtag #npm15.

The Northeast Storytellers—a group of writers, readers, and appreciators of prose and verse—meet regularly the first Saturday of every month from 11:30am to 2:00pm at Catamount Arts in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. The public is welcome to attend and new members are always encouraged to join.

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Contact: Brooke Cullen

Phone: 802-751-5432

E-mail: brookequillen@yahoo.com

SEE ALSO:

<a href="https://www.facebook.com/StJohnsburyChamber">https://www.facebook.com/StJohnsburyChamber</a>; St. Johnsbury Chamber of Commerce

<a href="http://www.catamountarts.org/">http://www.catamountarts.org/</a> Catamount Film &amp; Arts Center

<a href="http://www.stjathenaeum.org/">http://www.stjathenaeum.org/</a> St. Johnsbury Athenaeum

<a href="http://www.stjgoodliving.org/">http://www.stjgoodliving.org/</a> Good Living Senior Center

<a href="http://boxcarandcaboose.com/">http://boxcarandcaboose.com/</a> Boxcar &amp; Caboose Bookshop Cafe

<a href="http://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home">http://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home</a> National Poetry Month

<a href="http://www.burkevermont.org/">http://www.burkevermont.org/</a> Town of Burke, Vermont

<a href="http://www.worldmaplefestival.org/">http://www.worldmaplefestival.org/</a> 2015 St. Johnsbury World Maple Festival