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We're not quite ready to bring the slam back yet. But if we hosted another open mic, would y'all be interested?

Good morning, Poets! At our August meeting, we decided to write elegies for September. I’ll be posting several links and examples of elegies over the coming weeks. At our September meeting we will have a generative workshop where we will write elegies together.

So, what is an elegy? Click the link for more info, but basically it’s a poem that honors something in the past: lost loved ones, childhood pets, HAM radio, your very first super ninetendo. If it’s a thing of the past (or something you perceive as a thing of the past), you can write an elegy about it.

Typically, elegies have three parts: praise for the thing/person, praise for this idealized thing/person, and consolation and solace

https://poets.org/glossary/elegy

Bring your poems (and/or songs) and come join us for this warm-up event at the new home of Holler Down the Holler – The Nook & Cranny Coffeehouse! Next Saturday!

Come join us next Saturday (August 30), at 6 p.m. for our first Nook & Cranny open mic event!
Bring your poetry, your songs, and your guitars. We'll take care of the rest.

Things are happening!

Toward a Credo I hadn’t yet read any of the poems in George Eklund’s new book, Toward a Credo, when we sat down to chat. If I had, I might have asked different questions. I might have asked about the reoccurring …