NCPS Poetry Event Calendar

2007 Calendar

Event links may be added below as details become available and time permits.

Jan. 20   North Carolina Poetry Society — Winter Meeting
	  Featuring: Poetry reading by Jaki Shelton Green
	  Poetry Workshops led by Ron Bayes, Robin Greene, and Tom Heffernan
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

Mar. 10   North Carolina Poetry Society — Poetry Workshop
	  Workshop Leader: Beth Copeland
	  Southern Pines, NC - Weymouth Center 

Apr. 14   NCPS / Barton College — Walking into April Poetry Day
	  Featuring: Ruth Moose and David Rigsbee
	  NCPS Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series — 1st East Reading
	  Featuring: GCDPS Eastern North Carolina Region Student Poets
	  with Jim Clark, GCDPS East Region Distinguished Poet
	  Wilson, NC — Barton College

Apr. 21   NCPS Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series — 1st West Reading 
	  Featuring: GCDPS Western North Carolina Region Student Poets
	  with Cathy Smith Bowers, GCDPS West Region Distinguished Poet
	  Watauga County Public Library

Apr. 23   NCPS Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series — 2nd East Reading 
	  Featuring: GCDPS Eastern North Carolina Region Student Poets
	  with Jim Clark, GCDPS East Region Distinguished Poet
	  Wilson County Public Library

Apr. 29   NCPS Gilbert-Chappell Distinguished Poet Series — 2nd West Reading 
	  Featuring: GCDPS Western North Carolina Region Student Poets
	  with Cathy Smith Bowers, GCDPS West Region Distinguished Poet
	  West Asheville Public Library

May 19    North Carolina Poetry Society — Awards Day Meeting
	  Featuring: NCPS Annual Poetry Contest Winners
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

June 16   North Carolina Poetry Society — Sam Ragan Poetry Festival
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

Aug.      Haiku North America — Biannual Conference
  15-19   Winston-Salem, NC

Sept. 15  North Carolina Poetry Society — Fall Meeting
	  Featuring: Susan Meyers and Mark Smith-Soto
	  Southern Pines, NC — Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities

Sept. 22  Poetry Council of North Carolina — Poetry Day
	  Salisbury, NC — Catawba College

Oct. 27   North Carolina Poetry Society — Poetry Workshop
	  Workshop Leader: Pat Riviere-Seel
	  Brevard, NC — Quotations Coffee Cafe

Oct. 27   North Carolina Poetry Society — Poetry Workshop
	  Workshop Leader: Valentina Gnup
	  Greensboro, NC — Greensboro Public Library

Nov. 03   North Carolina Poetry Society — Poetry Workshop
	  Workshop Leader: Sara Claytor
	  Hillsborough, NC - Hillsborough Presbyterian Church 

Poetry Event Details

Event Schedule
09:15   Registration / purchase box lunch for $8.50
10:00   Business meeting: members vote for board officers
10:15   Introduction of morning workshops
10:30   Concurrent workshops (choose one):
     —   "T.S. Eliot: Slicing through Time and Space" - Ron Bayes
     —   "Present Tense Poetry" - Robin Greene
     —   "Exploring Japanese Poetry" - Tom Heffernan
12:00   Box lunch as purchased (see below) or bring your own
01:00   Open mic
01:30   Poetry reading by Jaki Shelton Green
            sponsored by Friends of Weymouth Ragan Writers Series
02:30   Open mic (if needed)

Acknowledgement
— Thanks to Friends of Weymouth for joining NCPS for our winter
meeting and for sponsoring the poetry reading by Jaki Shelton Green.

Event Description
— Beth Copeland will conduct this workshop from 12:00pm to 2:00pm.
— The workshop will be limited to 15 participants.
— Master the art of writing the unrhymed sestina in an interactive workshop
     focusing on structure, stanza, and diction.
— The cost is $15 for NCPS members and $25 for non-members.
— Make checks payable to the North Carolina Poetry Society.
— Contact: Bill Duvall, at 910-245-7626, or e-mail billduvall@aol.com

