Nov 29 2020
2020 Poetic Gratitude Open Mic

2020 Poetic Gratitude Open Mic

Presented by Ancient City Poets at Online/Virtual Space

THEME: "Poetic Gratitude" ​

Send in two or three of your polished poems or share fresh ink from your notebook. Invite a friend or two or three to view the live stream on FB Live to cheer you on.

The FB Live feed will appear on the following site:
https://www.facebook.com/ancientcitypoets

Ancient City Poets have been gathering for free open mic poetry reading since August of 2009.
A sign-up sheet will be available at 2:30 and the open mic will start at 3:00 pm.

If you would like to share a poem, please send an email here. They will email you the Meeting ID and any passcode that might be needed. The reading list for this event will be 15 poets at 5 minutes each. Readers will be called to the virtual podium in the order their names appear on the list.

PAM JAM UPDATE
Back in August of last year, The Butterfield and the Ancient City Poets partnered to form a project named PAM Jam – Poets, Artists, and Musicians Spreading Joy. The inspiration was a project that featured 9 poets collaborating with one artist: Anna Miller. The show was called “Refractions”, and it was on display from January 15 to March 15, 2019 at the St. Johns County Administrative Building Rotunda.

This year, fine artists from the Butterfield Gallery were paired with a poet partner from Ancient City Poets. The deadline for the finished poem and artwork from each paired collaboration team was April 1st of this year – right in the middle of the coronavirus outbreak. PAM Jam became the perfect pandemic project. In isolation, writers and artists got to know each other through emails, text messages, zoom meetings, and late-night phone calls. Writers and artists banded together, built new relationships with each other, and learned to ride out the new normal. When the poems and paintings were completed, musicians were brought in to add another layer to the collaboration process.

Go see the show that is up during the entire month of November at the Butterfield Garage Gallery​.

Admission Info

This month's event is sponsored by writer Shutta Crum. If you would like to help defray the cost for an upcoming reading, please donate in increments of $15 to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/poetplantpress

Dates & Times

2020/11/29 - 2020/11/29

Location Info

Online/Virtual Space