Event Schedule
09:15   Registration and annual dues payment
            Confirm lunch preorder (see Lunch Reservations below)
            Coffee and tea on the patio
10:00   Business meeting
10:15   Pinesong dedication to Susan Meyers (Pat Riviere-Seel, NCPS President)
            Dedication Committee: Sally Logan (Chair), Sally Buckner, Sharon Sharp
10:30   Poet Laureate winner reads (Lee Ann Gillen, Adult Contest Chair)
     —   Student Contest winners read (Sara Claytor, Student Contest Chair)
     —   Adult Contest winners read (Lee Ann Gillen, Adult Contest Chair)
            Categories: Nixon (poems written by adults for children) and Lyman (haiku)
12:00   Box lunch as purchased (see Lunch Reservations below) or bring your own
01:15   Adult Contest winners read (Lee Ann Gillen, Adult Contest Chair)
            Categories: McDill (general), Scott (form), Poole (American heritage),
                 McIntyre (light verse), Courage (theme), Love (theme)

One of the largest gatherings of haiku poets in the United States and Canada is coming to North Carolina, and the North Carolina Poetry Society is helping to make that happen. The NCPS is working with Lenard D. Moore, Bob Moyer, and Dave Russo to bring the Haiku North America conference to Winston-Salem from August 15-19.

Haiku North America (HNA) is a conference and a celebration of haiku that takes place every two years. It is a long weekend full of papers, panels, workshops, readings, performances, book sales, and much socialization with fellow poets, translators, scholars, editors, and publishers. Both established and aspiring haiku poets are welcome.

"If you have any interest in haiku, this conference is for you," said Russo, one of the organizers. "The list of presenters and presentations at HNA 2007 is pretty impressive. This is a unique opportunity to hear poets for whom haiku is not an occasional experiment, but a primary means of expression."

For more details, visit the Haiku North America website or call Dave Russo (North Carolina Haiku Society Webmaster) at 919-460-8632.

Event Overview
— Susan Meyers, the 2007 winner of the NCPS's Brockman-Campbell Book Award,
will read from her award-winning book, Keep and Give Away.
— Mark Smith-Soto will speak on the topic "The Latino Poet Today" and read from
his newest book of poetry, Any Second Now.
— Open mic readings will occur throughout the day, as will special readings by NCPS
members who have recently published books.

Event Schedule
09:15   Registration and box lunch order, or confirm lunch preorder
            (see Lunch Reservations below)
10:00   Business meeting
10:15   Brockman-Campbell Book Award: Keep and Give Away
            reading by winner Susan Meyers, introduced by Jenny Braswell
11:00   Break and Open mic
11:15   Mark Smith-Soto, presenting "Through the Voice of a Latino Poet"
11:40   Open mic & new authors
12:00   Box lunch as purchased (see Lunch Reservations below), or bring your own
01:15   Mark Smith-Soto, reading from his newest book Any Second Now
            (co-sponsored by the NCPS and North Carolina Writers' Network)
01:45   Open mic finale
02:30   Book signings (desert served)

Event Description
— Pat Riviere-Seel will conduct this workshop from 1:30pm to 4:30pm.
— The workshop will be limited to 10 participants.
— The cafe location is 210 East Main Street in Brevard.
— The cost is $15 for NCPS members and $25 for non-members.
— Make checks payable to the North Carolina Poetry Society.
— Mail up to two poems by October 20 to Pat Riviere-Seel
     at 107 Maple Drive, Asheville, NC 28805.

Event Description
— Valentina Gnup will conduct this workshop from 10:00am to 12:00pm.
— The workshop subject is "Endless Dawn: Discovering the Aubade".
— Bring writing materials and something from nature (shell, flower, pinecone, etc.).
— Location is the Nussbaum Room, Greensboro Central Library, 219 Church Street.
— The cost is $15 for NCPS members and $25 for non-members.
— Make checks payable to the North Carolina Poetry Society.
— Mail checks to Janice Sullivan at 3200 Roldan Lane, Greensboro, NC 27408.

Event Description
— Sara Claytor will conduct this workshop from 9:00am to 12:00pm.
— The workshop will be limited to 15 participants.
— The workshop will focus on narrative poetry, with written exercises and critiques.
— The cost is $15 for NCPS members and $25 for non-members.
— Make checks payable to the North Carolina Poetry Society.
— Mail checks plus one or two short original poems by October 29 to
     Priscilla Webster-Williams at 3814 Hulon Dr., Durham, NC 27705.